The Washington times., 1904-11-29
Two Were Blank and
One Was a Para
lytiC.
SURPRISE TO Mr.. RAND
New Trial to Begin With
lmpaneling Jurors on
Next Monday.

For acQuittal. l..................
For conviction. .................... o
Blank Recommendations.
NEW YORK. Nov. 29.-This is the re-
suit of an unOmcial poll of the jury
which was 20 have decided the fate OF
Nan Patterson. but which has been dis
charged by Justice Davis i'm the criminal
branch Of the supreme court because
one of the twelve had fallen ill.,
While none of the men would express
any detailed opinion ON thc evidence
brought out by the prosecution. nine OF
them are willing TO Indicate how they
would have voted The two whose Lal-
lots are cIassed as blank declined 10 give
amy inumation whether the thought
Miss Patterson innocent OF guilty.
Shock to Rand
That the overwhelming sentiment of
the jury was known 10 Mr.. Rand after
the men We're dismissed ana that il
came as a great shock 10 him. is appar-
ent iu Il statement which he made Mr..
Rand was In consultation with two
of the jurzmen. and after they left his
Office he said
Il hope none of the jurors viii talk
about the ease, as IL might injure both
the prosecution and the defense. do
not see how any juror could rlghttully
have formed an opinion ou the merits OF
the case. as il was still incomplete when
the jury was discharged
Mr.. Rand refuses 10 tell what the two
jurors whom he summoned 90 his Office
said about The case.
Knew What to Expect.
Despite AIR Rands assertion that the
case OF the prosecution was incomplete
the jurors nevertheless had heard
enough Of it 10 get a good idea of what
the rest OF the evidence would bee. Mr..
Rand had told the jury that the circum-
stautial evidence he would present TO
show Nan Patterson killed Caesar
Young was SO strong that II q hundred
men testified that they saw Young XIII
hlmsv III Tie jury would not believe them
IHr poll oI the jurors Indicates that the
clrcuulstaHtlal evidence scarcely had
tuls effect.
Jurymen ReticeEt.
Most Of the jurors who were asked
what they thought of the case refused
az Irst 90 say anything about il. After
being assured that anything they might
say would De- regarded as strictly conf
dental and would br used only H. the
final tally OF the vote. nine Indicated
by their replies that they would have
voted not guilty How the votes OF the
other TWO would have stood Is not
Known. as they refused absolutely t3
give amy lutlmaJiou OF the opinion they
had formed. IL auy.
There was % TuMor iu the criminal
courts building that the jury before
disciarg", had taken uou and thar the
SentlUent oI ca majority was for ac-
4uitlai All tile jurors denied that amy
poll had been taken before thtir CON
arcl9n Wita Che case ceased and both
Mr. htHd and Abraham 4.eyF ATTORNEY
.oE Miss Patterson said that the rufaar
'f tac poi. was without foHnIa,Ioa.
Greater Difficulty Ahead.
All those connected with tha case rz-
pressed regret that the Jury had sa b.
DISCHARGED IL YVES realized that f.
would hc more difficult 10 obtain % fs.r,r
Tor th@ second trlii than it WAS for me
first. because OF tE- wide uulItcfrv IF
ri.r case new panel, however Will hH
drawn al once, and the work of -eIr-f-
gEE rI- rrNI rUr.r will E.EEr r-,-. A..