Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — Mrs. Lyda and Starr Cox Acquitted. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Lyda and Starr Cox Acquitted.

The jury in the Lyda-Cox murder trial returned a verdict Sunday morning, acquitting both the defendants of the alleged poisoning of William Lyda. The case was given to the jury Saturday afternoon and the verdict was reached about midnight, but was not returned in court until 8:45 Sunday morning. The verdict meets with almost universel approval. Mrs. Lyda is now visiting friends in Danville, 111., and Cox is visiting relatives in Tippecanoe county.