Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-23

and waiting mOmentArlly for her
daughter TO come The family is keep
ing from her the fact that the jury has
been discharged.
PEOPLE STAYED ALL NIGHT.
New York, Dec. 28.--Eyen 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
today scores OF people remained all
night around the criminal court build
ing hoping 10 be the first 20 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 I'm sheltered places I'm the vicinity
to walt and speculate and ensure for
themselves an advantageous position In
the line when the doors were again
opened today Even when the dim light
that came through windows Of the jury
room indicated that the Jurors had CIV
en- up their arguments for the night and
were attempting to sleep-rum0rs from
inside the building found their way 10
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
II that the jury stood firm on the basis
Of nine for acqulttal 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,
according to report. AT that time a
story which gained considerable clrcu-
lation had II Jurors favoring acqulttal
and one holding out for conviction OF
murder I'm the first degree. OF course
there was absolutely nothing TO sub
stnntiate these rumors, but every bit OF
gossip was anxlousy seized upon by
those who had waited so long
FIRST SIGN OF LIFE.
The first sign Of life in the big court
building came just before daybreak,
when a bright Hight flckered up In the
window OF the jury room scarcely more
than dozen feet away from the court
house end Of the bridge OF sighs. A
little later the officers who had been on
guard In the building all night came
out one by one for breakfast, and lit
tie after Z o'clock the jurors, guarded
by court officers, marched out TO
nearby restaurant for their morning
neal AS they came through the
Franklin street exit the Jurors met a
crowd Of not less than 200 persons in
Guiding the self-appointed guard, who
had remained on duty all night II the
crowd had expected TO learn anything
from the faces oft he jurors they were
disappointed, for there was nothing In
their expression save WEAKNESS. II
was learned that the room In which the
long night was spent was entirely
without furniture with the exception Of
q 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
a request for more steam.
NAN RETIRED.
After the hardest day Of her life.
n 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 had been constantly
at her side through all her trouble. was
unable to calm her According 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 aw0ke many times
during the night, but on the whole got
q much better nights rest than might
have been expected under the circum-
stances
u don't see how she does IT," said
the matron. "She has the most Won
derful nerve OF any woman / ever
knew"
This morning Miss Patterson asked
for news from the fury. She became
hysterlcal while awaiting an answer.
and the 1'ombs warden went to see
her. He assured her that there was no
news, and that she could not possibly
hear anything until Il was announced
IN the courtroom before her
Instead Of assuring her this news
made her worse. She had a severe at
tack Of hysteria
How can / ever face those dreadful
IL men again.
CRIED REPEATEDLY.
The warden said she repeatedly cried,
the fear OF going back TO the court
oyershadowlng everything else
DR.. Levin, the Tombs physician, was
sent FOR IN a hurry and prescribed for
her About this time her father ar
rived az the Tombs. owing TO her
state OF collapse he was allowed TO go
up TO see her With his presence and
the efforts OF the physician she Inn
proved considerably In a short time.
As soon as she was somewhat COM
posed she was led across the bridge Of
signs 20 the criminal court building.
she was taken 10 the pen" 10 wait
until verdict had been reached or
some conclusion had been arrived at.
POLICEMAN FAINTs.
william Ryan, policeman on guard
at the entrance 10 the Jury room, faint
cd today and was sent 10 his station
house In a patrol wagon. He had
been doing extra duty and this, with
the excitement OF the trial. was too
much Cor him.
During the forenoon the crowd
around the courthouse increased until
the streets were blocked and the cor
ridors within the building were so
damned that no less than half dozen
times police reserves were forced to
clear out the building.