The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-12-22
Nan Patterson DEFENSE
Prisoner to Go Upon the Stand
and Testify in Her Own
Behalf.
SEEMS VERY CONFIDENT OF ACQuITTAl
Actress Charged With the N q rider of Caesar
Young Declares She Has spent Her
Last Sunday la the ToUlbs-Exprets to
Spend Christmas Ia Fathers Home at
NAshlugt ton.

New York, Dec. 19.-Counsel for Nan
Patterson announced before the open
ing Of court that if, after a confer
ence, they decided TO put in deiense
they would, through witnesses and
through the defendants own testimony.
prove that she did not kill and did
not plan TO ALL Caesar Young, as has
been the contention OF Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Rand.
Witnesses may be called, they said.
to swear that they heard Caesar Young
telephone to Miss Patterson on the
morning Of the shooting, asking her
TO meet him before he sailed for Eu-
rope. They also declare they will be
able TO prove that she could not have
premeditated murder 10 hours before
the shooting, rs was argued by MIR.
Rand. as she did not know she would
see Young on the morning before ne
event OF counsel deciding TO put in
defense 1t was quite probable that Miss
Patterson would be allowed TO take
the stand and tell her own story of
the fatal ride with the bookmaher.
Miss Patterson has declared that she
is not only willing but anxious to tell
her story to the jury. There is much
l can tell the jury that they could
learn from no other source" she Is
quoted as saying, and when they hear
what | have TO say every one Of them
will vote to set lne free"
Nan Patterson is SO confident of ac-
quittal that she said that she had spent
her last Sunday in the Tombs. She
added that she would be in her fathers
home in Washington before another
Sunday comes.
When the Patterson case was re-
sumed Monday IL was announced that
evidence would be submitted by the
defense. 1t was said that Miss Pat
terson herself probably would be one
of the 20 witnesses allied to the stand.
Nan Patterson was called to the
stand to testify in her own behalf
at the afternoon session Of her trial
for the murder of Caesar Young.
In answer to the usual preliminary
questions Miss Patterson said she had
been married to man named Mar
tin and had been divorced from him.
She went to California in 1902. On
her way to Los Angeles she met Gaze
sar Young. In answer to a question as
to whether she knew that Young was
q married man. Miss Patterson replied:
II heard him speak of his wife" In
answer to another question she said
that 1t was after she had met Young
that she obtained divorce from her
husband.
After securing a divorce she said
she continued her relations with Young
and frequently visited the race track
with him. In March of this year she
came back east and lived with her
sister, Mrs. Smith.
After that she went to her parents
home in Washington and later went
back to Los Angeles when Young tel
egraphed for her to meet him there.
Again she left for the east when Young
went back 10 San Francisco. She and
Young arranged to meet at Chicago
and did so. When they were separated
they correspondent, exchanging letters
and kilograms almost daily. Then she
came to New York on May second and
the next day Young called on her at
her home. They had no quarrel. She
said the first proposition made to her
that she should leave Young was made
by Young's brother-in-law McKean
who said that Mrs. Young wanted MISS
Patterson to go away and leave Young