Show JACK D DEMPSEY IS IS A ACQUITTED Quiri-ED Federal Court Disposes of Much Discussed Dis cussed Case of Worlds World's Champion Fighter After a trial lasting more mor than a week a Jury h In hi the te fed federal ral court court of ot ofSan ofSan San Francisco f found und Jack Dempsey n not guilty of violating the selective service sen ice c act acL The j Jury r was out only ten minutes and returned Its verdict on onUle onlie the lie first ballot The Indictment charged Dempsey with knowingly and wilfully falsifying his questionnaire In hi order to get deferred deterred de do- de- de classification In Class Ii Inthis In Iri this do document which he signed In Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago In January 1918 he swore that his wife m mother ther father ather widowed sister sister sister sis sis- sis sis- ter and the two minor children of the thelast thelast last named were mainly dependent upon upon upon up up- on him for support and had been living JIving with him for a n considerable time These statements the government go a asserted asserted as as- were we're untrue The evidence showed that Dempsey received his questionnaire lre In Chicago and had lad It fill filled d' d out almost Immedi- Immedi Kately aie r Jack Ke Kearns n i n mot most most of of the thc questions and rave nye his assent as s- s th thc lInI aa n lIn- I f. f a p a'S S 7 d p j 4 2 I o I JACK P I swei w were wie re rewritten written written down Supporting were signed by Maxine Dem Dempsey Demps y tl then his s sU wife U e but hut sin since divorced divorced di dl- and Ellie Effle C Clarkson h his s sister ister was There There was some confusion In the local local local lo lo- lo- lo cal draft board over o his case and at nt atan atan an Informal meeting evening Dempsey and Jack JacK- Kearns s. l ils S' S manager mana ger gel took up Dempsey's situation with John Jolin Hogan nogan chal of the mc local draft b bo id i'd d' d At At this meeting Dempsey Dempsey Dempsey Demp Demp- sey was placed In IQ Class upon his sw sworn rn statement ent t of the of ethe the questionnaire The evidence showed showed that Mrs Hiram Hiram Hi- Hi Hi ram Dempsey Dempse tile the the mother of ot Jack was almost 1 entirely dep dependent nd t upon him for support and that J he lie e had made substantial contributions to the support support sup sup- port of his fn father sister and brother His statements In this regard were not contradicted |