Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-11-23
As It Is introduced
Aoainst Nan Patterson.
State Trying to Prove That She
Shot Caesar Young.
p.ooIe Near Scene, Including Cabman
on the Stand.

case-the dead mans WidoW-"o oul4
appear before the jury ana gen hei
story we're the. points of special inter
90, today. when the trial Of Nan RAJ
,erson for the alleged murder OF caesar
younp WAS resumed in the supreme
court.
In outlining his case. yesterday AS
sistant District Attorney RAnd IN
formed the Jury thai III" prosecution.
after months Of ruicaN or. hAh been
successful in locating J. Morgan
smith who he, claimed. purchased the
revolver with which Young WAS killed.
He boted however. that Smith Would
he brrught forward hy the defence at
the proper time. Later in the day MISS
Patterson's counsel said the defence
had no intention Of producing Smith.
IF th.. prosecution wants Smith as
a witness they have got to find him.
We're having our own troubles with
the defence and are not going ont OF
our way to help tn, people supply the
rents in their own fabric OF evidence"
Mr. Levy said he did not know
where Smith and his wife were. nor did
he take any trouble 10 discover their
whereabouts.
Following the announcement il Was
said that the distdict attorneys off =
renewed its search for the missing wit
ness with the hope of locating him and
compelling him to APPEAR in court be-
fore ii is too late
Only the announcement that the de-
fendant herself would 20 on the stnnI
and tell of her acquaintance With
Young could have created more public
bookmaker's widow might appear in
the case. Since the day her husband
died. Mrs. Young has remained in s.
clusion, except when she called At tht.
district attorneys Office and testified
before the grand jury. During the
trial she has not appeared in the
courtroom. but it is said she has fol-
lowed all the proceedings from an ad-
joining room.
big crowd was present in the
court room when the trial was re-
surned- Among the spectators sat MIL
ton w. HaZ"lt"n uf onconta. one of the
men who Claims to have seen Young
fire the shot which caused his death.
Several police officials We're called to
the stand in rapid succession ana cX-
am'ned briefly regarding happenings
in the police station when Miss Patt-r-
son was brought there under arrest.
capt. Sweeney, who was in command
Of the station house at the time. ilrn-
tilted thr revolver which he said was
found in Young's pocket and which. ne
said, he subsequently turned over to
Assistant District Attorney tfarvin
with the three loaded cartridges and
thn exploded shell. Miss Patterson ht.
said, told him tho story of the ride
d"wn town and declared that she had
not seen the shooting. She denied that
she had had any words with Young
and said that she had picked up the re-
yolvcr which fell from Young's hand
when he fired the fatal shot and pIa accd
il in his pocket
Frederick -. Michaels. who was
driving the hanson cab in which
Young was shot said the first he knew
Of any trouble in the cab was when he
heard the sound Of Il pistol shot. A mo-
mcnt later Miss Patterson opened the
trap and told him to drive to a drug
store. He followed her instructions
without making any investigation and
did not look inside the cab when tn"
drug clerk refused to treat the injured
man and ordered him taken to a hos
pital with all speed
MichaelS said he picked UP Young
and Miss Patterson at 39th street and
broadway on the morning Of June 4.
and Young ordered him to drive to a
hat store. Young came ut Of the store
wearing new hat and they continued
on down town and stopped at a saloon
on the corner of RlceCk"r street and
West Bradway. The man ana the
women went into the place and re-
mained there for several minutes
When they came out they got into the
Gag and drove down town along West
broadway. Neither of them showed any
signs of liquor.
The man told him to drive rapidly
as he had to be at the pier al the foo:
Of Fulton street at = o'clock. 1t was
then bet ween $50 and $40 o'clock.
They had just passed Canal street
when he heard the Tistol shot and his
horse sprang forward suddenly. \ mo-
ment later Miss Patterson raised the
lid in the roof Of the cab and told
him to drive to q drug store. When
they reached the drug store the clerk
stepped up to the ''ab and looked in and
then told him tn drive at once to 4
man jumped on the front OF the cab.
He then drove Ia the Hudson street
hospital.
On cross-rxaminltion Michaels said
that when Miss Patterson raised the
trap and told him to drive to the dru.:
store she spoke scarri like"
He was directed to the drug store nv
young man who stood by. The nan
was smooth shaved and had dark
brown hair.
Frederick Wollens. a barkeeper. testi-
fed regarding the visit of Young AMI
Miss Patterson to the place where he
was employed.
Otta William Tennis druggist on
West Broadway said that on the morn
ing of June 4. a hanson cab stopped
at his door and after going out to TIL
cab he pointed the way to the hospital
telling the driver he was not a doctor
William Stemm, Jr.. the young man
who directed Michael, the cab driver 10
the hospital. proved to be the star wit
ness Of the day. He was standing on
the corner Of West Broadway and York
oyd cha ;,,.4