Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1911 — Kirk Acquitted by Newton County Jury Thursday P.M. [ARTICLE]

Kirk Acquitted by Newton County Jury Thursday P.M.

A. E. Kirk, who <for some time was engaged in the drug business at Parr, and against whom a Jasper county grand jury returned several indictments alleging illegal sales of liquor, and who asked for a change of venue after the indictments had been declared faulty and Prosecutor Longweli had prepared affidavits alleging the violations of law set forth in the indictment*, was freed by a Newton county jury Thursday afternoon. The case tried alleged that Kirk had sold to Charles Garriott, the Parr wrestling manager, two quarts of whiskey. It was regarded as the strongest case against Kirk. Garriott claimed to have purchased the liquor cne Friday evening in December. Kirk, proved an alibi by substantial! al evidence that on the evening in question he was not even in Parr. The jury was out only about an hour and returned a verdict of acquittal. The other cases against Kirk are still pending but it is possible that none of them will ever come up for trial.