Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-24

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of the Jurors they were disappointed for
there was nothing in their expression
save WEAKNESS. 1t was learned that the
room in which the long night was spent
was entirely without furniture with the
exception of table and dozen small
wooden chairs. Whatever rest the Jur-
ors go., therefore, was obtained under
far from ideal conditions. They suffer
ed somewhat from cold during the
night, too, the officers said. and the en-
gineer, was aroused in the early morn
ing hours with request for mere
cteam.
After the hardest day Of her life, n
day which opened with the brightest
hope and ended in darkest despair. Nan
Patterson retired to her cot in the
Tombs half an hour after midnight. II
had been reported from the little pen
over the jury room where she spent the
long hours OF waiting that she was on
the verge of nervous collapse and that
even her aged father. who had been
constantly at her side was unable t.
calm her. According TO the matron OF
the Tombs. however. the girl had hard
ly touched her cot in the cell before
she was asleep. Her sleep was troubled
and she awoke many times during the
night but on the whole got much bet
ter nights rest than night have been
expected under the circumstances.
| Il don't see how she does it, said
the matrcn. she has the most wonder
full nerve of any woman l ever knew"
| Nan Patterson collapsed in the
Tombs, Friday, so completely that the
| ,fTnp IF I,n ntynn
her father to help her We're of no avail
and DR.. Levin. the physician at the
prison had to be called. She was re-
vived considerably, but it was feared
that she would collapse again when
she went to the court room.
| Friday morning Nan Patterson asked
| for news from the jury. She became
hystericai while waiting for an an
| swer and the TombS' warden went to
see her. He assured her that there was
no news and that she could not posi-
bly, hear anything until it was an
| nounced in the court room before her.
Instead of reassuring her this news
| made her worse and she had severe
attack Of hysteria.
How can I face those dreadful II
men again." the warden said she re-
peatedly cried, the fear of going back
| to the court overShadOwing everything
| else.
DR.. Levin, the Tombs' physician, was
| sent for III a hurry and. prescribed for
her. About this time her father ar
rived at the Tombs.. Owing to her state
of collapse he was allowed to go up to
see her and with his presence and the
efforts of the physician she improved
in a very short time. AS soon as she
| was somewhat composed, she was led
across the Bridge of Signs to the Grim
| inal court building. She was taken to
the PEN in the court building to wait
until n verdict had been reached or
some conclusion had been arrived at.
There was another giving way of
| over-straincd nerves, Friday, when
William Ryan, a policeman on guard
at the entrance to the jury room faint
| ed He was sent to his station house
| in a patrol wagon. He had been doing
| extra duty and this was the excitement
| of the trial was too much for him.
| At 1890 the judge had not come into
court He sent word that he would be
there soon after II o'clock. At that hour
it was impossible to say whether the
Jury had agreed upon a verdict.
| Judge Davis arrived at the criminal
court building just before 11.3O A. NJ.
The judge Immediately sent an officer
to the jury room to summon the jury to
the court room presumably to inquire
whether they had reached verdict.
The jury reported that they had been
unable to reach an agreement. Judge
Davis sent the jury back to their
| chamber to see if they could not reach
| a verdict.