Show f I 4 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 44 I I FATE OF HOLMES I IN JUDY'S JURYS JURYS HANDS i Justice Decides There Is a Law Covering Former Statisticians Statistician's Statisticians Statistician's i cian's Case WIFE COLLAPSES IN COURT Defendant Takes lakes Stand and Makes General Denial of I IAl All Al Charges I I Washington a ton Juno Junn Th Tho fat of o Edwin Ed Fd 1 win S S. S Holmes former assistant statistician sin sta of or this the n agricultural department depart depart- 1 I cn-I merit ment on nn trial In the cotton coHon leak scandal scandal scan scan- dal cal for Cor conspiracy against the ilu ilC govern jovern- rr ment Is If to tn h he determined by hy th the Jury which Is mu II trying him blat In tho the criminal courts courtl Justice Stafford decided this fola today v h when n he hI overruled the contention conten conten- ten ion tion ton of the defene that tut there therea was a no statutory taw law covering eo Holmes' Holmes of or- the reuse nf the u I o of or secret t In- In lr 8 In for fory p ii 1 lon p h hi m a e t I. I h ui I t- t Lenitive to lo s hi h 11 durin lb th the tim linio tho government presented Its U case as collapsed when thc iho pUt purport orl of or the jus jue- J justices justice's tice's tices decision war b by her Holmes too showed d gr great r a at disappointment disappoint disappoint- meat ment for tor U n. in is i. i the hI general understanding understand understand- ing lag that his hI only only chance for Cor or acquittal owing to 10 th tl hi damaging testimony given le legal al against him turn wn was through ua lH f lit t li-c li 1 I K nominal Vet h. Immediately following thin the decision h Its side the defense began lo to present of or the th case Holmes took the th stand bland The hp sum um nail substance of or hl his bis story WOR u-as a complete denial of an any criminal Oct act and a n direct contradiction of the stories told b by the government o wit wl vit- vit n nesses flosses lN In tomorrows tomorrow's session ho he will wili conclude and will wIl then be b turned turn d over overto overto 1 0 to tl the tho government fo prosecutors for cross Holmes insisted that thal the the foundation o of his hiR present modest modest mod mOll est fortune was made in mining ng spec spec- He lie I insisted that thol hi his Idaho gold mine minI brought hl him big hl returns The Thc governments government's o ern en l' l con contention t Ion is that Holmes never owned a mine t nc Holmes declared that thaI he matte made m lp the acquaintance ac ac- ac- ac I of Potion otton Polon n l King lr Price when former Statistician Hyde Idl and himself cH sought Rought Prices Price's aid In establishing stahl a private crop reporting bureau hureau roi 1 Photograph The defendant was wa then asked to e ex explain cx- cx J plain the photograph of ot himself and hans Haas and auth which was taken Ir In Atlantic City and alil which bore horl time the In Indorsement In in- G 0 T T. Q C C Holmes s In Interpreted In- In tho the Initials to 10 mean menn Get Gel Club hut but sold ald the title There Quick was wa th the he invention o 01 who was always 1 joking H Ho lie d the he thede de designation had hiatt absolutely no reference to the alleged conspiracy Holmes also alHO repudiated the allege l h of window system stem of or signals by means a n curtain ns as Of described h hy by Broker an Van Ho lie declared l no such thing was wn done or 01 01 attempted Dl Deposition of oC Robert M. M r Ho Kog rs and anti andI I Charles G G. Smith both formerly connected con con- with wih the tho firm of Charles G O. read Thc They Gates Catl and company compan wore ere stated slated lt they 1 W were r not acquainted with wih Mr Ir Holmes and one he lie was wal not the man Introduced h by Smith to Rogers In tho the lobb lobby of o the UtI Astoria Waldorf-Astoria hot hotel 1 In iney ey W York n as Mr 11 Rogers had Ils previous previous- testified for the thc ly Iy e government go |