The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-20
'ENIES FIRING FATAL SHOT

MAKES A GOOD WITNESS IN HER
OWN BEHALF
m EW YORK, Dec. 19-"Did you, or
~ did you not shoot Caesar Young.
Nan?" said Lawyer Levy to Miss
Nan Patterson today.
Il did not" replied the witness. in a
/ nm voice. Il would give my own life
10 bring him back if it were i'm my DOW
e. / never saw the revolver with
"hich he was shot. There was a flash.
and then tie end"
In "A voice quivering with emotion
Tut filled with dramatic intensity. Miss
atterSon. who is on trial charged with
the murder of Caesar Young, reclted to
the jury the scenes i'm her life which
rad to do with her dealings with
Dung.
General Denial.
MOI only did Miss Patterson swear
she dlG not kill Young. but she denied
| every circumstance in the case which
the state has brought up against her.
She denied that she was dismaved ba-
cause Young was about TO leave her
! era 90 to Europe, after having been
| tod by him. as il is alleged, that all
was over between them. On the other
rama she testified that as a result of
} heF conference with Young it was
agreed that she should join him i'm Eng
| ilnd and take apartments i'm the Hotel
Cecil, London. taking care that she
Kept her wherea bouts a compIete seq
ret from Mrs. Young and NOung's rel
atives.
An important feature brought out
was the fact that Young gave the wo-
man postal card on which he wrote
her name and address, saying il was
something she might need.
Crowd Became Still.
The crowd in the court room became
suddenly still when the former show
sirl took the stand. The first of her
testimony relating TO herself was given
III a low, even voice. but as she pro-
ceeded her tones became more tense.
rntiL i'm her account Of the fatal cab
| r!de. her voice filled with tragic express
SION
EaIIy IN her story Miss Patterson told
! ol her original meeting with Young. of
lnelr life together and Of their contem-
!, plated European trip. She told of her
TAX with Young the night before his
proposed departure for SOUTHAMPTON. of
Fer being awakened by TELEPHONE
message from him 10 go 10 the pier TO
see him off, of the ride down town. Of
me moments IN the saloon and of the
roe IN the cab before the shooting.
She was asked to describe what ham
pencd after leaving the saloon, while
driving down West Broadway.
The Fatal Dvs,a
We talked about his going away. and
ne Kept questioning me about my COM
ing TO meet him, she said. Il aid not
say anything and finally he said 'But
don't feel positive that YOU are going
10 come over. Fc said: i believe that
you are toollng. Are you?' Then lac said:
are you going% / said: Well Caesar.
there's no Use saying / will because I've
mace up my mind not to; but you go
until the folks have forgotten about
Things by that time. I will meet you
at the Saratoga meeting.
Struggle in the Cab.
He looked at me d while and said:
Do YOU mean that?' and then ne era bbcd
me BY the hand nearest 10 him and
pulled me over toward him. He hurt me
SO that tried to pull away. but / could
not get away from him. / put nv
3ther nand up and he grabbed me. Some
now or other l got away from him
l cold him that he hurt me.
He said: If you don't come over there
and have to wait until the Saratoga
meeting, l may never see you again.
Ny horses have gone back on me. I've
lost all that money. Now I'm losing my
little girl Do YOU mean that2"
'Flc grabbed me ana hurt Inc 50 badly
mat the tears came TO my eyes.
tried TO struggle away from him again,
and had to bend away over.
Shot Fired
There was a flash-the end"
You heard rcpOTt. he lawyer
Was the pistol in Youugs nands?'
had not seen the pistol Mr. Young
fell over my lap. got halfway Up. Ten
again, and 1 thought he was having
spasm. He kept twItching and tw1chng.
l called to hum ana tried to make MIN
answer, but ne would nor. / believe /
put my hand up and tod the ca5man
to drive 10 the druggist / don't know
whether ! did or not. That was my Idea.
and IL seemed-oh, ages before l could
get any one TO pay any attention to me
and help me
"A policeman got IN the cab. and l
felt so relieved. ! knew he woUlo take
care of Mr. Young. I seemed To pc dazed
IN my memory after that
Explicit Denial.
Nan, look AT me. Did YOU shoot Cac-
Sdf I Dung asked Mr.. Levy.
Mir. Levy, ] did not have any pistol to
shoot Mr.. Young with. and il / had
said the witness In trembling torres.
Assistant District AtJOTuey Hand OBJ
jected TO further answer and was sus
tanned.
Did YOU or did you not shoot caesar
Young, Nam
Il Gid not ] would give my own life
TO bring him back, if II were IN my
power she answered.
Married and Divorced.
In answer Go the usual preliminary
questions. Miss Patterson said She had
been married 20 man named Martin
and had been divorced from MIN. She
went 10 California in 1902 Or her way /
TO Los Angeles she met Caesar Young |
In answer TO question as to whether !
she knew that Young was married man /
speak Of his wife In answer 10 an
oJEer question. she said that II was !
after she had met Young that she OBJ /
tanned divorce from her husband.
After securing divorce she said she 4
continued her relations with Young ana |
frequently VISITED the Tacetrack with him. |
In March of this year she came back |
Smith
Young Telegraphed For Her.
After that she went To her PARENTS |
hone IN Washington and later went back /
70 los Angeles when Young teleEraphed /
f@T her to meet hun there Again she /
left for the east when Young wen: back /
10 san Francisco She and Young ar /
ranged to meet in Chicago. and did so. /
When they were separated they CORES |
pended exchanging letters and kilograms i
almost daily. Then she came u New l