The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-23
No Agreement Reached
and Chorus Girls on
Verge Of Collapse.
VERDICT MAY BE
OBTAINED TOD DA,Y''
Crowd Bitterly D Disappointed and
Seems Impressed With Be-
lief That New Trial Will
be Necessary Men
Locked Up Dur I;
ing Night.

ing Night. " n
NEW YORK, December 2s.--Ths jur1
{ In the Nan Patterson case was looked up \
dict. 3S II NJ Il rs sI33s ss
At IL o'clock the announcement came
from the jury-room hat no decision had !
been arrived at, and Immediately follow
ing came o statement that Judge SDaytA
would give the Jury another half f-hour
before locking them U p. The hope sof y /
verdict was dispeled, /, however. when = I
few minutes before ii $50, Captain Lynoh.
5of the court squad, said tliatE"It t; was all I
$off, !" and the jury would be locked sup5 {
for the night. 5s 5; NJ
Miss Patterson heard the news In the 4
S"pen, and It was so unexpected ! to her
that she almost collapsed. ss.$
3It&Was understood that the jury would
continue conside lion Of the case In the
small jury room containing only q few
tables and chairs. and that the Jurors l
will have no portunity TO sleep unlesAi
they can nap In the small chairs.
Girl Goes Back to Cell. 40
sS AS soon as the Jury was locked up NJ isak
Z Patterson bade her fat her q fearful fare-s
well, and was escorted from the .'peni In /
81 tho court building to III her cell B In II lias
aTombs. Tho girl VII o showed such
courage through tho long trial is almost
IA nervous wreck. The great streng til she
formerly eYinced has failed, and she re
&peatedly exclaimed, " Oh, how can those
men doubt my 4wo ord z, 81;
~ There will bo no opportunity OF hear-
ling from the jury a gain until 10: 80 to-S
morrow m morning Il the hour fixed by q the \
court for a report from the twelve men
who are to- decide the fate Of the chorus
L girl. @ W Sss}
INN ediately aftor b ammo oullc cernent--
that the jury was locked up for the mis- gllt, /,
officers cleared the corrid ors OF the court
building OF scores OF newspaper men md
attorneys who had a1lxiorsly awaited Z
news from the jury. N1urn,lrs Of dis
appointment were heard fro tho Grove, y
which seemed conv vinced tlla t he jury
would never reach a decision.
y The latest rumors from t he Jury
was that three men we're holding out
against nine who desired to- ac1ui t lie &
defendant It was reported that the TIRES
Jurors We're ut odds as to the ser rlous-S
ness Of the crime. One Juror Is said to-
be holding out for collvi ction for n11 edsr3 4
reported to favor rnansla laug hter in the Ssa-s
cond degree. sS5s ss:s
Il 81 one s rum or was so definite hat Il its
named a. juror who had asked u he mi night s
holding out for theintnk. k.TsawmfRypnlfw8SS Il
fire the revolver at the man who Us hold
Ing out for the conviction of NIiss 2 -;
terson of murder In the second degree
Spent Anxious Evening
D The former show girl spent a N arxl ous3 4
evening in the Criminal Court building
awaiting the result OF thes del iberat tons Il
of the twelve men. She had expected r. 81
speedy verdict. and had even pack ed her
belongings and left them In a cell swllich
has been her home for I several montlls.S
but evening came and the jury Wch to
dinner, and returned to Its delibera tons
with no sign OF what the verdict would
be. .6 VI u d fss; II;
The suspense OF tho early day q { the
trial, when Prosecutor Rand put wi itness!%
after witness on the stand to coniplets
a chain of circumstnntlal evidence against
her. returned, although outwa rdl " Miss
Patterson seemed to maintain tho same u
quiet demeanor that has characterized
her from the beginning. 3J92 h
Crowd Starts Guessing " B,
AS the afternoon passed into evening, IT
various runors were spread about the
Criminal Court building as to tho Saoings
in the gjury-roonl. S s3 s53 lgg sS sSE
f''rhe jury stands ten to two for acnIlt-#4
talP was one of these reports One man
Is holding OUT was another Some had
tho hardillood to name the Juror ,lpG1s
whose refusal to acqult, hangs so Inuci,A Y
for tho former actress. l5i.5.
The fact that ona OF the jurors fters
the charge of Judge Davis to-day, had
asked that he might take the revolver,
with which Young was Killed TO the 3
jury-roonl, gave rise to stories that tho VI
jurymen were spending much time In ex-4
perlments. But all these rumors We're but u
Idle talk, apparently. for not an authentic
hint rea ached tho crowds congregRted In SSSf
and about the Criminal Courts building ~
as to what was actually talting place. iiS
Great Interest in Case. !,
y rho great interest which the trial % 2s
Nan Patterson has attracted, was nevAlsS "
evidenced In q more pronounced way than Z
this afternoon and evening", Excl lllded NJ
from the corridors of the court building ls
several score of persons stood outside the
main entrance In the slush and snow and
cold Tonight, waiting for word that the IL
Jury had ut last agreed. twas a aMieI ~
crowd but needed only the news II r sssi
verdict to start into frenzy of exrlte-
ment and cheering. 5 4 S,s
I'm the corridors OF the building near
Judge pavis's court were a hundred NEVIS q:
paper men and women, keening con-
stant vigil ana plcking up here and there
tho scraps of information, which filtered
from no ono knew where, concerning Jury, N
defendant and attorneys, az x ff@j
During the evening the lawyers inter-2s
ested on each side Of the case, called at
tho building. but did not remain, having
made arrangements to be called IN case
an agreement vas reached. VI sSs
Miss Patterson spent the afternoon az Sss
evening between her cell - the Ioiahs IS
ana what is known MS the pen on this !8s
third floor OF the court building. Most
az the a fternoon ws,s spant IN the TonlbH.
Az she was led from the court after The asS
Jury retired she Witnessed = snarstayA 81