The Washington times., 1905-05-04

the agony pictures in her mind by a
screen OF sleep. She awoke this morn
ing. feeling much better. DIR. Mcguire
said the girl had suffered a serious col
lapse, which in a girl OF another tenn
permanent would have doubtless been
very serious The lusty strength OF the
defendant viii enable her to be herself
again by tomorrow
Abe Levy, chief counsel for Miss Pat
terSon, said this morning;
4 will apply for Nan to be admitted
to nominal bail al once The disagree
ment Is equal to an acquittal as far
as her liberty is concerned. 1t may lie
that the district attorney Will apply to
nave her admitted 10 bail. If he does
not, then | will take the steps. She
Will never be placed on trial again. OF
THIS last / am certain. / am iisap-
pointed that she was not acquitted"
Though the jurors maintained I'M
broken silence as to their actisn il is
understood that after about twenty
five ballots had been taken the Jury
stood seven for manslaughter in the
first deSre6 and five for acQuittal. 1t
WAS reported that for several hours tbs.
voting was event 70 6-and that then
one vote was won by the six insistent
on the point Of manslaughter.
Past All Consolation.
mo verdict before tomorrow: Oh. 1
cant bear up. said Nan, and, giving
way completely, she cried as if her
heart would break. Mrs. Smith leaned
over and kissed her. Why, Nan, it's
nothing; it's nothing" said she. only
a few more hours and then you'll be
free-you know You will" But the
actress was. past consolation just then.
Almost at her. feet lay the trunk in
which she had packed her prison clothes
and her little toilet nicknaeks to take
home to washington
Once before she had packed the things
once before she had waited III agony of
spirit for the jury's decision. This time
she had held up for eleven hours; she
could not suppress emotion any longer.
Her sister asked too much OF poor,
wounGed. human nature-and Nan sat
there despairing. Though the white
haired father came down the corridor
with his old, old story of hope he could
not dispel her grief
Night brought no quiet TO the streets
Ranking the Tombs and the criminal
courts building. When the Recorder
was whisked away at 12:S0 a crowd of
GO persons gaped in morbid curiosity
Probably never before had the climax
OF criminal trial in this city brought
such a train OF remarkable incidents.
Crowd Yells "Free Her"
Twice the Jurors passed through the
streets and were assailed with cries TO
free the fair prisoner. "Set Nan free!
Set Nan free We're The words that
rang in the Jurors ears Hemmed in by
three lines of policemen the jury went
10 Park row restaurant for luncheon
and supper, and every yard of the way
petitions were made for the release OF
the accused woman
She's not guilty She's been in Jail
a year, Young killed himself! He de-
served it, We're some of the excIama-
tions. but always clear abo-e the va
Fied cries rose the call OF the insistent
majority: Set Nan freer'
II was unique demonstration in the
history Of criminal cases here The iu-
roFs seemed 10 labor under the weight
OF their responsibility. They Utfsrf.
guarded from approach in the restaIIrs NJ
by twentv-five patrolmen. On the trim
through Center street and Park row,
NIFTY policemen sheltered them.