Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1904 — PATTERSON JURY IS HANGING [ARTICLE]

PATTERSON JURY IS HANGING

Looked Up for the Night After Nearly Eleven Hoars of Vain Consideration of the Case. New York, Dec. 23.—The Patterson Jury was finallyyiocked up at 1130 p. m., it being found impossible to arrive at a verdict up to that time. Court reconvened at 10 a. m. today. The proceedings of the last day of the trial consisted of the charge to the jury by Justice Davis, lasting something over an hour. He outlined the law and then sent the jury away. The judge adjourned his court late in the afternoon, saying that if a verdict was reached before 11 p. m. he would return to the building. So sure was the woman of acquittal that before sbe left the Tombs for the court room she had packed up her belongings ready to start borne. The jury took the wise at 12:25 p. m. As soon as the jury was locked up for the night Miss Patterson bade her father a tearful farewell. The girl who showed such courage through the long trial is almost a nervous wreck. The great strength sbe formerly evinced has failed, and she repeatedly exclaims: “Oh, how can those men doubt my word.” It is said that three members are bolding out for a vqrdict declaring a degree of guilt