Bringing suddenly to an end a trial which had produced much testimony But practically no evidence, the! Judge presiding over the trial of} George MeManus, charged with the murder of Arnold Rothstein, to-day Snstructed the jury to retem verdict of acquittal.
Polities studded the trial from so many angles that it had been appar ent no other outcome was possible The murder of - Rothstein many] months ago, erasing a famous gam-ler und racketeer from the brightly lighted New York arena, had been used by various factions to such a degree that some sort of arrest and trial became essential but it was plain that there was no evidence against the accused.
Such complete police inaction followed the Rothstein murder that} reform elements rallied about the] case and finally forced the appointment of a new police commissioner, This in turn finally led to the charging of MeManus, but the trial had to be deferred until after the orally election because of the of the ease.—United
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