Show The Indictment Against Gibson Quashed CHICAGO Juno Sudge Blodgett this morning quashed the United States indictment indict-ment against George J Gibson secretary of the Whisky trust charged with conspiracy piracy to destroy the Shuffeldt distillery The decision is based oa the ground that the case is one for the state courts and not for the United States courts in which thcre is no statute providing a penalty for the crime for which Gibson was indicted crme The federal indictment against Gioson charged him with conspiring to bribe auger Dewar to set fire Shufeldts dis llory Judge Blodgett said the statutes I made it a crime for anyone to offer to bribe a United States oDUoer to do any act in violation of his lawful duties but to bribe or induce such officer to do an act not contained con-tained within the line of his duties infringes upon no statute of the United States Dis tillaries are not under the protection of the United states and the offense charged i not within federal cognizance States Attorney Longenecker this oven ing said the state indictments for having explosives for conspiracy commit felony with parties unKnown and for attempting arson will be pushed against Gibson |