Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1901 — Both Acquitted. [ARTICLE]

Both Acquitted.

fids. Lyda 'and- Starr Cox Not Guilty of Murder, as Charged. • A veidict of “not guilty’’ was returned at 9 o’clock Sunday- morning, by a jury at Monticello in the Lyda murder case, thus setting free both Mrs. Lyda and Starr Odx, who wore tried jointly for the murder of Wm, Lyda. The verdict meets popular approval at Monticello, and the only surprise is said to be that it required nineteen hours for the jury to reach a conclusion. On the announcement of the verdict Mrs. Lyda broke down and her lady friends joined her in tears. It is said that the expense- of the trial will wipe out all of both accused persons’ property. If they are innocent as-we are now justified in believing, their prosecution, with its attendant suffering and enormous cost, is a terrible hardship to them.