Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-11-28
A new TRIAL
Must Now Be Given Miss
Nan Patterson.
Caused by Sudden and Serious
Illness of a Juror.
Miss Patterson Breaks Down and
Faints at the News.

New York, Nov. 27.-The present
| trial Of Nan Patterson has in all prob
ability come to ali end.
The ninth juror. Edward Dresslcr. a
real estate dealer. is dangerously i'll at
his nome. l06 Woodycrest avenue He
had an attack of hemiphlegia, pa
by cerebral henlorrhage. 1t is Mr.
Drcssler's third attack
Justice Davis has practically decided
| to discharge the jury. He holds that
even in case the sick juror should re-
cover before the end of next week, his
| illness is such that it would be unwisp
to take chances. 1t has been arranged
that Mr.. Levy. as soon as the jurors
have been discharged. will move for a
| retrial to be held at once.
| Mr.. Rand will not object and appli-
cation for the drawing of new spec
ial panel of jurors will be made the
talesmen will be drawn and notified.
next Friday, and il is intended that
Nan Patterson Will be called again to
trial Il week from Monday.
Justice Davis will not preside at the
new trial He is assigned to duty in
the regular supreme court.
Justice Davey will be the new pre-
siding officer at the Patterson trial, if
the program agreed upon is carried
out
All the witnesses who have testified
for the prosecution will be subpened
again by the district attorney. They
will give their testimony over again.
| When Nan Patterson heard the news
| she broke down and tainted. She had
| to be carried up the stairs leading to
the bridge of sighs. She bemoaned her
| fate and cried out that she feared she
| would not be home for Christmas eve.
The continuation of the Patterson trial
| had been set down for II A. NJ. Saturday.
! All the jurors with the exception of Mr..
Dres,er. were promptly in their seats.
| AT IL A. NJ. Edward Dressler, Jr.. son
| of the sick juror. appeared at tn. court
! house. He submitted an affidavit sworn
| to by DR.. James A. Ferguson. the family
| physician OF the Dressers. The affidavit
| read as follows:
II have examined Edward Dressler of
l06 WOodycrest avenue, this city. Twelve
hours ago he had an attack Of heriphle-
gia from cerebral hemorrhagc. Tn. dura-
tion of it is uncertain he is wholly in
capacitated and has lost tht. power OF
muscular co-ordina ton"
Justice Davis at once sent for Asst.
District Attorneys Rand and Garvan, the
prosecutors of Nan Patterson. and for
the lattels counsel. Abraham Lazy, Ex-
Assistant District Attorney Daniel OReil-
ly and Philip Waldheimer. The jurors :
son was also present. Ju*tice Davis then
showed DIR. FerguSons affidavit to the
lawyers. He told them that under the
circumstances. the trial could not go on
and that all that remained to be done
was to adjourn until Monday.
Young Mr.. Dressler said that his ia
ther was very sick man.
How old is your father" one of
those present asked young Dressler.
He is iS years Old replied the son.
This is his third attack. Dr. Ferguson
treated him for the other two and he
got over them in short time. The
doctor says he cannot tell how lorg
father may be confined to his bed. this
time"
Young Dressler said at the confer
ence that his father was injured some
time ago while on hunting trip and
that the doctor said that the present
attack was due to this injury.
Young D.cssler was questioned as to
whether his father was conscious.
His mind seems to be clear" SAID
the son. but when we asked him, this
morning. how old he was. he said he
was 5s. When we reminded him of the
fac; that he was only As years old. he
saId %. yes.
Nan Patterson was sent for. and she
took a seat next to her aged father.
The lawyers filed into court.
"Gentemen of the jury" said Justice
Davis, II regret TO say one Of your
number is seriously i'll at his home. He
was attacked with sickness II hours
ago, and therefore. it will be impossible
for us to go on with the trial of this
case. today. ! trust that the juror is
not seriously i'll and shall have an in
vestigation made. But in the mean
time il is necessary i'm order TO contin- |
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