Show BROWNE ACQUITTED I Minority Leader of Illinois Free From Charge of Bribery Chicago Lee Lee ONeil O'Neil Browne minority mi ml- leader in the Illinois legislature charged with bribery in connection with the election of William Lorimer to the United States senate was found not guilty by a jury in the criminal court on Friday This was Brownes Browne's second trial The TSe e jury disagreed in inthe inthe inthe the first trial The reading of the verdict absolving absolving absolving ing Browne from guilt was greeted with cheers from friends of Browne who crowded the court room The basis of the indictment against Browne was that he had bribed Representative Representative Rep Rep- Charles A. A White of oJ OFallon Ills IUs his colleague on the Democratic side of the general assembly to vote for William Lorimer for United States senator at the close of the deadlocked session of the last state legislature |