The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-12-21

CASE ENDS
Fate of Actress in Hands of
Jury Tonight.
GIRLS STORY UNSHAKEN
Testified that Young Gave Her
Between $4,000 and $4,000
Arguments Today.
GIRLS STORY UNSHAKEN

| NEW YORK, Dec 2l.-Under re.
lentless fire of cross examination by
Assistant District Attorney Rand, Nan
| Patterson, who is on trial for the MUIR
| der Of Caesar Young, the bookmaker,
spent a narrowing two hours ON the
| witness stand at the early session of
| the trial. Many times she hesitated,
fsltered and contradicted herself in
| some details as the prosecutor took her
over the ground she had traversed
blithely under the suave questioning of
her counsel, Abraham Levy. Again
she told the story of how Young died,
re-enacting, with a subpoena server tax
ing the part of the bookmaker who was
shot, the happenings in the hanson
cab at the time of the shooting. She
told of Young catching hold of her and
how she wrenched herself clear Of him
twice Then came the shot, She had
seen no revolver Young's left hand.
she admitted, was underneath him ut
the time.
One piece of testimony that stirred
the courtroom was the declaration of
the witness that Young had told her
that he feared his wife would kill him
or both OF them.
Then she admitted that in her opin-
ion Young had no such fear.
In some of her testimony she contra
dicted details of her former story and
excused herself 10y saying that she was
very nervous then. Throughout her ex-
animation her answers were given In a
careless. l.st,ess way, and her voice
WAS scarcely audible ten yards away
from where she sat. When asked if
size was a truthful and honest woman
she replied that she was with one eX-
ccptiOn.' The prosecutor took her back
II Ler first meeting with Young. whom
she said she met on a train, and she
told of various large sums Of money
that he had given her. She could not
estimate the total amount within S15,-
Geo.
Questioned by Mr. Rand, she said:
Caesar gave me $500 in California.
Tie next highest sum lie gave me at
one time was $500 Sometimes he
gave me SLIGO and $l.SO0 at Il time.
l c. not know IL lie gave me altogether
IS much as $4,000 or $4,000
II was lot sitting facing Caesar in
TIE cab when the shot was fired l
did not sec the pistol When | first
heard the report l thought it might
have been in the street. When the (
shot was fired | Go not know where
his hanGs were
y never knew my sister. Mrs. Smith, !
wrote a Letter t. Caesar telling him !
about an operation | was said TO have |
undergone. | went through no opera !
ton. never talked to Caesar about |
such Il thing.
when / got into the cab with Gaze |
ssr did not know where he was tax |
ing me. never gave it n thought, or /
If | did | supposed he would leave ne !
somewhere near the steamship per"
Although the defendant cOntradictel |
herself in some details, II was the ODin- |
ion OF those In the courtroom that in !
the main facts her story remained I'M
shaken. Hcr lawyers declared that she |
had made ont good case for herself.
With the conclusion Of her testimony |
and the calling of witness to set the
time "a which Nan Patterson returned |
from the race track on the afternoon
before the shooting the defense rested.
Mr. Rand called Mrs, Young. the
widow. among his witnesses. in rebut-
tai. She cOntradictcd Nan Patterson's
story about the hat that Young wore
on the early morning Of the day he
was shot. With the rebuttsl testimony
the prosecution closed.
When both sides had rested Justice
Davis asked Mr.. Levy IL he WINS desir-
Gus Of beginning dis address. The law
yer replied that he was not physically
able 10 begin. In that case. the court
said. he would order an adjournment
until this morning. Justice Davis add
ed that he wanted to have the case 50
to the jury today.