Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-05-08
Viii Be Next Move in
Case Of Nan Patterson.
Attorney Rand Takes Vacation
and Receives a Letter
|, Neluke from JuUman-- Other Notes Of
The Famous Case.

NJ
returps from his summer home in Con-
recticut to the criminal courts building
Monday. he will find there awaiting his
arrival large number of letters ad-
dressed to him by people from nearly
every part Of this country who have ex-
prr ssed their views regarding the Nan
patterson trial. and the probability oc
plaring the Fiorodora girl on trial again
for her life.
Tn that bundle of letters Mr.. jerome
will find one addressed to him by ono
Of the II men who sat in Judgment
upon Nan Patterson this week. This
letter reads as follows:
WILLIAM r. jerome, district attorney.
city:
"Sir-I am one OF the Jurors in the
Patterson trial. For ohvi"us reasons 7
do not disclose my identity, although |
do not believe that I am in any man
nor amcnahle to tho law FOR expressing
nv views to you as u private citizen.
THE statement made in the public
prints this day to the effect that yo't
and your asSStau. prosecutor, NJ.
Rand have gone away tor holiday
over Sunday. entirely unmindful OF til"
fact that public business demands your
attention. and for which expected at
tention you are paid yolr salaries from
the public funds, demands a rebuke.
especially since your absence from
duties brings hardship-u unnecessary
hardship-upon another human being.
II refer to the fact that the counsel
for the defence in the Patterson case
had hopes of counscling with you AMI
your assistant. regarding the admission
of the defendant in that trial to bail.
'In the public prints. this afternoon.
you are quoted as being too busy and
too tired. beg to be allowed to tell you
that land three OF my recent associ-
ates in the jury box have fully concur
rcd with me in this opinion-that Mr..
Levy. Mr.. O'Reilly. Mr.. Urger. the re-
corder and every one else connected
with the case are equally as tired as
you are, and that your assumption of
Careiessness as to the fin3I disposition
Of the Patterson case is to say the least
a serious lack of Judgment on your
part.
While l have been asked not to d.
vulge what transpired in the jury
rocme. IT is generally known that the
Jury stood to 4 in favor of acquittinE
the defendant when the jury was dis
.selhlialfsed,a ,.,5,..n,,. ,.....l...>.
''In view of this and the very gener-
al demand that the prosecution Of the
defendant should not take the form of
persecution three of my fellow jurors
and myself call upon you to either
promptly admit this defendant to bail
or decide against such a procedure, but
pot fn u1lrur in1stiNitv oy,
your part and on the part Of Mr.. Rand
TO become matter of public record
and public shame.
zone of the Jurymen.
New York. May s."
II is said the district attorney will
have no trouble in fixing the identity
Of the writer.
Herbert Limburger, counsel for j.
Morgan Smith and his wife. Julia.
who Is "A sister Of Nan Patterson. Sat
urday. served notice upon the district
attorney that he would move. Monday.
before Judge Foster for the discharge
Of the Smiths
Abraham Levy and Daniel O'Reilly.
counsel for Nan Patterson. will call
upon Mr.. jerome, Monday, and ask
what is to be done with her. Mr. Levy
SAYS he does not expect that Nan will
ever be tried again. 1t is thought more
likely that she will remain in the
Tombs awhile longer in order to give
the district attorney an opportunity
to ascertain how the jury stood upon
Its final ballot
Az a matter of law Mr.. Jerome
could keep Miss Patterson in the
Tomhs for the next two months. AT
the end of that time. if there was no
move made on the part Of the prosecu-
tion to place her on trial again. then
her counsel could apply to the supreme
court for her release on bail.
1t would take at least 10 days long
er before a decision could be handed
down. and by that time nearly three
months would have elapsed before she
sould be admitted to bail. IL at all
Roth Mr. Rand and Mr.. Garvan have
declared officially that they will never
try her again.
Miss Patterson was clipper. Satur.
day. She has fully recovered from the
shock she sustained the night her jur,
failed. to agree. Her sister Julia is still
with her in the hospital cell in the
Tombs. and they appear to be as hap
py as circumstances permit.
Mr.. Levy and Mr.. O'Reilly say the,
have a bondsman ready who can quail
ify in any reasonable amount. But wh'
this hondsman is neither Mr.. Levy no
Mr.. O'Reilly will tell. except to sa!
that the prospective bondsman doe
not know the prisoner. never saw he
and that he is only going on her bono
because In the first place he believes
In her innocence and also because N
Is personal friend of both Mr.. Lev!
and Mr.. O'Reilly.