Omaha daily bee., 1904-11-27
ADJOURNS PATTERSON TRIAL
Illness Of Juror OcJ ,els Judge TO Suspend
Hssrink 3 Of Case
MANY DETECTIVES IN THE COURT ROOM
Prosecuting Alto tney says Men who
offered to Swear woman Did
Shooting would Now
Swear Man Did.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26-The serious III
ness OF Edward Dressler, one of the jurors
Whlch was reported at the opening Oh court
touay, may necessitate a new trlal III the
case of Nan Patterson the show girl who
Is charged with the murGer OF caesar
Young. An affidavit from the sick jurors
physician which was presented to Justice
Davis said that the patient had suffered a
stroke Of spoplexy and that his condi-
tion is serious. As this was third at
tack. fear was at once expressed that
Dressler might not be able to resume his
duties and that the work done during the
last two weeks would be set at naught.
Miss Patterson was in court when the
adjournment was announced She ex-
pressed keen disappointment at the sudden
and unexpected interruption in the prog
ress OF the trial Il suppose this will
mean new trial" she said as she was
being led back to her cell in the Tombs
Il ain sorry the juror is III, both for his
sake and for my own. l was sure the
jury would acquit me. II there must be
new trial hope it will come at once"
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The illness of
juror caused a sudden and unexpected
adjournment In the Patterson murder trial,
which was to have been continued In the
pAahNu VI tue supreme COull W
day, after the Thanksgiving holiday
recess. When everything was in readiness
to proceed 1t was announced that Juror
EDWARD Dressler was too i'll to leave his
nome. There remained no alternative but
70 suspend the trial for the time being
and an adjournment was ordered by Justice
Davis
Although the members of the jury
ana the defendants gave themselves
over to complete rest during The In
terval afforded by the recess, the attorneys
In the case took advantage of the inter-
mission in an entirely different way. All
their energies were exerted toward bringing
closer together the material points upon
which depends the success or failure OF
their case. Rumor. which has figured
prominently in the case since the trial be
gan was active during the interval. One
of the stories which gained wide credence
and which II true undoubtedly would have
added materially to the sensational side of
the trial, was to the effect that J. Morgan
Smith, Nan Pattersons brother-in-law, who
fed after he had been subpoeaned to ap-
pear before the grand jury. mad been found
and had been locked up at police head
quarters. This report was later denied by
the police, however.
The prosecution has kept up an unre-
mitting search for Smith ever since he
disappeared. They charge that It was
Smith who purchased the revolver with
which Young was shot and that he would
prove to be the strongest witness IL he
could be found, Already Smiths photo
graph has been introduced 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 weapon.
Looking Up Witnesses' Records.
Probably never before in the history of a
murder tEal in this city was there or
ganized by the district attorneys Office
what might be called a flying squadron of
detectives. Assistant District Attorney
Rand has enlisted In his service county
detectives, who are stationed at the en-
trance of the court toom for no other pur-
pose than to accept at moments notice
an order to sally from the building and in
vestigate the character and standing Of
new witness for tn defense. Those In
charge of the peoples case may strive
when the trial is dra wing to a close to dis h,
credit the testimony of the numerous eye
witnesses the defendants counsel promise
to call to the stand Mr.. Rand asserts
that some of the witnesses before they /,
went to the office Of Abraham Levy and
volunteered their services for Miss Pat
terson. called on him and declared that
they had seen the shooting and that the !
actress held the weapon in her hand. At i
that time. he says. these stories were con- |
sidered hysterical and the prosecution cast
the offers aside Lately, however, SO
many eye witnesses have come forward, /
says Mr.. Rand. that II became necessary |
to take some steps to rebut their testi- !
.N.I
has been assigned to investigate the stories
of the witnesses as quickly as their iden-
tity IL disclosed All OF the testimony |
thus far produced has been leading up to '
what the prosecution declares was the /
motive for the crime. and with the be-
ginning of today's session II was expected
that Assistant District Attorney Rand |
would begin to unfold the crucially i'm
portant feature of his case i