Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-20
Nan Patterson Cross EXomined
By District Attorney
Rand
AN ACTRESS BY OCCUPATION.
Fact Was Elected That She Was a
Wife, but That She Was Not
A Mother

New YORK, Dec, 2U-ln the ldlleIhoH
trial after examining several Witnesses
IN rebuttal Mr. Rand announced This
afternoon that the prosecution would
rest It's case.
New York, Dec. 20-The most trying
ordeal OF her life confronted Nan Pat
terson today when her trial Tor the
murder OF Caesar Young was resumed.
That Of yesterday when she was forced
to tell the story Of her life with Caesar
Young before the curious crowd that
TANNED the courtroom was severe for
her and she plainly showed the strain
Of the experience when she stepped
down from the stand at It's conclusion.
Then, however. she was In the hands Of
her friends, Little by little the painful
story was drawn from her by the kind
~ questioning Of her own counsel,
whose effort was directed toward maxi
Ing the recital as easy as possible To-
day all was changed. Before her when
she resumed her place in the witness
chair, the girl saw not the man who
had labored for months to prove her
innocence, but the public prosecutor
who labOrcd just as strenuOusY all the
time TO have he'd branded as a murder
ess. Instead Of the sollcituous. kindly
guiding questioning which character
lied the direct questioning Of yesterday
she knew that for hours she would be
obliged TO submit to q most CALLING
cross fire Of questions she would not
care 20 hear II would be her wit
matched against that Of the man train
ed for just such an emergency
INTEREST AT HIGH PITCH.
With the appearance Of the defend
ant on the stand yesterday the public
interest in the trial reached higher
pitch than 0t any time since Nan Pat-
terson faced @ jury more than a month
ago. Hundreds OF curious ones anxl-
Gus TO get a glimpse OF the prisoner and
hear her own story Of the tragedy in
the cab, Hooked TO the criminal court,
The corridors sWarmed with men and
women, and long before the hour for
opening court II became necessary to
make substantial additions to the force
Of policemen detailed to guard the
court room against invasion. Despite
every precautlon, however every avail
able inch Of space was filed Even
the positive order Of Justice Davis that
no woman be admitted seemed Ia have
been suspended or entirely ignored, as
feminine hnery was 10 be seen IN eve
ny part Of the crowded court room.
Todays scenes around the criminal
court building were only repetition Of
those OF yesterday Early In the day
the vanguard began 20 arrive hoping
TO gain an advantageous position in
the courtroom.
Nan Patterson went on the witness
stand TO be cross-examined by the
prosecutor.
UNDER CROss-EXAMlNATION,
Mr. Rand began the cross-examinp-'
tion with the questions:
Are you an actress by occupatOn2'
81 am replied the defendant
"Are you wifey'
yes
"Are you a mother2'
81 am not"
Then the story Of her meeting with
Caesar Young In July 1903 while on a
trip bound for California with a theat-
rical company was retold
DO you remember going from San
Francisco with Young last year to Los
AnRees2"
Eyes"
THAT was commented on IN the pa
pers, was II not2'
81 object" said Mr. Levy,
did Mr.. Young give YOU money when
you came back east?'
Eyes"
How much ala he give your"
81 think $500"
"Just FOR two weeks?'
ayes"
ne gave you $500 to come east for
two Weeks?'
Eyes"
LONG SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
BY a long series Of questions, Mr..
Rand led up TO the time when she came
to New York last May Her sister called
at her hotel the first evening and said
that her husband. ]. Morgan Smith.
was very ill Her sister fell In a dead
faint Miss Patterson said
Smith had been drinking, had he
not?n asked Mr. Rand
yes; ! think So
"Was be addicted 10 the use OF H.
quor2'
"Well, he had been. That day he
somehow got his jaw twisted and could
not open his mouth That frightened
julia"
she said Young called on her that
night end they went out TO dinner. Two
days later she went 20 live with her SIS
ter and Young continued TO call upon
her aud they frequently talked Of plans
for the future.
Young told YOU that you were only
going to pretend TO 60 awayl"
yes"
And you had no intention OF going
away?"
"No"
you were only to pretend to do so
so as to deceive Young's friends"
YES"
you knew all this time that Young
was a married man.?
"Yea."
AT THE IMPERIAL HOTEL.
When she went 10 the Imperial no.
tel to live she registered as Mrs. ]. r.
Patterson, she said. and Young came TO
see her every morning
why did you leave the Imperial
hotel?'
Because Mllin spoke about us 10
the manager"
you were put out Of the Imperial?"
~ don't know II that was e."
"How much ala Young give you al.
together?"
II don't know"
Gould you tell II It was about si5.-
OO0?"
Il could not tell. He always gave
me money when / wanted It."
did he give you As much as $4,000
or t5o,0OO?"
Il cannot say how much"