Arizona republican., 1916-02-06
MRS. MOHR ACQUITTED NEGROES FOUND GUILTY
 OF SHAVING DR. MOHR
Woman Accused of Instigat-
 ing Murder of Her Illus band SwOOns When Fore man Announces First of Defendants Found Guilty
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 PROVIDENCE, R. l. Feb. 5.-Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr was acquitted to- night by a jury in the superior court of a charge of having instigated the murder of heI husband, Dr. C. Frank lin Mohr C. Victor Brown and Henry Ii. Spellman, negroes, who were ac- cused of the actual killing were found guilty. The jury reported at 6:07 o'clock, after having been out since IC. 90 o'clock this morning.
 Mrs. Mohr swoOned while the fore man was announcing the verdicts. Her head dropped forward and she was slipping from her chair when her attorney grasped and supported her.
 Is there any other charges agains+ these defendants?" inquired Justice Stearns.
 There is. your honor" replied At torney General Rice. but Mrs. Mohr is on bail on tke other charges
 "Tke defendants Brown and Spell man are committed without bail" said the court. and Mrs. Mohr is dis charged from custody on this com plaint'
 The other charge against Mrs. Mohr and the two negroes is that they committed an assault on Miss Emily Burger with intent to kill. Miss Burger was shot while riding with Dr. Mchr or the night he was at tackled. Brown and Spellman are ac- cused of actually firing the shots at Miss Burger. while Mrs. Mohr is fore the fact of the crime.
 The first word received from the jury after it took the case came at 5.25, when it was announced that further instructions were desired Half an hour later the prisoners had been brought to the courtroom, but a depu- ty sheriff informed the judge that the jury mad decided that the instructions asked for were not needed.
 Less than ten minutes elapsed when word came that the jury was ready to report The jurymen looked tired and worn as they passed into the court room. After each had taken his riace in the jury box the clerk asked the foreman: Do you find the de- fendant Cecil Brown guilty or not guilty"
 As the foreman replied guilty Mrs Mohr collapsed. While her coun- sci were assiting her the clerk con tinued: Do you find the defendant Harry SpelIman guilty or no guilty"
 Guilty"
 Do you find the defendant Eliza beth F. Mohr guilty or not guiltp?" Not guilty"
 Mrs Mohr apparently was in ; stupor when the foreman pronounced the words not guilty" She recov cred quickly, however. Newspape men began to surround her but wer' told by her counsel. John J. Fitzgerald that she was not in any condition t, talk.
 The fight has only begun" wa the comment of William H. Lewis counsel for Brown. MT. Lewis ha I taken numerous exceptions during tn | trial and said that he might carr. the case to the supreme court. Attorney General Rice refused t. comment on the verdict. He would | not say when the other charge agains Mrs Mohr would be tried. if at all. The trial began January 10 and tn | jury had been kept together all tha time They went to their respectiV homes for the first time in fou weeks, after having been paid off to night.
 l Dr. Mohr. a physician practicing il this city and Newport. was shot ia tally on the evening of August 31 1915. as he was sitting in his stalle automobile in a lonely spot in Bar rington
 George W. Healie. the negro chauf feur. made a confession, in which h alleged Mrs. Mohr had agreed to pa him, Brown and Spellman 5000 they would murder her husband.
 The police also claimed that tn other two negroes made confession which were subsequently repudiateC
 HeaIis pleaded guilty to man slaughter and became a witness fo the state.
 Dr. and Mrs. Mohr had been Twin apart for two years as result C ouarrels growing out of his allege
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