Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1911 — KNOTTS IS ACQUITTED [ARTICLE]

KNOTTS IS ACQUITTED

Gary Conspiracy Case Fails Before Valparaiso Jury. Valparaiso, Ind., July 4.—Mayor Thomas E. Knotts of Gary and other Gary officials, who were accused of conspiracy to rob the ballot hoxes and cause the murder of Sheriff Grant of Lake county, last election day, were acquitted by the jury here yesterday. The deliberations of the jury lasted eleven minutes. L. ■ .