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Show STATE DROPS CH HERR1N GASES SECOND JURY OF YEAR RETURNS JUD, VERDICT OF NOT tSUILTY FOR DEFENDANTS Acquittal of Six Defendants Brlnfli Pi Announcement Justice Cannot Be Obtained In County: State -f Drops Pending Cases . CI Mnrion, III. All of tho untried Crat criminal indlctmonts growing out ol jU(jk tho irorrln riots were nollo pressed rC( Saturday following tho acquittal by a ing Jury Friday night of six defendant afte charged with murdor. publ After dollbaratlng less than sevot. vote hours, a Jury for tho second tlmo this gest yoar walkod Into tho courtroom hore with with a verdict of not guilty for do. May fondants charged with murdor In con. In c roctlon with tho Ilorrln riots of last city June. Ui Tho verdicts freed six dofendnnts, "led Hush Willis, ntato executtvo hoard of lng the Illinois minors; Phillip Fontan. voto ctia, Oscar Howard, Jnmcs Brown, RP negro; Bert Crnco and Otis Clark, 'onr. Grnco and Otis Clark woro acquitted In la tho first Hcrrln riot call. Tho six In tl were charged with murdor or con. splrncy to murdor Antonio Mul-avltch croa of Krlo, Pa., n totcran of Uio World BM war. Only ono ballot for onch of tho wor doforindnnts, six la nil, was taken, tho totm foreman of tho Jury said. 0,111 tonn |