Show JURY ACQUITS STEWART FIFE his mother shouts for joy and sarif wife of the murdered man also rejoices st joseph mo march 21 A special to the daily news from savannah mo laya ahen court opened this morning alio jury in the case of stewart fife charged K with the murder of frank W richard eon on christmas eve 1900 returned a of acquittal it is said that one ballot was taken the jurors being unanimous for acquittal when the verdict was announced sirs fife mother of the accused sprang forward and embraced her son shouting for joy mrs fife has suffered from hysteria at intervals ever since her son was ar rested mrs richardson widow of the murdered man was also in the courtroom and gave vent to glicr emotion this is alie second trial in the eich ardson murder mrs richardson the widow having been acquitted only a few weeks ago stewart fife is a member of an aristocratic and wealthy family of st joseph his father thomas fife having for many years been a millionaire whole sale merchant A few months after the murder stew art fife went away from this part of the country and after a long absence lie was arrested at north yakima washington a few months ago |