The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-23
PIECES OF SKIN
FROM YOUNG'S HAND
Prisoner Turned Deathly White
and Called for a Glass OF
Water-The Man Who
Assisted Cab Driver
Tells What He
Knows.
tBy Associated Prsss.)

NEW YORK, November I2.--SeVerat
unusual features were presented in the
Supreme Court to-day in the trial OF
Nan Patterson for the alleged murder OF
Caesar Young.
Ere cderick D. Michnels, the cabman de-
scrlbed the cab III which Young met MS
death. He said that he heard tho 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 ne
did not look into the cab. He then told
what occurred up to the time when ne
reached the hospital where Young's body
was taken 3 n
Skeleton In Court.
\ During the day a skeleton and two
pieces of skin from Young's second flnger
were produced In court by the prosecu-
ton. The skeleton was shown IN order ,,1
that the course OF the bullet that Killed
Young might be traced. The State, It ls
understood, expects to use the pieces OF
skin in refuting the suicide theory. .5F
The introduction i OF these exhibits
cauCed sensation in tho court room,S and
for a, time Miss Patterson seemed on the
verge OF collapse The court room was
crowded when the trial was resumed. and
the corridors Of the building were
itirongcd.
stand to testify regarding incidents that
followed tho arrest OF Miss Pattorson,
and Police aptain. Swceny identified the
revolver, which, he said, was found In
Young S pocket after the shooting.
The Star Witliess.
William Stenm, Jr.5 the young man
! syho directed Michael, the oab, I, driver
to the hospital. proved to be the sta1
witness OF the day He was standing on
the corner OF West Broadway and York
Street, and heard the revolver hot just
after the cab had passed him lie was
startled, and looked up the street quickly
trying to locate the spot from which the
shot vas fred There was no one on the
opposite side Of the street, and he con-
jcuded thatSth shot must have been fred
In tho cab, which was nbo lrt twelve feet
away and moving rather slowly. AS the
cab swung around to the drug store he
followed and saw the driver talking With
the druggist. II In the cab he saw a man
and a woman. the man lying with his
head In tho woman's $ lap. II
The driver seemed to be. all tangled
UP, said Stemn1, and rode on the step
Of the cab to the hospital. When we
reached the hospital L helped policeman
to carry the man lii, and then helped the
woman to .allght. shc5was frightened and
palo, and looked as II she wanted to cry.
but could not
In reply to du estlo1s by Mr.. Levy, the
witness said that about eight or nine MIN
utes elapsed from the tl1ne he heard the
shot until tho cab reached the drug
store. Traffic both ways prevented the
cab getting there sooner.
Prisoner Nearly Faints.
The human skeletons which frequently
have been mentioned IN connection with
the case made their first appearance
In the court room when Coroner's Physt-
clan Philip r.. O. Hanlon was called to the
Stand. DR.. O'IIanlon testified that he per-
formed the . autopsy on Young's body,
and said that death was caused by hemor-
rhage OF tho left lung, resulting from a
shot wound. Tho bullet had entered
the LEFT shoulder and passed downward
toward the center Of the body, lodging
in the muscles or the back. A probe was
inserted In the skeleton to show the course
taken by the bullet, and both the skeleton
and bullet. which the witness identified
as the one taken from Young's body, were
marked as exhibits,
While the skeleton was being exhibited
Miss Patterson turned denthly white and
called for a glass of water. 1t was feared
that she was, going to faint. but she soon
gained control OF herself.