The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-04
THE INDICTMENT
MAY BE QUASHED
81 Wonder What Will Hap
pen Now" Said the MiSer-
able Woman, and Then De-
clared That She Didn't Care,
She Was So Disappointed

New York, May 4.--M ME hhe Ndn
Patterson Jurors who this morning were
discharged for failure to agree in the
trial Of the actress for the murder of
Caesar Young swore themselves to SCI
crecy regarding their deliberations, it
was learned this morning that the last
ballots were eleven for manslaughter in
the first degree and one man for ae-
qdsala The lone juror stood out 70
the end md refused to be brought over.
Nan Patterson has quite recovered this
morning from her complete collapse IN
court where she lay for two minutes in
dead faint in her counsels arms while
The iury was making its second and last
report that it could not agree. She
was much depressed and her face was
deathly pale, and her eyes dull and al
most colorless.
Il wonder what viii happen nows"
she said simply.
Il am 80 disappointed at the outcome
which u felt would mean absolute ac-
qaittal that don't care now"
Counsel for Miss Patterson will move
soon that the actress be admitted to
nominal bail, and this win not be OPP
posed by the district attorney.
It ii thought that later the district
attorney will move to quash the indict-
ment.
Daring Yesterday afternoon the jury
sent to the court rooms for articles Of
clothing worn by Caesar Young at
The time lie met bis death and for the
skeleton which was exhibited during the
trial by Che prosecution in the cndeavor
"a show that the victim of the tragedy
could not have inflicted the wound him
self.
The jury was taken TO dinner at $3.50
O'clock last evening They were sur
rounded By a platoon of policemen and
followed ~ d great throng. As they
made their way toward restaurant the
iarymen were greeted by cries. Of "Set
her froela ''Set Nan free, she deserves
il"
1t was 10aO5 o'clock when the jury
returned to the criminal courts building
after dinner and resumed its considera
tion OF the case.
The foreman looked for an instant al
his Fellow members Of the Jury anC
then turned TO the recorder and said:
no sir, / don't believe YOU can hell
usn
@Then you viii retire to reconsider th'
matter"
The jury fled out and the court wa
cleared.
Recorder Goff remained in his cham
ber ready to receive a verdict # ren
dered or to further instruct the jury.
Nan Patterson had been buoyed b,
the hope that at the end of their delih
erations the IL men would agree TO
verdict of not guilty. Miss Patterson
hopes were based partly on runnors whicl
were current about the criminal court
building Yesterday afternoon that tn
iirst ballots taken in the jury roor
were decidedly in her favor,
Having failed to reach verdict an
declaring that they were hopelessly dis
agreed, the jury in the Nan Patterso
case was formally discharged at 2;3
o'clock this morning.
The jury was given the case at on
o'clock yesterday, and after deliberatin
~ hours came into court at 1880 o'cloc
this morning and informed Recorde
Golf that they had failed TO reach
verdict. The jury declined the record
er's offer to aid them by advice on an
point of law regarding which they migh
be in doubt, and were sent back t
continue their deliberations.
At 2:30 o'clock the jury again entere
the court room where the recorder an
other court officials were in waiting
and the foreman announced that the
had failed to agree on verdict. =
added that their disagreement SCENE
hopeless Of adjustment.
Upon this announcement Recordl
Goff formally discharged the twelN
men. composing the third jury that hs
considered this celebrated ease.
Miss Patterson collapsed on the jury
announcement and tainted dead ava
She was assisted from the court /
one Of her counsel and several of
GERS
When the twelve men were in the
places and the court officials had q
arrived, the recorder asked why the d
fendant had not been brought into com
A deputy sheriff replied that she h
been feeling i'll and had retired, b
was then being dressed. After wa
of 70 minutes Miss Patterson appeare