Evening star., 1912-11-24
SHE WILL WE'D
Cecilia Farley Acquitted on
Charge Of Murder.
CROWD SHOUTS APPROVAL
Pretty Stenographer Grasps Hands
of Ohio Jurors.
WOMEN INSIST ON KISSES

COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 23.-Miss
Cecilia Farley, the pretty young state
house stenographer, who for two weeks
has been on trial for first degree murder
for the shooting Of Alvin E. Zollinger. an
advertising solicitor, in a city park last
May, was acquitted today after the jury
had been out for three and a half hours.
Immediately following the announce
ment of the verdict of the jury Miss Far
ley stated that she and Jerome Quigley,
the hotel clerk who figured prominently in
the case, will be married at once, and will
go to Los Angeles, Cal, with Miss Far
ley's parents to make their home.
Shakes Jurors Hands.
AS soon as the verdict was read Miss
Farley jumped from her seat and ran to
the jury box, where she shook hands
with each of the jurors.
The large crowd in the courtroom
greeted the verdict with a shout of ap-
proval which could be heard all over
the courthouse. Scores of woman spec
tators crowded auout Miss Farley and in
sisted upon kissing her
During the three hours the jury was
out, Miss Far.ey remained with her
mother and intimate friends in the wit
ness room. She seemed hopeful that the
verdict would be favorable. The ste
nographer'S mother was nervous and al
though smiling, tears showed in her eyes
when the verdict of acquittal was an
nounced-
Jerome Quigley was not in the court
room to receive the news, and was in
formed by his friends at his home.
Courts Instructions.
In charging the jury Judge Marcus G.
Evans. who heard the case. instructed the
jurors to disregard the ''unwritten law
in bringing In verdict.
Prosecuting Attorney Edward c. Tur-
ner finished his plea for conviction after
asking the jurors not to let the fact that
the defendant is a pretty woman warp
their judgment. II want warming to the
men and women in this community that
they cannot break the laws he said.
Don't put a premium on murder" he
continued. "If we can tell our fallen
women that when they get tired of one
lover they can shoot him and secure an
other things have come to a sad state" !"
Says She Told untruth.
The prosecutor charged that Miss Far
ley had not told the truth in testifying on
the witness stand.
He declared that she had pulled 1.-The
wool over the eyes of jury" in a SIAN
der suit. and asked the jury not to let
it happen in the present case. Prose-
cutor Turner referred to Miss Farley as
"tigress''
Quoting the testimony of Jerome Quig-
ley, who Miss Farley will marry, Prose-
cutor Turner declared that the stenog-
rapher was four feet away from Zol-
linger when he was shot, and slightly
behind him. The prosecutor declared
that testimony and the position in which
the body was found We're conclusive evil
dence that Miss Farley had shot Zol-
linger. He reminded the jurors that no
powder marks had been found on the
victims head and that Miss Farley had
confessed to having committed the mur-
der before Zollinger had died. and when
she was still afraid that she might be
confronted with him. The prosecutor
said that Miss Farleyss demonstration
of. the alleged accidental shooting was
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