Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1914 — Purtelle Freed in Frankfort Check Case. [ARTICLE]

Purtelle Freed in Frankfort Check Case.

Frankfort, Ind., April 22,—Eugene Purtelle, erstwhile promoter of a mammoth subway project for Chicago and also the promoter of the Tipton & Frankfort and other traction lines in this state, was acquitted by a 1 jury in the Circuit Court here today of passing fraudulent Checks. It was while Purtelle was at Tipton engaged in backing the Tipton-Frankfort line that he is 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 banks fit Tipton to meet the check. The state failed to prove Purtelle’s intent to defraud. Following his acquittal Purtelle departed for Chicago to make arrangements with his backers for resuming work on the Tipton-Frankort line. Purtelle abandoned work on the line after his arrest last May.