The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-22

that she knew of it's contents or wheth-
err or not it had been sent"
He argued that the whole case of
the prosecution was constructed Of the
most fiimsy material and that this, if
nothing more. should raise a doubt in
the minds of the jurors.
Said No Motive Was shown.
Mr.. Levy claimed that the prosecu-
tion had failed utterly in its attempt
to show that Nan Patterson had any
motive to take Young's life. On the
other hand, it had shown that she had
every reason to want him to live. He
supplied her plentifully with money,
insuring her a life of ease and afflu-
ence and she loved him. At the same
time, all the evidence went to show
that Young was a man of many
moods and that he consumed large
quantities of liquor within a few
hours previous to the tragedy. Was it
not possible, he asked, that Young,
with his excitable nature, might have
acted hastily when he learned that
Nan had decided not to keep her
promise to meet him in Europe?"
The prosecution failed at vital
point in its case, he declared, in not
being able to prove that Nan Patter-
SUI Ildu d IeNOlFGT. T1b
that it had been proved conclusively
that she had no pistol.
Neither Suicide Nor Accident.
District Attorney Rand warned the
jury that they should not be in
fiuenced by the plea of sympathy to
which the counsel for the defense had
been driven by the insurmountabe wall
of evidence which confronted him
After informing the jury that the
prosecution and the defense agreed
that either Young killed himself OF
was killed by the defendant, he at
tempted to show that the suicide OF
accident theory had been disproved. In
less skeleton which has figured i'm the
case was again brought before the
jury.
Mr.. Rand Insisted that nothing more
than the testimony of PawnbrokeI
Stern was needed to prove that Young
was the victim of premeditated muir
der. The defendants counsel agreed
he said, that the gun was purchased
for the purpose of killing Caesar Young
making 1t clear beyond a doubt that
the killing was deliberate and premedi-
tated. He maintained that it had beer
proven by competent witnesses that
Young never carried a revolver and
that he had no revolver the day he
was killed. That, he said, would de-
stroy the suicide theory
Afraid to Produce smith.
The testimony of experts. which was
made light of by Mr.. Levy. was warm
ly defended by Mr.. Rand. That testi-
mony, said he, proved that Young
could not have held the revolver I'm q
position to make such a wound as
caused his death. He declared also
that all the conditions were opposed e
the suicide theory. A man contemplate
| ing such an act usually Is morose
while Young that morning had every
reason for an exactly opposite feeling
| lie had just shaken from his shoulders
the burden which he had carried foi
year or more.
Many of the important points could
have been proved by j. Morgan Smith
the defendants brother-in-law, yet hf
had not been produced This was due
Mr.. Rand declared. 10 the fact that
the defense did not dare 10 bring hin
forward for then the prosecution
would prove the claim II has made al
along and still insists ~ true, thai
Smith purchased the revolver witt
which Young was killed.
Levy Compliments Rand.
After Mr. Rand's speech Mr. Lev,
said That WIS the most wonderful
advocacy ~ any cause, fhe most mas.
terful speech that ] ever heard in 4
criminal ease in nu experience iu fhs
courts ~ tweufy-four yeau. in fplfa
~ fhat, ! am confident that Nan paf
faraOn Will ~ nfquiff0o