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Show prtarrett ! Are Not Guilty i ' jffOut 22 Minutes to Return Ver-:Hct, Ver-:Hct, and Defendaut and I Jurors "Weep. TA6HINGTON, May 25. Within twenty-two minutes of the. re- tirement of the Jury In the case . t James N. Tyner and Harris-Barrett, tried on charges of con-jV con-jV in connection with their duties iMv officers of the Postofflcc depart-;l.a depart-;l.a verdict of not guilty was re--M. The throng which filled the ltom throughout the arguments Jury hardly had time to leave the "Dff before the Jury was back and loreman announced that a verdict tHen reached. Gen. Tyner, ex-a ex-a longer wait, had been wheeled the room and his nephew and co-"aant co-"aant hastened to glvo an order ft caused him to return. r3- Tj'ner appeared greatly epecited attempted to face the Jury, and j tlm verdict wa returned he broke completely. Several of the Jurors rj w'th him and all of thom shook ?s jth him lt 7ier"Barrett case was begun a: 2, and has been before the ''nineteen full daya. The prlncl-J?enl8 prlncl-J?enl8 madc today were by A. it i? i Bton' for tne tiefenac, and ytn 68 Conrad, special counsel w Government for the prosecution. P. "cr directed his efforts almost to an attempt to counteract icnce on the Jurors' verdict "Bht result from sympathy Tyner. He told the Jury that ,no right to entertain sympa-en. sympa-en. Tyner nor the younic wife who was a wltnesB in Uio a bohalC, |