St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 22, 1930

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PRICE 2 CENTS NISCHARGED Mistrial Declared i in Case of Bootlegger in Murder. of Cashier Toddie V. Phelps i Overland Bank Rob- bery. ————$—$ .TO-5 DEADLOCK AFTER TEN HOURS Prosecutors to Decide Later Whether to Try Again or Send Convict to Michigan to Serve Out His Life Sentence There. ne discharge Of a deadlocked ry which stood 7_to 6 for con- tion to ended the trial of Gauley for the murder of reddie V. Phelps, cashier of the and State Bank, in a holdup, ' James M The jury had deliberated about etween 4 p. m. yester- gay and 2 p. m, today, when Cir- Judge Brackman at Clayton ed them to court and i the status of their delibera- Herman §S. Zielin- ii a machinist, of Richmond that the jurors had decided they could not agree nda mistrial was declared. MeGauley, outwardly indifferent to th of the trial, was ken to the city jail in St. Louis. Prosecutors to Decide on Course. The prosecutors will confer to ther he will be sent ‘to Michigan where he is un- of life imprisonment or tried again in an- ttempt to get a death sen- 1 the Phelps case, The jury foreman declined to the nature of the jury’s de- erations However, a member of the panel told a Post-Dispatch reporter they had taken so many lost count of the num- "kT 1 I * ' oY Me iv eman, Weights res nliied Pitimili le, }’ 4? resuit ian er ow The jurors agreed early in their deliberation, he said, not to con- sider the nature of the punishment Unless an agreement was reached onthe question of guilt. An early ba showed nine to three for ind the final ballot with some of the jurors arcuing that fingerprint tes- mony zainst McGauley was ~ n first degree murder, the choice of only me Verdicts—acquittal, life im- “isonment and death. The State nianded the death penalty while the witness stand, he understood he sent back to Michigan ' not sentenced to hang. De ath | emailed Sought. In argument. Prosecuting Attor- C; of St. Louis , County sunimed up the State’s case which, M suostance, consisted of the testi- “Y Or two bank employes who “uhed MeGauley; of Lawrence Al who implicated himself oe ‘amed MceGauley as the slayer, “? 0" Cheerprint experts who said Prot of the middle finger of Me- ule night hand was found on “\lisky bottle in the rob- ly ‘ I \ f ’ ned car, Lashly, special prose- ‘ed for a death sen- ez McGauley’s record © arrests and two work- for burglary and lar- Sizing the argument ey was 8 mean oF anti-social nature.” iichards, defense attor- ‘Oubt on the reliability ‘© 8 identifying witnesses. the fact that George * bank's bookkeeper, had heen positive in his of Sylvester Baldwin, id resort proprietor, as and on the admission ‘es Wilkinson, maid at | ‘hat she was in “an ex- a hysterical cendition” % wd | obbery and murder was ata ‘cked the testimony of reviewing points of dif- “tween the testimony of ed | accomplice and wit- eg i 4s “covering up” for The «.. ~ *8¥olved in the crime. Print evidence he dis- ‘h the assertion that MeGauley, an acknowl- o» , . CUegger, “might be found | ‘red bottles,” OFroboration of Alibi. ‘ Closing testimony, McGauley’s e “* corroborated by three * Who testified that he lived ,» On @ rented farm near | Mo., with his wife and ren during the winter ts tinued ¢ on Page 2, Column 7. » 'e crime, asserting that] TWO BARTENDERS AND CLERK ' DIVIDE $500,000 SWEEPSTAKES Three Belfast Men Sold Other Half Share in $1,000,000 ‘Manchester Handicap Ticket for $11,500. By the #S£ociated Press. BELFAST, cap. They would have thad $1,006, 000 to share if they had not taken on a feurth partner, who bought half their lucky ticket in the Dublih Hogepital Sweepstakes on the horse race for $11,500. Frank Ward and John Torney Northern Ireland, Nov. 22.—Twdé Belfast bartenders split $500,000 today with a clerk in the Ulster Department of Agri- culture’ because Glorious Devon, a 25-to-1 shot, led the field home in|}. the Manchester November Handi- race and $245,715 to be divided among those who held rses other than the first three t finish. Tickets on horses which ran, no rmatter how they finished, are worth about $9825 each. Scratches Worth $2670. Even those who drew — horses which were scratched are richer ‘by $2670 each. Among these are Mordick Toirer, Boston, Mass., who had Break of Day; Margaret Cohalan, New York, who had Brown Tony; G. B. Bailey, Peter- borough, Ont., who drew Sans Estoir; A. Cowie, Uno, Man., who had Utmajeur, and E. C. Wilson, bought the ticket originally with Matt Prescott, who works in the office of the Agridulture. for a customer in the pub where he works when news of his wind- fall came, impeluding the customer, and broke into what he .called an Irish jig. before it started he told somebody he thought Glorious Devon was 4 ‘pretty good horse,” and explained that Ward and Torney had to ar- gue with him quite a while before he would buy part of their ticket. 4The fourth partner, Ladbroke & Co., London account- ants. Ulster Minister of Ward was shaking up a drink He forgot everything, A Pretty Good Horse. Prescott went to the race. Just he said, was Eleven Americans and Canadians figured in the winning, and A. Dawe, Vancouver, B. C., stands to collect $400,000 if he held his tick- et for Coligny II, which finished three lengths behind Glorious Devon. A widow, Mrs. Selina Thompson, who has lived for 25 years in the tiny village of Worksop on the edge of Sherwood Forest, drew Nesto- rian, finishing third a 100-to-1 shot, and $20,000 fell into her lap. A. B. Harris and John Tanagana, New York, and U. de Toh, Manila, P. I., are worth nearly $10,000 each if they still have their tickets on starters. There were only 28 horses in the Mattawa, Ont., of Roses. lington, sweepstake authorities had not ex- prize was. also shares $9825 for a runner, having drawn. Timben who drew Bower The field was drawn by E. Bil- “Lockport, Man., but the plained this morning what that J. Cullen, Winnipeg, Glorious Devon is owned by Lord After that the drinks were on the| Glanely. The winner is by Pom- house. mern, out of Sky Glory. The race stakes, for a mile and a half course, were $7500. Gets $2670 on Ticket; Refused $20,- 000 for It. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Nov. 22.—Mordick Poirer, 47-year-old bachelor fisher- man, whose horse, Break o’ Day, in the Manchester November han- dicap lottery was scratched, giving him a winning of only $2670, is reputed to have declined an offer of $20,000 for the ticket several days ago. Two New Yorkers Win $12,600 in Irish Sweepstakes. By the Associated Press. NEW. YORK, Nov. 22.—A. Byron Harris, advertising’ man, who won nearly $10,000 in the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes lottery, drew the horse Truncheon. He obtained the ticket from a friefd two weeks before the drawing. Margaret Cohalan, hold- er of the lottery ticket on Brown Tony, which won $2670, is 29 years old and the daughter of a New York attorney. She is studying mu- sic and art, and plans to use her money for further training. FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES. rr ere en a ee ts oF 7 i BS Boa ond ee wi, fae ee 40 oS Ms eae | a “i: or me ibn pik anode ey 1 eg, athe yy mean bt iy . 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