Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-12
DeadlOcked Jury
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the talesmen were called into the
courtroom for the last time.
Judge Mack cleared his throat and
the room was still as though populat-
ed only by shadows.
Gentlemen Of the jury" he said,
have you reached verdict in regard
to these two defendants at the bar?"
Alfred We'll, foreman of the jury,
raised his head. He drew a long
breath, as though to shout his an
swer, but when he spoke his voice
was arsh whisper.
1--WE have not"
Have you reached verdict in re-
gard to either of these defendants? ?"
Again the foreman's whisper.
1--WE have not
II shall not hold you longer, gen.
tlemen,"' the judge said. You have
deliberated long and earnestly and
l thank you for all that you have
done"
After counsel on both sides had also
thanked the jury the talesmen
trooped back to the jury room for
their suitcases. As they re-entered
the corridor a marshal said he heard
them say that they had stood six to
six on Daugherty and ten to two for
conviction.
Beseiged by reporters. however,
the jurors stated that they had
pledged themselves not to tell what
the standing had been.
The jury elaboration was marked
by the Illness last night of one juror,
shellshocked war veteran. and the
statement to the court of another that
duress was brought to bear on the mi
nority. Murray White. the veteran. had
improved sufficiently toSay to permit
him to complete his task.
Daugherty and Miller both seemed
quietly jubilant over the disagreement,
and Mrs. Miller, who has attended ev-
cry session of the trial, smiled happily
as she left the building with her hus-
band.
United States Attorney Bucl1ner, who
prosecuted the case, said that he would
not decide about retrial for a month
at least.
The former government officials
were charged with conspiring against
the government in induCement of ny
podermic injections of graft" applied
by the late John T. King, Republican
national committeeman from Connec-
ticut.
Richard Merton, German copper
magnate, who came to this country to
obtain release of the assets, testified
at the trial that he had given King a
fee of S441.000 to put his claim
through government Offices 1t was al
legged that King did this by passing
part of his fee, paid in Liberty bonds,
to Daugherty and Miller reaching"
them through Jess W. Smith, Daugh-
erty's political handy man" OF these
Liberty bonds the government traced
$4,000 to Miller's brokerage accounts
and SAL, 900 to Daugherty's account
of the Midland National Bank of
Washington Courthouse, Ohio. which
was operated under the presidency of
Nal s. Daugherty, the former attor-
ney generals brother.
Nal Daugherty was one of the most
sensational witnesses of the trial: He
was called by the government to tell
how his brother had burned bank rec
ords which the government contended
would have represented an important
link in it's chain of evidence.
Daugherty's counsel in summation,
asserted that the records were burned
to keep political foes from discovering
facts concerning the Harding cam
paign fund which Harry Dadgherty
had raised. Buckner replied in his
summation by asking how such infor-
nation would be in bank records of
1921 when the Harding campaign was
in 1919 and 1920.