Arizona republican., 1904-12-23
No Verdict by the Jury in
 the Patterson Case
DISAGREEMENT IS LIKELY
The Disappointment Of the Actress Who Believed That She Would Be Promptly yAcquitted-Hany RumOrs of the Jury'S Standing.

New York, Dec. 22.-The jury in the Nan Patterson case was locked up at 11:26 tonight. not having reached a verdict. At Il o'clock an announce ment came from the jury room that no decision had been arrived at and immediately following the statement that Judge Davis would give the jury another half hour before locking them up. Hope of a verdict was dispelled, however, when a few minutes before 11:30 Captain Lynch of-the court squad said that 'it was all off, and the jury would be locked up for the night.
 Miss Patterson heard the news in the pen and it was so unexpected to her that she came near collapsing. It was understood that the jury would con- tinue the consideration of the case in a small jury room containing only a few tables and chairs, and the jurors will have no opportunity to sleep unless they can nap in small chairs.
 AS soon as the jury was locked up for the night Miss Patterson bade her father a fearful farewell and was es- corted from the pen" in the court building to her cell in the Tombs. The girl who showed such courage through the long trial is almost a nervous wreck. The great strength she former
 
 exclaimed. "Oh. how can those men doubt my words"
 There will be no opportunity of hear ing from the jury again until 10: 30 tomorrow morning, the hour fixed by the court for a report from the twelve men who are to decide the fate of the chorus girl.
 Immediately after the announcement that the jury was locked up for the night the officers cleared the corridors of the court building of the scores of newspaper men and attorneys. who had anXiously awaited news from the jury. Murmurs of disappointment were heard from the crowd which seemed convinc- ed that the jury would never reach decision.
 The latest rumor from the jury room was that three men were holding out against nine who desired to acquit the defendant. It was reported that the three jurors were at odds as to the seriousness of the crirse. One juror Is said to be holding out for convic ton for murder in the second degree and two others are reported to favor imanslaughter in the second degree. One rumor was so definite that it named the juror who had asked if he might fire the revolver, as the man who is holding out for the conviction of Miss Patterson of murder in the second degree.
 The disappointed crowds in the streets heard of the locking up of the | jury for the night and joined in the wait for persons who had been priv ileged to stand in the court building during the deliberations of the jurors. A few women were in the crowd which
 stood in thG- street and watched the
 windows of the jury room until the an- nouncement came that the twelve men
 must spend the night in deliberatiOn.
 That jury will never agree was the
 verdict of scores of men who followed
 the jury from the court building. to a neighboring cafe at 7:3O o'clock for
 dinner. As they filed back into the jury room after dinner there was silence
 throughout the great building and
 gloom seemed to fall over the waiting
 crowd.
 As the hours dragged on the crowds
 in the building and in the street be-
 came impatient. At one time a small company of men in the corridors broke
 into a song. Miss Patterson heard this sign of merriment and her nerves are
 said to have rebelled at an indication that any one could be gay when a ques-
 ton of such moment was under con- sideration.
 Miss Patterson, after the jury retired this noon, spent the afternoon and
 evening between her cell in the Tombs and what is known as the "pen" on the third floor of the court building. Most of the afternoon was spent in the Tombs. As she was led from court after the jury retired she witnessed a marriage ceremony between two pris- oners, and congratulated them. For a | moment her face frightened as though she had forgotten her own troubles, but soon after it resumed it's look of sad calm. While she was in the Tombs this afternoon she opened numerous te,egrams and letters from relatives and friends congratulating her upon her defense and expressing a hope and
 wish that her freedom was near at Continued on Page 2.