The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-24
WEATHER FoREcAsT. washington, Dec. 38s-F0r AIabama' Rain Saturday and prebahiy sundnyJ colder Sunday, fresh seutheast winds.

that was possible and her whole atti- tude showed that she was undergoing keen suffering When the jury report ed their disagreement and the justice discharged them. she hastened 10 her father and threw herself on his shoul- ders, weeping bitterly. Up to the last she had hoped to be free in time to go home to Washington to spend Christ mas with her mother and the disagree ment was a most poignant disappoint- ment to her. The old man tried to comfort her, but she fell fainting in his arms.
 Jury Was Divided.
 The girl was revived from her faint ing spell, but continued to sob hyster- ically. Justice Davis thanked the jury and remanded Miss Patterson to the Tombs. She was led out sobbing vio- lently and in a state of severe nervous collapse.
 After the rest of the jury left the court room the foreman remained, and had a consultation with Justice Davis Before he left the court room he said the vote throughout had been six to six. He said six were for acquittal, but whether the other six were for murder in the first degree or not he would not say. The prosecuting attor- ney, Rand, would not say what the fur ther course of the prosecution would be.
 Only One Ballot.
 The foreman said that only one ball. lot was taken. It was then found there was such a vast difference of opinion that the remainder of the time was taken up in argument. It was reported that the six votes for conviction stood as follows: sf
 One for murder in the second degree, two for manslaughter In the first de- gree, and three for manslaughter in the second degree. It Is said there was no vote for murder in the first degree. Even in the face of certain knowl- edge that news of the result of the jury's deliberation would not be forth coming until after 10 o'clock today. scores of persons remained all night around the Criminal Court building hop ing 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 Da- wis. the curious crowd gathered in lit- tie knots in sheltered places in the vi- cinity to wait and speculate and ensure for themselves an advantageous posi- ton in the line when the doors were again opened today. Even those hours when the dim light which came through the windows of the jury room indi- | cated that the jurors had given up their arguments for the night. and were at- tempting 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. Rumors Were Rampant.
 In the early night mysterious infor- l r.,.l AA At..& AE.N .k< A ] on the basis of nine for acquittal. one
 for conviction of murder in the second
 degree and two unable to agree upon
 manslaughter of which they believed prisoner guilty Before daylight how ever, there had beepsa decided change In the sentiment of ttnf jlry. according
 to a report. At that time story
 which gained considerable circulation
 had eleven jurors favoring an acquittal
 with one holding out for conviction for
 murder in the first degree Of course
 there was absolutely nothing to sub
 stantiate these rumors. but every bit of gossip was anxiously seized upon by | those who had waited so long.
 The first sign of life in the big court building came just before daybreak
 when a bright light fickered up in the
 window of the jury room scarcely more
 than a dozen feet away from the court
  little later the officers who had been on guard in the building all night. came out one by one for breakfast and
 little after ' o'clock the jurors, guarded
 by the court officers. marched out to a nearby restaurant for their morning meal As they came through the
 Franklin Street exit the jurors met a crowd of not less than 200 persons in- cluding the self-appointed guard who l.. T IaA Int a If the crowd had expected to learn any,
 thing from the faces of the jurors, they
 were disappointed, for there was noth-
 ing in their expression save weariness., It was learned that the room in which
 the long night was spent was entirely without furniture with the exception of a table and a dozen small wooden chairs. Whatever rest the, jurors got,
 therefore, was obtained under far from
 ideal conditions. They suffered some what from cold during the night, too,
 the officers said. and the engineer was
 reused in the early morning hours with request for more steam.
 Had Wonderful Nerve.
 After the hardest day of her life. a 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. It
 had been reported from the little pen" over the jury room where she spent the long hours of waiting yesterday and last evening, that she was on the verge of nervous collapse and that even her aged father who has been constantly at her side through all her trouble, was unable to calm her. Ac- cordtng to the matron of the Tombs, however, the girl had hardly 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 a much better nights rest than what might have been expected under the circum- stances. q do not see how she does it. said the matron 'She has the
 most wonderful nereve of any woman
 ever knew"
 At 10:30. the hour which had been set for the opening of the court, word came by telephone that Justice Davis was delayed and that he would not reach the court house until II 80. Half a hundred persons coupled seats in the court room. Among them were only three women. Promptly at II 80 John Randolph Patterson, the prison CTS father, came in and took a seat at the counsers table.
 A moment later the jurors, their faces showing deep lines as result of their all night vigil filed solemnly in and took their places behind the rail Soon after, Nan Patterson gown ed. fully in black with a heavy veil concealing her features. walked at firm. strong step to the chair behind her father As she sat down she placed one arm across her fathers