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Show JURY'S VERDICT FREES HMGISj i Salt Laker Accused of Murder of William H. Scott Found Not Guilty SALT LAKE, Juno 12. Freed of the charge of murder of William H. Scott, fatally shot in the "Welden hotel December 21, Andrew Haravgis walked from the courtroom of tho criminal division of the Third district court a free man at 12:30 o'clock yesterday. yes-terday. Mrs. Scott, widow of the slain man, collapsed at the same time that friends of Haravgis cried out and clapped their hands in joy when the verdict of "not guilty" was read. Haravgis Har-avgis might have hecn taken for one ,of the spectators in the matter except ;for a burning alertness of expression i in his eyes and a deep breath of apparent ap-parent relief wher Judge Harold M. Stephens ordered the defendant discharged. dis-charged. The. shooting which Haravgis was accused and for which he was tried for murder occurred in a quarrel which began when Scott undertook to call his wife from a room in the Welden hotel where she was in company with Haravgis Har-avgis and had been drinking, according accord-ing to the cvldenco adduced at the trial. During the trial the defense succeeded suc-ceeded in establishing a doubt of the correctness of the state's claim that tho fatal shot was fired by Haravgis. , The jury followed the contention of both counsel that a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree or not guilty would be proper In the circumstances. circum-stances. Tho Jury was out four hours and thlry-four minutes, retiring at SM0 o'clock last night and returning its verdict at 12:14, returning once during 1 deliberations for special instructions. The exclamations of pleasure from friends of Haravgis n the room, especially espe-cially one woman, provoked from the court a quick order that no demonstrations demon-strations be indulged in. Mrs. Scott . was assisted from the courtroom by i frionds. i |