Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — “BLIND TIGER” CASE ENDS. [ARTICLE]

“BLIND TIGER” CASE ENDS.

Jurors Who Opposed Jail Sentence Failed to Agree. Richmond, Ind., Nov. 24. —After deliberating thirty-six hours the Jury in the case of the State against Dr. Arthur Jones, charged with conj ducting a “blind tiger” in his drug store at Whitewater, disagreed at noon today. This was the second “blind tiger” case within a month in which the jury failed to agree. The jurors in the case today said ' the cause of the disagreement was the refusal of the majority of she jurors to consent to sending the defendant to jail. If the affidavit * had been drawn as to permit a fine only, a verdict of conviction would have probably resulted.