Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1907 — SHEA CASE WAS COSTLY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHEA CASE WAS COSTLY.

Disagreement of $70,000 Jury Stay End Prosecution. It is claimed in Chicago that preparations for a new trial in the Shea conspiracy case will begin at once. The $70,000 jury in the celebrated case failed to reach an agreement nnd was discharged after deliberating for fifty-four hours, with the ballot 7 to 5 for acquittal. The defendants, while claiming they are anxious for a new trial, do not believe tlie ease will ever be prosecuted by thp State because of the great expense to

which the county has been put already 'and to the difficulty in securing another jury.