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Show FMIS FNK M'COMt I0T i GUILTY OF MURDEBj i MARYSVILLE, Cah, April P. ThJ jury hearing the case of Frank McCor-j mick, formerly of Des Moines, la.,' charged with the murder of Charles Brown, brought in a verdict of acquit-j tal today. Two ballots were taken, the foreman said. There was a demonstration by Mc-Cormick's Mc-Cormick's friends in court when the verdict was announced. The district attorney had asked for a verdict carrying the death penalty and the defense based its case on a plea of self defense. Brown, a wealthy sheepman, was shot to death November 1, 1919, at a ranch near Honcut. There had been a quarrel between Brown and McCor-mick McCor-mick in which Mi's. Gertrude Wilson, McCormick's sister, sided with her; brother. ' Mrs. Wilson was acquitted of a mur- j der charge. At a former trial of Mc-I Cormick, the jury disagreed. no |