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Then the court room was vacated, and eoon there was do one in the hallHO^ THEY \OTED Since nil of the witneeseB about hfty in number, were heard, the jury has beenwreathog with ballots on the qaesfcion of finding indictments This ib not official but it 19 understood that all the votea have been close, ran Ring from 15 to 8, H to 3,18 to 10 and 12 to 11 Part of the jury it is said desired to indict only the principals in the hanging, about 10 mnumber No agreement could be reached on that proposition Others thought if anybody was indioted all ought to be in the list, something like forty three persons It ib believed that yesterday the jury had agreed by a oloee vote to indict forty three persons, or none at all There ib talk to the effect that the indictments implicating forty three persons were drawn up yesterday, but when the jury oame to paw upon them finally they weakened, and a motion to reconsider was adopted That left th* whole matter just as i* was before the first ballot was taken, and on no subsequent propositionto mdict aa body c mid the viry reach ao agreement Therefore no bills were reported and the jurymen are chacha'ged The special grand jar? will be eelecleJ at once, and th°y will go ov-^r tbe whole case ngaic, with what result, Mine ocly will tell
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Decatur Weekly Republican
Decatur, Illinois, US
Thu, Jun 29, 1893
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Decatur P.
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