Show HENRI WHETSTONE A FREE ahn I 1 the jury decides that he is not guilty HIS EMOTION ON THE VERDICT once more the home HOMO of an innocent man Is made happy by his acquittal of crime glenry whetstone who his has undergone the terrible strain of an cloven eleven day trial for his life is a free man having been acquitted eted yesterday morning in in judge andersone Ander rs sona olis court by the jury cinc pan paneled led in the case when W lien court convened at sit 10 the judicial chambers were go filled with intensely interested 11 spectators gators that I 1 man many who desired mcc admission assion were fo forced ace to stand out in in the corridor a and nd in order to hear one word of the judges char charge chare e had to crane their necks and stand considerable crowding and incon veni crice the attorneys for both tha tile defense and prosecution the defendant mrs whetstone mrs mclellan and many others were w ere seated within the tile ba bir r and anti awaited with a great deal of excitement tile commencement of the charge about io 10 ia the bailiff rapped for order and Judg cAnderson began to F cak K until I 1 antil the final sentence of th the eclar charge had been delivered delav erad not a sound except the calm voice of his honor lionor was heard in the court room and when lie had finished the tile silence for a feu few moments was almost painful in in it its intensity then the spell w was as broken w aben lien clerk mcclure began to administer tile oath to the bailiff and then the twelve men good and true solemnly retired to the jury room in in single file judge andersons char charge gevas w as an extremely able and v cry very impartial effort and with w etli the greatest regard for detail touched upon every feature in in the case and fully reviewed the testimony for both the defense and prosecution the instructions given giyen met and answered every question which might possibly have arisen and left nothing ced ped at the request of the defense the judge before dge gave some additional instructions before the jury retired winch which in certain jury instances instance slightly kightly modified his original charge tho the jury was out just forty five min minutes utes and at 1130 11 30 sent word w ord in in that a verdict had been agreed upon the space immediately within the bar was cleared and twelve chairs were placed in in position along the rail for tile reception of the jury mrs whet W hetstone stone had 1 ad retired to the omeo office of evans A rogers and the defendant who up till that time had withstood the intense be strain etrain vuth with remarkable fortitude was plainly fast losing lossing ins his nerve the tile jury jury was polled and judge anderson asked if a verdict had been arrived at r the nic foreman replied tint that it had and handed the written report to the clerk when clerk mcclure began to read every cv cry sound was w as hushed and every ev cry spectator held hij breath As the words we the jury em paneled in in the above entitled action lind find the defendant henry whetstone not guilty fell from the clerks lips the great crowd could not resist the impulse and begin began to applaud such undue demonstrations were quickly subdued bythe by alio court although he be lias has from the first confidently expected an acquittal the glad news daubed whetstone intense emotion and tears suffused euf fused ins his e ev cs ca as lie turned and in a few words ant and with fervent handclasps hand clasps thanked the jurors who had relieved ins his life from such fearful ay everybody who could get got within li hailing alling distance offered hearty congratulations to not only the liberated man but his attorneys who had conducted the magnificent legal battle with such eplen splendid did generalship the meeting between beaw een whetstone and ins his wife was very affecting aff and within a few min minutes u tea after ins his acquittal they were being rapidly aliven to their now bap happy r home over which such a dense cloud cloud lias been hanging bringing since last inar cli to evans rogers roger s the greatest credit is due the case cast was the result of one of those quick impulsive deeds unexpected and therefore difficult to handle they however gathered every point trajen traced every little clue and on tho the trial furnished furnis lied such sueh a complete story of abuse and threats on oil one aide eide and a desire to avoid trouble on the other that the public became convinced before tho the prosecution closed that whetstone whet stone was innocent and the jury showed by their verdict that they were of the same opinion the prosecution did all in in its power pow er to convict A allowing n no 0 testimony to escape esa them they failed it was not through lack of diligence and ability for forthe the case caso was moat most brilliantly conducted and summed up but because there was no testimony on which to base basea a different verdict BLAZER AND MOULTEN MODI TEN PLEAD chaales L blazer and it E moulton tile two alleged lumber merchants who were arrested on a charge of conspiracy I 1 racy in in connection with the recent Far farmers mill A mechanics bank fraud were arraigned on oil nn an indictment and entered a pica plea of not guilty LUTES IS 19 discharged the cao case against E A lutes was di dismissed S at the request of the prosecution roseau lutes was arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses from antone carlson a and found guilty by Commissi commissioner onor gideon and fined 25 and costs tho the caso case was w as appealed but now the prosecuting witness haa has disappeared MERRILL FOUND GUILTY OF ASS tho tile case of of logan who was arrested and afterwards in indicted ducted by the grand jury on a charge of assault with a deadly w capon weapon w etli intent to commit murder committed committe du upon pon t the 11 person erson of wing lee a chinese 1 laundryman 1 IJ ryman of the tt temple city wai was called for trial 11 M jones appeared app apps are ared d for merrill and judge macmillan represented tho the prosecution while T 1 U johnson looked after tile interests of the celestial A jury was obtained without any ar di difficulty alio file evidence showed allowed that on july 2nd and merall went into the Chin amans laundry and soon the two hitherto good friends were engaged in a email small war daring during the progress sm of winch which landed three heavy blows with a it monkey w wrench on th tho wings eWings head I 1 flooring liim him each time tile wounds received b by the tile chinaman were very severe a and T lio lie persisted y yesterday e in in showing the court the scars the I 1 ury after being C charged remained fury out nearly half a an n hour and upon returning to tho the court room rendered a verdict finding the boy guilty of ii assault ho he will bo be sentenced sentenced ceN this morning THE CIVIL CALENDAR TO BE SET court then adjourned until this morning at 10 at which time judge A egleson anderson will set the civil calendar for this term no criminal cases will be called today |