The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-20
KIDD CASE JURY
UNABLE TO AGREE
Mistrial Ordered and Defendant
Put Under 5000 Bond to
Appear in January.
JURY H0PELESSLy DIVIDED
Said That Eight Stood for Ac-
quittal, While Four Held Out
for Conviction.
JURY HoPELEssLy DIVIDED

Twenty.one hours after receiving
the case, the jury In the trial Of Loo
Kidd in the Henrico County Circuit
Court reported At 1880 o'clock yester-
day afternoon that it had found It
Impossible to reach an agreement The
court at once discharged the Jury and
declared q mistrial.
The tria! thus ended had been IL
progress since Wednesday morning.
when Judge r. Carter Scott over-ruled
q motion OF Attorney l. o. wenden-
burg, for the defense. that the case
be carried over to the next term be-
cause OF the absence OF witnesses.
said to be material for the defendant
The charge was that Kidd had COM
mitted a capital onense against Lee
nora Austen and Grace Williams. both
Of whom. 1t is claimed. were. at the
time. under fourteen years OF age.
Eight to Fosr for Aosuittal.
The jury it 10 said stood eight for
acquittal and four for conviction. The
attorneys on both sides were disap-
pointed. Mr.. wendenburg because he
had hoped that his client would be
acquitted. and Commonwealth's Attor-
ney Sutton. because OF the majority
jury vote against conviction.
Mr.. Sutton won a secondary victory.
however, Immediately after the jury
was dismissed. Judge Scott called
Kidd to the bar. and placed him under
a toond a $1,000 for appearance at the
January term OF Henrico Circuit Court
his mother. Mrs. E. G. Kidd. standing
security. The amount required was
twice that under which Kidd was held
BY Bail Commissioner Thomas W.
Gardner on August 81, and Judge
Scott's action. In q measure. upheld
Mr.. Sutton, who had contended all
along that a heavier bond should be
required
Earlier in the morning. the jury had
been called and had reported that no
agreement had been reached 1t was a
foregone conclusion among those who
had watched the trial that there would
be no agreement Nevertheless. q
larger number Of spectators crowded
into the courtroom. when Judge Scott
ordered the Jury to be summoned
again
Kidd had been sitting at the bar OF
thu court throughout the morning en-
xaxed in writing. His brother sat with
him. ana at times the two were about
the only occupants OF the big cham
Der. At Judge scott's word. the
brother Of the accused man fastened
TO bring his mother into the court
room, where she resumed the seat she
had occupied during the courts sit
tings since the commencement OF the
trial. No visible excitement or anxiety
affected the young man whose rate
rested in the hands Of the twelve men
fling into the room
Another Case Next.
Foreman Sampson arose and an
nounced that the jury appeared TO DO
hopelessly divided. The case had been
IN its hands since Friday afternoon at
a.ao o'clock, without any progress to-
ward a verdict. Judge Scott immed-
iately ordered that Juror be with
drawn. thus making the case q mis-
trial.
A number of witnesses who testified
for or against Kidd will again appear
when the case Of A. H. Anthony -
called wednesday morning at o'clock.
Anthong is accused OF offenses against
JAnors Austin and Grace Williams. the
same girls who figured In the KIDD
case
The date for Anthony's trial wss set
nv the court Immediately after tDe
conclusion Of the case against KIDD.
?, had formerly been on the docket
for Wednesday. October - Gilbert n
pollock will be associated with MT.
wendenburg In Anthony's defense. anu
Haskins Hobson 10 expected again 10
assist corumonwealth's Attorney SUI
rrnSecutiOn.