New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-05
BOOKMAKER SHOT In CAB.
SUICIDE, COMPANION SAYS
Actress Held "on Suspicion "-Wfe
Waiting at Pier.

of race horses, and at one time an amateur
athlete of national renown, was fatally shot yes
terday in a hanson cab in West Broadway. near
Franklin-st. Miss Nan Patterson. an actress.
known the stage as Nan Randolph. who was
with him, said that he committed suicide. AL
though formal accusation was made against
her. she was committed without bail to the
Tombs. ION suspicion"
Young mis- way to meet his wife at
the American Line pier where they 70
take the steamship Germanic sor Europe Mr.
and Mrs. Young, who had been staying at the
Hotel Wolcott. spent Friday night at the home
of friend, William Luce. No 227 West One
hundred-and-fortieth-s
The cab was driven by Frederick Michaels, of
No. DOL West F'iftieth-st who made the follow
ing statement:
peney sobsr hs moFn m & the @ % and bed nan
They had me drive them to KnoXs hat store,
we drove to West Broadway and Bleecker-st.
where We had a drink. Then was told to drive
heard a shot and pulled up. I did not hear any
e ing Of n 5Re drive S heard % a th
before the shooting that he going away for
See her You NAV not see me again 9 for two
months; you may never see me again. she said
l also heard the woman tell the policeman that
she and the dead man had been lovers for three
years and that 1t had been source Of jealousy 10
Mrs Young.
Patroman Junior. who was called by the cab
driver when ne heard the shot. said:
When I stepped TO the platform of the cab saw
only the woman inside. Looking again. saw the
man lying across her lap. | did nct any pistol.
1t was not in his hand. Later found it in his
right hand coat pocket
Junior ordered Michaels to go with all speed
to the Hudson Street Hospital Before the
wounded man could be laid the operating
table he died, without recovering consciousness.
d. bac historical in the hos
pital and treatment was necessary before she
could be taken to the Leonard-st. station. While
Captain Sweeney talking to her, j. e.
Mnlln. Young's partner in boolmaking, entered
and cursed the woman.
Caesar" he declared was not man who
would kill himself. He never carried gun un-
der any circumstances"
Millin rushed toward Miss Patterson, cursing
her The detectives held him until she passed
into the street with Captain Sweeney AS she
went out. Millin shouted:
If had gun I'd kill you. you --!
Meantime Mrs Young and her friends were
awaiting Young's arrival at the pier. re-
porter told Mr Luce OF the tragedy, and a few
moments later Nlillin told the others. Mrs
Young was told that her husband had been de-
Iayed uptown. and she was taken away by
friends.
MilIin said he had been with his partner until
/ o'clock that morning. and that Young was In
excellent spirits. and looked forward with pleas
ure 10 his trip abroad The "trip to Europe had
been manned TO break OF Young's association
with Miss Patterson.
While Miss Patterson was in Coroner Browns
office, NIillln tried TO force his way in shouting.
She's n murderess"
To Coroner Brown the woman said she
niece Of Charles Patterson, cashier Of the Fourth
National Bank, and that she was living at the
ST. Paul Hotel. Sixtieth-st. and Columbus-ave.
with her sister and the Iatter's husband, j.
Morgan Smith. a nephew of ]. p. Morgan. She
first met Young in California she said. when
he was making book there. Later she met
him in Chicago and she came to New-York
with him five weeks ago. He had been de-
spondent she said but had no money troubles.
He had telephoned 10 her at 7:30 a, m. yester
day. asking her to meet him at Fifty -ninth-st
and Eighth-ave. She met him and they went
10 n saloon, where Young drank a glass Of
whisky; to Krox's hat store where he bought
hat, and TO a saloon at West Broadway and
Bleeckc-. where Young took another drink She
then repeated what the cabman heard her tell
the policeman. Mr. Ml1n made many charges
against her. The coroner summed them up by
saying, "He says only what he thinks"
It was said that letters had been found ad-
/ dressed to Young of threatening nature. but
nobody could tell where they were or who had
them.
DR. O'Hhnlon performed an autopsy on the
/ body of Young. and found that the bullet had
/ entered the left breast. had passed through the
/ left lung and the spinal column, and. glancing
! upward, had lodged in the muscles of the left
+ shoulder. There bullet hole and powder
marks In the shoulder of the coat and shirt IL
! was ascertained that Young sitting on the
| right side of the cab, the woman being on his
! left. when the shot was fired.
! At the end of the autopsy Coroner Brown held
| a preliminary hearing at his office. Assistant
| District Attorneys Appleton and Cans decided
| that If the So 600 bail which had been fixed by
the should be offered they would take
! steps to have the amount raised. that Miss
/ Patterson would not be released. She had
! counsel Abe Levy and Philip Waldhemer
Mrs Morgan Smith and Mr.. Smith sat in the
rear of the courtroom.
The coroner reconsldered his determination to
commit the woman to the House of Detention
! in default of So 600 bail. He said he would send
| her to the Tombs without bail. He added that
| there was no formal accusation against her
| Mr.. Levy contended that the circumstances did
not warrant such summary procedure but the
! coroner stuck to his decision. He said he would
/ hold the inquest on Wednesday.
YOUNG'S CAREER ON TRACK AND TURF
! Young was not only we'll known book
maker and owner of a string of horses. but
/ about dozen years ago, as the champion
! amateur athlete of the United States. Born in
| England. he was brought to this country by
| the old Manhattan Athletic Club IN 1890 to
wear the Cherry Diamond and represent that
| club in the many bitter athletic contests with
! the New-York Athletic Club and the Boston
! Athletic Club. Young got his sobriquet from