Outside the courthouse, the Klan set up camp. Supporters
arrived from other states, and their leaders made long speeches
calling Cayhall and Dogan their heroes.
Inside the courtroom, things went smoothly for the two men.
Brazelton raised doubts about the prosecution’s case. Most
importantly, no one actually saw Cayhall putting the bomb in the
office. In fact, no one could prove anything.
After a day and a half of hard discussion, the jury could not agree
whether the men were guilty or not. The trial was abandoned, and
Sam Cayhall went home for the first time in five months.