Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-03-10 | Page 11 | Verdict of Not Guilty in "Dolly Dimples" Case

VERDICT 0 NOT GUILTY IN i!D0LLY DIMPLES" CASE Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, March '9. After remaining out for three hours, tho . Jury bearing the case of the state against L. 2s'. Curry and Mrs. L. X. Curry, charged with criminal conspiracy in connection with the "Dolly Dimples" circulation contest held In Og-don Og-don for the Evoning Standard, returned a verdict of not guilty at 7 o'clock this evening. The case ngainst Fred Klckersccker, .me of the defendants, was dismissed by Judge Howell yesterday because tho state had failed to corroborate the testimony tes-timony of Fred Van Ness and Miss Beatrix Bea-trix Mtisscr, who were held to be accomplices. accom-plices. In charging the Jury this afternoon, Judge Howell held that Miss Musser also was regarded In law as an accomplice and that unless the jury found some evidence evi-dence to corroborate hor testimony and that of Van Xess a vcrd.ct of not guilty should ho brought in. As Van N'ess and Miss Musser both admitted their part in "the frame-up" they were the most Important Im-portant witnesses called by the state, and. as no other witnesses were present at the time the alleged agreement was made by which Miss Musser was to "capture" "cap-ture" "Dolly Dimples," the state was unable un-able to produce witnesses to corroborate their testimony-