Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1911 — Gary Alderman Found Guilty In Bribe Case at Crown Point. [ARTICLE]

Gary Alderman Found Guilty In Bribe Case at Crown Point.

The jury was out fifteen minutes at Crown Point Thursday night and brought in a verdict of guilty in the case of Councilman Walter Gibson, of Gary, for having solicited a bribe. The dictagraph records were admitted to court and quite conclusively proved the guilt of the official of the much distressed Gary. The penalty is removal front office and a peni tentiary terra of from two to fourteen years. Alderman Emerson L. Bowser will be the next one of the accused jurymen to be tried. Then will come the trial of other officials and finally of Mayor Knotts. Gibson’s attorneys wPF argue for a new trial and if they fail to get it, will probably appeal th: case, but with small chance of‘ evading punishment