Show JACK DE DEMPSEY IS ACQUITTED Federal Court Disposes of Much Much Discussed Die Dis cussed Case of Worlds World's Champion Prize Fighter After a trial frial lasting more II a week a Jury In the federal court of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Francisco found Jack Dempsey not i guilty of violating the selective service f servIce erv- erv ervIce Ice act The Jury was out only onty ten minutes and returned Its verdict on t tI I the first ballot 91 The Indictment charged Dempsey with knowingly and wilfully falsifying his questionnaire In order to get deferred de classification In Class In Inthis Inthis Inthis this document which he signed In ChIcago Chicago Chicago Chi ChI- cago In January 1918 he swore that his wife mother father widowed sister sis sis- sl sister ter and the two minor children of ot the thelast thelast thelast last named were mainly dependent upon upon up up- on him for support and had been living with him for a considerable time These statements the tho government a asserted as- as Y were wore untrue The evidence showed th that t Dempsey 1 r received his questionnaire In Chicago j and had It flied filled out almost Immedi immedi- His manager Jack Kearns answered answered answered an an- most of the questions questions- and t Dempsey rave cave his assent as the th in ID J jj ii I j j J JACK DEMPSEY DEMPSE savers were written down Supporting 1 affidavits were signed by D Dempsey then his wife but since divorced dl- dl and Effie Clarkson his sister There was same some confusion contusion In the local local lo lo- cal draft board over his bis case at atan atan atan an Informal meeting held one ono evening e I Dempsey and Jack Kearns his manager manager manager mana mana- ger took up Dempsey's situation lon with John Hogan chairman of the local o draft board At this meeting Dempsey Dempsey Demp Demp- S Sf sey was placed In Class upon his sworn statement of ot the contents of ot the questionnaire The evidence showed sho that Mrs Hiram HIram Hiram Hi HI- ram Dempsey the mother of ot Jack Jacl was almost entirely dependent upon hl him for uP that he h had d made substantial contributions to the support support support sup sup- port of his father sister and brother His statements In this regard were were not contradicted |