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) desire to int* left alone while oil hisvacation.— o — -billveltthecoil-alleno*ansthe• •iciil-080voltarc080onsre-.000I liemetI lie vs i 11 apiols f teetilee a* IIIKAs.FRAZIER ACQUITTEDON MURDER CHAR6EJURY DECLINES TO HOLD ISLAND\Abreais wi diplc ventmen'Acgradedhavespie*andnice v noihFORD MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR ene DEATH OF HIS WIFE—VERDICTear FREEING PRISONER QUICKLYREACHEDin A Th watcTurk(Tiarpurlithatgiverthe Joseph M. Frazier, of Island Ford, the was acquitted yesterday of the murder. Roui •ive. of his wife. Mrs. Mollie Frasier, after did a trial which had occupied Circuit that Court since Friday morning. Com* the monweaitliH Attorney Harrison, in and arguing the case before the Jury.Lfer abandoned the murder charge andjtU.J asked for a verdict finding the acwa(losearmyactioHeaccuithe s t ioned guilty only of assault and battery, f P***;UHt but even this he did not get. ad The Jury was given the case shortly before dinner. Adjournment wastaken for the noonda meal, and It[»ro was only a few ininuteH after theyUlf4 had returned to their consideration of and th** case that they reported their ver-Into diet, turning the prisoner free. Thel to verdict was not unexpected.lro Frazier was charged with beatinghis wife shortly after the birth of her last child and thereby causing herdeath. Kvidence in regard to th**ITo- beating was conflicting, hut then* was and positive and overwhelming evidence ght. l)r Hb'dler. the county coroner, andothers, that the body of the woman. yit. exhumed four weeks after burial, bore no bruises whatever. There was evi deuce also that four days after the birth of her child she was rush enough ifle| 1° leave her bed and prepare dinnerand that one week later she went toa nearby creek and did the famih w ash.F razier was defended by Chas. A hammer and Jas. II Stephenson, both law y el s of th** local bar.oTHOMPSON CONFIRMEDWASHINGTON. Her P The Senatetoday confirmed the nomination of Caruti A Thompson of Ohio to he treasurer ot flu* Felted States in placeof Lee McChing resigned.o * —EIG CROWD AT “SEVENHOURS IN NEW YORKWee \r Lambert’** Se \ e 11 I I f Ml r-4 nNew ^ in k it V s si * i n 1 (I \ If. i. i la-evening was greeted by a lut'g* crowd The show was good, the :ni!^ ical numbers pleasing, and da.oiio tin** Nearly ev* r song and dam « vs as on* or**d several times. jwttbTilam*willsespro• #lit s t he«*r v»eltee.*ad** ofciten in Sc Thprevi“Ifvia. Ibitteimantaketo **x tioiiMitI i unphuv “ ing.testethoriLOpateltro H ped ;w it hstill*zo.ItlO 1Cher it ion the : guns Ant herehealt ed s*Tued h Halkiha noillDI'fHr ian * ilurh will lt;tel I IIO —-nnniTnv oimur umiOpel ikon ;
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Daily Record
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Tue, Dec 10, 1912
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