Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-22
Recess of Court Until 2 O'Clock.

Recess Of Court Until 2 O'CLOCK.
Soon after the jury retired the court took
a recess until 2 o'clock An immense
crowd of curious people thronged the cor
ridors, awaiting the verdict.
In the long hour and a quarter occupied
by the judges charge to the jury Miss
Patterson bore herself well. The pallor or
five months of the Tombs was touched a
clearer white by the strain under which
she labored but only that and the sus-
tanned rigor of her attitude betrayed the
tension of her nerves. She was gowned in
black, the only touches of color being a
purple enamel pansy tipped with diamonds,
which she wore her breast. and, peep
ing from the black collar of her dress, a
narrow ruching, as white itself as the skin
against which it rested Her black hat
was uptlted from her brow and the thin
net veil which depended from It's brim did
not conceal the finely nodded chin and
full lips, which, though chld-like, are
oddly firm. Once or twice she turned and
murmured a word to her white-haired
father, who was at her side. but the fixed
expression of the girls face never changed
and her lips hardly moved.
Listened to the Judge.
With hands clasped in her lap. her
shoulders held slightly forward and not
once seeking the support of her chair
back, she sat almost immovable while the
jury received its instructions. The gaze Of
her gray eyes, showing in their depths
something of the look of frightened child.
hardly wavered from the judges face. Once
when Caesar Young's name fell from the
judges lips she quickly placed one black
gloved hand on the table, gave little
start, and then with a deep quivering
breath that seemed to expand her whole
slight frame she fell again into her wonted
fixed and strained position.
Stared at Actor
Sir Charles Wyndham, the English actor.
who occupied a seat inside the rail, was
pointed out to her by her father, and she
stared curiously at the man who stands
for so much in that world in which she
had once so briefly futtered, and once he
turned and bent his gaze on her. his big
glasses seeming TO shine with benevolence
and cheer.
When the big marble clock pointed to the
noon hour and a factory whistle shrilled
through the silent court room. for the first
time the slight, black-robed figure relaxed
The sound of the noon whistle seemed to
break the rgidity Of her frame. She raised
both hands to the table, lightly c1asped,
dropped her eyes and gave great sigh.
Under Tremendous Strain.
1t was the yielding of taut nerves and
flexed muscles, and sent a rush of moisture
to her eyes. She blinked them rapidly, sip
ped glass of water and then, her COM
posure once more her own. again bent that
clouded stare upon the judge.
1t was evident that she was under tre-
mendous stress and was compelling self
control with the greatest effort. But the
effort was successful, and not one sound or
movement was marked enough to be ap-
parent beyond those who sat with her at
her counsePs table. When the judge had
concluded his charge, and the usual formal
tiles had been gone through with, baliff
slipped to her side.
Where do / go?" she almost whispered
in a plaintive voice.
Upstairs" he replied and with quick
steps she was led back to the Tombs where
she passed the long moments of waiting.
Jury Retired at Noon Hour.
The Patterson jury retired at 1925 pm.
Shortly before / o'clock the court an
nounced a recess until 2 o'clock.
Verdict May Come Late.
The jury in the Patterson trial went to
lunch shortly before o'clock This viii
make the verdict if one has been agreed
upon, rather late. The gossip in the court
room was that disagreement was not UNI
likely. This report was based on the fact
that one of the jurors had asked for in
formation concerning some of the exhibits
in the case.
Declined Lunch.
For the first time since the trial began
Miss Patterson refused to take lunch dur
Ing the court recess. She was so nervous
she could not eat. Most of the time she
paced up and down her cell, while she wait
ed for the summons to court to hear the
verdict.