The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-31
JURY COULDN'T
Agree In KIDD CASE
Accused Bailed in the Sum of
$4,000 for His Appearance at
the January Term of Court.
Anthony Case Comes Up
Next Wednesday.

r c II NJ Q n d, V A, Special
Called into The court at I&:2O
O'clock Saturday morning, the jury
i'm the case of Leo Kidd, in the Hen
rico County Circuit Court, an
nOunCed through Foreman Samp-
son that il was hOpeleSSIy divided.
and il was accordingly discharged
by Judge Scott. Thus the case
resulted in a miStrial.
The jury, il was reported, stood
eight for acquittaI and four for
a term in the penitentiary.
Immediately after the jury was
dismissed Kidd was put under
bond TO appear at the January
term of the court. His bond was
raised by the court from the
5000 fixed by Bail Commissioner
Gardner TO $4,000, his mother,
Mrs. 4. g. Kidd, standing as Sc
curity.
While the defense were some
what disappointed, i'm that they
they had evidently looked for
acqui;tal, the fact that the jury
stood tWO-thiTds for acQuittaI is
regarded as a partial victory for
the defense.
Ii is thought that the jurymen
who stood for acqUittal were
moved TO their decision largely
through the influence of the in
StructiOn of the court TO the ef-
feet that the fact That the prose-
cutriX. IeOnOra Austin. had not
complained OF the alleged onenSc
before she actually did. was to be
regarded as a suspicious Circum-
stance, leaving the suspicion that
her whole story was a fabrication.
The testimony of the Austin
frsT aIae l.. IL
oncnSe against her, or that he
committed one at all against her,
was said TO rest entirely on the
truthfuiness of her own word and
that of Grace Williams. the other
main witness for the Common
wealth, and with this in mind il
Is thought that the instruction of
the court was regarded by those
jurymcn standing for aCquittaI
as ground for reasonable doubt.
Although manifcStly disappOint-
ell because he was not acquitted
by tie jury. as whole, Kidd
seemed pleased that so many of
the jurymcn were in his favor.
When il was finally announced
that the jury was hopelcssly di-
Vided, Kidd frightened perCepti-
bly,, which was doubtless due 10
the relief from the anxiety under
which he has been IabOring since
the case went into the hands of
the jury yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
ANTHONY NEXT.
With the clearing away OF the
Kidd case for time, the court
took up the case of Arthur Her
man Anthony, who is charged
with a capital crime against Grace
Williams, the daughter of Mrs.
Mary Lacy, OF Grove Avenue,
whiC n was set by the court for
next Wednesday,. All of the wit
ncsseS in the Kidd case were
recognized for their appearance at
the court next Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock in the case
against Anthony.
How the result of the first trial
of Kidd VIII affect the trial al
Anthony, or If it Will affect &c al
all, il not known. but 1t il thought
which operated TO bring about q
hung jury in the Kidd ease will
produce the same result in the An
thOny case.
other indictment with capital
crime against LenOra Austin, and
Kidd il also charged in another in
dictment with capital crime
against Grace Williams.
Anthony is at present under
$500 bond for his appearance m
the court next wednesday. lie viii
be defended by Attorneys Louis
1t IL Understood that Common
weaItI,'s Attorney HasLins HObsOn
Of Chesterfield. will he associated
with COMMONWEALTH AttOrne!
Frank II. sutton, of HenricO cOun.
~, I'm the prosecution OF the an.
thOny case next Wednesday.