The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-07
Says Anoth er 7 r ial
Means Investigation
of Big Four.
H e PRO M ISES
NEW SENSATION
Will Ask Legislature to Take
Hand in scandal-Jury Fails to
Agree in Case of Alleged
Blackmailing of De-
faulting Railway
Treasurer.

/ Especial to The Times Dispatch.
Cincinnati. Ohio, February 6.-Afte
twentyfour hours deliberation, tn.
jury in the case of Mrs. Jeanette Stew
art Ford, charged with matchmaking
Charles L. Warriner, defaulting loca
treasurer of the Big -Four Railroad
was unable to reach an agreement ant
was discharged.
Judge Swing stated after he dis
missed the jury that he had been IN
! formed that on the last ballot eigh
| Jurors had stood for acuutttal and fou,
| for conviction.
The moment the report was read
Mrs Ford. who sat in the courtroom
awaiting the return of the jury, hall
rose to ner feet and then sank back
to her chair in a complete ndrvous
collapse. Her maid and doctor were
summoned, and they soon revived her
and took her home in carriage. She
later told members of the press that
she had hoped for an acquittal; that all
iest night she sat by her window and
fervently prayed for a favorable YER
uict. When this was not received she
naturally collapsed because of her
anxiety over the result of the trial
Her attorneys both say that il the
trial Is called again she will be ac-
quilted.
me unexpected end to the sensa-
tional case was explained by two of
the 1nrymen as due to the fact that a
majority of their colleagues refused
10 give any credit to the testimony of
warmer. They asserted that man
VINO mad confessed to embezzline for
twenty-five years would not hesitate
TO perjure himself against woman
Whom he believed had been the cause
of his exposure
prosecutor Hunt announced tonight
.Hat ne expected to bring the woman
10 trial again within the next three
weeks. AT the same tiHle he intimated
e'lat ne might sn3andon *1e case
Will Ask Investigation
!, II Prosecutor Henry Hunt brings
she me, same charge against Mrs. Ford
and prosecutes the case Mrs. Ford.s
attorney. William Thorndyke. will go
61 70 aoaumbus and lay before the Ohio
% IN his possession. which will bring the
whole affair into the limelight of a
legislative investigation.
Mr.. Ihorndyke said here this after
noon that he would ask the Legislature
to probe the Big Four's transactions
II Prosecutor Hunt insists upon bring
ing his client to trial once more.
think ! have enough information
TO cause the General Assembly to turn
Big Four offices. and am positive that
they will be surprised If they 90 deep
enough in that. If the prosecutor
wishes. we will try the case again,
and think am on the right track
when 1 say that If another Jury is
called we Will acquit Mrs. Ford. She
has been slandered and mistreated by
everybody with whom she ever had
dealings, until she is little more than
a physical wreck think she has
had enough prosecuting
The future of the case is now in
the hands of Prosecutor Hunt, and If
it. and in full" said Attorney Thorn
dyke, continuing his interview.
Hope Case Is Closed.
Naturally. we hope 1t is closed for
all time. as nothing can he gained by
his Office and nothing but continued
sadness can come to Mrs. Ford as the
result. She is a nervous wreck, and
must have absolute quiet in order to
be restored fully. I do not want to be
taken as one who sees way out of
the difficulty In saying this about the
legislative investigation. but II there
are any grounds In the least we will
demand that they send members here |
who will inquire fully into the books
and accounts of the Big Four
It is very likely that Prosecutor
Hunt will bring charges of criminal
libel against a Cincinnati newspaper
man who attended the trial for his
paper. This man Is said to have told |
about the corridors that Hunt was not |
square, and is also said to have told |
that certain checks We're used to innu-
cnce him, Hunt will prosecute In his
own name.