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Show Vinton Rom Acquitted. Galena, 111., June 10. The trial of Vincent Ross for the murder of John Qiiillam, committed recently In front of a saloon, on Main' street, in this city, and which was the result of a quarrel iu which both men had been engaged while under tho inliueuco of liquor, was concluded at. 11:!J0 o'clock this forenoon by the acquittal of the defendant, the jury, after about twenty minutes' absence, ab-sence, returning into court with a verdict ver-dict of "not guilty." ltoss was at once discharged, and 'under the escort of Sheriff McDonald left for the east, his exact destination being kept a secret. The verdict was a surprise to the court, the attorneys engaged In the trial and to the defendant, who had resigned himself to one of conviction. |