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NO INDICTMENTS.Failure of the Jury to Hold Anybody for Lynching Bush.Final Report at 3 O clock This Afternoon—Judge Vail GivesOrders for a Special Grand JuryFrom IVearieiaay * DailyThe grand jury for the June term of court, which h»0 been at worn on the Samuel J Bush negro lynching case for over ten days, finished its labore thi3 afternoon at 3 o’oloc i and was die-charge cl The jury failed to bring in in-diotmerits against unyboby implicated in the lynching of the Dearo.Judge Vail, Sheriff Perl, Deputy Clerk McClellan, State’s Attorney Mills and a few speotfttors were in the court ioom when the jury came in The roll wae called and it was found that ail members of the jury exaept W E Bingham were present The Judge naked “Have you any pnr aentmentfl to make, Mr Foreman Mr Faria came forward with a folded bill m hie hand end gave it to his Honor It was an indictment against a party for a petit offense, having no reference to the lynching Ail of the jurymen looked steadily at theJodge while he wae scanning the paper and doubtless were waiting to see what would happen next The Judge,asked ‘Any further buei ness, gentlemen1
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Decatur Weekly Republican

Decatur, Illinois, US

Thu, Jun 29, 1893

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