Emerson Acquitted

An American Horse Dealer on Trial for Murder in England Discharged from Custody on the Ground of Self Defense.

London, April 16.—A verdict was given to-day in the case of Luke Emerson, of Bowling Green, Mo., who was charged with the murder of a man named Robinson on Oxford street in February last. Emerson was acquitted and discharged from custody.

Emerson, who is a horse dealer, came to England last winter to buy horses. He displayed a considerable sum of money in a public house here one night and upon leaving the place was, he claims, set upon by two men, who attempted to rob him. He thereupon drew his revolver and fired two shots, killing Robinson, who was one of his assailants, and wounding the other. Emerson’s plea was that he had simply acted in self defense.

source: The Titusville Morning Herald
location: Titusville, Pennsylavania