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Show , : ; DISAGREES ; IN BURCH TRIAL !Retrial Likely to Follow Case of Madalynne Obenchain LOB AXGKL.ES. Jan. 17. The trial Ol Arthur C. Burch of Evanston, Ills, charged with murdering .1 Belton Kennedy ear Ixs Angeles htst August ended In a disagreement of the Jury Mondu;, and liurch was directed to be In court today to havo a new trial date set The Jury of 10 women and two men, which had been out 71' hours, wus discharged by Judge Sidney N. Reeve without comment The foreman fore-man announced the final vote was 10 to two. Jurors who talked to newspapermen news-papermen later said the majority was for conviction. JUROR M SPEOTKD. District Attorney Thomas ix-e Wool wine said he wus ready, If necessary neces-sary to start a.rctrall of Burch to-dny, to-dny, but expected that the case would follow thiit of Mrs Madulynne Uben-Ohaln, Uben-Ohaln, co-defendant of Burch, set for February 6. "I'm going to kcej) after Burch until un-til I get him." the district attorney said. He Issued a signed statement In which lit asserted that within 48 noun alter tne jury wn sworn m. he and Assistant District Attorney Asa I Keyes had made up their minds that one of the Jurors had "gone on the jury with her mind already made up, and that sho would, In all probability, Vote for acrjuittal." The statement characterized tho conduct of this Juror as "reprehensible "reprehen-sible bevond belief." RESULTS OP BAJLL4 Tl. Burch said he wns surprised and disappointed," but added. "I believe the Jury did tho best it could ' His father, the Rev. W. A Burch of Evanston, 111., said he was "well pleaded" with the outcome .J fi Kennedy, father of the slain man. said hs believed ths evidence was conclusive conclu-sive for conviction and that any other! result was an ' outrage.'' Most Of the Jurors declined to dls- I CUSS what had gone on In the Jurv room. Those who did talk refused to , mention names, but said the first bnl- I ha stood six for conviction five for n qulttal, and one blank and that the ID Monty gradually grew to 10. where It remained for nearly 48 hours, until .ho Jury's dismissal. Those who vot- il loi i onvletlon never lndiialed hy their ballots their opinion as to the degree of guilt, according to these Informants. In-formants. The Jurors spent about 31 hours actually ac-tually In the Jury room. oo |