The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-29
BROWN JURY HANGS.
said to Have stood to A for Convic-
ton Throughout.

Chicago, June 29.-The jury in
Judge w. H. McSurely's division of the
criminal court that heard the case
against Lee 4Mel 1 BFOwne, the ili
charged with bribing Representative
Charles A. White to vote for William
Lorimer for United States senator,
disagreed. voted mo verdict" today
and was discharged
The jury took "a ballots. standing
8 to for conviction throughout.
Scarcely had the announcement of
a nlistrial been made before States
Attorney Wayman declared that the
jurv had been packed. Speaking to
reporters. he said:
This is the most fragrant case of
jury fixing / have ever seen. 1t would
seem that these court rooms were
constructed to make it easy to flag
the jurors and this case is good ex-
ample. The jury was packed from the
start.
zone Juror was the king pin of
them all. 1t is strange that men who
have been hanging about the court
room day after day, almost minute
after minute, should have been de-
tected in buildings across the street
from the jury room and should walk
off arm in arm with jurors who stood
for acquittal."
Notwithstanding the statement of
several jurors that they stood eight to
four for conviction throughout, Mr..
Wayman declared that the jury at one
time stood II to 1 for conviction.
The states attorney declared that
men had been signaling jurors from
the windows of a hotel across the
street from the criminal court build
ing.
II won't have those fellows around
the court room again, tagging the jur-
ors" he added. IF they attempt it in
the next trial or in any other trial I
%A6 OF
zone of the jurors told me there was
enough evidence introduced to convict
90 men. Three men confessed to receiv-
ing brides and yet there were four men
on that jury who failed to convict. A
pretty state of affairs
Mr.. Wayman's comments caused a
sensation and wfer reporters later re-
verified to the subject the states attOr-
ney sought to modify his remarks.
Jury Out 115 Hours.
The jury was out lis hours, the long
est session by Al hours ever held by a
jury in Chicago.
TIE Jurors who stood for acquittal
were Charles S. Spare. William r.
Lowe, William H. Hennessey and Wal
ter J. Hermanson.
One juror. Arthur s. Townsend, was
asked if there was any fighting in the
jury room.
81 should say not he answered with
laugh. They were jolly good
bunch and we had fine time. We all
stuck to our views. TIE argument was
warm at times, but we all recognized
the rights of others to their own opin-
IONS
Juror Spare, who was reported to be
hanging the jury. confirmed Town
sends version OF the session.
"It was always eight to four he
said. "and 1 don't believe we could
have ever agreed had we stayed till
doomsday.'
The jury went out Friday afternoon
and remained in session lis hours.
The longest previous session in this
county was made in the first trial of
Adolph Leutgert for murder, when the
session lasted IA hours without an
agreement.
Judge McSurely said he would hear
a motion for q new trial a week from
today.
Lee O'Neil Browne. leader of the
Democratic minority in the state house
of representatives, was charged with
having paid Representative Charles A.
White $1,000 to cast his vote for Will
lam Lorimer for United States sena-