The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-21
NAN PATTERSON GOOD
 WITNESS FOR HERSELF
ACCUSED ACTRESS PRoVES MAR
 VEL OF sELF-CoNTRoL.

With Scarcely an Exception She Meets
 Several Hours of Calling Cross-Ex-
 animation without Being Shaken
 only Once confused-airs. Young
 Again Testihes-Judse Expresses
 Wish That Case Go to Jury To-day.
 New York. Dec 2O.-After a day of torment, facing merciless cross-exam- ination of Prosecutor Rand, Nan Pat terson, the former show girl. went to her cell in the Tombs tonight tired but happy. For several hours she sat under the galling cross fire of the assistant district attorney, who probed the events of her life from the day she met Caesar Young. for the killing of whom she is being tried, until the moment of his tragic death. No detail was too trivial to escape the attention of the states attorney, but, with scarcely an excep- tion, the accused actress proved a marvel of self-control.
 Only once did Mir. Rand confuse her greatly. In going over the conversation between her and Young at the Graves end track Miss Patterson testified that Young gave as reason for sailing to Europe the fact that he was afraid Mrs. Young might harm him or the prisoner. Miss Patterson finally admitted that she recalled only an incident which had happened in San Francisco.
 At times she parried the sharp ques- tions of her inquisitor. but when he pinned her down to a definite question, her answer was frankness itself. Miss Patterson talked in a low, clear voice, lpunctuating her evidence here and there with expressions of much spirit. For instance, in the course of one of her an- swers she exclaimed in voice ringing with sincerity: II have always tried to be truthful and honorable.
 Miss Patterson was lead over the same ground to-day as yesterday, but 1 in a manner manifestly different, for to-day she was under the rapid fire questioning Of the man who has hand led the case against her. and legal pit falls were to be expected.
 There were few striking admissions made by the witness, despite the very searching questions asked. Noticeable among these, however, was the story of the money given by the bookmaker to Miss Patterson during their years ac- quaintance. At one time the sum was g. 800; at another $2,50O, and at others $15Oo or s1,SOO.
 Sheadid not know the total amount and could not state whether it would total S50,0OO. but acknowledged that young was a very generous man and gave her money whenever she asked.
 She said that Young was fearful Mrs. Young would kill him and possibly the actress also, and for that reason wished her to flee to Europe with him. Later she modified this under the battery of | the prosecutor.
 The dramatic climax of to-day's court scene came with the pantomine enacted lby Miss Patterson and district attor- ney's messenger, showing the death scene in the cab.
 l Seated side by side on a platform, facing the court and the jury, the mes senger, under the tutelage of the former show girl, grasped her wrists and they swayed back and forth as the prisoner said she and Ceasar Young had done ljust before the shooting.
 l With the calm reserve of one accus- ltomed to play to thousands, Miss Pat lterson without a tremor went over the scene and by her interpretation tried to make it clear that Young had taken his Iown life.
 l Throughout the two hours and forty minutes Miss Patterson faced cross-ex- animation to-day, few shadows of emo- l tion crossed her pale face. She had ev- lidently nerved herself for an ordeal, but when 1t was over, a reaction came and lshe trembled violently.
 Arising from the chair she bowed to Judge Davis and the Earl of Suffold, who sat beside him, and to the jurors. Then, gathering up her skirts, she ran down to her aged father, who sat by hr counseTs table and buried her face Ion his shoulder. He kissed her affec- ltionately and said softly: You did splendidly, little girl.
 MT. Rand a little later called Mrs Young, the widow of Caesar Young, in Irebuttal. In her testimony she said she had purchased the tickets for the trip labroad for herself and husband, and L,that she had done so at the instigation of MT. Young, and not of her own voli- ton, as intinated by Miss. Patterson.
 When both sides rested, Judge Davis said he wished the case to go to the jury lto-morrow, and after a conference be- tween opposing counsel it was agreed that the closing speeches should be linn lited to three hours each.
 4 MT. Levy will speak in the morning land MT. Rand in the afternoon. I At o'clock in the afternoon Judge lDavis will deliver his charge and then Ithe fate of the former show girl will rest in the hands of the jury.
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