The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-30
MRS, PATTERSON GETS
NOT GUILTY VERDICT
CROWDS CHEER AS WOMAN IS
ACQUITTED or Staying HEE
4uSsAND-pUBLtc SYMPATHY.

ier husband, Charles A. Patterson,
whom she shot to death while the
couple were talking together In u
suburb on Soptember %, "Wednesday
was declared not guilty by Il jury
II the district corirt
As the clerk finished reading the
verdict Mrs. Patterson sprang to her
feet and caught The outstretched hand
of her attorney. From outside the
courtroom came a roa.r OF cheers, but
inside the room the crowd was ;lIiot.
'ut. as court adjourned and Mrs.
Patterson stepped forward to thank
the jurors, the crowd overwhelmed
her with congratulations. Her efforts
to reach The jurors were in vain.
Later four of the jurors called on
ner as she was making ready 10
leave the Jail.
The space between the jail and the
courtroom was packed with a cheer
Ing crowd. On the arm Of her at
torney Mrs. Patterson struggled
through the throng, while men tried
to shake her hand and women stroye
to kiss her Behind her, waving both
hands, went her father shouting his
10y Close behind him followed the
mother and sister, both In tears
Prisoners Cheer Her.
As Mrs. Patterson stepped from the
Jail rotunda, gay, with thanksgiving
decorations, the $50 prisoners gave
her Il round of cheers.
AT no time in the deliberations Of
the jury were there more than TWO
votes for conviction. The first ballot
resulte in ten for acquittal and
two for conviction for murder in the
first degree This ballot was taken
last night after the jury, which re
tired at 9:45 p. m, had made its
preliminary survey of the evidence.
After that ballot the jury went 70
! bed.
The second ballot was taken soon
after the jury returned from break
fast resulting as the first. An hours
discussion followed and the third
ballot stood ii TO for acquittal.
The fourth ballot vas unanimous
for acquittal.
Because of the funeral OF Judge
Bliss, all courts had adjourned, Word
was sent to Judge Allen at the Gene
tery, but it was two hours before
he reached the courtroom.
That Trip to Europe.
The verdict hung, it is declared, on
Mrs Patterson's trip TO Europe with
another man after she had married
Patterson. Whether this trip was
taken with her husbands know ledge
and consent after lie had received
81, 300 from the man with whom she
went, as she cOntcndod or whether
she had withheld from Patterson the
true nature of the trip, rs the state
contended, was the subject, it is said.
with which mos of the Jurors dealt.
They accepted Mrs. Patterson 5
story Of the shooting, that she had
fired after her husband had knocked
her to the ground.
Mrs Patterson spent restless
might while the Jurors voted. From
her cell window she could LOOK across
at the jury room and as long as the
lights were burning she kept ne
eyes fixed on the spot where twelve
men We're deciding her fate.
Wednesday morning her compoame
returned. She sal calmly in her cell,
talking with members of her family,
hut only in the most indirect way
spoke OF What might be m store
fer her.
As The jurors passed - the jail TO
breakfast, Mrs. Patterson pressed her
face against the window and eN-
claimed.
"Oh, You dear men, if you would
only look up"
rs the hours dragged ON. her con
fideuce increased, but she con-ided to
the ma.ron: