At Liberty Once More

Peoría, Ills., Jan. 5 .- Jndge Shaw Monday set J. Finley Hoke at liberty and ordered Ule reinaining nineteen indictments against him quashed. Hoke was the former cashier of the Merchants' National bank here and during three years he embezzled $375,000. He did such a clever job that the bank examiners and auditors never dreamed that anything was wrong. Hoke finally pleaded ill health and went away on.a vaeation. Seryed a Flve-Year .Sentence. Some time aftev he liad gone the enibezzlement was discovered and later on Hoke was found to be in Canada. After a long legal fight he was exiradited. He was sentenced to a term of five years in the penitentiary, which was completed four months ago. He was arrested again and has since been in jail here. The question of whether or not he could be again imprisoned or triud on the remaining counts was decided in the negative. Hove left for Chicago Monday night, where his wife lives.