Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1907 — WRIGHT FINALLY ACQUITTED [ARTICLE]

WRIGHT FINALLY ACQUITTED

Man Charged with tbe Murder of His '' - Wife and Daughter, Seems Exonerated, Too. Denver, May 9. —The trial of Benjamin C. Wright, formerly of Benton Harbor, Mich., charged with the murder of his wife and daughter, was ended abruptly when, after ‘hearing the testimony of Professor W. D. Engle, instructor of chemistry at Denver university, counsel for the state at tbe request of the district attorney announced that the case against Wright would not be continued, and the jury, in accordance with instructions from the court, rendered a verdict acquitting tbe defendant Professor Engle testified that carbon monoxide poisoning, generated, he believed, by a gas heater, caused death.