The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-26
A SKELETON IN COURT
Produced by Prosecution to Show
How Young Was Killed.
UNNERVED NAN PATTERSON

While Gerwsome object Was Being
Exhibited the Accused Turned
Deathly White and Asked Cor Wa
tcr-Some of the Testimony.
New York, Nov. 23-Several I'M
Usual features were presented In the
supreme court in the trial OF Nan Pat
terson for the alleged murder OF Caesar
Young. Frederick ID. Michaels, the
cabman, described the cab In which
Young met his death. He said that ne
heard the sound of a pistol shot and
that Miss Patterson opened the trap a
moment later and told him to drive to
a drug store, but that he did not look
into the cab. He then told what oc-
cured up To the time when he reached
the hospital where Youngs body was
taken.
A skeleton and two pieces OF skin
from Youngs second finger were pro
dnced in court by the prosecution. The
skeleton was shown in order that the
course Of the bullet that killed Young
might be traced. The state, 1t IS under
stood. expects 10 use the pieces OF
skin in refuting the suicide theory.
Coroner's Physician O'HanlOn testi-
fed that he performed the autopsy on
Young's body, and said that death was
caused by hcmOrrhage OF the left lung,
resulting from n shot wound. The
bullet had entered the left shoulder
and passed downward toward the cen
ter of the body. lodging in the muscles
Of the back. A probe was inserted in
the skeleton to show the course taken
by the bullet. and both the skeleton
and n bullet. which the witness identi-
fed as the one taken from Young's
body. were marked as exhibits.
While the skeleton was being eX-
hlbited Miss Patterson turned deathly
white. and called for a glass Of water
Il was feared that she was going to
faint. but she soon gained control OF
herself.
William Stemm. Jr., the young man
who directed Michael, the cab driver,
To the hospital. proved to be the star
witness of the day. he was standing
on the corner OF West Broadway and
York street. and heard the revolver
shot Just after the cab had passed
him. He was startled. and looked IN
the street quickly, trying to locate the
spot from where the shot was fired.
There was no one on the opposite
side of the street, and he concluded
that the shot must have been fired In
the cab. which was about II feet away
and moving rather slowly. AS the cab
swung around To the drug store. he
followed and saw the driver talking TO
the druggist. In the cab he saw n man
and n woman. the man lying with his
head in the woman's lap. THE driver
seemed to be all tangled up" said
Stemm. land | rode on the step OF the
cab to the hospital. When we reached
the hospital helped a policeman to
carry the man in. and then helped
the woman to alight She was fright
ened and pale and looked as If she
wanted to cry. but could not"
In reply to questions by Mr.. Levy,
the witness said that about eight or
nine minutes elapsed from the time
he heard the shot until the cab reached
the drug store. Traffic both ways pre-
vented the cab getting there sooner.
Stemm said there were several men
around the cab MS It stood near the
drug store. but he could not recall
seeing a red-haired young man referred
10 by Mr.. Levy. He first told OF his
connection with the tragedy the fol-
lowing Saturday. He had heard that
the police were looking for him as
witness. and voluntarily surrendered
himself.