Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-06-25 | Page 12 | Fraud Charges in Small Case Fail to Stand

FRAUD CHARGES UN SMALL CASE. ? FAIL TIT STAND Jury Quickly Exonerates Illinois Il-linois Governor of Conspiracy Con-spiracy to Defraud f tate on Loans to Packers WAURROAN, 111.. Juna 24 Uy 17. J,) Oovernor ln Umall today waa vrqultted of chargea of mnaplracy to ) fraud tha stat of huffe lumi of in one y. A jury In Lake count v rtrcult court a turned the verdict of "not guilty." The pmaecutlon during the lung trial .templed fu prove that tha unvrrnor, wrvlnn a a atate trenail rer, conwplred with Vernon and Kdward I. Curtia to htaln Intereat on elate hunk a through loan a to fhloajro packcra through ina Xirant lark hank." Th atnla claimed tha hank waa firtiUoua lnatltution creaiad merely to over up tha alleard cnneplrary, Tha governor contended tha proaa-utton proaa-utton waa backed by hla political ene-dailea, ene-dailea, aided by th "traction rtnf' and trthera who ha had opiKtaed. J. Tha Invaatlyatlon which faded tha 4roe)cutlon t under way nearly ear ao. Jndlctmcnta all eg In that tha ovar-rtor ovar-rtor had obtained laraa auma of money through tha alleged conspiracy waa ra-turnad ra-turnad by a jury In Hangamun county, tha atnta capltol, but tha raaa waa taken to Waukegan on a changa uf tVenua. I - Tha crowded courtroom waa Jubilant ; when tha vardtct waa returned. Moat of tha apactaiora were atate of- Atrial a and pereonal friend of tha yovamor. . Tha jury deliberated one hour and thirty mlnutaa In reaching the verdict.