The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
JUROR BECOMES ILL
SUDDEN ADJOURNMENT OF THE
 PATTERSON TRIAL
Assistant District Attorney Rand Has at His Beck and Call Flying Squadron of Detectives.
 Smith Not Found.

New York, Nov. 26.-The Illness of a juror caused a sudden and un- expected adjourhment in the Patterson murder trial which was to have been continued in the criminal branch of the supreme court today after the Thanksgiving holiday recess. When everything was in readiness to pro- ceed, 1t was announced that,fJllFe Ed- ward Dress1er was too III tc'GgVe hss home There remains no ausFF4tiNs1 but to suspend the trial for the tune being, and an adjournment was order- ed by Justice Davis.
 s Although the members of the jury and the defendant gave themselves ov- CT to complete rest during the interval afforded by the recess, the attorneys in the case took advantage of the in- terpission in an entirely different way. All their energies were exerted tow ard bringing closer together the ma terlaI points upon which depends the success or failure of their case.
 Rumor which has figured prominent Iy in the case since the trial began also was active during the interval. One of the stories which gained wide circulation, and which, If true un- doubtedly would have added materially to the sensational side of the trial, was to the 1feet that J. Morgan Smith, Nan Patterson's brother-in-law who fled after he had been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury, had been found, and was locked up at police headauarters. This report was later denied by the police. however.
 The prosecution has kept up an un- remitting search for Smith ever since he disappeared. They charge that tt was smith who purchased the revolver with which Young was shot and that he would prove their strongest wit ness if he could be. found. Already Smiths photograph mas been intro duced ,in the case and identified and the prosecution has promised that the pawnbroker who sold the. revolver will also identify the photograph as that of the man who purchased the wea- pon.
 Probably never before in the history of a murder trial in this city was there organized by the district attorney of New York what might well be call ed a flying squadron of detectives. As- sistant District Attorney Rand has en- listed in his service county detectives who are stationed at the entrance of the court room for no other purpose than to accept at a moments notice an order to sally from the building and investigate the character and standing of a new witness for the de- fense.
 Those in charge of the peoples case may strive when the trial is drawing to s close to discredit the testimony of the numerous eye witnesses the defen- dant's counsel promises to call to the stand. MT. Rand asserts that some of the witnesses before they went to the office of Abraham Levy and volunteered their services for Mrs. Patterson call- cd on him and declared they had seen the shooting, and that the actress held the weapon in her hand. At that time he says these stories were considered hysterical and the prosecution cast the offers aside. Lately. however. so many eye witnesses have come forward, says Mir Rand, that it became necessary to take some steps to rebut their testi- noriy and the special detail of detec- lives has been assigned to investigate the stories of the witnesses as quickly IS their identity is disclosed.
 All of the testimony thus far pro- duced has been leading up to what tn, prosecution declares was the motive for the crime and 1t was expected that at today's session Assistant District Att torney Rand would begin to unfold the unusually important feature of his case