Show CRAWFORD discharged st louis was via arrested for coercion st louis oct as dugald crawford a prominent dry goods merchant 0 of this city was arraigned in the court of 0 criminal correction today to answer the tha charge of intimidating and coercing its his employees in their right of 0 franchise T D porcher appeared as the prosecuting witness the other witnesses were julia burns it rs bryan wren freundlich and gradwohl all with one exception employees who were here on october because it Is alleged they were tor for tree free silver the prosecuting attorney stated it 1 was as tits his u 1 that the information at I 1 on ba had 1 been drawn under n section 66 of 0 the rei re smell statutes of 0 1895 punishable by imprisonment of 0 from rom two to five pears after part of 0 the testimony against mr crawford Craw tord acting judge smith discharged the defendant on a technicality |