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Show STEVEN ADAMS JURY DISAGREES It Stood Seven for Conviction Convic-tion and Five for Acquit-tal Acquit-tal Until Last Ballot, When It Split Even. WALLACE, Ida., March 8. The jury in the trial of Steve Adams for the murder of Fred Tyler, after being in deliberation since 11 o'clock on Wednesday, forenoon, last evening at 7:10 announced through Foreman George Ellers that it was impossible to agree upon a verdict, and was discharged dis-charged by Judge Woods. The jury for many hours stood at seven for conviction and five for acquittal, ac-quittal, and it was only on the last ballot that the jurymen stood evenly divided, six for conviction and six for acquittal. Judge Woods thanked the jury for its patience and diligence in service, after the foreman declared positively that it was impossible to reach a verdict, ver-dict, and declared them discharged. In the courtroom were all the attorneys attor-neys for both sides, and only a few spectators. All interested vitally in the case were present, except Mr. Haw-ley Haw-ley for the State. This means that the Steve Adams case must be tried again. The prosecution declares Adams will be tried again for the murder of Tyler, Ty-ler, but not sooner than the next term of court, which begins in October. Attorneys At-torneys for the defense openly state their belief that Adams win never be tried again on the Tyler charge. They point to the expense to the county of Shoshone, estimated to reach $25,000 for this trial alone, and say that the prosecution will, in their opinion, ultimately ulti-mately announce that the case is dropped. ( |