Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-05
MRS. S.COULDW|NS
 HER ACQU|TTAL
Woman Charged With the Murder of Her Father Is Freed by Jury at Clifton; {;
 Sister-in-Law May Be Tried

CLIFTON. March 4.-Aa.er wo hours and twenty minutes of deliber- auon the jury in the case of Mrs. Anna Gould. charged with the mur. ! der of her father. II. IL Tint at his Metcalf home, returned verdict of acquittal.
 This Nerdic. was expected by the great majority of those who were in ! touch with the evidence submitted at | the trial. as the most noticeable feat. , ure of. this case was that the wit. nesses called by the attorneys for the state offered testimony in favor of the defense, of whom nearly all are relatives.
 The case was easily one of the most sensational and s-ubbornly fought ever coming before the su. perior Court of Greenlee county.
 Mrs. Thos. Larkin, a sister of the defendant, was the star witness for the state, but really proved 70 be the strongest witness for the defense. Her testimony was in harmony with that of the defendant, the defendant. 8 mother, and of others present at the time of the killing Briefly. the evi. dence offered by Kearney to prove his defendants plea of self defense, was as follows:
 Tiff. threatened the life of the girl only few hours before the shoot ing, he attacked her immediately upon her return from the picture show. which she persisted in attending de. spite the expressed wishes of the de ceased. this being the beginning of . the disagreement In this attack. Tifft repeated the threats made earl. fer in the day. The girl attempted ko leave the house in her efforts to escape. but found all doors either locked or barred, this being because of the fam ly's preparations to re- tire for the night; Tint pursued her into the adjoining kitchen, from which there was no means of escape. and during this time was warned by the girl that she held pistol and would shoot in self defense: Tint at this juncture attacked her with a walk. 4 ing stick made from a soap weed which grows in this section, beating !. her about the face and head with [ this weapon, which. was of four ounces s in weight, l.hst the defendant at this | moment fired the fatal shot, knowing that escape was Impossible in any other manner. Also introduced at the trial was evidence that Tifft was very strong physically. and tha. the girl could easily Of this fear for her life.
 The evidence offered by States At torney Horton in his attempts to dis. prove the plea of self defense, was in substance as follows.
 The dying statement of Tim, made to Judge Burns of Metcalf, and who on the stand repeated the statements to the jury, was to the .effect hat he, Tint never intended any punishment to his daughter other. than chastise- ment, and that us was only be- cause of her deliberately discbeying him in his efforts to restrain her conduct that was reprehensible; that at the time of the attack he only threatened to chaS.lse the girl with the stick. and that she had no reason to believe that he would a.tempt her great bodily harm; that she suddenly and without warning produced the pistol and shot him.
 The verdict was. received by Mrs. Gould with the greatest joy, her at 'eitude and expression denoting the wonderful relief to her so long over wrought emotions. She thanked the jurors with fervor, and greeted her relatives who have sc courageously fought for her freedom, with the greatest happiness. The verdict was received by the many spectators with approval, the ladies, especially Of the audience applauding.
 Mrs. Allan Wlll Face Trial.
 Indications are that Mrs. Allan, a sister.in-law of Mrs Gould, will be compelled to face trial on the same charge as that which for days stared persistently a. Mrs. Gould. While apparently the verdict rendered Il