The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-24
CELL DOOR SHUT
UPON POOR NAN
viii MOI Spend Her Christmas
at Home, After All.
JURYMEN FAILED TO AGREE
SIX FOR CONVICTION AND SIX
FOR ACQUITTAL.

A, CIV YORK, Dec. 25.-Fainting i'm her
~ fathers arms, her frame quivering
With the accumulated suffering Of
months Of anxious waiting, Nan Patter-
son today heard the announcement that
the jurymen trying her for the murder
of Caesar Young had disagreed. Soon
she was revived and, sObbing hysteri-
Cally and hardly able to walk, was half
led, half carried, back TO her cell in the
TOmbs. Her vision of a Christmas at
home, 50 bright the past few days, was
gone before the uncertainty as to what
the next step in her case might be- Be
fore her trial the district attorney Of
fered to accept bail i'm $40. 000 but this
could not be raised and the prosecuting
officers declined to indicate today what
their attitude on this point will be-
District Attorney Jerome said he had
nothing whatever to say at present as
tn whether he would agree TO a lower
bail or whether he would accept bail Al
all The jury stood six for acquittal
and six for conviction, but so far as can
be learned there was no juryman in
favor of d first degree verdict.
Sympathetic Crowd.
The keenest disappointment was felt
III the court room and in the great
crowd outside when the disagreement
was announced. Not since the Moliu-
eauX case has there been so much in
terest taken in a criminal trial in this
city and many of those present had
hoped for verdict OF acquittal. The
closing of the proceedings at this time,
just two days before Christmas, added
TO the sentimental interest in the girls
fate, and the prospect of spending the
holiday in prison undoubtedly accentu-
ated the girls agony when she heard
the words that she would not be free.
Her father, who has been by her side
ever since the trial began, and whose
tender cares and devotion to her have
been the most touching feature of the
trial, tried to comfort her, but his sad
dened face and mournful expression
robbed the words he uttered of force
and meaning as he said:
Don't worry. little girl; it will come
out all right yet
Would Not Be Comforted.
After her removal from the court
room Miss Patterson was taken to a
retiring room and restoratives were
given to her. She soon revived, but
while passing over the bridge, of
sighs,' on her way to her cell in the
spell from which she recovered slowly.
once in her cell Miss Patterson wept
bitterly. A Tombs missionary tried TO
comfort her butshe would not be COM
fOrted. She cried for her father. but
when he was admitted to her cell did
not Immediately recognize him. The
father wept in company with his
daughter.
After the prison physician had adj
ministered etimulants Miss Patterson
recovered some Of her former self-pos-
session.
DO you think" she asked the mis-
sionary, that the jury believed me
guilty because broke down and cried.
along toward the last? You remember
after / had stood Mr.. Rand's attack as
long as 1 could 1 just had to break
down and cry, and / thought that may
be l was that kind of a woman"
The missionary treasured her and she
became more cheerful.
Depends Upon Jerome.
Henry W, Unger, of counsel for Nan
Patterson, said after the jury had been
discharged:
I'VE will not take any further action
in the case until we learn what Dis
trict Attorney Jerome intends to do.
We have reason to hope, however, that
he will consent to her release on her
own recognizance. pending further dis
position of the case"
Already kilograms have begun to
ccme into the TOmbs for Miss Patter-
son from friends who point out to her
that the disagreement of the jury goes
TO show that she viii finally be
acquitted of the charge on which she
was indicted.
This afternoon, after a careful con-
sideration of the aspects of the case one
of Miss PattersOn's counsel said that he
felt Il would be the part of wisdom to
wait until the smoke of the battle had
cleared away before making the next
move. He said it was pity that Miss
Patterson would have to stay in her cell
over Christmas, but he saw no way 10
prevent it. Some time next week, ne
said her counsel probably would ask
bail for her and that the $50. 600 bail in
which she was first held be reduced.
The future of the case. he declared,
would depend a great deal upon the at
titude of the six members of the jury
who were opposed TO her acquittal par
ticularly as to the degree of the crime
OF which they would have convicted
her.