The Mena weekly star., 1910-07-28
MRS. DELONEY FREE
 OF MURDER CHARGE
Young Woman Tried for Aiding Oscar Pullen in Killing Her Aged Husband Is Acquitted After 16 Hour
 DeIiberation by Jury.

o o'clock this afternoon the jury brought in a verdict acquitting Mrs. A. D. De- Loney of the charge of murder and she was released from custody. She received the verdict with equanimity and thanked the jurors for their yer dict. Mrs. DeLoney is now out in town drinking ice cream soda.
 Mrs. DeLoney still maintains the same cool manner of indifference which characterized her demeanor throughout the trial. Mrs. DeLoney' s nerve under the trying ordeal has challenged the admiration of the hun dreds of spectators who have crowded the court room.
 The young widow maintained a striking self-control throughout the trial. She wore a black wrapper" and sunbonnet and replied almost all together with cool no" to the rapid fire of questions and cross-questions hurled at her by attorneys.
 During the hour she was on the stand sue made sweeping denials of the charges made by Oscar Pullen. the self-confessed murderer of her husband, that she and Pullen were in love and planned the crime togeth- CT. With one exception, she denied with the one word mo every alleea- tion made by Pullen. That excep- tion was unimportant as compared with others.
 Pullen. in his testimony, declared that Mrs. DeLoney administered strychnine to her husband, but this she denied when questioned by Prose cutting Attorney J. c. Pinnix.
 Did you help Pullen to plan the killing" she was asked. No" was the quick reply. Did you ever write letters to Pull len?"
 No"
 Did you not write him letter in- viting him to a partys" Yes, did, but that was purely an impersonal letter. Did you ever see him in your home while your husband was away?' He come to the house one night while my husband was in Ashdown. replied the widow. That was the only time.
 When was that?' "On the night of June TO-"
 What were your relations with Pullen7"
 Nothing but friendly" declared the witness. and she clune to this state ment. despite the repeated questions based upon the evidence of Pullen
 Did you place lamp at the win dow of your husbands room on the night of the murder?" was asked. No.
 Did you place a box under the window, upon which Pullen stood when he fired the shotg'' No. ' Did you raise the window and hold it open while Pullen fired?' No"
 Are you in love with Pullen?"
 T certainly am not
 Were you ever in love with him.
 No.
 Another interesting bit of evidence was relative to a couple of dogs owned by DeLoney. The animals were very vicious, and Pullen, he declared, was the only man who could enter the De Loney yard after nightfall without fear of being torn to pieces. Pullen said that on the night of the killing Mrs. DeLoney agreed to tie the dogs in the kitchen, in order that their victim might not be awakened. This the widow denied.
 Considerable speculation was aroused by the fact that Mrs. DeLoney when her three children were brought into the court room today. did not pretend to recognize them.
 The case was probably the most stubbornly contested of any that has ever been tried in Little. River coun- lty. The attorneys were exhausted after the final completion of the argu. ments before the jury last night. J lD. Head, one of the attorneys for the defense, spoke for two hours and al. most collapsed in the court room aftel concluding his speech His address was considered masterpiece. Sets Reynolds, the other attorney for the defense, lost his voice before he con cluded his speech. A. D. DuLaney J. s. Lake and J. c. Pinnix all spoke for the prosecution.
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