| Show JURY Y IN THE HYDE CASE IS UNABLE TO REACH A VERDICT ML WILL BE KEPT KEPI FOR FEW FED 1 DAYS Attorneys Do Not Believe a Conclusion Will be Reached but Judge Latshaw Evident Evidently ly Has a Different D ferent Opinion PRISONER AND HIS WIFE AWAITING THE OUTCOME Mrs Logan 0 O Swope and Her Children Also on the Anxious Seat While the Twelve Men Are Deliberating and Voting 1 d K Kw Ka i w a Y I l K Kr Kt r I i t x 5 4 d f fF e F t s sw fat w x Ax x k t r k y PRINCIPALS IN HYDE MURDER CASE C 0 ASE At the top Dr B 0 Hyde the defendant At bottom bo o left to right Miss Lucy LucyLee Lee Swope and Mrs Logan i M M M M M M M M 44 t M 4 Kansas City May 14 Having 4 failed to reach a verdict at 1115 t tonight the Hyde murder Jury was sent to Its hotel by f Judge Ralph S Latshaw tr t f The T Jury ury will be returned turned to Its room in the the criminal l court build 4 lug ing morning at 9 ling 4 If It however the Jurymen can arrive ar arrive 4 rive at a verdict at the hotel they t t have the courts permission to do doso 4 4 so 30 4 soBy By law a verdict may be ren rendered rendered 4 dered on Sunday Judge Lat 4 shaw shag said tonight that in case of 4 4 4 an agreement being reached to tomorrow 4 morrow he would immediately 4 read the verdict in open court M H I M M H II M M M I M t M M After the crowd had left lett the court courtroom courtroom courtroom room a clash took place between County Marshal Joel B Mayes and At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney John M I Lucas who represents Dr Hyde The trouble arose over the attorneys alleging that information on the de deliberations deliberations liberations of the th jury had been reach reaching reachIng reaching ing Prosecutor office through deputy marshals during the day The men talked quietly at long range for several minutes and then Mr Lucas circling a row of Jury seats has hastened hastened hastened up to the marhal marshal and said excitedly ex excitedly TH take action in this mat matter matter matter ter If li it is la not stopped Mr Mayes Mayea denied that he or any of his deputies in so 50 far as he knew had Continued on Page Three Thre I byi Y r I st Z s a t J y r s 4 a S q 11 I y f 1 S Sw w 7 l s sn WR v 1 r JURY IN T THE E HYDE CASE IS UNABLE TU TO AGREE Continued From Page Pa e One given the prosecutor any Information He promised to make malte an Investigation of the alleged practices and there the therow therow therow row ceased After conjecturing all aU day da on the probable outcome of the jurys deliberations deliberations deliberations attorneys for both the state and the defense admitted tonight that they had given up hope of accurately calculating the final result The preY prevalent prevalent alent opinion among them Is that the jury will disagree If an agreement does not result the jury jur will not be discharged until sometime Tuesday A large crowd stood and sat In the court room throughout the day There was not the fight for admittance that took place during the giving of the thc I evidence however I Dr Hyde and his wife sat In a rest restroom restroom restroom room with a deputy deput marshal practical practically ly all day Mrs Irs Swope and several of her children awaited a verdict in Pros Prosecutor Prosecutor Prosecutor office Both sides of f the controversy were of the opinion that the Jury would disagree The Days Proceedings At noon today the jury had been un unable unable unable able to reach an agreement The jury was at the court building a few minutes before 3 9 then immediately went to its room and re resumed ruined fumed balloting When the jury retired to its hotel last night nl ht at 1135 after tak talc taking takIng ing half a dozen ballots It was stated the vote was eleven to one for acquit acquittal tal The lone juror said however that If It an adjournment was taken until this morning he lie would weigh the evidence carefully and report rt early earl today as to changing his vote The it Is said stood three for acquittal On the second ballot an 1 othur oth r Juror voted v t d for tor acquittal am and several mord mor votes were taken with the same shue result ies lt Then came the last bal bat ballot ballot lot leaving but one man voting against tIlt the ph physician It was shortly before 10 last night that the cas went to the jury For twenty hours the jury ju men had heard dosing closing addresses They seemed joyous that th ease case c se wes near at end enL Oldest Juror Foreman J T S f Whitehead an abstractor the oldest man on the jury was chosen foreman last night Dr Hyde met his wife in one of ot the private rooms just after the jury ar arrived arrIved arrived rived this morning They r remained alone talking for a quarter of otan an hour Only three e of the SW le family were wore present They Mrs Logan O 0 Swope and her two children Thomas rhomas H II Jr and Miss lIss Lucy Lee Swope According to t reports from the jury room the th voting yoUng this morning showed I a decided change chan e from that of last night At noon It was said on good i authority that the last vote stood 7 i to 5 for or conviction Prosecutor Virgil S Conkling has ha given up hope of the an agreement At t 1130 o lie told Mrs Logan O 0 Swope Sope he Believed beU ved the th body bod would disagree Will Ill Ibid Hold Until Tuesday Tuell dy I I Judge Latshaw announced today that he would probably hold the jury until I Tuesday night and if It they had not dis disposed disposed posed pOlled of ot the case by that time he h would discharge them The jury was taken to Its hotel for dinner shortly after noon and ordered to return at Twenty minutes before the time Judge Latshaw ordered their return the jurors reached the criminal court build building buildIng building ing this afternoon They The sat about the jury room smoking and talking until 1 30 when they ther resumed their deliberations At It was announced that the vote of the jury had changed to 8 to 4 for conviction Shortly after atter 10 the jury jurymen jurymen jurymen men pleaded with Julge Juge Latshaw that they the were sleepy sleep and desired to re retire retire retire tire Try Tr Ti it an hour longer said the court and the jury renewed its labors labor |
