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Show MADALYNNE TO BE TRIED FOR ; MURDER AGAIN: Jury Discharged By Judge; I After Group Fails to Reach Verdict I CHARGES HINTED AT i Four Hearings Unsuccessful in Fixing Kennedy Killing Kill-ing Blame LOS ANOKLKS. Palif. Aug. 2. 'Mrs. Mndalynne Obenchaln of Evans-ton. Evans-ton. Ill , today , in the Los Anpeles county Jail, faced a third trial for the, 'murder of her sweetheart, J Belton Kennedy, August 5, 1921. The Jury which heard her second trial was discharged lte Tuesday I when, after 97 hours of deliberation., It reported it still was unable to reach; jan agreement. M. O. Paddock, foreman, told thej Icourt the final vote was S to I for ac- i quiltal. The district attorney's office an-1 Inounced the state would try Mrs j Obenchaln again and .1 udge John W. Schenk put Ihe case upon his calenda: I , for next Friday for resetting. t II UtGES 1!IN 1 ED A 1 Intimations came from the prosecu-l tlon that charges might be filed against certain of the jurors on the ground they entered the Jury box with! preconceived Ideas of the defendant -Innocence. I These were answered by others fronil the defense that It mi:h charge certain cer-tain attaches of the district attorney's! c ftlcs with "jury tampering." When the court discharged the Jury certain of its members declared Foreman Fore-man Paddock had refused to permit a1 full discussion of the evidence. GIRL itS "CLEAREp" It was said the jurors, early In their deliberations, first "cleared" Mrs. I Obenchaln of the murder charge, next of second .degree murder and then 1 voted as to her possible guilt In aj manslaughter charre. it was upon manslaughter, it was, said, they', made their last stand of 8 to 4 for acquittal. The jury in her first trial disagreed, D to 3 for conviction The first trial of Arthur C Pfurch. ; Mrs. Obenchain8 co-defendant whose: third trial is set to begin October 9. ! resulted 'in a disagreement, n to 2, for conviction, while his secand trial! ended In another disagreement. 7 to 6 for acquittal STORY OF CRIME Mrs. Obenchaln and Burch are accused ac-cused of having conspired to murder! Kennedy, a young broker, said by thel state to have spurned her love. She was with him when he war. shot down' from behind on the steps of his sum-! mer cottage at Beverly Glen, a suburN.i and was taken Into custody the same niKlii Burch left Los Angeles for, his home at Evnnston. III., the next day but was arrested at lis Vegas, Nev . and brpUght bark here. When the Jury was discharged Tuesday, Tues-day, Indications were that some of lis members were on the verge of rec - mending to the court that Mrs. Obenchaln Oben-chaln be admitted to ball. They were not permitted to make that recommendation, recom-mendation, however, but her atti i ncys announced they would open a court battle for her release under bond when the case comes un Kr1da. lone da bv;. ihan a year aftnr the ItragCdy in Bevorlv Glen. |