Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — Jury Disagrees In Bell Trial [ARTICLE]

Jury Disagrees In Bell Trial

! Indianapolis, s Feb. 17.—The jury iin the election conspiracy trial of ! Joseph E. Bell, former mayor, and twenty-nine other Indianapolis men, was discharged in the United States district court here today after it had : reported to the court that it was unable to agree on whether there was a conspiracy. The jury was out twenty hours, during which time it took many ballots, the vote of each being six to six according to the jurors. The case centered about the campaign and election of 1914 when Bell was mayor. The defendants were charged with conspiring to prevent men from voting by fraud, bibery and intimidation. Most of J the defendants were appointees of the Bell city administration. No announcement has been made by the government attorneys whether there will be retrial.