Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1914 — PURTELLE CLEARED BY JURY IN CHECK CASE [ARTICLE]

PURTELLE CLEARED BY JURY IN CHECK CASE

In ter urban promoter Tried at ORy of Frankfort and Says That Ho Will Resume Work. Frankfort, Ind., April 22.—‘Eugene Purtelle, erstwhile promoter of a mammoth subway project tor Chicago and alto the promoter -of the Tipton & Frankfort and other traction lines in this state, was acquitted by a Jury in the circuit court here today of passing fraudulent cheeks. It was while Furtelle was at Tipton engaged in backing the Ti pton-Fnankfort line that be was alleged to have passed fraudulent checks, the specific charge being that he issued a Check for S2OO, which was cashed by a bank here, without having sufficient money in the bonks at Tipton to meet the check. The state failed to prove PurteUe’s intent to defraud. Following his acquittal Purtelle departed tor Chicago to moke arrangements with his backers for resuming work on the Tipton-Franikfart line. Purtelle abandoned work on the line after his arrest last May. Two women were elected as aidermen Tuesday In Illinois. Mrs. AMce Highland, progressiva won out in Charleston, and Mrs. Mary A. Klup, of the third ward of Robinson, was elected.