ZORN CASE DRAGS SLOWLY ON.
Seven Years Ago the Doctor Killed
Albert Sechrest.
For a second time during the present term of the criminal court, the case against Dr. Louis Zorn, charged with having killed his tenant, Albert Sechrest, was continued yesterday until December 6.
The killing occurred in June, 1902. Sechrest was a tenant of Zorn's. They quarreled over a line fence and the shooting resulted. Zorn's plea has been self-defense.
Zorn has been tried four times. Three times there was a hung jury but the last one resulted in a conviction. Zorn was sentenced to eighteen years in the state penitentiary. On an appeal to the supreme court, the verdict was reversed and the case remanded back to the criminal court for a new trial.
