The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-23
PATTERSON JURY SPENDS
NIGHT IN DELIBERATIGN.
Continued From Page One.

fled back into the turyroom after dinner
| there was silence throughout the great
| building, and gloom seemed 10 fall over
| the waiting crowd.
CROWD IMPATIENT.
| As the hours dragged on and no report
came from the jury room the crowd IN the
building and in the street became irnpa-
tlent. At one time a small company Of
the men in the corridors broke into song.
Miss Patterson heard this sign of merri-
ment and her nerves arc said to have
rebelled at the indication that anyone
could be gay. when a question OF such
moment was under consideration.
Miss Patterson spent an anxious evening
in the Criminal Courts building. awaiting
the result of the deliberations of the
twelve men. who shortly after noon to-
day were sent to a tury-room to decide
whether she should be branded as the
woman who fired the shot that killed
Caesar Young. or liberated 70 toIn her
family
She had expected a speedy verdict, and
had even packed her belongings and left
them in the cell. which has been her home
for several months but evening came and
the jury went to dinner and returned to
their deliberation with no sign of what
their verdict would be.
The suspense Of the early DAYS of the
trial when Prosecutor Rand put witness
after witness on the stand to complete a
chain of circumstantial evidence against
her returned, although outwardly Miss
Patterson seemed to maintain the same
quiet demeanor that has characterized her
from the beginning.
As the afternoon passed into evening.
various runors were spread about tho
Criminal Courts building az to doings in
the jury room.
The jury stands ten TO two for acquit-
tal." was one of the reports
One man IS holding out" was another
Some had the hardihood to name the
Juror upon whose refusal to acquit hangs
SO much for the former actress.
GREAT INTEREST.
The great interest which the trial OF
Nan Patterson attracted has never been
evidenced in a more pronounced way than
this afternoon and evening
Excluded from the corridors Of the court
building this afternoon. several scores of
visitors stood outside the main entrance
in the slush and snow In the cold night
waiting for the word that the jury had at
last agreed In the corridors of the build
ing. near Judge Davis's court, were a
hundred newspaper men and women, keen
Ing a constant vigil and picking up here
and there tho scraps of information which
filtered from no one knew where. con-
corning jury. defendant and attorneys
During the evening the lawyers interest
ed on either side of the case called at the
building, hut did not remain, having ar
to be called In case an agree
merit was reached.
Miss Patterson. after the jury retired
this noon, spent the afternoon and even
ing between her cell in the Tombs and
what is known as the pen.'' on the third
floor OF the court building. Most Of the
afternoon was spent in the Tombs
As she was led from the court. after
the jury retired. she witnessed a marriage |
ceremony between two prisoners and con-
graduated them. For a moment her face |
frightened. as though she had forgotten !
her own troubles. but soon after resumed |
its look of sad calm. While she was in |
the Tombs this afternoon she opened nu- |
merous kilograms and letters from rela- ]
ttves and friends. congratulating her upon J