Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-22
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Continued fI9gs Eisst rage1
in New York criminal Aals. Its. peculiar
circumstances, the prominence of Caesar
Young In sporting circles and the glamour
thrown around the central figure in the case
because of her Membership in one of the
famous "Florodora" seEtettes, all tended to
lend 1t an interest hardlyIr ivaled in recent
years.
From that world vaguely defined as sport
ing the interest In 1.-The murder in the ham
som cab spread through all circles and the
proceedings of the trial have been read from
coast to coast and have held place on the
first pages of the metropolitan press.
With Miss Patterson sitting beside him In
a cab. Caesar Young was on his way to a
steamship pier, where his wife awaited him.
to sail with her to Europe. The trip avow-
eddy was planned to break his relations with
the girl.
Occurred Early in the Day.
1t was early in the morning and but few
pedestrians were abroad on the street
through which the cab was hurrying to the
dock. There was pistol shot and Young
fell forward. his head in the girls lap, dead.
with a bullet in his chest. Just what trans
pired in the glass Enclosed vehicle proba-
bly, will never be known.
The cabman testified he heard a report.
He knew nothing more. For some days
an absolute silence prevailed. Then a flood
of alleged eyewitnesses turned up. Their
stories, however, could not stand investiga-
ton, and one after another these witnesses:
were cast aside as sensation seekers .
Then an old man, Martin Hazleton OF
Oneonta, came forward. His probity was
unquestioned. His standing in his home
town was of the best and he told what he
had seen on that June morning.
Eye Witness to the Act.
He saw the man and woman, their hands
clasped and held face high. then a FASH
a puff of smoke and the report of revolver
broke the stiffness of the morning.
He was the most important witness placed
on the stand and the efforts of the prose-
cution to shake his brief but vital testi-
mony went for naught. Then the defen-
dant herself went to the witness chair and
told the whole story of her relations with
Young. 1t was a cruel ordeal but she
told it all in straightforward manner,
from the day she met the man who was
to turn her life in tragedys path to the
fatal moment in the cab. She said her
companion shot himself. He held both her
wrists with one hand and as She struggled
to free herself she heard a revolver's report
and Young sank into her lap. dead.
Many Sensational Side Lines.
This in brief is the story of a case that
has been a three times nine days talk in
New York. There were many sensational
side lines to it, none of which were brought
out at the trial. One of the strangest OF
these is the missing eyewitness. Mr. Halle
ton said that another man stood beside
him and saw the tragedy.
He was a casual street acquaintance who
gave him a Masonic greeting and whose
name he did not know. He had introduced
himself "a brother from the Rocky
mountains. The unknown has been
searched for far and wide by both the
prosecution and the defense.
Unknown Never Appeared.
The story Of his presence mas been pub
lished in every newspaper in the country,
but he did not come forward, even though
g. human life might have depended upon
his word. There were other lines of in
vestigation, heraided by the defense or the
commonwealth as vitale that played no part