Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of tho Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings In the Nearby Citiee and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. BELL JURY DISAGREED 6 TO fl Fail to Reach Verdict After TwentyHour Deliberation. Indianapolis, February 17.—The jury in the election conspiracy trial o>f 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, bribery and intimidation. Most of the defendants were appointees of the Bell city administration. No announcement has been made by the government attorneys whether there will be a re-trial.