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

cred her whereabout in st. Louis,
while the trial was in progress.
"There were many other embarrass-
p,ents from which The defendant suffer-
cd with regard to the non-appearance
witnesses which are well known to the
public
I'VE feel confident now, that in view
of the wide publicity given to the case,
other witnesses will come forward if
necessary to corroborate the defen-
dants story i'm all its substantial de-
tails. We question, however whether
the district attorney will ask for third
| trial Of this case"
| New York, Dec. 23.--Fainting in her
fathers arms, her frame quivering with
the accumulated sufferirgs of months
of ANXIOUS waiting. Nan Patterson, to-
day. heard the announcement that the
| iurymcn trying her for the murder of
| Caesar Young had disagreed. Soon she
was revived and sObhing Historically
and hardly able to walk was half led,
half carried back to her cell in the
| Tombs.
| Her vision of Christmas at home. SO
bright the past few days, was gone be-
fore the uncertainty as to what the
next step in her case will be.
Before her trial began the district at
torney offered to accept bail in $20,0l0
| but this could not be raised and th'a
! prosecuting officers declined to indicate,
| today. what their attitude on this point
would he. District Attorney Jerome SAID
he had nothing whatever to say at
present as to whether he would agree
| to n lower bail or whether he would ac-
cept bail at all. The jury stood six for
acquittal and six for conviction but 50
far as can be learned there was no jury
man in favor of first degree verdict.
The keenest disappointment was felt
| in the court room and in the great
crowd outside when TIE disagreement
was announced Not since the MolineuX
| case has there been 50 much interest
taken in a criminal trial in this city
and many Of those present had hoped
for verdict of acOuittal.
The closing of the proceedings just
two days before Christmas added to the
sentimental interest in the girls fate
and the prospect of spending the Holt
day in prison undoubtedly accentuated
the girls agony when she heard the
words that she was not to be free. Her
father VINO has been by her side ever
since the trial began and whose tender
care and devotion to her have been the
most touching feature of the trial, tried
to comfort her but his Saddened face
and mournful expression robbed the
words he uttered of force and meaning
| as he said:
| ~
out all right yet"
New York, Dec. 23.--Even in the face
of certain knowledge that news of the
result of the jury's deliberations would
not be forthcoming until after 10 O'Clock
Friday, scores of persons remained all
night around the CRIMINAL court build
ing hoping to be the first to hear the
verdict in the case Of Nan Patterson
Driven from the building just before
midnight when the jury was locked up
for the night by order of Justice Davis.
the curious crowd gathered in little
| knots in sheltered places in the vicinity
to wait and speculate and insure for
themselves an advantageous position
in the line when the doors were again
lOpened Friday
Even when the dim light which came
through the windows of the jury room
indicated that the jurors had given UP
their arguments for the right and were
attempting to sleep, rumors from inside
the building found their way to the
patient walters. The source of these
rumors no one knew and little faith was
placed in their truthfulness. In the
early night mysterious information had
it that the jury stood firm on the basis
of nine for acquittal, one for conviction
Of murder in the second degree and two
unable to agree upon the degree of
manslaughter Of which they believed
the prisoner guilty. Before daylight.
however. there had been a decided
change in the sentiment of the jury. &C
cording to report. At that time a story
which gained circulation had II jurors
favoring acquittal with enc holding out
for conviction of murder in the first de-
gree. OF course there was nothing to
substantiate these rumors. but every
, bit Of gossip was seized upon by those
who had waited so long.
The first sign of life in the big court
building came just before 6aybreaiS
when a bright light flicked up in the
window of the jury room scarcely more
than dozen feet away from the court
house end of the Bridge of Signs.
|. A little later the officers who had bee,
on guard in the building all night came
out one by one for breakfast and a little
after o'clock the jurors, guarded Nv
court officers. marched cut to a nearby
restaurant for thei. morning meal As
they came through the Franklin street
exit the jurors met crowd of not less
than 200 persons, including the self-ap-
pointed guard. who had remained on