Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-21
FEARED WIFE WOULD KILL BOTH
"Caesar Gave Me as Much as S4O,oOO to s5O,OOO," Testined the Prison er-Her Main story Was
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 NEW YORK, Dec. 21 Under a re- lentless fire of cross examination by Assistant District Attorney Rand, Nan Patterson, who is on trial for the mur- der of Caesar Young, the bookmaker, spent a narrowing two hours on the witness stand at the early session of the trial Many times she hesitated, faltered and contradicted herself In some details as the prosecutor took her over the ground she had traversed blithely under the suave questioning of her counsel, Abraham Levy. Again she told the story of how Young died, re-enacting, with subpoena server talk. ing the part of the bookmaker who was shot, the happenings in the hanson cab at the time of the shooting. She told of Young catahing hold of her and how she Wrenched herself clear of him twice. Then came the shot. She had seen no revolver. Young's left hand, she admitted, was underneath him at the time.
 One piece of testimony that stirred the courtroom was the declaration of the witness that Young had told her that he feared his wife would kill him or both of them.
 Then she admitted that in her opin- ion Young had no such fear.
 Tn some of her testimony she contra dicted details of her former story and excused herself by saying that she was very nervous then. Throughout her ex- animation her answers were given in a careless, listless way, and her voice was scarcely audible ten yards away from where she sat When asked if she was truthful and honest woman she replied that she was with one ex- ception." The prosecutor took her. back to her first meeting with Young, whom she said she met on train, and she told of various large sums of money that he had given her. She could not estimate the total amount within $15,- 900.
 Questioned by Mr. Rand, she said:
 Caesar gave me $2,SOO in California. The next highest sum he gave me at one time was $2,500 Sometimes he gave me $1 500 and $1,S0O at a time. do not know if he gave me altogether cS AANNA dn PHOsOOO OL POO,OOOs s 1T was not sitting facing Caesar in the cab when the shot was fired. I did not sec the pistol When I first heard the report thought it might have been in the street. When the shot was fired I do not know where his hands were.
 T never knew my sister, Mrs. Smith, wrote letter to Caesar telling him about an operation was said to have undergone. I went through no opera tiom never talked to Caesar about such thing.
 When I got into the cab with Cae- sar did not know where he was talk ing me- never gave it thought, or if did supposed he would leave me somewhere near the steamship pier.'' Although the defendant contradicted herself in some details, it was the opin- | ion of those in the courtroom that in the main facts her story remained un- shaken. Her lawyers declared that she had made out a good case for herself.
 MT. Rand called Mrs. Young, the widow, among his witnesses, in rebut- tai. She contradfcted Nan Patterson's story about the hat that Young wore on the early morning of the day he was shot With the rebuttal testimony the prosecution closed. When both sides had rested Justice Davis asked MT. Levy if he was desir- ous of beginning his address. The law yer replied that he was not physically able to begin. Tn that case, the court said, he would order an adjournment 1 ssntiI this. morning
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