Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-19
Nay PROVE INNOCENCE
Murder Case Seems to Have De-
veloped Favorably For NAN"
Patterson, Defendant
EYEWITNESS is TO TESTIFY
One Maid Writes Letter Signed a..
Black" and Another Tells Defend
ants Attorney Plausible Story, Both
to the Effect That They Saw Young
Holding the Revolver.

Holding the Revolver.
New York, Nov. 19.-The Nan Pat
terson jury was completed by the Sc
lection of John w. Graham as the
twelfth juror. He is % years old and
IL the youngest OF the twelve men Sc
lected for the trial. He is not only
young, but he is also handsome, and
when he stepped forward to be ques-
dant and said:
do you like him." The answer
came quick as a flash, EYES," and Miss
Patterson nodded her head empha teal
N.
The prosecution offered no objection
and Mr.. Graham was selected. He is
president and director in many corpor-
atoms and Is a wealthy man, his home
being one of the largest private houses
In the city.
There were only nine talesmen left
out of the special panel of 100 men
when the twelfth juror was selected.
The defense used twenty-eig of the
thirty peremptory challenges allowed
to them. The trial will begin at 1890
o'clock next Monday.
The strain Of the endless grind of the
examination of talesmen was beginning
to tell on the "Floradora" girl and as
each new prospective juror took the
stand to be examined she would wiring
her hands convulsively, and turn to
her aged father, who is ever near her,
for comfort.
A breakdown was imminent when
Abraham Levy, one of her counsel, as
sured her in the afternoon, that new
witness. whose name he had learned
thru Archibald j. Anderson, one Of the
talesmen examined Thursday, would
give testimony which would clear her
of the charge OF murder.
ReasSured by this, she seemed to
grow more calm. and as the empty
seats in the jury box were being filled
all signs of a physical breakdown left
her and she again scanned each tales
man and assisted her counsel in fill
Ing the remaining seats in the jury
box.
The new witness, on whose story
&
covered by the admission of Mr.. Ander-
son on the witness stand that his
daughter knew man who said that
he had seen the shooting. This man
was Immediately sent for and he told
Mr.. Levy story which the lawyer
asserts will establish beyond doubt his
clients innocence.
Z can't tell you the mans name
nj
but the story he told me was this:
He said that on the morning of the
shooting he was on an Eighth avenue
car and that, standing on the back
platform, he could see the couple in
the cab, and see that Young held the
revolver with which he was shot. Mr.
Rand knew of this witness and had ex-
amfned him. He belittles his testi-
mony, but I think it was because he
knows that he would not make a good
witness for the prosecution"
Something of sensation was caused
In the court room when Mr.. Levy made
public the text of letter from another
man, who says that he saw the shoot
ing, and this helped to cheer Miss Pat
terson.
81. Black" is the name signed to the
1SSSSIy WHICH WAS WTllleu herman
and which bore no address. It states
that the writer was witness Of the
tragedy and that he saw Young'ss hand
hold q pistol as it exploded. 1t has
been placed in the hands of the county
officials to investigate and efforts
are being made to locate BLACK" who
Mr.. Levy hopes will prove an impor-
tant witness.
Il saw with my own eyes on the
morning of June man in the cab
with a pistol in his hand, and wom-
an was seated alongside Of him." says
the writer. I saw the man raise the
pistol which was in his hand. l heard
the shot and ran as fast as I could.
II kept quiet until now because 1
thought you had other witnesses, but
for the sake Of the truth must write
you this. am willing, should occas-
ion demand 1t, and If you think it worth
while, to appear before Mr.. Jerome
and yourself and say that I saw the
man hold the pistol In his hand. 7
am ready to take an oath on this for
the sake of Justice
Altogether the case so far seems to
have developed favorably for Nan"
Patterson, and it is limited that the
defence will introduce no testimony.
believing that the prosecutions case
is 80 weak that the evidence which is
all circumstantial, will not prove suf-
dctent to convict the girl Of the crime.