Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-10

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mystery surrounding the death OF
Caesar Young, the bookmaker, last Sat
urday, centered to-day In the efforts oe
the police to find J Morgan Smith, the
brother-in-law of Mrs Nan Patterson.
in order to serve on. him a body attach
mert requiring him to appear before
the grand jury and tell what ne may
know OF the case. Smith and his wife
left their apartments in the ST Paul
hotel Wednesday and 1t Is not known
where they are.
Stern. the pawnbroker, who sold
the revolver found in Young's pocket.
In his, testimony before the grand jury
said he was positive he could identify
the revolver and the man and woman
to whom he sold 1t.
Stern was given a view Of Mrs Pat
terson. but said he could not Identify
her as the woman. The grand jury ex-
pressed a desire to have Stern confront
J. Morgan Smith and then it was
learned that Smith had not appeared
in answer to the summons that had
been served on him.
Stern said that the woman who ac-
companied the purchaser of the revol-
yer seemed to be much interested in
the weapon and had him show her how
to load, fire and eject the empty shells.
She took the weapon in her hand and
snapped the trigger two or three times
while pointing it at the pfioor.
The district attorney and the attor-
neys for Mrs Patterson are much an
noyed by the many storiss brought for
ward by alleged eye witnesses to the
shooting. One of these persons brought
| forward new account to-day, alleging
that Young was shot by man who
jumped to the step of the cab in which
| Young and Mrs Patterson were sitting
and fired at Young over Mrs Patter-
sons shoulders. but this statement re-
lceived very little credence,
The. coroner's hearing set for to-day
| in the Young inquest was postponed
until Monday Mr. Levy, of counsel for
Mrs Patterson, protested against the
adjournment
The story that the man who jumped
up on the step of the carriage fred the
! shot which killed Young, was further
discredited later In the day when 4
young man approached policeman on
| the street and said 1T was he who first
approached the cab in which Young
and Mrs Patterson were riding. The
young man, who said he was William
Stem, Jr. Of .Brooklyn. truck driver.
refused to make any further state
ment and asked that he be taken i'm
mediately to the district attorneys $
office. He was at once closeted with
MIR Jerome.
New York, June 1O.-With james w.
Osborne, the former assistant district
attorney who conducted the prosecu-
| ton Of the Molineux case by her side
as her principal counsel, Mrs Hannah
Elias is to be arraigned for a hearing
this afternoon on the charge that she
blackmailed octoSenerian John r..
Platt, out of fortune. 1t Is expected
| that PIatt will appear to testify for
the prosecution. With Mr. Osborne
will be associated Washington Brauns
her adviser when the suit was brought,
and r. Frank Wheaton, a negro law
yer appointed by a mass meeting OF
persons Of his race, to assist in the de-
Tense Of Mrs Elias. This meeting was
attended by representative negroes of
the city, including number of prop
erty owners and they pledged their
moral and financial assistance in the
belief that she is being prosecuted be-
cause of her color.
1t is expected that Mrs Elias will
declare that she did not blackmail Mr.
Platt, but that she was constantly
called upon for money by lawyer and
doctor whom she had employee and
who knew of Mr. Platt's visits to her
and that she was obliged to call upon
Mr. Platt for money to satisfy these
persons.
1t was reported to-day that Mrs
Elias had received an anonymous let
ter. postmarked Allegheny, Pa and
written on paper bearing the mono
gram of the Duquesne Athletic club
| in which the writer threatened that If
lie was brought into the case publicly
he would kill both Mrs Elias and her
| lawyer. 1t was reported alsol that
Mrs Elias believed she recognized the
| handwriting in this note The police
were inclined to look upon the letter
as the work of a crank
Mrs Elias was quoted to the effect
that she believed the threatening fet-
ter was not written by q resident of
Allegheny, but by a wealthy New York
man of her acquaintance, who probab-
" was in Allegheny temporarily.
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