The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
lex ACQU|TTAL
|lOR DEFENDANT
i Ont Only Twelve Minutes
Case of Kester, Dwyer
and Kettenbach.
IpE ACCUSED OF FRAUD
iX TIMBER LAND DEALS
la Men Weep for Joy When
Verdict of Jury Is Made
Public.
-bo Tribune.

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Use ~, Ida, Fob 26-After dei'ber-
Jlen. t.Telve minutes. sufficient
Fste ono ballot, the jury IN the
70 Kester Ketteubach Dwyer
'atsa tsa,d case returned a verdict of
.n;itr at s:35 this afternoon I'm,
1sIy following the announcement
;1ry's findings the federal court
center Of a scene pathetic IN
,eme. for not only did the de-
William T, Kettcnbach, former
"a of the Lewiston National
Seoree Kester. former cash
he Same institution. and Will
bryer. a timber cruiser, cry like
m for sheer Joy, but their wives,
rsre present, quietly wept over
frou, The strain under which they
hsen laboring for many days.
/. hidden verdict came as a sur"
.o hoth tho defense and prosecu.
-ho had expected the Jury would
A al least during the night or
: Judge Frank s. Dietrich, be
Fhom the case was trled, had Just
"A reading his instructions TO the
Eskinp about an hour and a half
aver the evidence introduced and
,foYe the iurv the manner in which
<hould weigh the evidence. The
a three in number. were then
. and left the court room with the
4 Collnsel for the defense proceeded
In argument on clearing the bal
|of the indictments for suborna-
"a perjury against two of the de-
.nts Kester and Dwycr, They
no more than started when the
apuounced it had reached a YER
ma was ready to report.
|lce Dietrich cautioned the crowded
room there was to be no demon
Ian. The contents of the verdict
received quietly, but when court
1rred the scene enacted among
|defendants, their wives, relatives
Nd md counsel was ono demon
|iv Of thankfulness over the re-
afhe trial,
Scme Other Indictments.
~ effort will he made by the
"a 10 clear the docket of the in
ufnts pending against the two dc
hts and three of the witnesses fol
|efense, Emery, Colby and Benson
|hree latter are charged with per
Tor swearing falsely before tho
lls in the Lewiston land office
fling on timber lands. judge
|eh announced he would give the
an early trial. ket
b, Kester and Robnett are undo,
mcnt and Will stand trial befor,
Dietrich within the next few
s, for embezzling Sl31 900 of th'
of the Lewiston National bank
were returned last fal
|rscow by the federal grand jury
charged that Robnett, who turne'
" evidence in the timber frau'
and repudiated his testimony a
iq1ner trial. is responsible for 1913,
ofibis amount and the two othe
Rsi1als with the balance. 1T is al
n his fortune, which constItutet
nag funds Of the institution, wa
"a at Il total loss in the Spokan
IA company.
melt has confessed 10 his shar
d embezzhng. In all probabllit
EIal VIII take place IN thls ciuN
ange Of venue being asked an
He'd. =
History of the Case.
he timber conspiracy charge o
.b the defendants were acquitte
afternoon originated in Nez Pcrcc
'ty dnring 1906 and indictment
returned at that time through th
rs of n NJ, Ruick, former distric
|pey. The defendants were charge
conspiring to fcloniously defrau
soycrnmcnt out OF valuable timbe
along the Clearwater river, whc
acquired title TO $4,000 acre
bat funds of the Lewiston ban
ssed TO buy UP dummy entryme
<''ise their right under the tin
~ stone law aud deed the Ian
the defendants for a consider:
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