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United Press International
PITTSBURGH —Jurors dis
counted a sixth-grade teacher’s
confession and two teenagers’
flocker-room” boasting and
found her not guilty of raping
e boys last summer.
Kathleen Harden, 31, be
lieved to be the first woman in
Pennsylvania history charged
ivith rape, sobbed heavily after
f
her acquittal Monday. Her hus
band, who testified she is a “per
fect” wife, rushed to her side
along with other family mem
bers.
She had been charged with
four counts of statutory rape, in
voluntary deviate sexual inter
course and three counts of cor
rupting the morals of minors.
The six-man, six-womanjury re
turned the innocent verdict af
ter two hours of deliberation.
Harden’s arrest by Allegheny
County rape squad detectives in
her home last July 21 began
what she described on the wit
ness stand as a “bad dream.”
The night of her arrest, she
gave police a written statement
her attorney conceded was very
damaging and which she re
pudiated at her trial.
In it she admitted having sex
with Larry Dunlap, 13, a study
hall student of hers, and Ken
neth Porter, 15, in her home
when they visited her to mow
her lawn last June and July.
That confession was the key
prosecution evidence Harden
had to overcome, as Assistant
District Attorney Robert Vincler
repeatedly brought it up in his
cross-examination of her last
Thursday and in closing re
marks.
The jury apparently believed
Harden’s testimony that the two
boys were lying and that she
wrote her confession inaccurate
ly under duress.
“She’s a believable person,”
Defense Attorney Peter Skeel
said. “I’m of course totally
elated, and so is my client. She’s
been vindicated.”
Skeel had said in closing argu
ments Harden’s reputation had
already been dragged through
the mud, and the damage done
was irreparable.
“The bottom line is the brag
ging and boasting (of the boys),”
Skeel told the jury. “It’s locker-
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room talk of telling friends that
I’ve done something you haven’t
done — I’ve had sex with my
teacher.”
Vincler speculated that “even
though we had a 12-page con
fession, maybe the jury felt
going through the trial was pun
ishment enough.”
On leave of absence from her
teaching job of 10 years in the
Elizabeth-Forward School Dis
trict since her arrest, Harden
had no comment on her trial
and the verdict. Whether she
would return to her job was not
known.
Also unknown was the status
of a slander suit Harden filed
against the boys last month, de
manding damages for anguish
caused by their charges.
A similar case is awaiting trial
in Knoxville, Tenn., where a
female grade-school teacher is
charged with raping an eighth-
grade boy.
Jan. 30:
Solidarity
Day in U.S.
United Press International
WASHINGTON —President
Reagan will designate Jan. 30 a
day of “solidarity with the Polish
people,” the International Com
munication Agency says.
Reagan will make a statement
from the White House express
ing support for the Polish peo
ple during a telecast by the agen
cy, entitled “Let Poland Be Po
land — A Day of Solidarity with
the People of Poland,” an agen
cy spokesman said.
The program also will fea
ture appearances by Senate Re
publican leader Howard Baker
and House Speaker Thomas
“Tip” O’Neill.
The program, the title of
which comes from the Solidarity
movement’s anthem, will be
beamed by satellite to countries
outside the United States Jan.
31, and sections will be broad
cast by radio on Voice of
America.
Court rules
maid keeps
found cash
United Press International
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The
Wisconsin Court of Appeals says
a former maid at the Lake Gene
va Playboy Resort can keep the
$107,690 she found in a room
on her first day on the job, but at
least two co-workers may sue to
get a share.
The appeals court affirmed
Monday a previous ruling in
Walworth County Circuit Court
that Linda Mueller, 31, of Burl
ington had the right to the
$107,690 she found in May 1979
in two flight bags in a resort
room.
An earlier appeal rejected a
claim on the money by the town
of Lyons, where the club is lo
cated. The decision also rejected
a claim by the maids’ supervisor
that she was entitled to some of
the money.
However, two maids who
were working with Mueller say
they may sue to get part of the
money.
“We had no agreement to
split the money,” Mueller said.
No one knows where the
money came from but author
ities said six men registered at
the club using false names,
stayed one night and left after
paying for their rooms in cash.
The money was found in their
rooms.
Burglar
gets shot
in the arm
United Press International
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Lee
Gilbert saw a burglar stick his
arm through a window and grab
a framed picture of Jesus from
the top of his television set. His
response was to open fire.
Gilbert heard a noise Mon
day, walked into his living room
and saw a man’s arm reaching
through the window. He said he
ran back to his bedroom and got
a .38-caliber pistol.
“I opened the front door and
fired two times at him as he took
off running,” said Gilbert. “He
had a lot of nerve.”