U. S. MAY NOT TRY
DAUGHERTY AGAIN;
JURY DISCHARGED
(Continued from First Paged
Steuer, “was the masterly presenta
tion of the case by District Attorney
Buckner. The second reason was the
destruction of some of the ledger
sheets of the Midland National Bank.
Os course, Daugherty was not on trial
for destroying those ledger sheets, nor
is it a crime to destroy old ledger
sheets. Nevertheless, at the mere
suggestion of the fact many people
were staggered. The third reason
was Mr. Daugherty’s failure to take
the witness stand. Os course, such
was his right.”
The case was given to the jury at
9:43 o’clock Friday night. Saturday
failure to agree was reported, but
Judge Julian Mack insisted on further
deliberation. Again Sunday the jury
was told that not yet would anything
but a verdict be acceptable to the
court.
At 3 o’clock yesterday, however,
the talesmen were called into the
courtroom for the last time, and again
reported inability to agree, where
upon Judge Mack said:
“I shall not hold you longer, gen
tlemen. You have deliberated long
and earnestly, and I thank you for
all that you have done.”
Charge of Duress Made.
The jury deliberation was marked
by the illness Sunday night of one
juror, a shell-shocked war veteran,
and the statement to the court of
another that duress was being brought
to bear upon the minority. Murray
White, the veteran, had Improved
sufficiently yesterday to permit him to
complete his task.
The former Government officials
were charged with conspiring against
the Government under Inducement
of “hypodermic injections of graft,”
applied by the late John T. King, Re
publican national committeeman from
Connecticut.
