The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1904-12-22
COUNSEL FOR NAN PATTERSON
ADDRESSES JURY IN PRls-
oNER's BEHALF.
BUILT OF MOST FLIMsY MATERIAL
CASE OF PROSECUTION CALLED
A FAILURE AND AcouiTTAL
ASKED FOR.


charged with the murder of Caesar
Young, will not go to the jury for an
other day. This announcement was
made during the afternoon by Justice
Davis, who said that the physical con-
dition of some of the jurors was such
that they could not stand night ses-
sion. The entire forenoon session was
taken up by Lawyer Abraham Levy,
leading counsel for Miss Patterson, in
the closing argument for the defense.
AS Assistant District AttorneW Rand
will speak three hours in closing for
the prosecution it was evident that
the charge to the jury would be de-
ferred until morning.
Upon the opening of court Mr.. I'm
ger, of counsel for the defense, re-
newed his motion for Justice Davis to
order the acquittal of Miss Patterson
without further proceedings, but the
court denied the motion and directed
counsel to proceed with the afgu-
ments. Mr.. Levy then began the clos
ing address to the jury for the de-
Tense.
Mr.. Levy impressed upon the jury
the fact that Miss Patterson was not
being tried for immortality. No woman
becomes bad because of innate de.
pravity, said he. She becomes bad
because of the incentives of man and
the weakness of her nature. If a
man takes his life because of a love
of her why punish her? If her soul
was as black as the gates of hell she
was nevertheless entitled under the
law to as fair treatment as if she were
the sweetest and purest.
Attorney Grows Dramatic.
"You cannot bring back the dead"
said Mr.. Levy, but if Caesar Young
were here today I think he would
speak a few words for this poor girl
he has made his plaything
He argued that the whole case of
the prosecution was constructed of
the most fiimsy material and that this,
if nothing more, should raise doubt
in the minds Of the jurors.
Mr.. Levy claimed that the prosecu-
tion had failed utterly in it's attempt
to show that Miss Patterson had any
motive to take Young's life On the
other hand, it had shown that she
had every reason to want him to live.
He supplied her plentifully with
money, ensuring her a life Of ease and
af1uance, and she loved him. The
prosecution failed at vital point in
its case, he declared, in not being able
to prove that Miss Patterson had a
revolver. He maintained that it had
been proved conclusively that she had
no pistol and suggested that the man
who purchased the weapon at Stern's
paWnshop might have been Young's
brother-in-law, Luce, and that the pis-
tol might have been given Young by
Luce when he saw him just before the
fatal cab ride began.
Quotes From the Bible.
Mr., Levy read from the Bible the
story of the meeting of Jesus and
Mary Magdalene, concluding with
Christ's words to the woman $50
and sin no more" Then, pointing to
the defendant, he said to the jurors:
DO not send her to her doom now
when the entire world is rejoicing.
See, She sits there abandoned by all
except that old man, her aged father.
I leave her in your hands, confident
that you will acquit her and restore
her to her devoted old father at a
time when everything proclaims
Peace on earth, good will to men I
ask that you allow her to take him
home to the aged wife and mother,
who awaits them, and give her
chance to live new life with them in
her hOme.'
The court was filled during the aft
ernoon when Assistant District Attor-
ney Rand began his closing argument.
Mr.. Rand began by complimenting Mr..
Levy on his plea for the client, say
ing: II we did not listen to it with
acquiescence we did at least with