The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
IA. I. PATRICK IS CONVICTED Penalty Under the Statute
 is Death. END OF A FAMOUS TRIAL Lawyer Accused of Murdering
 an Aged Millionaire. When the Verdict Became Known There Were Scenes of Excite
 ment in the Corridor ef
 the Court House.
END OF A FAMOUS TRIAL

New York, March 26-Albert T. Pat rick. lawyer, was this evening convicted of the murder on Sept B. 1900. of the
 The penalty under the statute is death in the electric chair.
 A scant three hours of deliberation at the close of trial prolonged for nine weeks and replete with sensational in- terest, suflced to enable the jury to reach their verdict. The issue of the trial es- tablishes the charge that Patrick con. spired with Mir. Rices valet, Charles F. Jones, to obtain possession of the aged Texans estate. estimated at T.00O.0O0, and that Jones killed his employer by the ad- ministration of chloroform at the direct instigation of Patrick. Y
 At the close of Recorder Goff's charge, which occupied the morning session of the court, the jury retired. This was at 1:5O D. m. At 5:55 they notified the of- ticer in charge that they were ready to return to court, rather more than an hour of the intervening time having been de- voted to luncheon. In anticipation of scene of excitement in the event Of verdict of guilty. the uusual step was taken of ordering all women to leave the court room. Among them were the pris- oner's two sisters and Mrs. Francis. with whom he boarded.
 With grave faces, the members of the jury filed into their places and some min utes of painful tension elapsed while mes sengers were endeavoring to find the counsel, who had departed, not expect ing a verdict for many hours. Calm as ever and with confidence seem | ingly unshaken. the prisoner was escorted l into the court room. He walked rapidly | and took his stand facing the jury with head erect and hands loosely clasped be- l hind his back.
 l At the work Guilty" pronounced by ] Foreman Machell low but distinct enough l to be heard throughout the court, not the slightest change passed over Patrick | face and he remained standing in an all most ustless attitude while the custom | ary Doll of the jury was taken Ills l aged father, Captain Patrick sitting near him, and straining to catch the state ment of the foreman, started for an ln- stant as its import reached him, and then sat calmly awaiting the further proceed ings.
 | A smile of triumph lit up the face of Assistant District Attorney Osborne. who hastened from the court immediately af- ter Recorder Golf had. at the request of the prisoners counsel, fixed one week from Monday as the day on which to pro- | nounce sentence. The verdict was known almost immediately in the corridor, where the women relatives and friends or the prisoner were waiting and scene Of ex- citement ensued. Screaming hysterically the prisoners eldest sister ran about the T corridor, begging to be allowed to see her brother.
 Mrs Francis tainted and on recover ing broke from the attendants and rushed into the court room from which Patrick had just been removed. There she again swooned
 Both women were removed to an ante room and were sent home in carriage Captain Patrick. after taking leave oi his son. who was then led back to the Tombs would only say:
 Ut is hard; we'll have to try again.
 None of the jurors would be induced tc reveal how the verdict had been reached an agreement having been made to tel nothing.
 motion will be made for a new tra
 when the prisoner is arraigned for sen
 tence.
 Attorney House, of counsel for the de-
 fense, said tonight
 "we can do nothing until week froir
 Monday. We will then make the usua
 motion for a new trial. which, of course
 will be denied. and then we will give no
 tice of an appeal. Notice of the appea
 will act as a stay of execution of sen
 tence. But Patrick will have to go up tt | the death house at Sing Sing and ther, he will have to stay until we get de
 cision from the Court of Appeals. l don
 see how we can get that before Septembe
 at the very earliest. do not care t
 specify on what grounds we will bas
 our motion for a new trial"
 The trial was begun on January 20 am