Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-05-05
EXCITEMENT INTENSE
Nan Patterson Trsl 0vershadowed
All Previous Ones.
CLIMAX rs THRILLING
Former Florodora Chorus Girl Fell
Into a Faint and II Was Neees-
sary TO Eemove Her Prom
Court In q Chair.

New York. May i.-Dramatic n
the extreme were the closing scenes
early Thursday. OF the Nan Patterson
trial before Recorder Gon. when the
foreman had finally assured the court
that there was no possibility OF reach
ing an agreement. the prisoner was In
q dead faint. A. 2;2s o'clock the re-
eorder declared the Jury discharged
and ordered Miss Patterson returned
20 the tonbs prison. She was carried
out IN n chair by several attendants,
and two doctors had hard time re-
storing consciousness. When told Of
the result she smiled family. In the
streets below thousands of persons.
held back by mounted police. cheered
the news. but were somewhat dlsap-
J pointed. They evidently favored the
young woman and had expected her
aequittai
Various rumors gained currency as
% how the jury stood. Information re-
eeived by the Associated Press Is that
the poll was seven to ave In favor OF
acquittal
II g. quite certain that the former
show girl win be given her liberty on
nominal bail and that the Indictment
will be quashed. She has faced trial
three tirnes-twiee the jury disagreed
ana once there was a rnistrial owing TO
the collapse Of a Juror
In the court annals Of this city moth
ing has yet approached the tensity NJ
the climax in the Patterson case. when
Recorder Coz was summoned 20 court
soon after O'Clock the room was fiied
with spectators. two of whom werc
women. only those possessing permits
were allowed 20 enter but IN the
streets surrounding the tombs and the
courthouse were thousands awaiting
the outcome with their eyes riveted
on the bridge leading from the prison.
they watched for n possible glimpse OF
the prisoner. who, they hoped. might
pause M window momentariiy should
she be called 90 court Mounted po-
lice forming the trafhc squad kept the
people IN order and maintained pas
sageways for the street cars.
when the recorder reached his deak
and ordered the prisoner brought from
her cell the nervous tension IN the
court became almost unbearable The
jury had nled into the courtroom. the
recorder was on the bench Assistant
District Attorney Rand was restleSsiy
pacing back and forth and Attorney
Levy for tho defense eyed the jurynen
with the keenness of hope or despair
but the central figure ~ the tragedy
was nowhere 10 be seen
For n moment the recorder did not
notice her non-arrival and was ahou;
90 call on the foreman for the verdict
Informed that the prisoner was IN.
Mr. Cor declared the court could not
proceed. that she must be present. The
minutes dragged slow along Ten %
them passed and then Miss Patterson
appeared. leaning heavily on the arm
of a deputy sheriff She showed more
strength than ever her lawyers had
hoped.
In crossing the bridge Of slghs" she |
had heard the shouts % the watchers /
below and seemingly every voice was
attuned in her favor Upon reaching 1
the dock she grasped the railing for
support and gazed fixediy AZ the Jury
men. When they announced their fall
ure TO agree and were sent back for
further consideration she collapsed
and practically had 10 be carried from
this room
AZ 2:i5 o'clock the same scenes were
enacted. Miss Patterson was then In
q state bordering on collapse. She
trembled like n leaf when the Jury fiiei
in the second time. and when the fore
man finally made a personal poll OF the
jury and announced that its members
were fixed IN their opinions and the
formality Of the discharge had been
completed she was In a dead faint As
tho fnai curtain fell. strong court at
tendants lifted the chair In which the
unconscious woman sat and carried u
away 20 the hospital ward % the
prison.
Physicians were hurriedly summon
ed. but she could not be revived by or
dinary methods The prisoners aged
father clasped her IN his arms. chaffed
her cheeks and called her name re-
peatediy. but she did not utter a word
Finally. after nearly twenty minutes.
she became semi-conscious and ten
minutes later she was able 20 speak
Meantime there was a great clamor
among the other prisoners 20 learn the
verdict. adding an unusual touch 90
one OF the most remarkable nights IN
the history ot the tombs. Outside the
crowds melted slowly away. and an
hour after the jury was discharged the
had resumed It's normal
quietness
II was said at the district attorneys
ofiee Thursday that the prosecution
would not oppose the request OF Nan
Patterson for bail provided the sum
was hxed at from $4,000 10 $4,000.
Julius Goldstone. one OF the Jurors.
collapsed at his home from nervous