Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-27 | Page 1 | Wins Victory

j j L Wins Wins' S Victory 1 r 4 I I Ir r I S. S Y S. S 1 ALEX PANTAGES Long Battle Ends PANTAGES fREED OF ATTACKING n DACER NCE Jury at Second Trial Returns Verdict After Being Out 65 Hours LOS ANGELES Nov No 27 27 A A verdict ver vcr di diet dict t of acquittal was was returned today by the jury in the retrial of Alexan- Alexan theater multimillionaire accused and once once convicted of a crimInal criminal crim- crim Inal nal attack on Eunice Pringle youthful youth youth- ful tul dancer The jury was out 65 hours Pantages and his family were in inthe inthe the he courtroom as the verdict was r read rad ad It t br brought to a close a court fight of two wo years He lie claimed from the day dayle he le was arrested August 9 1929 that thai it t was brought about by a plot to blackmail him The case went to the jury Tuesday night after more than three weeks of testimony At the first trial two years ago was convicted and sentenced to o prison for tor from one to 50 SO years He ic was freed on bail ball of pending pending pend- pend ing ng appeal and the state supreme court gave him a new trial ruling the trial court had erred in barring y relating to Miss Pringles Pringle's character A million dollar damage suit filed by y Miss P Pringle Ingle after alter the first trial stIll till faces Pantages