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that they were a builder** alga on the ■witidows. . ’Todav, it was announced that one ©r the' jurors had been -threatened ■with death in an anonymous communication, \ T .The men convicted were: JohnAllison, Lou ©longer, Thomas Beach, George Belcher. Waller £B, Cooper, Robert B. Davis, \N illiam Dougherty, W. Duff, J. H. Foster,^ H. French, Jack Hardaway, Ijwil# Mushniok, Steve Olsen. A. H. POtta. W X,. Straub, George Walker, Georec williams, alias Grover Sullivan, G. a. 'Williams. C. C. Bailey.*;Longest Trial in Denver ■ Predictions were made in omciai circles tonight that the grand jutv probe might bring results mare ^n-sational than the trial itself, lasted ten weeks. It was the criminal hearing ever “Denver. Tlie jury shattered all Vrfviews records for time considering a. verdict, deni}-2?SS since last -Saturday morning.District Attorney Philip b-issued the toUdwing statement to The Associated Press: # ,-nih“The verdict is in accordance wtnthe laws and the evidence introduced at the trial. Lou Blonser has., held a sinister influence in political elr-XV of Denver for the last 35 years. The verdict has put an end to thisinfluence/' .Blonger Charges PerjuryDou BJnnger, the 74-year-old defendant, alleged head of the confidence men, in a statement cbvsea he was convicted on perjured evidence He declared he had been a teeident o£ Denver for 301 years and never had been i» Jail before.“I was convicted on. Reamy s testimony. declared ©longer. I n«yer ™PMmev until the day we were ;j| arrested and taken to the church.} have been told that wnen. ^i?.^ las taken to the church he aahed 10 have someone point me out to him. 1 never paid any ^r.camcy . I did not know him. Theverdict is very unfair.”Jury Took 150 BallotsJuror Sharpe declared the jurytook 150 ballots on the verdict.•‘We stood six to six on Monday morning. declared sharp. *‘\Ve considered every bit of evidence that was presented. On Monday ,noon some of the juvors began toswitch and gradually there was. turning over until we reached the verdict this afternoon.”Sharp declined to suy “what 3Urors were among: the last to swing to a verdict of guilty-H« said he had been ill -since bat-urday.w. a ■Tfturnedofficialstheir be iXume the com co” men through mythica abvaye _ testified ] amount:| leged v 5150,000I TJiSWC
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Phoenix Arizona Republican
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Thu, Mar 29, 1923
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