Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-04
A DRAMATIC CLOSING
Intense Int crest Over Verdict
of Patterson Jury.
THE NIGHTS INCIDENTS
PRISONER COLLAPSED WHEN
BROUGHT INTO COURT.
Carried in a Chair to Hospital Ward
of the Prison-Question
of Bail

Nan Patterson lies very i'll in the Tombs
prison in New York today, her nerves COM
pletely unstrung by the ordeal of her trial
and her dramatic experience in court at 2
o'clock this morning when the jury report
ed its disagreement.
Her lawyers worked hard today to Sc
cure her release at once on bail, but up to
2:30 had made little or no progress. At
that time they had not been able to COM
municate with the district attorney, and
did not know his intentions regarding the
case.
Bail was ready in any sum, they said,
and they hoped to secure her freedom in
a day or two at the latest.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Dramatic in the ex-
treme We're the closing scenes, early today,
of the Nan Patterson trial before Recorder
Golf, on the charge of having murdered
Frank T. Young, the well-known turfman
and bookmaker. in cab last June.
When the foreman had finally assured the
court that there was no possibility of reach
ing an agreement the prisoner was in a
dead faint. At 2:2S o'clock the recorder
declared the jury discharged and ordered
Miss Patterson returned to the Tombs
prison. She was carried out in chair by
several attendants and two doctors had a
hard time restoring consciousness. When
told of the result she smiled family.
In the streets below thousands of per-
sons. held back by mounted police. cheered
the news, but We're somewhat disappointed
They evidently favored the young woman
and had expected her acquittal.
Various rumors gained currency as to how
the jury stood. Information received by the
Associated Press is that the poll was to )
in favor of acquittal.
The Matter of Bail.
1t Is quite certain that the former show
girl will be given her liberty on nominal
bail and that the indictment will be quash-
ed. She has faced three trials-twice the
jury disagreed and once there a mis-
trial owing to the collapse of juror.
In the court annals of this city nothing
has yet approached the tensity of the eli
max in the case. When Recorder Goff was
summoned to court soon after 1 o'clock the
room was filled with spectators, two of
whom were women. Only those possessing
permits We're allowed to enter but in the
streets surrounding the Tombs and the
court house were thousands awaiting the
outcome. With their eyes riveted on the
bridge leading from the prison, they watch
ed for a possible glimpse of the prisoner
who they hoped might pause at a window
momentarily should she be called to court
Mounted police forming the traffic squad
kept the people in order and maintained
passageways for the street. cars.
When the recorder reached his desk and
ordered the prisoner brought from her cell
the nervous tension in the court became al
most unbearable. The jury had filed into the
court room, the recorder was on the bench,
Assistant District Attorney Rand was rest
lessly pacing back and forth, and Attorney
Levy, for the defense, eyed the jurymen
with the keenness of hope despair, but
the central figure of the tragedy was no
where to be seen.
Prisoner Collapsed.
For a moment the recorder did not notice
her non-arrival and was about to call on
the foreman for the verdict. Informed that
the prisoner was i'll, Mr.. Goff declared the
court could not proceed; that she must be
present. The minutes dragged slowly along.
Ten of them passed, and then Miss Patter-
son appeared leaning heavily on the arm
of a deputy sheriff She showed more
strength than even her lawyers had hoped.