The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-15
Y0UNG'S WIDOW
ON The STAND
Incident Caused Nan Patterson
to Turn DeathIy Pale.
MUCH EVIDENCE SHUT OUT
JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF DE.
TENSE.

/ New York. Dec. l4.-MrS Young widow
( of Caesar Young. was a witness TO-DAY in
the criminal branch of the supreme court.
! where Nan Patterson is on trial before
Justice Vernon Nj. Davis. charged with
! Houng's murder. Although she was on
( the stand only long enough to identify a
/ letter TO which another witness had re-
! ferred. Mrs. Young's presence there de-
| Neioped one of the most intense situa-
| tons of the trial. AS the wife of the dead
man took the stand Miss Patterson be-
came deathly pale, but watched intently
/ her brief examination.
The letter which Mrs. Young identified
had been produced by Bernard l.. Nc
Hean, one of YOung's brothers-fn-I law
who testified that Young had mentioned
| 1t in "A conversation with Miss Patterson
early in May. and that Miss Patterson
mad SAID the letter was written by her
sister, Mrs. J. Morgan Smith.
dence.
Another of Young's brothers-in-law.
William Luce, told of what occurred be-
tween Young and Miss Patterson at their
meeting in u saloon the night before
Young was killed, and John Crowley. a
cab driver. repeated his story of having
seen Young slap the prisoners face dur
night.
Ruling of the Court.
All interest in the Patterson murder
trial today centered in the ruling which
Justice Davis announced that he would
make at the opening of court regarding
the admission of testimony in the alleged
conspiracy referred TO by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Rand yesterday Upon
this ruling depended the question whether
the prosecution would be permitted TO
attempt TO subStantiate in the presence
Of the jury its allegation that J. Morgan
smith was spirited away from the juris-
dlction, of the court by Miss Patterson's
counsel and her father.
This sensational charge. which had been
forecasted by rumor for several DAYS was
made yesterday afternoon. The Jury had
been dismissed for the day. however, and
counsel. The testimony by which Mr.
Rand asserts he will prove the plot 10
wrong Young may be as sensational as
the charge of conspiracy itself SO far II
has only been limited at in the testimony
Of the newsboy, with a link offered in
the testimony Of the pawn broker, Hy-
man Stern who sold the revolver with
Which Young was killed.
These links of evidence are very wide
apart. and in order TO forge a connecting
chain OF circumstances witnesses will
have TO be called who have been kept in
the background since the district attor-
ney's office has been building up its case
Letters containing threats have been
spoken of by the prosecution as being
so far the name of Smith has not been
connected with these alleged threats.
Withdrew the Request.
When the trial was resumed today. and
before Justice Davis had an opportunity
70 announce his decision on the alleged
conspiracy, Assistant District Attorney
Rand closed the incident by Withdrawing
his request that the grand jury subpoena
served on J. Morgan Smith be admitted
as evidence. Mr.. Rand said he was actu-
ated in withdrawing his request by in
formation which satisfied him that the
admissibility of the subpoena was not free
from doubt At the conclusion of Mr.
Rand's statement and upon suggestion of
the attorney for the defense. Judge Davis
directed the jury to disregard all refer
ences made to the missing witness
An attempt by the prosecution to in
troduce as evidence the register of
Hoboken hotel was not permitted by the
court. The hotel clerk was permitted to
say that man and woman regist cred a
the house the night of June as Mr.
and Mrs. l.. r. Slocum, New York" but
he was not allowed to describe the per-
sOnal appearance of the two guests An
other employee of the hotel identified ]
Randolph Patterson, the defendants ia
ther. as a person he had seen at the hotel
after Young's death. .
Council for Nan Patterson refused to
produce Young's letters on demand of the
prosecution. Assistant District Attorney
Garvin was not allowed to testify that
Mr.. Levy had admitted having such let
ters.