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EIEDSAT IS MO oRNlN'G's lIil's
SESSION OF COURT
ssMoRGAN SMITH WAS HEARD TO
YssoMESTHiNGs TIL MIGHT
BEFoRE%THE MURDER.
MISS PAITERSON'S FACE WAS
AIEAND5 D5eEooDLEss WHEN
SHE cAME#TO COURT

PALEsisAND sRLooDLEss WHEN
SHE cAME.-TO COURT
eBy publishers PSess.l
NEW DIRK NOV. 22Evidence
adduced today in the trial Of Nan
atterson. the actress, Charged with
n1ur der cf Caesar Young, to-
etherwi ith the statement by the
prosecutor that the people would
show that J. & Morgan Smith, brother
5 in.law Of the defendant, purchased
El1e revolVer$w with which. the shooting
was done, indicates that the prosecu-
5tionE hopes to prove its case on two
3 & point First, that Caesar Young,
when he left the house the morning
killing did not have IN his,
possession a fire arm, and second,
sthesrexo1ver came into Miss Pat
st ersonss possession through. J. Nor
IS NTH. The prosecutor also
states that he will produce a wit
ness Ito show that Smith was over
g heard tos say to the woman On the.
sni ights before the crime was commit
ted that She must do it. aud that the
young woman replied: cannot do
sssSi won't do it, and you must do it
yourse f.
The tes timony Of Policemen Flynn
and Junior, who made the arrest,
sactress while on the way to the sta
ION house, brought out nothings that
you'd indicate that the defendant had
fcommi tied the crime The policemen
stated that Miss Patterson, who was
agstericaI at the tine had declared
That Young had with out a1,ning,
shot hIrnself
Patro1man Quinn, on cross-eSami-
nation said
asked me Caesar Young
was dead Il told her he was dead.
Then she said Is he dead? Oh,
he dead !? II he is dead i want to
sdie5too: Why. did he kill himselfe He
adfeverythin the1ive for.
Miss Patterson passed a sleeplessE
andSrestless night in the tombs- The
8scathing arrai gnment of the prosecu-
tor, and the sight of her lovers gar,
men with the bullet hole, stained
with hi isslife blood, had been too much
her nerves, and she collapsed
when she returned to her cell in the
stombs.
5Fhe reaction over; Miss Patterson
scaImed herself and said
Wel1, the first day is over and
d#nothing IN it to hurt me"
Ter face was pale and bloodless, :
sand8loo olled almost chalky against the
ssombre setting Of her black dress
and veil as She came into the court
this morning and sat by her old
father's side.
81 Iisss Patterson was much perturbed !.
at the gaze Of the curious throng in
the Court room. When she reached
her seat she turned and Kissed her
father. She did not raise her veil and
sat talking quietly to her parent
ssSlile the ron-call OF #jurors was being
intoned Rarely has murder case
IN The city attracted such a morbid
cro8d5as this trial Swarms Sfwonen
resortsto oSeverys possible means to gain
admittance to Judge Davis court
While Bth he$court officials are being i'm :
portnned a for passes to hear the pro :
ceedings There was 10 exception :
erun$ of trialdays and the throng :
paced the corridors hoping to get In, : :
though the courts officers only per- :
nitted$ those to enter Who had passes. :.
SotyafewGwomen and men lined up on :
shescurb of Centre street and watched !, I
seenlys# the bridge of signs to catch : :
glimpse egof the defendant as she =
srossed over from the tombs to the I
criminal Court building, Where the
rial sis being held.
The prosecution PURPOSES bringing = =
skeleton in court to prove that u
Eoung could not have shot himself. no no
District attorney jerome on looking te
he skeIetonsover this morning decided /"
the object OF much Of it:
;ruesome aspect in court, and sent for er
a physician and had it deca pitated. th
Police Sergeant Walter Norris OF =