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SMITH fOUND NOT GUILTYHE IS ACQUITTED OF MURDER OF CHARLES JOHNSON.^Mara/if fjpurtltr in CJoiiof .lt;rfc;utxi*ot . Follcfl and J)«t«ciSr»f ofC* a* pi tap y rb4 • Coll utfonIn ihe district court yesterday ths tHaJ of fft-e; I'aec of the elate against William Htnlib, charged with the murder of Char It* Johnson on Christmas eve, ‘wa* i-yiictudcfl and submitted to ihi jury, the‘Jury retfrfcg Juti before 5 o’clock. . ;' • The Jciy, at. S:ao p, :r» brought In a verdict of not guilty,’.’ and Smith was released from. ciiGl^dy,*Da/ Dtiaiod to AifualtnlK .The entire day was devoted lo lbs arguments of counsel. Judge Spurrier furnished eorne fimiu5cir.cn I to the auditor** during- his argument, He charge d that the city deiecilve force and the county attorney had entered Into ; conspiracy with Thomas E. Bowden, proprietor of ah East Side billiard hall, who has.an old grudge against .Smith, to inIIroad him. He said \hs.l the cfcapc- or tmrdztcra in this county had reached the point where1 the county attorney and the rfty detective force ew lhac somtthing had to be done to pla* iho public and that they, jifcfced out KmLLh, a parotid convict, as an ‘Vfsy inhrJc.J He roasted the delective force and revamped history, charging the rolfce offlcera qnil.the prosecuting jUlmney with negligence Sn not securing the conviction of some ono for the •murder of Mabel Scofield.. County Attorney McLennan In hie argument replied to Spurrier nr.d charged that hieesiuim -of Hie methods ho had r%ur.-ued ho w*s equally guilty with Smith.Judge Spurrier charged there 5s an organized gang of bandits hanging out along Fourth street who are re*po»«iWe for the crime In Bps Moines and that
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Des Moines Daily Leader
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, May 01, 1902
Page 20
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