The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-09
SOLVES MYSTERY
OF HANSON CAB
MEYER SAW YOUNG FIRE
THE SHOT THAT KILLED THE
ROoKMAKER.

Writ of Hhbeas Corpus-Remnnd-
cd to the Tombs Under $4,000
Bond as n Witness-AIgernon G.
Meyer of Jacksonville Turns Up
with II story of the Shooting i'm
the Cab.
New York. June S.-Justice Clark of
the Supreme Court to-day denied the
writ of habeas corpus for the release
of Mrs. Nan Patterson, who is held
in connection with the mysterious
shooting of Caesar Young, the we'll
known bookmaker and turfman.
Mrs. Patterson was remanded to the
Tombs prison, where she has been
confined since Young was shot to death
in a cab while he was driving to a
steamship pier in company with the
young woman to sail for Europe with
his wife. Nominally, she is held as
witness under $4,000 bail, but District
Attorney Jerome has intended that in
case of her release, either by bail or
by any other means, she will be inn
meulately Fearrested.
The case took new turn to-day
when Algernon c. Meyer of 253 East
Second street, Jacksonville, Fla. pub
licly announced that he was a wit
ness to the killing of Young and stated
that Young himself held the revolver
which fired the fatal shot. His first
story was told to a representative of
| a newspaper. but later in the day
Meyer went to the district attorneys
office and was subjected to an extend
ed examination. His statement was
taken in full by an official stenog-
rapher.
According to Meyer, the shooting of
Young appeared to be accidental. Mrs.
Patterson was struggling with Young,
who had the revolver in his right hand
and his right arm around her neck.
To Meyer 1t appeared as though Mrs.
Patterson was trying to push Young
away from her or, perhaps, to take
the revolver away from him. Accord
| ing to the policeman who first reach
| ed the cab, Mrs. Patterson sat at the
| left of Young.
Meyer says there was another wit
ness to the tragedy. This was a man
about feet s inches tall. attired in
| dark suit and wearing a straw hat.
/ He had small black mustache. This
man. who was directly opposite the cab
when the pistol was fired. according to
| the story told by Meyer, jumped upon
| the step of the cab and rode there
a short distance. Meyer says he thinks
the man talked to the woman in the
cab.
The story of Meyer.
According to the story told by Meyer
he was walking up West Broadway
Saturday morning when his attention
was attracted to a hanson cab COM
ing down the street. AS he looked the
occupants--a man and a woman-be-
gan to scuffie LAS the cab approach
ed me-" continued Meyer Il saw that
the man had a gun in his right hand.
His right arm was around her neck
and the hand was about on a level
with her head At first l thought he
was trying to put the pistol to her
head. Right in front of me the tall
man with the black mustache was
walking, and | saw him stop and look
at the scene of the cab.
II could see the CLINT of the pistol
barrel and all at once I heard the re-
port and saw a little smoke float up.
The driver did not stop his cab. The
hand with the gun In it dropped down
the girls back and she lodged away
Then the man in the cab fell over. This
was just before the cab passed me and
just as the man ahead of me had run
out and jumped up on the step.
II turned and watched the cab go
down the street. Then / saw it stop
and saw a crowd begin to gather
did not want to get mixed up in the
case and kept away from the crowd
had a reason for not wanting to be
mixed up in the affair. but when /
bought the newspapers Saturday after
noon and saw that the case looked bad
for the woman, / determined TO speak
If 1t became necessary.
II had never heard the name of
Caesar Young nor the name of Nan
Patterson before"
Is Held for Murder.
Mrs. Patterson's counsel attempted
to secure her release on bail. but Coro-
ner Brown refused to grant BAIL Dis
trict Attorney Jerome saying that she
was charged with murder in the first
degree.
Attorney Levy stated after Mrs. Pat
terson had been taken back to the
Tombs, that he believed he would have
an important witness in Henry A.
Katz, an insurance agent. He had
been informed he said, that Katz was
a witness to the shooting of Young
and was prepared to testify that IL
was a case os suicide. He added that
he would have Katz subpoenaed to
testify at the inquest
Algernon Meyer was served with a
subpoena to appear as a witness at the
inquest Friday.
Another eyewitness to the shooting
has been found by the district attorney
in Carl Norlander, who has been serv-
ed with subpoena. His testimony, 1t
is expected, will shatter the story told
by Mrs. Patterson that Caesar Young
shot himself. Norlander is supposed
to be the pedestrian who leaped upon
the step of the cab. just after the
shooting. according to the witness,
Meyer.
known in Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla, June S.--Algernon
q Never who testified that ha saw