Show I THE IOWA MURDER I Eleven for Acquittal and One for Conviction and the Jury Discharged The Holding Out Juror Makes Some Ugly Charges of Bribery Against the Defense Tije Fires of Anarchy The Mexican PresidencyThe Drought Threatens Threat-ens the Winter Wheat Crop Discharged Sioux OUT Iaf April 18Thejury in the case of John Arensdorf charged with the murder of the Rev Geo 0 Haddock disagreed dis-agreed and was finally discharged by the court at 1150 a m Saturday The jury stood eleven for acquittal and one for conviction con-viction and when the jury was before the I court he said that his judgment was final The court thereupon discharged the jury CraoAoo April IBA Daily News Sioux City Iowa special says There were but few persons in the court room when the Judge asked the Haddock jury to report When the foreman announced that eleven of the jurors were agreed to acquit the prisoner pris-oner Juror OConnell who is a farmer living in Liberty township arose and said in a feeling manner that he did not wish to be considered a stubborn man but ho had taken an oath before God and man to honestly hon-estly determine the case as far as he was concerned and that ho endeavored to regard that obligation If he were to remain the jury room a month ho could not and would not change his opinion No one who heard Juror OConnell and witnessed his emotion could doubt the sincerity of his motives Judge Lewis thereupon discharged the jury It is rumored that the first ballot stood two for conviction the other juror of that opinion being C G Gloss who when examined ex-amined as a juror said he had an opinion and did not think he could give a fair and impartial verdict It is said every possible argument was exhausted by the other jurors to change the opinion of OConnell but in vain After the discharge of the jury foreman Webster went to Judge Lewis and openly expressed his belief that OConnel was bought up by the State The judge responded that he believed the juror honest in his conviction In an interview OCon nell reiterated his statement to the judge and being questioned said he was given to understand before the case was closed that the defense knew the jury would stand eleven to one for acquittal Questioned on the subject of Foreman Webster OConnell said to the judge that he had been bribed by the prosecution OConnell said he had scarcely so much as saluted the prosecution during the trial and asked would there not be more likelihood on the other side He said significantly that he didnt want to implicate anyone but admitted that he had been asked to name his price OConnell said this offer was made on behalf of the defense but declined to say at present who made it |