New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-23
SKELETON JIG IN COURT.
PROBED BEFORE JURY.
Bits of Young's Skin Almost Make
NAN" Patterson FAINT.


The exhibits in the trial of Miss Nan Patterson
on the charge OF numbering Cesar Young gro"
more grewsome and peculiar as it progresses n
skeleton was placed In evidence yesterday. 10 De
succeeded by an more horrible exhibit shreoS
of the dead mans skin stuck on glass plates w men
Miss Patterson entered the courtroom she had APP
narentIv recovered from the nervousness resulting
from the prosecutors announcement on Monday
but she was visiby discomposed oy the eNiliol'iou
of the skeleton and bits OF skin. tiet po''ie U.
smelling salts was brought into play and sAe hao
hard work to maintain "A scmblance OF coHposuIe
as Dr OFanIop handled the grinning skeleton in
Illustrating the course of the bullet which killed
Young
Frederick d. Michaes the cabman who drove
Miss Patterson and Young. proved disappointing
witness for both prosecution and defence. lie Is d
tvpicaI broadway cabman. who has seen so many
queer things happen that even murder III MS Ga"
does not stand over distinctly In ms nleni'.S
On the stand he grinned eXpanslvely. ehJoSi"s n
prominence as a witness He mumoied ms WINS
as though still retaining huge qua OF 'op"T -,
in his check and Rept fumblng nervousiy at AIS
lips with his fingers.
BEFORE the trial was resumed Assistant DISTRICT
Attorney Rand said that he did not expect 70 o','
Mrs Smith, the defendants sister, TO the Staiu
Milton w Hazeton OF OneOnta, who says ne Sd"
Young shoot himself, was III court
After Sergeant Norris and Captain Sweeney OF
the Leonard-st station, had given uhrhpor'ai4. 'e'
timony Michaels identified dozen or so pictures
90 IT. cab taken at various angles He tdentlhed
Miss Patterson but could not swear picture
was that OF Young. He said that nelther s"O
any signs of liquor and stopped at only one Sd
Ioon-at Bleecker-st and West Droadway-where
thew STAYED several minutes He heard the PIS'oi
shot Immediately after passing Canai-st.
The pistol shot from inside the CAP anu
was so loud that startled the horse into a run,
He did not succeed in pulling the animal 10 iuil
stop for a block and half. Then Miss Fa''eI9 Sun
lifted the trap and told him 10 drive 10 az
store AT the drug he told to go 10 tue
Hudson Street Hospital He turned his CAP anu
drove down town again. AT FrankllIl-st' d p@'iOA
man Jumped on the cab and ordered him 10 con
time 70 the hospital He did trouble hillse4l
m and out what the shot meant, and did not know
that Young had been shot until he reached the
hospital
He said that three minutes elapsed between the
shot and when Miss Patterson called 10 him Mr..
Levy her counsel pulled out his watch ana -'iiu
n on the table He Capped his hands 70 represent
a revolver shot and directed Michaels 10 say when
| three minutes had passed He kept his eyes on
the watch until Mchaels said: Il guess that long
enough Mr.. Levy held the watch up 10 t'e jury
lust seven seconds he said
The ca bman testified further that Miss Patterson
had seemed scared like when she called 10 hihl-
He could not remember if he had seen any cars
or trucks in West Broadway. Alter letVt'A tl7
man and woman at the hospital he did not IooK III
aldo his cab He noticed some mud on the STEP
however He said that he did not hear the DC
PENDANT say: For Gods sake hurry up w..
Otto w Tennis. a druggist at No 10 "'''
| Broadway testified that the CAP stopped OPpo9''e
| his door and that Miss Patterson DechOteu
| him He saw mans head on her lap ouI ulo NO.
| notice If he had been shot or was SICK Nei'"sl
| did he see a revolver. lie directed the driver 10
| the hospital = ..t.oa
William Stemm. jr, truckman' mo htst ho'4ee"
| something wrong in the cab. was the first witness
| at the afternoon session. He was stahdhs III
front of No So West Broadway, when he heard a
| sbot fired inside a cab. Eight or nine minutes
elapsed between the firing of the shot and the
| visit TO the drug store. He jumped on the CAP
step and looked ill., Defendant was holding
mans head in her lap. looked frightened and pale
and seemed on the verge of crying. He d7|Sr'F77'
the shot as being ''mutied yet clear lie rooe ~
the hospital the step of the CAP, fattu'liil'
| Junior getting at Franklin-st. MI Levy l",t'
tested Stemm's of time, ana MS minutes IO
| solved themselves into six SECONDS. 49,, .,
Dr. OHanon then testified ABOUT tAt .autOlSti
The skeleton from the College OF tt\Slc4'il4S 60
Surgeons was brought in so DIT - ramon i ,C UT
which killed Young. After the skeleton with Tue
probe sticking in it had been shown 10 the jury II
! was placed at one side. .
| as though Miss Patterson would faint before tue
recovered herself with great effort ana Mr. Lew
objected to the skeleton being incompetent ana
irrelevant as ii was smaller than I Jhf frame o N %'
| Young. Justice Davis allowed the exiIoIt on Nj.
| Rands explanation that il used simply 10
| illustrate the course of the bullet
| then submitted. Or. O'Hanlou said that he had
removed two pieces of skin from Young fingers
to Mr. Cans, but he could not identity the exhibit
as the skin that he mad removed
Then the blood stained clothing Of Young
shown again To help DR.. O HanOn tell the distance
between the shoulder and the wound. which he
could do. After he had described the course
second rib. but did touch the perosteum. the
trial was adjourned TO be resumed this morning.