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NOON EDITION NOON EDITION THE LITTLE HEIRESS; OR THE HUNTED LOOK BY MORRIS, STARTS IN THIS ISSUE THE DAY BOOK An Adless Daily Newspaper. N. D. Cochran, Editor and Publisher, '398 500 South Peoria St. Tel. Monroe 353. VOL. 2, NO. 248 Chicago, Saturday, July 19, 1913 ONE CENT ANNENBERG, THE TRIBUNE GUNMAN, INDICTED FOR ASSAULT TO KILL Grand Jttry Finds Evidence in Bel ford Shooting Case Strong Enough to Hold Circulation Manager '. Tribune Still Defends Its Boss-Gunman. Max Annenberg, the Chicago Daily Tribune's boss gunman and circula tion manager, was indicted for as sault to murder Alexander Belford, by the grand jury last night. The grand jury returned the in dictment after fifteen witnesses of the shooting had told the jurors how they saw it occur. They testified that Annenberg stood up in the Tribune automobile, aimed a revolver in the direction of Belford and fired, and that at the time he, did so Annenberg was in no danger whatsoever and was not being threatened with bodily harm. Despite the action of the grand jury, the Tribune this morning show ed plainly that it intends to defend its boss gunman to the last, and to save him from punishment for the shooting if its power be great enough. State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne, on the other hand, says that the evi dence in the case plainly shows An nenberg to be guilty, and that he is certain of a conviction. Hoyne says he is determined to rid the city of the newspaper gunmen who have terrorized it for the last thirteen years no matter what the cost. Hoyne's sincerity in this can hard ly be judged until gunmen eihployed by sometrust newspaper other than the Tribune commit some crime. What Hoyne does then will decide Hoyne's sincerity now. Hoyne took personal charge of the Annenberg case before the grand jury because of the attempts on the part of the Tribune to block the prosecution of its hoss gunman.