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Show TRACV ACQUITTED OF KILLlNCi liiilimtrlnt Wurkrr MomN'r Uhn l"ri After !.iig Drntwi Out Trlnl. HKATTI.K. Wnh.. May 7. Thom.i II. Trac. mi Industrial Worker t the World. HCPimed or lhr murder or l)ep ut- Hherltr Jrffrraon Heard at Krr-rtt. Krr-rtt. Nni ember C tli, wua ncqulltrd here today by n Jury In the auprrlor court. Tmr waa n member or n "free upeeeir rxpedltlon which nttempteil to land In Itvrrrtt from n boat. A flRlit lelweeii cltlxvtia iillil the Indua trlnl Worker nf the World took plnco and aevru men were klllpill Tract, mi Itinerant railroad iou Ktrurtlon laborer, a uatli or Xehra. ku, waa n member or an expedition aeut front Induntrlul Worker of the World hendiuartera In Kenttlo to hold mcetlnna on eertnln tornerM In liver, ett, where mich nuellnK wen- fnrblil-ilen fnrblil-ilen li city or ill mi me. Hlierlff Donald Mt'ltne nml n pouh wero on the city dork lit Ktrrctt when the expedition on the ktcumrr Verona approached. He forbade the expedition to land nml while trio ahrrlff nnd men on the Itoat were parle)ltiR flrlna wan Ih-kuii, rt millliiK In the death of five men on Ihn Veromi und two on the dock. The verdict ended a trial which be. Kim March Slh nml wbh the loiiKent In the hlntory of King county. There were lx woini'ii and xlx men on the Jury. A (treat number of wltnranca trMirieil to the pent rf ill chnraclrr of the crowd which went ubourd the Verona Ver-ona on November & tit. nnd several who were ubourd the boat dcclured that lh buttle wua opened by n ahot from the dock, combutllim the atate'H (ontetitlon that the flmt ahot wna flriil from n cabin window by the defendant defend-ant Trao It l tinilefulmnl, tlldUHll not officially offi-cially announced, that the eimeit nic-nlnut nic-nlnut aeentythric other men who were on the Vrrona durlim the buttle, and nil of whom are c!mrd with flrol iti'isroe murder, will be dropped. |