Arizona republican., 1907-10-06
There Was Never From the First Ballot the
 Possibility of a Verdict
The Prosecution Announces Retrial of the Case Which 1t isoThOught Will Begin Week From Tomorrow

San Francisco. Oct. 5.-The jury which tried Tirey l.. Ford for bribery. voted eight for acquittal and four for conviction and at 3 o'clock this after noon was discharged by Judge Lawler, after having been out eighteen hours
 It is reported that the twelve jurors voted as follows:
 For acquittal-Edward W. Bender. contractor Qoreman); Niels c. Morten- sen. contractor; oscar Ferguson. in surance agent; John Olsen, shipping man. Frederick NJ. Morcom, art dealer: Daniel Kelly. insurance agent; Charles w. Gould. insurance agent and John Chase, contractor.
 For conviction-Florence Driscoll lumber dealer; Edward W. Strange, jeweler; Arthur w. Johnson, grocer and George Gohlder, grocer
 A crowd of about 200 men was as- sembled in Judge Dunne's courtroom on the first floor of Temple Sherith Israel, temporarily in use on account of Sabbath services being held in the auditorium up stairs when the jury was brought in at 2:3O p. m. Earlier in the day, Foreman Bender in re- sponse to an inquiry by Judge Law Ter sent word that the jury after cast ing 30 odd ballots was hopelessly dead locked.
 Judge Lawler was late in arriving and for fifteen minutes the defendant and his counsel, former District AttOr- ney Byington, A. A. Moore. his son Stanley Moore. King. Patrick Calhoun his former law partner in Georgia, R. Porter Ashe, and Earl Rogers sat side by side with Rudolph Spreckles, Lang don and Ogara. scrutiniz:ng minutely the impressive faces of the trial twelve. Ford appeared only slightly nervous and his face flushed as he gazed pierc- ingly at one after another of the men who held his liberty and fate in their hands.
 When Judge Lawler ascended the bench, he opened the proceedings briskly. Responding to the usual queries of the court. Foreman Bender rose and said that the jury had not agreed upon a verdict. Judge Lawler asked whether the disagreement was upon matters of fact or upon questions of law. Upon questions of fact. en- tirely." was the reply. The court ask ed if the reading of any portions of the testimony would tend to solve the disputed matters. The foreman said he did not think so as the jurors had not changed ballots practically at alr' since the first ballot were cast the night before.
 Judge Lawler decided to poll the .,,r,- question he rut to the foreman. The question was repeated and each juror as his name was called answered clear ly and distinctly "No.'' Both sides consented to the discharge of the jury and an order to that effect was made after the judge addressed to them a few words congratulating them on the patience they had evinced and the close attention they had displayed throughout the long trial. Foreman Bender replying, thanked the court for the constant courtesy shown, in the jury's behalf
 The courtroom and corridors were ordered cleared so that the twelve might have free passage to a tally-ho waiting outside to convey them for the ldSN UT lo lut r hotel. and thence they departed for their homes after securing their per sonal effects. As the jurors filed out of the courtroom they waved aside with considerable vehemence the ap- newspaper men. It was in timated in explanation that the eight who voted for acquittal feared to sub ject themselves to such newspaper and other attacks as were directed against those jurors in the first trial of Louis Glass who voted mot guilty"
 The prosecution announced that Ford would be retired at once. Judge Law Ter informed the counsel that the names in the jury box having been exhaused in the trial of Ford. he would organize a new panel of several hum dred talesmen to serve for the cases before his department of the court. This in effect will do away with the likelihood of special venires. As Ford is under heavy bonds in the