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Bv BUN R NKMIAMI. Ha. lt;APt - A once-deadlocked jury came back Sunday to find Candace Mossier. a wealthy and vivacious blonde, and her nephew. Melvin Lane Powers, innocent of the murder of her husband Hundreds of curious person* mobbed (he courthouse in down-town Miami. fiRhtinc for a glimpse of the principals in one of the longest and most lurid criminal trial' in Florida histo-ry It lasted tor seven weeks As the verdicts — brought inafter 16 hours and 11 minutes of deliberation — were read. Mrs. Mossier broke into tears and Powers breathed an audible sigh of relief, then .smiled •it is like a horrible nightmare has ended. she .said, not only for myself, but for my poor little children back home I left them cry ing Mrs. Mossier and Powers had been charged in the brutal slaying of Jacques Mossier The 69-year-old financier was bludgeoned and stabbed to death June 30. 1964I-at** in the afternoon. Mrs. Mossier and Powers held a news conference at the IKi Pont Plaza Hotel They said they had nlt; plans to marry, no intentions in that direction • We just want to relax and get our lives established over again. she said Powers, speaking in a low, shy voice, said, I just want to thank everybody. He said he planned to go back to Houston. Tex . in a few days and pick up where I left off After being discharged by Circuit Court Judge George Schulz, Mrs Mossier, who says she is 40. and Powers, 29. crowded into an anteroom and there were tears in the eyes of both They embraced and kissed They were said to have been In the midst of a torrid love affair and the state accused them of killing Mrs Mossier‘s husband in order to gain control of his (33 million busim*« empire.Tlie defense, in closing argument. told the jury the state's circumstantial evidence case proved only that they were loversA hint of the jury’s derision was seen on the face of Jessie Youmans. who smiled at the defendants as the jury entered the courtroom to render its verdict shortly before noon The jury had reported Saturday that it was hopelessly deadlocked over the fate of the defendants. but the judge told the jurors to go back and try again it was just one hour and 32 • Continued Page 12. Col 3
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The Montana Standard
Butte, Montana, US
Mon, Mar 07, 1966
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