Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-22
BEFORE THE VERDICT
Counsel In Nan Peterson
Trial Close Their CasfA
RAND SCOURCED ACCUSED GIRL.
District Attorney characterized Pris-
oncr a. "Thfs stony Hearted. cool
- Masked .AvenKer. This Actress"
Charge 10 Jury This Morning.

oncr as .'Thfs stony Hearted. Cool
. Masked .~AvenKer, This Actress"
Charee 10 Jury This Morning.
NEW YORK. Dee. 22-At the triui
Of Nan Patterson for the murder OF
Caesar Young. n bookmaker. adjourn
ment was taken in the ease shortly be.
fore 6 O'Clock lTSt night at the on
rlusion of the summing up for the
prosecution by Assistant District At
torney Rand. On the opening of court
this morning Judge Davis charged the
jury, who viii probably return a ver-
lict today.
After Mr.. Rand's speech Mr.. Levy
said:
THAT was the most wonderful ad-
vocacy' of any cause. the most master
full speech, that l have yer heard in
a criminal case.in an experience in the
courts of twenty-four years.
In spite of. that l am confident that
Hiss Patterson will be acquitted"
At the opening of the trial Mr.. Tn
yer of the defendants counsel moved
that the defendant be discharged un.
Ter section 40 of the code, which pro-
rides that q Justice may take the case
from the jury If he believes that the
prosecution has not established a case.
This motion was promptly denied by
Justice Davis, and then Mr.. Levy open
I'd his concluding address to the jury,
IN which he set out to prove by deduc-
ion that Nan Patterson did not muir
der Caesar Young. but that the book
maker shot and killed himself.
He made a strong speech, at the end
IF which Nan Patterson embraced her
father and wept.
The whole afternoon was taken up
by Mr.. Rand in his final speech to the
jury. Rarely have judge and jury lis
tened to a more impassioned. more We
hement. arraignment of Il defendant.
v it'll all the power of his forceful elo-
quence the prosecutor, his face stern,
mis- eyes i~mplacable, scourged the girl
accused of the murder of the book
maker, Young. With p~itiless detail he
held up her character for the jury to
behold and asked if a woman like her.
,onld have any other love than that of
the beast for the beast"
With burning phrases Mr.. Rand went
over the evidence offered by the de-
Tense. Some of it he characterized us
merely futile and vague, some of it he
branded as false.
Smith and his wife, the b%rother-in-
law and sister of the defendant. Mr..
Rand held up to eXecration. He de-
bounced their fight and limited that
they had lived on the shame OF this
woman"
This stony hearted. cool masked
hvenger' and this actress, whose coh-
reit makes her glad to go on the stand
and tell her story were some of the
terms the prosecutor used in speaking
Of the chorus girl.
Perhaps the most impressive part Of
bis speech was where he tried 10 on
vince the jury that Young could not
possibly have shot himself. Holding
The fatal weapon in his hand. Mr.. RAM
used it TO show that in no position
could ii have been held by the dead
man to inflict the wound that Killed
him.
Take it," said he TO the jury, 'and If
you can hold it so as TO infiict that
wound let the girl go free"
The courtroom was crowded. and the
most intense interest was betrayed in
the strong and bitter speech with
which the prosecution closed.