Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-20
Had No Idea of Following Young.

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Had No Idea of Following Young.
Miss Patterson said that when she told
Young she would follow him to Europe
| she had no idea of doing SO. She was afraid
| of the ocean trip. She would have gone
with Young had he asked her. but would
| not go alone.
| 1t seemed best, however, to have Young
| believe that her promise was made in sood
| faith, and beyond telling him that she dlo
not fancy an ocean trip alone said nothing
| to the contrary. They talked the plans all
J over again while sitting in a Harlem res
| taurant early in the morning of June 8.
Young drank great quantities OF WHISKY
| while they talked, while she was very care
full not to drink too much He TOOK as
many as nineteen or twenty drinks ei
| straight whisky. she SAID, whlle she Aao
only one glass of brandy.
While sitting in the restaurant Young
gave her $1OO-five $40 bills Her purse
| was full of bills, so she put the money
| in her stocking. Mr.. Luce. Youngs broth-
er-in-law, was in the restaurant. but sat
| at another table. He Joined them when
they went out Young said that he and
Luce were going farther up town, and ask
ed her to accompany them, but she de,
| cined to do SO, saying that Julia would
worry. Julia always worried when she
| was out very late she added.
Young's Anger short-Lived.
She said that Young was very angry
when she insisted upon going home at
once, but that his anger was short lived
| and that within three seconds everything
| was all rigt.
She denied that Young struck her when
she was getting into the cab, saying that
he only stroked her face with his hand.
"And YOU supposed that was TO nave
been a finaI parting with Caesar Young?
II did
you had then no intention of following
him across the ocean,"
Il had not
But he supposed you We're going to fol-
low?''
you were feeling in good spirits that
night"
'Yes, I was
You said yesterday that you would lay
down your life for Youns?'
Her Devotion to Young.
81 did"
'You loved him.
Il did"
"Passionately. devotedly, he was the one
man in the world for your
YES"
And he was going away on the morrow
with his wife?"
Yes
"And still you were happy that night
knowing that he was going away?'
II knew he was going away
Did you know he was going away for
some timer
II knew he was going away
For some time?
II didn't think so.''
"And you did not feel bad about it?'
Somewhat but i did not show signs of
grief by crying
Did it not occur to you that Caesar
Young was going away with his wife?'
Yes, and now remember, l CRIED
Young's Trip to Europe.
The witness said she did not know how
long Young intended to be absent in Europe.
She did not think it would be for long, how
ever.
You didn't care how long he was to be
gone. did you?" asked Mr.. Rand
why, of course 1 cared, the witness
flashed back at him.
Nothing had happened to disturb her
recollection of that morning until after the
pistol shot, she said, and until after the
policeman got in the cab. She re-
called distinctly having told Young during
the drive that she had abandoned her idea
of following him to Europe. Il told him
there was no use in talking about me going
to Europe, because l was not going" she
said. Then he reached over and, seiZing
my wrists drew me toward him. 1 did not
want him to see that he had hurt me and
turned my face away. Then came the re-
port OF the shot.
Defense Rested It's Case.
When Miss Patterson said she could not
remember whether she had in her posses
sion on June any letters that had passed
between her and Young, the prosecuting at
torney turned to the prisoners counsel and
said: Mr.. Levy" said Mr.. Rand, 81 ask
you now to keep your promise to me to
produce the letter which passed between
Miss Patterson and Young in California
last winter
you must be in terrible straits" said
Mr.. Levy.
That is not answering my question"
THAT is my only answer"
This completed the cross-examination
and after a hospital clerk had testified re-
garding an ambulance call to the East 34th
| street ferry at $50 pm. June 3, the defense
rested its case.
Miss Patterson, in fixing the time of her
return to the city June from the race
track. told of seeing the ambulance while
| coming out of the ferry house
Crucial Day Of Trial.
| Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star
| NEW YORK. December 20.-Prosecutor
Rand today began the cross-examination of
| Nan Patterson. 1t was conceded to be the
| crucial day of the girls trial and interest
was aroused to a tremendous pitch because
| of the general belief that the girls fate
| would depend to a large extent on whether
or not her story could withstand the Cruel
| ing cross-examination and strenuous as
saults of the prosecution.
Nan Patterson was pale a sheet of pa
| per when she entered. but she walked to
| the witness stand with jaunty step. She
smiled family on seeing her father.
Prosecutions Intentions.
| II intend to find out more in detail just
what actually did happen in that cab on
| the day of the shooting" Assistant District
| Attorney Rand said before opening of the
| court. Nan Patterson will be obliged to
| tell much more than she did under direct
| examination. Her explanations yesterday,
| guided by questions of skillful attorney,
| may satisfy the casual observer, but the
| justice of the supreme court and tho jury
| from the special panel, representing as they
| do the people of the state, are entitled to
more facts and details. 1 suppose Mr.. Levy
| will begin summing up this afternoon pro-
| vided he has no more witnesses to call, and
| further, provided, that rebuttal testimony
! will be given by but two or three witness
| es. Levy may ask that rebuttal testimony
| go over until tomorrow. AS to summing up
think we should each take up about half
| a session"
Mr.. Levy said that If the prosecution did
ipf1 prtt dot,