Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1917 — Jury Disagrees For Second Time In Crump Case. [ARTICLE]

Jury Disagrees For Second Time In Crump Case.

After being out almost twentv hours, the jury in the Crump murder caes at Fowler failed to agree and they were dismissed by Special Judge Wason shortly before Tuesday noon. The failure of the jury to agree was expected by those who have watched the case carefully and no surprise was expressed when the disagreement was announced. The jury received their instructions about four o’clock Monday evening and began their deliberations at once. The first ballot is said to have stood six to six and stood this way until midnight, when one juror- turned oVef“tb the acquittal side. Toward morning another deserted the ones for conviction and the count stood eight to four. There was no change from this until dismissed by Judge Wason. <>» This was the second time Jesse Crump Was tried for the alleged murder of his neighbor, Donald McGregor, the jury disagreeing in the first trial also. It is presumed that the charge a W’Tft "be by the state and the disagreement would mean the same to him as an acquittal. Crump i s at liberty under bond until the caSe is finally disposed of.