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Show and ran, Paine firing a shot at him as . he fled. In the tussle the highway- J man lost bis hat, and this wax picked- I up by Paine and turned over to the itollce. I Use Hat j a Clue. With tho hat as a clue, tho city offi eera begau their search for the assailant assail-ant In a saloon in the downtown district the policy f..und Ryon. Ry&n was hatleKn and his general appearance appear-ance showed signs of a recent scuffle, hh his face was l.nil-ed and his clothes disheveled. When the hat was shown the puspected man. he at once, claimed it as his own. although he stated that he had lost it Just out-side out-side of the saloon in a fight with another an-other saloon frequenter. Ryan was placed under arrest Tho next morning, whn charged with the attempted hold-up. he denied all knowledge of It When confronted with the evidence of the lout hat. Ryan denied that the head Rear wn really hU own. He stated that, being hatles at the tlrn the officer showed him the hat, he merely claimed it for the sake of expedience. Jury Shakes Ryan's Hand. For eleven montli Ryan has stuck unswervingly to this story. Tho police and tho municipal court refused re-fused to give it credence, believing such a coincidence as would bt nees-sary nees-sary to make his story true happen onlv in books of Action. The Jurors in the district court were of a different differ-ent turn of mind, aod after deliberating deliberat-ing for about three hours they returned re-turned a verdict of not guilty. After the Jurors were dismissed thAy further fur-ther averred their belief In the prisoner's pris-oner's innocence, by going down into the Jail corridor and shaking Ryan's hand. With tears ftreamlng down bis cheeks the exonerated man returned their greeting and expressed his gratitude. MICHAEL RYAN IS NOT GUILTY The Jury In the case of the State against Michael Ryan, charged with robbe'ry. Saturday afternoon filed Into court and rendered a verdict of "not guilty." The circumstances connect-d connect-d with the alleged crime were hard against the defendant, but Mr. Paine, the one who was the victim of the attempted at-tempted holdup, could not positively Identify Ryan as the man who committed com-mitted the crime. On the night of the 4th of Oclobe', 190'J, Joseph J. Paine was about to enter en-ter the gate of his residence at 12u Twenty-sixth street, when a man suddenly sud-denly sprang from' behind a tree, flashed a revolver in his face and commanded him to throw up bis hands. Instead of complying with the 1 demand, Paine grappled with the highwayman. The latter broke away |