Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-05
WOMAN GUILTY Of
MANSLAUGHTER
IS VERDICT
MURDER
TRIAL CONCLUDED
PfoprietfeSS of Seattle Sanitar-
ium Faces Prison Termi De-
cIareS She is Victim of Per-
SeCution By Medical Men,

iBy Morning Journal sboc1ai leased WireI
seattle, Wash, Feb. 4.-The jury in
the case against Mrs. Linda Burfield
Hazard accused in the Kitsap county
superior court at Port orchard OF
having starved to death Miss Claire
Williamson, wealthy English patti
ent, at the Hazard "starvation sani-
tarium,' returned verdict tonight
findlng Mrs. Hazard guilty OF man
slaughter
The jury was out more than twen-
ty hours.
Court was hastily convened. Mrs.
Hazard came in after the crowd had
settled itself. She leaned on the arm
OF her husband. former officer of
the United states army. Miss Doro-
thea Williamson, sister of the wom-
an whose death Mrs. Hazard was ac-
cused of, was not present.
The sealed verdict was handed to
the clerk who opened it ana began
To read.
we. the jury he began when the
gas lights with which the court room
was equipped, suddenly guttered and
went out. \ baihff sprang to the
side Of the clerk ana began lighting
matches. The first flare showed Mrs
Hazard biting her lips in "a visible
effort for selt-contr"l Her husband
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of counsel for Mrs. Hazard. recogniZ-
able only by his voice. gave notice of
appeal ana asked that bonds be fix
ed at $5.0G0.
My client is at the end of her re-
sources he said.
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