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Show I WOMAN IS TRIED I FOR L JLHUHDEB Mrs. Louise Peetc io Answer Charge of Slaymrj Wealthy Promoter H. I,OS .V-GKLKS. a lit- Jan. !'.. .Mrs- Louise L. Peete facetl trial today before .ludffo Frank R. Willis In the 1 i M ngelea county superior court on .,, Indictment charging the nuirdor of Jacob Chariot Icnton, wealthy nilninsr nromoter. on or about Juno 'J last The prosecution announced it will endeavor to how by circumstantial evidence that Mra. Pcete killed Den-tOti Den-tOti In the kitchen of his home and b'tirled iho body in the basement. The defense declared It win try to establish that Mrs Peete was physlcallx nnuble to accomplish the crime harg'd by the state. W. G Asgoh-r. acting public di fend or, skid Mrs. Peete's defense would be .. complete denial ami no nttempt would be made to establish an Mrs. Pccte Js alleged by the slate to ' Have occupied the Ponton house June 3 With her four-year-old daughter. It " in be contended, howaven by the ri-fnse. ri-fnse. Hint Denton Wli son alive nftrr tliat date, a deposition having haefl secured from a witness out of the state to that effect, i ?i ! '. ' ' Thomas Lac Woolwine. district attorney. at-torney. Issued a statement yesterday trying the question i Mrs. Peete'a "giillt or Innocence of the crime charged should be Weighed by the Jury ') free from any perverted sentiment. Or j 'foolish, sloppy and hawkish sympathy." sym-pathy." In reply Mr. Aggeler Bald Mr-. I'. I t. asked the puldlc to Withhold judgment and "lay aside all f- lings, prejudices and opinion and maintain the same fair and open mind during this trial that they would hope for If they ware similarly placed " oo been the downfall of the peoples of the past. "It Is true that as yet 'wo see through a glass darkly' but wo see our rights shining forth with a resplendent resplend-ent light as the reward of fodllety to our duties." |