Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-20 | Page 1 | American Parallel to the Case of Dreyfus

AMERICAN PARALLEL TO fvIE CASE OF DREYFUS CHICAGO. Aug. JO. John A. Hinsey. the "Captain Dreyfus" of the JCnlghts of Pythias, after suffering for several years expulsion from his lodge on a charge of embezzling half a million dol-lars.'has dol-lars.'has been exonerated and reinstated. Jllnsey, who is head of the claim department de-partment of tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, and oiie time a political power In Milwaukee, was restored at the recont biennial convention of the J'yth-lans J'yth-lans in Boston. Tho offlcai notion of the order was announced an-nounced hero last night. Tho charge against Mr. Hinsey was made by Ogden J'ethers of .lanesvllle, Wis., when l-'ethers was supreme chancellor. chan-cellor. Hlusey was Indicted and charges preferred against him In His lodge. Ho fought tho Indictments and they wero quashed, and all the subsequent civil suits which were started ho either won or they were dismissed. Throughout it all he had one friend John C. Hums, also of the Chicago. Milwaukee Mil-waukee .t St. Raul railroad. Mr. Rurns worked constantly lo have the whole affair af-fair Investigated. The end came at last a I Ihe Roslon convention, on a final roll call, which resulted re-sulted 00 to SO In Hlnsey's favor, lllnsey, after a. seven-year tight, was restored to all Ihe rights and privilege's and IiIh former for-mer good standing as a true Knight of Pythlus.