Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
Nan PAnERSDN'S 5
FATE NTH JURY
Justice Davis Delivers His In
structions and the Jurors
Retired at Noon
FAVORABLE TO THE PRISONER
Court Instructs Jury to Take Into
Consideration the Lack Of Proved
Motive For the Crime = Verdict of
MansIaushter Would be Possible =
The Evidence.

New York, Dec. o.. - Before leav-
ing her cell in the Tombs prison to-
day, Nan Patterson packed up all her
belongings. Her grips and suit case,
locked, ready for removal stood by
the door as she started on what she be-
lieved to be her last journey across the
bridge of sighs. 81 know / will be free
before night" she said.
When the prisoner reached the court
room, Judge Davis at once began his
charge to the jury.
Justice Davis in his charge referred
to the alleged failure of the prosecut-
ion to show that Miss Patterson had
any motive which might lead her 20
kill Young. He instructed the jury that
while it is not always necessary for
the prosecution to prove a motive, 1t is
important in connection with other
facts. "In circumstantial evidence
said he, "the question of motive often
becomes important, but it must not be
a motive that is imagined; it must be
proved"
Justice Davis defined the various de-
grees of murder and told the jury they
could find The prisoner guilty of mur-
der in the first degree, in the second
degree, manslaughter, or they could
render a verdict Of not guilty. If the
defendant fired the shot without pre-
meditation she would be guilty of mur-
der in the second degree. He explained
she might be found guilty in the first
sor second degree of manslaughter, II
not Of murder but added that If these
was a reasona BILE doubt of her guilt In
any of the degrees, of homicide, the
jury must acquit her. The judge in--
ished the charge at 1915 p. m. and the
jury Immediately retired, but took
recess until 2 o'clock.
Story of the Crime.
The crime with which Nan Patter-
son, the former show girl, was charg-
ed in the trial to end today was one OF
the most sensational in New York
criminal annals. Its peculiar circum-
stances, the prominence of Caesar
Young in sporting circles and the
glamor thrown around the central fig
ure in the case because Of her mem-
bership in one of the famous Flora
DORA sextettes, all tended to lend 1t an
interest hardly rivaled in recent years.
Wiss Miss Patterson sitting beside him
in a cab, Young was on his way to the
steamship pier, where his wife await
ed him, to sail with her for Europe.
The trip avowedly was planned to
break his relations with the girl. It
was early In the morning and but few
pedestrians were on the street thru
which the cab was hurrying to the
dock. There was a pistol shot and
Young fell forward, his head in the
girls lap, dead with a bullet in his
chest. Just what transpired in the
glass enclosed vehicle probably will
never be known. The cabman testified
he heard the report. He knew moth
ing more For some time absolute sill
er1ce prevailed and then a flood of eye
witnesses turned up. Their stories,
however, could not stand investigation
and one after another the witnesses
were put aside as sensation seekers.
Then an old man, Martin Haze1ton, of
Oneonta, came forward. His probity
was unquestioned, his standing In his
home town was of the best and he told
what he had seen on that June morn
ing. He saw man and woman, their
hands clasped and held face high Then
a flash, a puff of smoke and the re-
port Of revolver broke the stiffness OF
the morning. He was the most impor-
tant witness placed on the stand and
the efforts of the prosecution to shake
1T 1,,;of l,,t ;fol wont for
naught. The defendant herself went to
the witness chair and told the whole
story of her relations with Young. It
was a cruel ordeal, but she told 1T all
in straightforward manner. She said
her companion shot himself. He held
both her wrists with one hand and as
she struggled to free herself, she heard
a revolver report and Young sank into
her lap dead. This in brief is the story
of the case that has been three times
a nine days talk in New York. There
were many sensational sidelines to 1t,
none of which were brought out at the
trial One of the strangest of these is
a missing witness. Hazelton said
that another man stood beside him and
saw the tragedy. He was a casual
street acquaintance who gave him the
Masonic greeting and whose name he
did not know. He had introduced him
self as a brother from Rocky Noun
tains." The unknown has been search
ed for far and wide by both the prose-
cution and defense. The story of his
presence has been published in every
newspaper in the country, but he did
not come forward, even tho a human
life might have depended upon his
word