The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-20
CROSS EXAMINED.
Nan PattersonFacesP Prosecution
in a Trying Ordeal.
Interest i'm the Case Has Reached
High Pitch.
She SWears She Did Not Shoot
Caesar Young.
WITNESS TESTIFIES.
TESTIFIES.
That He Saw the Revolver in
YOung's Hand
When the Shot Was Fired That
Ended His Life.

LnQe0 Ills Lie.
New York, Dec. 20.-The most trying
| ordeal of her life confronted Nan Pat
terson when her trial for the murder
of Caesar Young was resumed today.
That of yesterday when she was forced
to tell the story of her life with Caesar
Young before the curious crowd that
jammed the court room was severe
enough and she plainly showed the
strain of the experience when she step
ped down from the stand at it's conclu-
SION Then, however, she was in the
hands of her friends. Little by little the
painful story was drawn from her by
the kindly questioning of her own coun-
sci, whose efforts were directed toward
making the recital as easy as possible.
Today all was changed. Before her
when she resumed her place in the wit
ness chair the girl saw not the man who
innocence, but the public prosecutor
who labored just as strenuously all the
time to have her branded as a muir
dereSS. Instead of the solicitouS, kind
ly guiding questioning, which character
lied the direct examination of yester-
day she knew that for hours she would
be obliged to submit to most calling
cross-fire of questions she would not
ware to hear. 1t would be her wits
matched against that of the man train
ed for just such an emergency.
With the appearance of the defend
ant the stand yesterday public in
terest in the trial reached higher pitch
than at any time since Nan Patterson
faced a jury more than a month ago.
Hundreds of curious ones anxious to
get a glimpse of the prisoner and hear
her own story of the tragedy in the cab,
f1ocked to the criminal court building in
the afternoon. The corridors swarmed
with men and women and long before
the hour for opening court it became
necessary to make substantial additions
to the force of policemen detailed to
guard the court room against invasion.
Despite every precaution, however, eV-
cry available inch of space was filled.
Even the positive order of Justice Davis
that no woman be admitted seemed to
have been suspended or entirely ignor-
ed as feminine f1nery was to be seen in
every part of the crowded court room.
Today's scenes around the criminal
court building were only repetition or
those of yesterday. Early in the day
the vanguard began to arrive hoping
to get in an advantageous position in
the court room.
Cross Questioned.
Mr.. Rand began the cross -examina-
ton with the question:
Are you an actress by Occupat1on?''
st am" replied the defendant.
Are you wife?"
Yes
Are you a mOther?"
f'I am not.
Then the story of her meeting with
Caesar Young in July, 1903, while on
trip bound for California with a theat-
rical company was retold.
do you remember going from San
Francisco with. Young last year to Los
Angeles?"
YES
THAT was commented on in the pa
pers was it not?"
IT object said Mr.. Levy.
Did Mr.. Young give you money when
you came back east?'
Yes
How much did he give your
''I think -2,800.'' -
t'Just for two weeks?
Yes
two weeks?"
Yes
By long series of questions Mr.. Rand
led UP to the time when she came to
New York last May. Her sister called
at her hotel the first evening and said
that her husband, J. Morgan Smith, was
very i'll. Her sister fell in a dead faint,
Miss Patterson said.
Smith had been drinking had ne
not? ?" asked Mr.. Rand.
''Yes, I think so.'
was he addicted to the use of IL
quor?''
Couldn't Open His Mouth.
'well, he had been. That day he
not open his mouth. That frightened
julia She said Young called on her
that night and they went out to din
ner. Two days later she went to live
with her sister and Young continued to
call upon her and they frequently talked
of plans for the future.
Young told you that you were only
going to pretend to go away?"
And you had no intention of going
away"
you were only to pretend to do so
SO .Yes." aS 50 oe'eiSs 'us
YOU knew all this time that Young
was married man ?"
ftYes.''
when she went to the Imperial
hotel to live she registered as Mrs. J.
II, Patterson, she said, and Young |
came to see her every morning.
'.v by did you leave the Imperial
hoteI?''
because Millin spoke about us to
the manager.
You were put out of TIE Imperial, |
them"
How much dtd Young give you al |
together?"
II don't know"
Gould you tell if it was about
Il could not tell. He always gave |
me money when I wanted it,
''Did he give you as much as forty |
thousand or fifty thousand dollars?"
ST can not say how much
HE was a most generous man,
wasn't hep" |
Yes
t'Now at the race track Young told |
you that they had trapped him %
Yes
t'What did he mean by trapped ?''
THAT his folks had bought tickets