| Show BIN IH ff A armann r P 9 lat al wh K ps IS FRIE 4 he is acquitted by jury after being out twenty one hours general scene of congratulation in the court loom room even the prise buting officer joining in the demonstration washington april 27 banger hermann former oon congressman gressman from ore gon and former commissioner of the general land office waz acquit acquittal tol of t th he charge of destroying permanent records by a verdict of the jury at 1240 today the trial had for twelve weeks anil and the lury jury deliberated twenty one hours nothing waa heard from the lury jury room after the jury retired at yesterday afternoon until 11 today when word came that it wag was do de tired that justice stafford repeat rep eat hla his charge to them this wa granted after brief argument of counsel and the next hour and a half in reading rereading re the charre charge after which justice stafford who at 1 last night had word ord to the jury room that it would bo be bettey at that time to drop consideration of the CM case aul got somo some sleep advised that the 0 jury proceed to their luncheon before again endeavoring to reach an agreement the jury however disregarded this admonition and within ton minutes after its second retirement appeared with the verdict of not guilty there was im immediately mediately a general scene of congratulation in lit the court room mr hermann ex expressed presed thanks to each juryman aa as did his counsel united states attorney baker and abid many othera others in the court room co con the tho defendant I 1 CAPT INDICTED P he waa was short in his ac counts ganoss city aio wo april 27 the federal feral grand jury here today returned an indictment against captain fit flaa vars J charging him with I 1 all application allocation cation of the funds of the nates bates national bank of butler mo which i suspender BUt in september Sep last and tb the 1 which he be waa was president his life ac countr awe re short in the masonia home of 0 Xi knights ot of midi walnut land coal company R corporation with large holdings the county lay investment estment company omd several estates of which he was trusty the indictment contains eleven bounts being involved blowing the suspension of the unk aia captain was declared in fe and was confined in ft a he Is 74 yeara of ngo age |
