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Show DENVER PUBLISHER SENTEM TO JAIL F. G. Bontlls to Do 60 Days for Contempt and Pay a Fine of $5000. Denver, jniy k. v. o. Bonriis. part owner of a Denver iif-wsp.-? per, was found guilty of contempt of court this afternoon in proceedingF growing out of suits for libel filed by William (i. Evans and former Mayor Robert W. Speer, and aggregating more than Sl.OOO.oon Bon-tils Bon-tils was sentenced to sixty days In the county Jail and fined S5000, In addition to one-half the costs of tin- trial. Tho attorneys at-torneys announced that they would save exceptions to' the sentence-Judge sentence-Judge Hubert Lb Shattuck granted a stay of execution for ten days to allow Mr. Bonflls's attorneys to ille a writ of supersedeas In the supreme rourt. Contempt proceedings, an outgrowth of libel suits against F. G. Bpn'ftlaj will begin be-gin tomorrow against William O. TCvans. Evidence will be taken In a Jury trial to show whether livans Is owner, or purt owner of a Denver paper In whic i alleged al-leged libelous statements against Bonflla and H. H. Tammen recently appeared " |