Arizona republican., 1904-12-22

ed to return to her cell a convicted murderess. After more than six months of waiting she has seen the whole story of her life with Caesar Young with it's tragic ending, laid bare before the jury and today she waited for words from them which will mean life or death to her. That she was su- premely confident of the outcome there seemed no doubt as was apparent from her own words. "I feel sure that the jury believes my story" she said, "and no matter what Mir. Rand says in re- gard to it, it will still be convinced of my innocence. I know, of course. that such things are awfully uncertain, but feel that I will be acquitted within brief time after the jury adjOurns to deliberate."
 Today there remained only the clos ing of the trial. The last word of tes- timony was heard at yesterdays short afternoon session and when the court adjourned it was agreed that the clos ing arguments of counsel would be made today. Justice Davis had eX- pressed a wish to give the case finally into the hands of the jury before ad- journment tonight and to that end an agreement was made to confine the closing arguments to six hours. Half of that time was assigned to Abraham Levy, leading counsel for Miss Patter- son, to sum up the case for the defend ant. The remaining three hours was to be used by Assistant District Attor- ney Rand in marshaIing the chain of circum stances forged by the prescott tion. With the charge of Justice Davis instructing the jurors upon the various points of law, which have arisen dur ing the long trial the case will be I.., %1., themselves to determine when the end shall be known.
 The appearance of the court room when Justice Davis took his seat on the bench today was in marked con- trast to that of yesterday and the day before. Not more than half the seats were occupied today. MT. Unger of counsel for defense, renewed his mo- ton for Justice Davis to order the ac- quittal of Miss Patterson without fur ther proceedings, but the court denied the motion and directed the counsel to proceed with the arguments. MT. Levy then began the closing address to the jury for defense.
 MT. Levy addressed the jury upon the fact that Miss Patterson was not being tried for immortality. No wo- man becomes bad because of innate depravity, he said. She becomes bad because of the incentives of man and the weakness of her nature. If man takes his life because of love of her why punish her. If her soul were as black as the gates of hell she was nev- ertheless entitled under the law to as fair treatment as if she were the sweetest and purest.
 You cannot bring back the dead ,'' said MT. Levy, "but if Caesar Young were here today, I think he would speak few words for this poor girl he has made his plaything." MT. Levy de- clared that every effort of the prosecu- tion had failed to sustain the charge that Miss Patterson pursued and threatened to separate Young from his wife. All the evidence tended to prove that just the contrary was true. show ing at all times Young's persistent and unfailing admiration.
 Referring to parts Miss Patterson s sister and brother-in-law have had in the case the attorney said: 'I am not responsible for Julia or her disreputa- ble husband and I woald to God that I could have brought them here. What may or may not have prompted Julia to write the letter which has appeared in this trial I do not know. I don't know if it may not be that hiding be-
 
 his wife were attempting to blackmail the deceased. There is no evidence connecting the defendant with the let ter or showing that she knew of it's contents or whether or not it had been sent"
 He argued that the whole case of the prosecution was constructed of the most fimsy material and that this if nothing more, should raise a doubt in the minds of the jurors. MT. Levy claimed that the prosecution had failed utterly in its attempt to show that Miss Patterson had any motive to take | Young's life. On the other hand, il had shown that she had every reason to want him to live. He supplied her plentifully with money, ensuring her a life of ease and aff1uence and she low ed him. At the same time, all the evil dence went to show that Young was 8 man of many moods and that he had consumed large qualities of liquor within few hours previous to the tragedy. Was it not possible, he asked that Young, with his excitable nature might have acted hastily when he learned that Miss Patterson had de cided not to keep her promise to meet him in Europe.
 The prosecution failed at the vita point in its case, he declared, in not being able to prove that Miss Patter- son had a revolver. He maintained that it had been proved conclusiveIy that she had no pistol and suggested that the man who purchased the weap- on at Stern's pawnshop might have been Young's brother-in-law, Luce and that the pistol-Inight have been given to Young by Luce when he saw him just before the fatal cab ride be- gan.
 The testimony of the expert wit nesses. who appeared before the jury might be dismissed with the statement: 4 "EXpert testimony is no better than your own common sense. We get eX- perts to testify either one way or the other. They testify only for the side I that pays them"
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