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Show BORAH ACQUITTED ON EIRST BALLOT Idaho Senator Accused of Conspir ing to Defraud Government is Declared Innocent by Jury. Verdict Was Greeted With Cheers ani Applause Which the Court Made (Mo Effort to Restrain. Citizens Celebrate When Verdict Is Announced. noise, Idano United State Senator Sena-tor William i: lloiah was acquitted, on Wednesday night, of tho chargo o conspiring to defraud the government out pf valuable Idiho timber lands. Tho caso was submitted without argument argu-ment on the part of the dofcnio and thn Jury was out Just long enough to tnko ono ballot The verdict was greeted by cheers and npplauso which tho court ofUclals made no effort ti restrain This demonstration In the court room served only ns n beginning. As goon ns the news reached the outside, out-side, bells werenng and the clt) flio department made a spectacular run through tho principal streets, stopping: eventually ut tho Idanhn hotel, whoit. Senator Dnrah, surrounded by several hundred of hU fellow citizens, was escorted es-corted A brass band oppeated as If br magic and as tho senntor reiched tho hotel steps p1a)cd "Hall to the Chief.' Tho" streets about ,the hotel woro blocked by tho cheering throng, whose shouts mingled with tho screech of tho flro engine whistles and clang of trollc) car bells Senator Rorali thanked his hearers' for their demon- , stratlon and tho confldouro they hnd reposed In him throughout tho trial., Senntor llornh held an. Impromptu reception In the court room and another an-other In tho lobby of the hotel, whciet ho was called upon for a speech. Wherever ho went during tho evening' ho was cheered and congratulated, thu verdict apparently being n most popular pop-ular one throughout the community. |