Show Jury Dead Deadlocks Wins Release NEW V YORK Jan 15 UP UP UP-A A federal court jury hopelessly y deadlocked in the contempt of of Senate trial of gambler Frank Fran k Costello was discharged at 1 15 55 5 pm p.m. MST l Tuesday by Federal Federa l Judge Sylvester J. J Ryan The jury fury had received the contempt contempt con con- tempt case of the gambler and d former bootlegger at pm p.m. Monday and had spent 10 hours hour s and 55 minutes in actual deliberation deliberation deliberation time Do liDo you feel that no further r useful purpose would be serve served d by further deliberations Judge Judg e Ryan asked the jury I dont don't think so replied foreman foreman foreman fore fore- man Harold l I Miller ller Send Word rd to Judge The jury of 10 men and tw two o women women had sent word to th the e judge at p pm p.m. m. m that it ha had d reached a hopeless deadlock Judge Ryan sent them back fo for r 15 minutes more deliberation The jury went out at p pm p.m. m. m and took until p pm p.m. m. m to make mak makeup e up its mind finally U. U S. S Attorney Myles J J. J Lane Immediately asked for or a retrial Judge Ryan continued Costello in bail and set the case on the criminal calendar for next Friday at which time a new trial date will be discussed 11 Hour Deliberations In 10 hours and 55 minutes of deliberation the jury failed to reach a decision on any of the 11 counts in the indictment charging Costello with refusing to answer questions of the Senate Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate Crime Committee last March 1 Thus the year old reputed kingpin of the American underworld underworld underworld under under- world who served only one prison term in his life life life-a a one year sentence sentence sentence sen sen- tence on a gun carrying charge in 1915 escaped 1915 escaped a decision which could have meant 11 years in a penitentiary and an fine The jury which took the case at p pm p.m. m. m MST 1 Monday 1 confessed confessed confessed con con- its inability to reach unanimous unanimous unanimous agreement on each count in inthe inthe inthe the indictment shortly after it returned returned returned re re- turned from a luncheon recess |