Show VERDICT JF OF ACQUITTAL Former Fonner Minnesota Legislator Success Successfully Successfully Successfully fully Meets One of Several Charges in Buffalo Buffalo N Is Y March 23 Alonzo J Whiteman of or N NY Y a former member of the Minnesota Mh legislature tonight was acquitted on a charge of grand larceny h There still are arc five in indictments in against Whiteman on of ot grand larceny huell forgery and attempted larceny All these charges are jre based oU on ok the transaction involved 1 in tile tho trial Just ended It is charged that secured 2000 2 Q on an al alleged a fraudulent draft for or de deposited deposIted deposited posited with Aith the Fidelity Trust com Coin company compan pan pany t of or Buffalo Joseph Boothman an Englishman who is under indictment in fn connection with the same transaction tion was the tho principal witness for the prosecution The defense sought to prove proe an alibi for Whiteman and called wItnesses to establish the fact that the draft was endorsed by Boothman and that the money was withdrawn from the bank by a third party Whiteman related on the stand a story of alleged persecution by a 3 private detective agency I |