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v.u.^hbvj »»lt;* VUIIdllUHIFlth Crlsuio*!#.In the district court yesterday ths trJaJ of fire; caoc of the ctaie against WSILIiim Htnlih, charged svllh the murder of Chart** Johnson on Christmas eve, wa*. concluded and submitted to th* jury, me-Jury retiring Juit before 5 O'clOCk. . ;The Juiy, at. S:w p, ;rv, brought In a verdict of “not guilty, and Smith was released'frotn cucl^dy,*Day U**ai*d tb «%*{-lt;*! cnt*. .The entire day was devoted lo Ihs argilmsMs of counsel. Judge Spurrier furnished eorno fun luscir.cn I to the auditor during his argument, He charged that the oily deiccilve force and the county attorney had entered Ir.to a conspiracy with Thomas K. Bowden, 1'P^riettM- Of ah Ka« Side billiard hah, who has.an old grudge against Smith, to railroad1 r him. Ho raid thaL the lt;?capc 0/ murderers in this county had reached the point where1 the county attorney and ttaM'tty detectfve force ew lhac somtthing had \o be done to pla-tc lho public and that they, jifcfced out Smith, a paroled convict, as an ‘Vasj- r/iftrh. He roasted the d elective force anti revamped history, charging the rcJfc'e officers nnrf.the prosecuting allotney with negligence in not securing the conviction of some ono for the •murder of Mabel Scofield.. County Attorney McLennan lei hte argument replied to Spurrier nr.d charged that beta hoc -of (he methods he had pursued he w*s equally guilty with Smith.Judge Spurrier charged there 5s an organized gang of bandits hanging oui along Fourth street who are re* pom* I We for the crlmo Ui Des Moines and that the* police and officers are standing In with lh€m.Sen at c-r Uoivoll clewed /or the prosecution.; . -In Judge MeYeyVdlvlrfon* (he arguments were conctudcd 1« the water works army extension case, and wflh the filing of briefs today Hie Cafts wilt he fuHy submitted.In the Ralph W. Beeks rare* the as-reported total receipts of *1.303.The Des MrtSneU National h^nir
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Des Moines Daily Leader
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, May 01, 1902
Page 20
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