The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-05
NAN RESTING
 IN THE TOMBS PrisOng Recovering From
 Etrrible Ordeal.
EFFORT FOR BAIL YET
Jerome Uncertain as to His
 Future Course.
Vote of Jury, Says District As"he' VIII Aid Him in Decision Resard- ,un Another Trial for Fio-
 rodora Girl.

New York. May 4--No positive steps were taken today toward haVihs ,s,- Patterson released on pan' ssthar agreed by her counsel ana her n.u', that even though bail were possiois n, once if would be better for me siri to remain quietly in the Tomos Tor rest after the ordeal she underwent last night. ,, ,ooorts
 During the day alarming reports
 ara niTcnlated as to Miss Pattcrson's Condition. if being declared that TOT Iowinp her collapse at 2;3O thls nioin in ing when the third jury was olsch"i ed without a decision or her eaee had lain for hours in comatose cohu ,r ton and was today a physical wreck. ITO" '. zoe stated at the Tombs tonight that Miss Patterson's condition IS prac- locally normal. She shows the eheIs of her trial but is far from real oredH down. She spent a large part or the day sleeping in her cell peihs .n ,,,,r,1 oughly exhausted from her Ions ana inc nervous strain of last night
 Mice Patterson's lawyers tomorrow wiII endeayor to reach an agreement with the district attorneys once as lo tbe amount of bail their client shaL pc required to give. They nope tne ann will be a nominal one, put say ,hav are ready to furnish a bondsman for any amount within reason. Distriet Attorney Jerome was out of the city today and this fact also acted as stay to further proceedings; There ls much speculation as to what coufse the district attorney Will pursue wltn smith and his wife on the charge or conspiracy and what effect the testimo- nv at their hearing might have upon | nossible fourth trial for Miss Patter- | son.
 Inc vt | closing scenes early today of the Nan ! Patterson trial before Recorder Con, | on the charge of having murdered Frank T. Young. the well-known turf man and bookmaker. in cab last | June.
 When the foreman had finally assur- ed the court that there was no possi- | biIity of reaching an agreement, the | prisoner was in dead faint. At 2;2S | 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 1 attendants. and two doctors had hard l time restoring consciousness.
 When told of the result she smiled | faintly. In the streets below thous- l ands of persons held back by the po- | lice, cheered the news. but were some what disappointed They evidently ex- | pected her acquittal.
 | Various rumors gained currency as l to how the jury stood. Information 1 received by the Associated Press is 1 that the poll was seven to five in favor | of acquittal
 It Is quite certain that the former shdkv 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.
 l In the court annals of this city noth- l ing has yet approached the tensity | of the climax in the Patterson case. When Recorder Goff was summoned to court soon after 1 o'clock. the room was filled with spectators. two of whom were women. Only those possessing permits were allowed to enter but in the streets surrounding the Tombs and | courthouse were thousands awaiting | the outcome. With their eyes riveted on the bridge leading from the prison they watched for a possible glimpse of the prisoner who, they hoped. might pause at a window momentarily if she should be called to court Mounted police forming the traffic squad kept | the the people in order and maintained passageways for cars.
 | When the recorder reached his desk and ordered the prisoner brought from her cell, the nervous tension in court | was almost unbearablc.
 The jury had filed into the court | room, the recorder was on the bench. Assistant District Attorney Rand was restlessly pacing back and forth and Attorney Levy, for the defense, eyed the jurymen with the keenest of hope or despair, but the central figure of the tragedy was nowhere to be seen.
 Prisoner Collapsed.
 For a moment the recorder did not notice her non-arrival and was about to call the foreman for the verdict In- formed that the prisoner was i'll, Mir. Con declared the court could not pro- cecd, that she must be present The minutes dragged slowly along. Ten of them passed and then Miss Patter- son appeared. leaning heavily on the arm of a deputy sheriff. She allowed no strength which her lawyers had hoped for. In crossing the Bridge of Signs" she had heard the shouts of the watchers below and seemingly every voice was attuned in her favor. Upon reaching the dock, she grasped the railing for support. and gazed fixedly at the jurymen. When they announced their failure to agree and were sent back for further consultation, she col lapsed 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 trem- bled like a leaf when the jury filed in the second time and when the foreman finally made a personal poll of the ju- ", announced that its members were fixed in their opinions and the formal ity of the discharge had been completed
 she was in a dead faint. AS the final curtain fell strong attendants lifted the chair in which the unconscious wo-
 man sat and carried 1t away to the
 hospital ward of the prison.
 Physicians were hurriedly summoned
 but she could not be revived by ordi- nary methods. The prisoners aged fa-