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Show THOUSANDS AWAITING VERDICT OF JURY IN BULLETIN. NEW YORK, May 3. Nan Patterson's Patter-son's case went to the Jury at 1:02. When the Patterson jury left tho courtroom it did not go to lunch, but went directly to the juryroom to begin be-gin deliberations. . NEW YORK, May 3-Nan Patterson left her cell in the Tombs for the Court of General Sessions today to witness the last scenes of her trial on a charge of killing Caesar Young. . As Assistant Attorney Rand had finished his argument argu-ment as Prosecuting Attorney yesterday yester-day and the defense had already spoken its final word, only the charge of Recorder Re-corder Goff to the Jury remained before the case wenr.fo the Jury for-rf verdict. Warden Flynn of the Tombs prison said today that she was a wonderfully composed girl. The warden's comment was made after af-ter Miss Patterson had risen early and eaten breakfast with her sister, Mrs. J. Morgan Smith. She seemed In a cheerful cheer-ful frame of mind and was ready to go to the courtroom some time before she was called for. Court was opened at 10:30 and ten minutes later Recorder Goff began his charge to the Jury. .. Kemarkable scenes were witnessed around the Criminal court building today. to-day. Early in the day crowds began to gather, and hours before the opening of court the torrldors were filled. Practically every seat in the body of the courtroom had been spoken for far in advance, and there was hardly an inch of room to spare when the prisoner prison-er came in and took her place beside her counsel. In' beginning his charge to the Jury Recorder Goff said: "This case has nothing extraordinary In it. So far as the testimony goes, two persons most spoken of during the entire en-tire proceedings, the deceased, a man by the name of Young, a race track man, had this defendant to live with him as his mistress. The man's death, because of the personality of this man Young, had nothing in It to excite your p&jsions or prejudices. He was a mere gambler, a race inck man; therefore, you should be able to consider the facts calmly, without prejudice and passion. "There is no artificial atmosphere for i you to be excited or distracted by. You must decide the circumstances without any thought of the atmosphere, calmly and with a quiet mind. Following the retiring of the Jury the prisoner was taken back to her cell In the Tombs. The girl met her father at the Tombs and embraced him. She did not appear exceedingly nervous and looked as if she was relieved after the many days of nervouB strain. Smith talked freely today of the charges against him. admitting to the police that he had embezzled, saying the amount of Us shortage was in the neighborhood of J6O,000. "I was too good a fellow," he said. He then told of having spent money lavishly having a good time and in entertaining friends. He denied having neglected his wife. . |
