The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-03
RED-HEADED MAN
MAY FREE ACTRESS
Mysterious Witness Writes
10 Nan Patterson.
He is NOW IN THE TOMBs
Looked Into the Cab and Directed Her
10 Drive to the Drug.
Store.

NEW YORK. Nov. 3-The mysterious
''red-headed man, whose name figured
couspicuously in the Nan Patterson case
at the time she was arrested. charged
with the murder of Caesar YouIsr Lhe
California bookmake-, possibly has been
found.
He may be John Latour, formerly ana
elevator man employed by Henry l..
traukenburg g. CO., mauutact-rers OF
yarns, at 45T Br0ome Street. but just
now a prisoner I'm the Tombs charged
with grand larceny.
This man. whose hair is red. insists
that he saw Caesar Young KIN himself
III the cab on West Broadway while lH
company with Miss Patterson the .r.lp-
TOdOra' actress. Ills story. which was
told by him yesterday 20 Assistant Dis
tflct attorneys hand ana Caravan. ls
now being investigated
Couoborates Hazelton.
Latour also corr0borates Milton ~.
HazeIUOn. the Oneouta merchant. whose
statement was printed yesterday, and
who insists that ou the morning Young
was shot he-Hazeltou-saw Young iu
the cab with the weapon cluIched in Eis
right hand and smoke coming from The
barrel.
Neither Mr. Rand nor lIr. Caravan nor
District Attorney jerome viii say any
thing about this Undiscovered evil
Lat0ur's explanation why he did not
come 10 the front before this and tell
that he was q witness to Jhe shooting
IS that he did not want TO be- dragged
into the case, because he did not Wish
10 nave his previous record exposed He
says tnar his conscience drove him 90
making known what facts there are IN
ms possession
Wrote to Miss Patterson.
The first information of Lat0urs
knowledge of the shooting was brought
Iombs, who delivered 10 the ''FIoroIlraF
actress this note. written 10y LaJour
from cell No l35 I'm the T0ubs:
Miss Patters0n-Do you remember the
red-headed fellow that looked i'm the
WINDOW and showed you where the drug
% the front until I seen those TWO men.
lnat IS true was there while they
looked i'm the window. but they Went
away as soon as they seen IT, j lived
where IL happened. If 7 can do you
any service j viii be only roo glad.
am lu the IOmDs al present, locked up"
Miss Patterson handed the note 90
her father. VINO IN Jurn gave i 70 Law
who with Warden Flynn called al The
fombs 10 see Lat0ur.
The Headed Man.
AT the time the grand jury Invesugat-
ed the Caesar lgguE murder case e.
was testified that "a reI-heade5 man had
been d witness Cd the shooting ana tlar
this man had looked lnrc the cab direct
ly after the fatal shot had been free
The grand jury sent our -u appeal ask
ing thai LEe reo-lealai man come for
ward. Eut there was uo response
l-lrcHr iz -Welrr-lluH years old. and
aye. el-- ms VIE and child az -5
- frl --- -.-lH - rive years asI-uFl .-e
his maria E--le was sentenced ID lae
peull-utiarl lE Judge jerome for four
teen months Five weeks ago -a was ar-
cee-Drl- 90 ca larceny. E.H pleaded guilty
ana is now awaiting sentence Ele had
no counsel when aEra IEUaL I'D court F.r
pleading. says tLaL bee is innocent ana
that E- offered the plea upon the =---
Ersrcu OF Assistant District a-r.rEe.
Tells Of Seeing Shooting.
ct was employed as elevator man I'm
Broume street last june Lat1ur said
"Ou Saturday. june t j Iel- my place
OF business about $50 a- ma 10 60 fa
my home % see my wife who was sick
ON my way down West Broadway anu
while between York and Beach Streets 4
saw a manson CAB coming along. when
the CAD came opposite me heard e shot
ana ran over and looked into ir saw
q man and woman iu it, The mans
head was tn the woman's lap. In the
man --ElL LE-l was a revolver. ] kept
on running alongside Of the cab t0r
about l-l- block. wLea Che drives
LrlNE-l mis- cab 20 "a sJaI-EUiIL Then
stepped aP 20 the cab and leaned ir-
SIDE " 10. dad NOT step into the ab
again saw the Eau with his head il
5til elureucd -l his right hand. i folr
tLe woman En- the cab 10 drive over 10
l.e cF-g store. -nis was done. and the
AfNeels- TOLD --e driver 10 take rl. man
~ the hospital There was q -ara. crowd
.t.1At -He ea9 men did NOT follow
81 then went home and told 11r g-fr-
what Z had seem She told ua E.f
better 1a quiet about IT,.