Varner Case Is Still With Jury, Feb. 25, 1921

Greensboro, Feb. 25—The jury in the Varner case had agreed on no verdict at 4 p.m. today. The case was given to the jury at 4 o’clock Thursday after Judge Boyd had consumed only 10 minutes in delivering his charge, and at 10 o’clock last night, the bench instructed the jurors be locked up.

Two powerful speeches closed the argument in the case Thursday, Attorneys McClary for the defense, and O.L. Sapp for the plaintiff. The speech of latter made a powerful impression. He was leading counsel for Mrs. Varner.

It is being freely predicted that the result of the jury’s deliberation will be a mistrial, although there are still some who held the belief that, in spite of the long deliberation already given the issues, the jur will finally emerge with a verdict.

From The Charlotte News and Evening Chronicle, Friday evening, Feb. 25, 1921