Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1910 — MURDER TRIAL ENDS; JURY PROBABLY HANGS. [ARTICLE]

MURDER TRIAL ENDS; JURY PROBABLY HANGS.

Latest Information is to Effect That Jury Has Failed to Reach an Agreement in the Case. The fate of Dr. W. R. Miller and Mrs. Lucy Sayler, who were joint defendants in the trial at Watseka.. 111, charging them with the murder of J. B. Sayler, the husband of Mrs. Sayler, hangs in the balance. The slain man had many relatives in Jasper county, all of whom have taken a deep interest in the trial. He was a cousin of J. Byron Sayler, who formerly lived in Rensselaer. The jury went out Saturday and up to noon today, Monday, no verdict had been reached, although several ballots were taken Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday. The exhausted jurymen are said to have fallen asleep in the jury room on the benches. It is thought a “hung” jury would be the result, and word reaching here was that 11 stood for conviction and 1 for acquittal. The defendants and the’ county have been placed to an expense of about $30,000 and the case is one of the most noted in that section of Illinois.