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Show BORAH ACQUITTED I ON FIRST BALLOT I Idaho Senator Accused of Conspir ing to Defraud Government is II Declared Innocent by Jury. I Verdict Was Greeted With Cheers am HI Applause Which the Court Made H No Effort to Restrain. Citizens Hj Celebrate When Verdict is H Announced. H Dolsc, Idaho. United States Sena- H tor William 10. Rorah was acquitted, Hj on Wednesday night, or the chnrgo 01 conspiring to defraud the government out or valuable Idaho timber lands. Kj Tho case was submitted without nrgu- ! ment on tho part of the defuse anil tho Jury was out Just long enough to ) tako ono ballot. 'The verdict wns ) greeted by cheers and applause which tho court ofllclals made no effort t( restrain. This demonstration In tho ! court room served only as n beginning. HI As soon ns tho news renched the out- B side, bolls were rung nnd tho city flro ms dopnrtment mnde a spectacular rim 'B through the principal streets, stopping eventually nt tho Idnnhn hotel, when Senntor Rorah, surrounded by several hundred of his fellow citizens, was es- cortcd. . H A brass band appeared ns If by ningic nnd ns tho senntor reached the y H hotel steps played "Hall to the Chief.' Tho strcetn about the hotel were ! blocked by the cheering throng, whose shouts mingled with the screech of M tho fire cnglno whistles nnd clang of trolley car bells. Senator Rorah thanked his hearers for their demon H stratlon nnd tho confidence they had IH reposed In him throughout the trial. IH Senator Borah held an Impromptu H reception In the court room nnd an-' IH other In tho lobby of the hotel, where IH ho wns called upon for a speech. IH Whorovcr ho went during the evening IH ho was cheered nnd congratulated, the IH verdict apparently being n most pop- IH ulnr ono throughout the community. IH |
