The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-24

BY the Associated Press.
New York, Dec 23.-Following a
day of intense nervous strain. Nan
Patterson tonight Is in the Tombs.
III and perhaps on the verge Of @
break down.
The former SHOW girl, expecting ac-
quittal after II. tening 20 the evidence
in her trial for the murder of Caesar
Young last June, went into court this
noon to learn that the twelve meH
chosen 20 decide as TO her innocence
or guilt had been unable TO r.ach ar
agreement--in fact had divided even,
ly over the question as to whether or
not she held the revolver which end
I'd Young's life.
The jury stood six to six-half for
acquittal the other half for convic
tion.
Although no official announcement
was made furtner than this. cour.
house talk had Il that Of the six dc
Gliding against Miss Patterson none
were for conviction Of murder in tht
first degree, that one held on. for mur
der IN the second degree, two for man
slaughter in the first degree and threr
for manslaughter in the second de
gree.
Immediately after tie announce
ment of the verdict was made, Miss
Patterson broke into a fit of weep
ing which continued even after sh
"a NJ. IN a pf
firing chamber where physicians wer
called ana regtoratlves administered
Then she was taken to the Tombs
but she again wept and moaned ant
became hysterical and the efforts
her aged father prison matron an
attendants to quiet her were futile
The demonstrations in court afte
the announcement of the disagree
ment was somewha: remarkable
some pressing forward TO EXPIRE
sympathy for The young woman.
Abraham Levy. chiaf counsel To-
Miss Patterson, called on his ellen
in the Tombs late this afternoon ans
remained with her an hour.
He was i'll in bed when court cor
vened. but when he learned of the ao
tion Of the jury he went 10 the jail z
cheer his client
"The girl is in very bad menta
condition." he said, after he had lef
her. "Shc is almost completely hys
terical, but don't think she will col
lapse. hc7e left her {, 4 sons
what tter frame of mind.
course, cannot tell what we will d.
for her yet. Counsel for the defens
will have a consultation and will the
do the best we can for her. If re
trial is not had right away, | am g:
ing to make desperat, efforts to &c
bail for her. will plead with Mr.
jerome 20 reduce bail to $4,000 and Z
will be able, ! think, to arrange TO
that amount and thus let her have
her freedom while again waiting fer
the long, r,rve-wracking ordeal she
will have to face"
n.erest tonight centered in Di,
trict Attorney Jeroma's future action.
he has not said what he will do, but
it was intimated that the way the ju-
ry stood may influence him as 20 a
new trial
The jury took but one ballot. ac
= cording 10 the foreman. and devoted
the remainder of the time to discus
sion From the first to the last the
division was even. For "a hours they
discus sed the evidence and one juror
is quoted tonight as saying that one
of those who stood for acquittal tried
OF the coat which Young wore at the
time of his death and with a reyol-
yer attempted TO demonstrate that
suicide was possible.
Interest in the case was 20 intense
that crowds which had stood outside
the court building all morning pur-
sued Foreman Harmer of the jury
when he left court after the final al
iournment He boarded a trolley car
but men chased the car to his busi-
ness Office and mounted policemen
were called upon to disperse the
throng.
Abraham Levy tonight icsned a
statement in the course of which he
sad that after a careful ~lalysis of
he ev5Ience cnrnsel felt conf nj
.heir client would lie acquitted. The