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Show CASE AGAINST LEWIS IN HANDS OF THE JURY ST. LOUIS. April 12. Tho cast against E. G. Lewis, charged by the covern-mnt covern-mnt with uslnp; the malls to defraud, went to the Jury in tho federal district court this, afternoon. CounPfjl for Lewis said Lewis never had misappropriated one penny of the funds ho handled. He dwelt on the magnificence mag-nificence of 'the Lewis plans, whirh.' hp paid, had been nipped in the bud by the government The case has been on trial for five weeks. Mora than one hundred witnesses linvc testified and 8S0 exhibits wore Introduced in evidence. The jury was locked up for tho nlcrht without havlnc reached a verdict. |