"The Foreman of the Jury. 'None, my lord.'
"The Judge. 'Is there any discrepancy in the evidence which the jury wish cleared?'
"The Foreman of the Jury. 'No, my lord. It is simply that we cannot agree.'
"The learned judge then intimated that, after so long and patient a trial, he could not lightly dismiss the jury from their duties, and he bade the foreman again retire to a further consideration of the case. The court, he said, would sit late to receive the verdict.
"Seven o'clock, eight o'clock, nine o'clock passed, and then the learned judge sent for the foreman of the jury, and inquired whether any progress had been made towards an agreement.
"The Foreman of the Jury. 'None, my lord. There is no possible chance of the jury agreeing upon a verdict.'
"It was remarked that no person in court appeared to be more surprised than the prisoner, and when the jury were called in and dismissed by the judge from their duties, Edward Layton, before he was removed from the dock by the jailers, leaned eagerly forward to scan their countenances.
"Nothing further transpired, and this unexpected chapter in the Layton mystery was closed."