Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-11-19 | Page 3 | Jury Disagrees in Lewis Case

iU JURY DISAGREES IN LEWIS CASE St. St Louis Louts Mo No Nov IS The The Jury In Intire tire tho case of ot E. E G. G Lewis ls charged with using the tIme mails malls to dorr defraud u reported to Judge Willard in tho the United States district court today that it had found that Lewis w was not guilty on three of ot the tho eleven on counts In n the Indictment an and that It was unable un to agree arce a as ai to th other counts Tho The jur Jury was die dis charged Tho The counts In time the Indictments on which the tire Jurors found Lewis Lowi not guilty related to the tho 7 per cent notes Tho rho Jury JUl ha had been out nino hours hour and on tho the first ballot decI decided ed edS S to 4 that Lewis was waa not guilty Subsequent Sub Sub- sequent ballots showed howell the Jurors stood 0 9 to S for tor acquittal This was Lewis Lewis' second trial on the Indictment which wa was returned 1 b by a 0 special grand Jury jur JUl July Juby 1 12 1 1911 The Tho jury mury In the tire first trial l stood 3 9 to 3 for or orCo Co conviction ri vi ct i 0 fl Tire The Indictment co core covered re four Cour propositIons propositions which winch were placed before betor tho the public b by lW Lewis through tho tire mails It was alleged he ire obtained rl mil millions II 0 of ot dollars tram from investors b by 13 making misleading mis- mis loading leading statements In thi the tho a advertisements advertise advertise- merits ments In his iris publications Lewis was the tire Incorporator nail and Is he the MIC mayor maor o of University City a re residential resi l- l suburb I Lewis Lewis' defense o was that the ftc flee department b by iK issuing a n rand fraud or- or dr r prevented him from Crom carrying his companies to a successful end Ho TIo HoR was WAR acquitted May a 1 14 H. H 1008 08 of oC a n. charge of or in tho organization misusing tire the malls mans then tion and conduct of oC tho Peoples I United States bank