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Show STARVEDJO DEATH PORT ORCHARD JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST MRS. HAZZARD. Woman Who Wat Retpontible for Death of English Woman at Her Sanitarium Rave at What Sh Trm Persecution. HeniUe, Waah The Jury In the rn-e of Mrs Linda Iluillchl llarr.iid i tirciiard In Ihe Kltxup county sunrrior court ut Pott Orchard , of having starved to deuih Mist Claire William ami, n wealthy Kni;llah patient, at thr liaxard "starvation sanitarium," re tinned a verdict Sunday night finding her guilty of mnnalnhKhler. Counsel for Ihe stale expiesaed ant if.ictlon with the verdict, which car rlea an liulet-rnilnate penitentiary s'Hitence or rrom ono to twenty years Mrs. lla?tiird, silent In court, atormed and rnged as ahe left for what :hr declared to bo the poraerutlon on the part or tho medical proresalon. Mra. Linda nurftcld llattard was arreated Annual S, HIM, on a charge of murder In th flrat degree, on n Information Died In Kllanp county Ihe complaining witness being Miss Dorothea Williamson, aged 37 years, who alleged that ker slater, Claire Williamson, aged 31, waa atarred to death by Mr. Hazranl. The William, son were Kngllah women or meant who were on a tour amund tho world and who consulted Mra. Hat-xard Hat-xard concerning their health. Mrs. llattard soon had both the women In her "starvation sanitarium'' at Dial-la Dial-la where, nn a diet of orange Juice and asparngu Juice broth. Claire dlrd May 19, Hill, and Dorothea wua wasted to a skeleton. After Claire's death Mra. llattard obtained the appointment ap-pointment or herself as guardian of Dorothea hy alleging that th Utter wna of Infirm ailnd. She also nppllod for appointment as administratrix ol the estate of Claire Williamson. The plight of Dorothea came to the knowledge of Hrltlah Vice Consul C K L. Agassis, at Tarnmn, with the result that Miss Dorothea wo do-clurcd do-clurcd ol sound mind and her guardian guar-dian removed. Mr. Hnxtard' application appli-cation for letter of administration of Claires eatato wna relueil and Agassis wna appointed ailmlnlstrntor Instead. Dorothea wu nursed back to health. |
