The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-29

New York, November 23.-In the
trial of Nan Patterson. charged with
the murder of Caesar Young, the ex-
pert testimony Of physicians was Of
fered today to show that Young could
not have killed himself: two cabmen
testified to having seen Young abuse
Miss Patterson early in the morning
nE June 4, and another witness, a
newsboy, swore that he saw ]. Morgan
Smith. her .brcther-in-law, strike Miss
Patterson in the face on the night of
June 3rd, after Smith had said to her:
you will have to do it, and she an
swered: Il WON'T
Ehe trial still attracts unusually
large crowds and special details of po-
lice are required to keep out those
who have no business in the court
room and to maintain order in the
building.
The skeleton which was brought
int the case yesterday for the use of
coroner's physician O'Hanlon in de-
scribing the course of the bullet which
caused YOung's death. was again
brought into the court room, when the
trial was resumed today
Mr.. Levy in his cross examination
led DR.. O'HanIon back over the
ground covered in his direct testimony
yesterday. The witness described in
detail tho ar-nnr1- u-hich no -norForp,oI
on YOung's body.
IF you had regarded the case one
of homicide would you have made Il
more careful examination ?" asked MIR.
Levy.
II did not so regard it then as a
case of homicide"
did you regard it as a case of sui
eide"
Il did" said the witness.
Dr. O'HanIOn said hat while per-
forming the autopsy he found three
black marks on the second finger of
YOUng's right hand and he stripped
off pieces of skin which were turned
over to the district attorney. The wit
ness was not permitted to answer a
question as to whether the black
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Another question as to whether he
found any Indication of gunpowder
when he examined Nan Patterson's
hands soon after the shooting also
met with an objection from the pros
ecution and the court directed the wit
ness to answer. At the conclusion of
Dr.. O'HanlOn's examination that part
of his testimony in which he said that
he considered the case to be one of
suicide and not homicide. when he
performed the autopsy was stricken
from the record on motion of Mr..
Rand. Counsel for the defence took
an exception to the ruling of Justice
Davis on his point.
DIR. Ernest a. E4ederle. a chemist.
who examined the two pieces of skin
taken from Young's finger said tina
he had been unable to determine the
cause of the black spots. Without
a chemical test, / would not venture
to say whether or not the specks were
made by gunpowder." said DR.. Led
erie. II only examined them by a
microscope"
Mr.. Levy suggested that DR.. O'Han-
Ion be put on the stand to tell the
jury what made the black marks in
the skin.
ing on at this stage of the trial and
also to calling DR.. O'Hanlon as an ex-
pert.
I ave a man who extracted grains
of powder from those pieces of skim"
said Mr.. Levy
Justice Davi armonished the attor-
ney to be more careful in his remarks
and directed the jury to disregard the
utterances of counsel regarding what
it was claimed examination OF the ex-
hibit by others than the witness dis
closed.
John Crowley. a cabman, said he
was hailed by two men and a woman
about 4 o'clock on the morning of June |
4th while his a was standing at the
corner OF Eighth avenue and One Hun |
dred and Twenty-ffth street. The wo- |
man was the defendant in this case
and one of the men was Caesar Young.
Young had abused Miss Patterson, the
witness said, and she was crying. |
Young ordered him to drive the wo-
man to her home and he did so. On
the way down town he watched the
occupant OF the cab through the trap
In the top of the hanson and she con-
tlnued crying all the way down to Six
ty-first street, where she left the cab. |
Crowley said that Young and the man
with him were intoxicated. but that
Miss Patterson was not. Albert Schnei- |
der, another cabman. witnessed the
scene ne Miss Patterson was put in