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2 Acquitted Of MurderBy H. D. QuiggI allrd Pr»«. lalrr*all«Balto hand it to the clerk in open court — things move more MIAMI— Candy Mossier sat slowly in some places than in a gold Cadillac across from,others, the courthouse and blew kiss- From the time the clerk es to a yelling crowd of 150 read out the not guilty** in persons. the Powers verdict Mel utter-The ‘ horrible nightmare ed a whew to the not guil-ot arrest, indictment and seven weeks of trial on charges of murdering her multimillionaire husband, Jacques, had ended. The sweet dream of acquittal had come true.Among the circling people was a tall young man who stood like one of Candy’s fans in the crowd. His name was Melvin Lane Powers and he too had just been acquitted of conspiring with Candy, his aunt and alleged lover, to kill Jacques, a financial wizard of such puissance that his estate is estimated at a net value of $22 million The state tried to prove that Candy, now 46, and Mel, 29, conspired long ago to murder Jacques — and that Powers, driven by an incestuous love f«r his sttver4londe aunt,ty in her own verdict. Candy sat with her lips in a Mona Lisa curve. Then she cried. .And she sobbed through the judge’s pronouncement of Judgement of innocence as she stood with Mel before the bench.
Newspaper Details
The Herald Journal
Logan, Utah, US
Mon, Mar 07, 1966
Page 1
Full Page
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Ronald S.
USA 12 Apr 2017
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