The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-22
COUNSEL FOR NAN PATTERSON
ADDRESSES JURY I'M PRiS-
oNER'S BEHALF.
BUILT OF MOST FLIMSY MATERIAL
CASE OF PROSECUTION CALLED
A FAILURE AND ACoUlTTAL
ASKED FOR.

New York, Dec. 22-The case OF
Nan Patterson, the former show girl
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 uLtil morning.
Upon the opening of court MI. IN.
ger of counsel for the defense, re-
newed his motion for Justice DAVIS 10
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-
fenSe.
Mr.. Levy impressed uron 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. Ii a
| man takes his life because OF love
of her why punish her? If her soul
was as black as the gates of he'll she
thDla N
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 Your
were here today | think he would
speak few words for this poor gill
he has made his plaything
lie argued that the whole case OF
| the prosecution was constructed oI
| the most fiimsy material and that thus,
| ii 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 Fife On the
other hand, ii had shown that she
| had every reason to want him TO live
| He supplied her plentifully win
money, ensuring her z life OF ease and
affiuance, and she loved him. The
prosecution failed al vital point In
| its case, he declared, in not being able
| to prove that Miss Patterson had o
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
| 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 10 the woman &C
and sin no more Then, pointing tC
| the defendant, he said TO the jurors:
| do not send her 10 her doom now
| when the entire world is rejoicing
| See, she sits there abandoned by all
| except that old man, her aged father
| leave her in your hands, confident
that you will acquit her and restore
| her 10 her devoted old father at d
time when everything proclaims
| Peace on earth. good will to men
ask that YOU allow her TO take him
home to the aged wife and mother
who awaits them and give her a
| chance to live new life with them in
| her home
The court was filed during the aft
| ernoon when Assistant Dist let Attor
ney Rand began his closing argument
| Mr. Rand began by comgl ncntin2 Nj
Levy on his plea for the Glaat. ga
| ing: 'if we did not listen b Ii Riti
acquiescence we did al least wltl
respect"