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DEA cg ney pep ree nan tp 0-29 (Rev, 10-15-62) — wy N Tolson _ _-Belmont Mohr - ne Casper QO Callahan uo re Conrad ‘“DeLoach — ~~Evans Gale . Rosen - Sullivan Tavel Trotter _ Tele. Room Holmes Gandy UP1-86 JACKSON--A SECOND MISTRIAL WAS DECLARED TODAY IN THE CASE OF BYRON DE LA BECKWITH, A WHITE SEGREGATIONIST CHARGED WITH THE -” SNIPER SLAYING OF NEGRO LEADER MEDGAR EVERS. THE 12-MAN ALL-VHITE JURY REPORTED AFTER 10 HOURS DELIBERATION IT WAS TE ADLOC KE D AND CIRCUIT JUDGE LECN HENDRICK DECLARED A MISTRIAL AT 113 32 8 soe CST (12335 P.M. EST). IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN WHETHER BECKWITH WOULD BE SET FREE CR ORDERED TO STAND TRIAL FOR THE THIRD TIME. THERE IS NOTHING IN MISSISSIPPI LAY TC PREVENT BECKWITH FROM { BEEING TRIED AGAIN, BUT THERE WAS SPECULATION FRIOR TO THE VERDICT | (BECKWITH) THAT IF ANOTWER MISTRIAL VAS DECLARED IN THE CASE, THE ENTIRE MATTER WOULD BE PUT IN AN INACTIVE FILE, “u/17--TDIZA6PES ENCLOSURE, _ WASHINGTON CAPITAL NEWS SERVI 10 tL 2 do te Ol - ele 0 Fa - . Sera are “ oe ; Sa . _ — ™ meow? moc ime : oe ene aN IT Oe ERIE ame mene ee ten eee eee a ete RETR RR ER tT A EN em en ce eg ge ee et pet i Moy ten eee re He meee ee