The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-02-27
After Two Hours and Twenty Minutes Of DeberaOn Jury Declares Mrs. Gould Not Guilty Sensational Feature of Case is Tendency of Relatives to Aid Accused- Kain Case Now on TdI-AnOther Special
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MRS. ALLAN IS TO BE TRIED ON MURDER CHARG

After two hours and twenty min utes of deliberation on the afternoon of Wednesday, the jury ip the case of Mrs. Annie Gould, charged with the murder of her father, H. H. Tifft at his Metcalf home, returned a yer dict of acquittal.
 This verdict was expected by the great majority of those who were in touch with the evidence, submitted at the trial. as the most noticeable fea ture of this case was that the wit nesses called by the attorneys fol the state offered testimony completely in tie favor of the defense, of whom nearly all are relatives.
 Beginning with the entering of tes- timony on the forenoon of Sat urday, February 21. and ending with the verdict of acquittal at about five thirty on the afternoon of Wednes- day fcllowing,. this case was easily one of the most sensational and stub- bornly fought ever coming before the Superior Court of Greenlee county.
 All of Saturday the states attorn- ey, E. V. Horton and David Hing, offered witnesses for the prosecution, and the forenoon of Tuesday, follow ing Monday, a legal holiday, was also devoted to the testimony of their witnesses. Early on the afternoon of Tuesday, the attorneys, Kearney and Quiat, for the defense, began calling witnesses for the defense. These witnesses were practically the same as those called by the state, and their evidence was as that given at their previous appearance before the states attorneys, and easily in the favor of the defense, thus form ing a situation that has not often parallel. The testimony advanced under the questioning of Attorney Horton was easily for the advantage of the defense. thus placing Horton under a handicap, and making his only strong witness of Judge Burns, of Metcalf, who told to the jury the dying statements of Tifft. The evi- dence of the defendants sister, mother and brothers-in-law all tend ed to clear her of the crime, and the evidence of Tifft, his dying deposi- tion, was practically all that was left to Horton.
 Mrs. Thos. Larkin, a sister of the defendant, was the star witness for the state, but really proved to be the strongest witness for the defense. Her testimony was in harmony with that of the defendant, the defendants mother, and of others present at the time of the killing.
 Briefly, the evidence offered by Kearney to prove his defendants plea of self defense,' was as follows:
 Tifft threatened the life of the girl only few hours before the shooting; he attacked her immedi- ately upon her return from the pie ture show which she persisted in attending despite the expressed wishes of the deceased, this being the beginning of the disagreement; in this attack, Tifft repeated the threats made earlier in the day The girl attempted to leave the house in her efforts to escape, but found all doors either locked or barred, this being because of the family's pre- parations to retire for the night; Tifft 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 a pistol and would shoot in self defense; Tifft at this juncture att tackled her with a walking stick made from the soap weed which grows in this section, beating her about the face and head with this weapon, which was of four ounces in weight; that the defendant at this moment fired the fatal shots, knowing that es- cape was impossible in any other manner. Also introduced at the trial