The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-20
DENIES FIRING FATAL SHOT

MAKES A GOOD WITNESS IN HER
OWN BEHALF
m EW YORK, Dec. 19.-"Did you, or
IN did you not shoot Caesar Young.
Nan?" said Lawyer Levy to Miss
Nan Patterson today.
Il did not" replied the witness. in a
/ finn voice. Il would give my own life
io bring him back if it were in my pow
o. I never saw the revolver with
"hich he was shot. There was a flash,
( and then the end"
In voice quiVering with emotion,
tut filled win dramatic intensity, Miss
attersOn, who is on trial charged with
the murder of Caesar Young. reelted TO
the jury the scenes in her life which
Tad TO do with her dealings with
Dung.
General Denial.
Not only did Miss Patterson swear
! she did not kill Young, but she denied
| every circumstance in the case which
lhe state has brought up against her.
she denied that she was dismayed be-
2rd 90 to Europe, after having been
| told by him, as il is alleged. that all
! was over between them. On the other
hand' she testified that as a result of
l ner conference with Young il was
agreed that she should join him i'm Eng
lind ana take apartments in the Hotel
Cecil, london. taking care that she
Kept her wherea bouts a complete sec
ret from Mrs. Young and YOungs rel
9tives.
An important feature brought out
was the fact that Young gave the wo-
man postal card on which ne wrote
ger name and address saying it was
something she might need.
Crowd Became Still.
The crowd i'm the court room became
suddenly still when the former show
slrl took the stand The first of her
testimony relating TO herself was given
IN low, even voice, but as she pro-
Ceeded her tones became more tense.
CnttL in her account Of the fatal cab
rae, her voice filed with tragic express
zion.
( Early IN her story Miss Patterson told
Oh her original meeting with Young. of
their life together and of their contem-
/. plated European trip. She told of her
I TAX with Young the night before his
proposed departure for southampton. OF
FER being awakened by a telephone
| message from him 20 so to the pier to
! see. him off, Of the ride down town. of
The moments in the saloon and of the
rlde in the cab before the shooting.
she was asked 10 describe what hap
Pened after leaving the saloon, while
driving down, West Broadway.
The Fatal Drive.
we talked about his going away. and
ne kept questioning me about nv COM
ing 10 meet him, she said. Il did not
say anything and finally he said But
don't feel positive that YOU are going
10 come over. Re said: I believe that
you are foOling. Are YOU? Then he said:
Are You goingg I said: Wei, Caesar.
there's no Use saying 1 will. because I've
made Up my mind not to; but you go
over there and get things quieted down
things by that time / will meet YOU
at the Saratoga meeting
Struggle in the Cab.
He looked At me a while and said.
/ Do you mean that? and then ne grabbed
me bv the hand nearest TO him and
pulled me over toward him. He hurt me
SO that l tried to pull away. but ! could
not get away from him. ! put nv
other hand up and he grabbed me. Some
I now or other / got away from him.
1 cold him that he hurt me
He said: If you don't come over there
and ! have to wait until the Saratoga
meeting / may never see YOU again
Ny horses have gone back on me I've
lost all that money. Now I'm losing my
little girl Do YOU mean that?"
He grabbed me ana hurt Inc so badly
| that the tears came 20 my eyes. l
I tried to struggle away from him again.
and had to bend away over.
Shot Fired.
There was a flash-thc end"
You heard a report?' he lawyer
Was the pistol in Young's nands?'
Il had not seen the pistol Mr.. Young
J Tell over my lap got halfway up, len
(, again. and I thought he was having a
spasm. He kept twItching and twiching.
/ l called TO hum ana tried TO make nm
| answer, but ne would nor. ] believe 1
put my hand up and told the cabman
/ to drive TO the druggist / don't know
| whether i did or not. That was my luea.
and il seemed-oh. ages before l could
and help me.
"A policeman got in the cab. and
! felt so relieved. j knew nc would take
care of MIR. Young. I seemed to DC dazed
/ IN my memory after that
Explicit Denial.
Nan, look at me. Did YOU shoot Cae-
sas YOung?" asked Mr.. Levy.
Mr. Levy, ] did not have any pistol to
shoot Mr. Young with. and il had"
said the witness i'm trembling tones.
Assistant District AJorIey kend OBJ
jected TO further answer, and was sus-
t2ined.
Did YOU or did you not shoot caesar
Young. Nan?'
Il uId not / would give my own lite
to bring him back II 1t were IN my
power. she answered
Married and Divorced.
In answer to the usual preliminary
questions Miss Patterson said She had
been married to a man named Martin
and had been divorced from MIN. She
went to California in 1902. On her way
TO Los Angeles she met Caesar Young
In answer TO a question as to whether
Miss Patterson replied: Il heard him
speak of his wife. I'm answer 90 an
OtEer question. she said that II was
after she had met Young that size OBJ
tanned a divorce from her HUSBAND
After securing divorce she said she
continued her relations with Young ana
frequently visited the Tacetrack with him.
east ard lived with her sister Mrs.
Smith.
Young Telegraphed For Her
After that she went TO her parents
hone in Washington and later went back
70 Los Angeles when Young teleSraphed
RI her to meet HIM there. Again she
left for the east when Young went back
to san Francisco. She and Young ar
ranged to meet in Chicago. and did so.
When they were separated they CORES
almost daily Then she came - New
York on Nav ID and the next daN Young