The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-24
CELL DOOR SHUT
UPON POOR NAN

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pressing forward to express sympathy
for the young woman.
Abraham Levy, chief counsel for Miss
Patterson, called on his client in the
Tombs late this afternoon and re-
manned with her an hour. He was i'll
in bed when the court convened. bat
when he learned of the action Of the
Jury he went to the Jail to cheer his
client.
Levy Hopeful.
THE girl is in a very bad mental
condition" he said, after he left her.
''She is almost constantly hysterical.
but l don't think she viii collapse. /
hope l, left her in a somewhat better
frame OF mind. /. Of course, cannot
tell what we viii do for her yet. The
counsel for the defense will have a con-
sultation and will then do the best we
can for her. II the trial is not right
away. | am going to make a desperate
effort to get bail for her. l will plead
with Mr.. Jerome 20 reduce the bail to
$4,000, and / viii be able, I think, 10
arrange for that amount and thus let
her have her freedom while again watt
ing the long nerve-wrecking ordeal she
will have 10 face.
Interest tonight centered in District
Attorney. Jerome's future action. He
has not said what he will do, out it was
intimated that the way the jury stood
may influence him as TO a new trial.
Took One Ballot.
The jury took but one ballot, accord
ing TO the foreman, and devoted the
remainder of the time TO discussion.
From first to last the division was even.
For twenty-four hours they discussed
the evidence, and one juror is quoted
tonight as saying that one of those
who stood for acquittal tried on the
coat which Young wore at the time of
his death and with a revolver at
tempted TO demonstrate that suicide
Was possible. The interest in the case
was so intense that the crowds which
have stood outside the court building
all the morning pursued Foreman Har-
mer Of the-jury when he left the court
after the final adjournment. He boarded
a trolley car, but men chased the car to
his business Office, and mounted police
We're called upon to disperse the throng.
Counsel Disappointed.
Abraham Levy tonight issued a state
ment in the course of which he said:
From our understanding of the law
applicable 10 il, and a careful analysis
of the material proofs which could be
regarded as having weight or logical
relation 10 the case, we felt confident
that the trial would result in the girls
acquittal, and we are disappointed at
the outcome.
We are more convinced than ever
that a verdict of guilty never will be
reached in the case. Whether or not
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largely resting in the official judgment
of the district attorney, whose c0nciu-
sion on that subject necessarily will be
affected by his legal judgment as to the
probability Of conviction and his more
purely official judgment whether or not
the county should be subjected to the
enormous expense which another trial
of such d case entails"
After expressing his appreciation Of
the work of Judge Davis and reviewing
the fact that there was no cOrOner's in
quest and that the defense did not have
the minutes Of the grand jury which
indicted Miss Patterson, Mr.. Levy con-
tinUed:
Defendant Without Means.
''The defendant is wholly without
means. When counsel assumed the de-
Tense Of her case il was with the I'M
Outstanding and i'm the expectation that
the defendant would be sufficiently
equipped with means, If not TO proper
~ compensate them, at least to meet
the disbursements and actual expenses
which were bound to arise. This she
has never been able to do: so that, dur
ing the progress OF the trial we did not
even have the stenOgrapher's minutes
OF the testimony, but were obliged to
depend upon our own notes as TO proofs