Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-05-05
ANOTHER MIsTRIAL
IN PATTERSON CASE
The Second Jury Has Failed To
Agree Up on A Verdict.
ACTRESS FALLS IN DEAD FAINT
For the Second Time Twelve Men Fail
to Acquit or Convict Woman of Muir.
der-It Is Believed She Will Be Re.
leased on Small Bail.

der-It is Believed She Will Be Re.
leased on Small Bail.
New York, May 4.-Dramatic in the
extreme were the closing scenes early
today, of the Nan Patterson trial be-
fore Recorder Goff on the charge of
having murdered Frank T. Young, the
well known turfman and bookHlaker in
a cab last June.
When the foreman had finally as
sured the court that there was no pos
sibiIity of reaching an agreement, the
prisoner was in a dead faint. At 2:28
o'clock, the recorder declared the jury
discharged and ordered Miss Patterson
returned to the Tombs prison. She
was carried out in a chair by several
attendants and two doctors had a hard
time restoring consciousness.
When told OF the decision she
smiled family. In the streets below
thousands of persons, held by mounted
police, cheered the news, but were
somewhat disappointed. They evil
IDENTIFY favored the young woman and
had eXpecte dher acquittaI.
Various rumors gained currency as
to how the jury stood. Information
received by the Associated Press is
that the poll stood Z to in favor of
acQuittal
1t is quite certain that the former
show girl will be given her liberty on
a nominal bail, and that the indictment
will be quashed. She had faced trial
three times-twice the jury disagreed
and once there was a mistrial owing
to the collapse Of a juror.
In the court annals of this city moth
ing has yet approached the tensity of
the climax in the Patterson case.
When Recorder Golf was summoned
to court 500 natter l o'clock the room
was filed with spectators, two of
whom were women. Only those pos
sessing permits were allowed to enter,
but the streets surrounding the Tombs
and court house were many awaiting
the outcome.
For a moment the recorder did not
notice the nOn-arrival of the defendant
and was about to call on the foreman
for the verdict Informed that the
prisoner was i'll Recorder Golf de-
clared the court could not proceed;
chat she must be present. The min
utes dragged slowly by.
Miss Patterson appeared at length,
leaning heavily on the arm of an at
tendant. She showed more strength
than even her attorneys had hoped for.
In crossing the bridge of sighs" she
had heard the shouts of the watch
ers below and seemingly every voice
was attuned in her favor Upon reach
ing the dock she grasped the railing
for support, and gazed fixedly at the
jury. When they announced their
failure to agree and was sent back tc
further consultation, she collapsed and
had to be carried from the room.
At 2:15 o'clock the same scenes
were enacted. Miss Patterson was
then in a state bordering on collapse
She trembled like a leaf when the jury
filed in the second time and when the
foreman finally made a personal pol.
of the jury announced that its mem
bers were fixed in their opinions and for
mality of the discharge had been com
pletely she was in a dead faint. AS
the final curtain fell, strong court at
tendants lifted the chair in which the
unconscious woman sat and carried it
away to the hospital ward of the pris-
on. Physicians were hurrierly sum
moned but she could not be revived
by ordinary methods. The prisoners
aged father ~clasped her in his arms,
chafed her cheeks and called her name
repeatedly but she did not utter a
word
Finally, after nearly twenty minutes
she became semi-conscious and 20
minutes later was able to speak
In the meantime there was a great
clamor among the other prisoners to
learn the verdict adding an unusual
touch to one of the most remarkable
nights in the history of the Tombs.
The outside crowd melted slowly
away and an hour after the jury was
discharged the neighborhood had re.
sumed its normal quietness.