The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-20

WOULD GIVE life
ITO BRING HIM BACK.
CONTINUED from First Fage3
|
all that money. Nov I'm losing my little
| girl; do YOU mean that?'
Tie grabbed me and hurt me so badly
that tho tears come to my eyes. ! tried
to struggle away from him again, ana
! had to bend away over There was
| fash--the erd."B 81 si 5
Denies She Shot Him /.
"Yoi heard d report?" her lawyer ask ed.
Yes t3s {5l ,s 4e III
was the pistol In YounE.s hands ;"
III had not seen the pistol. Mr.. Young
fell over my lap. got half way up, fell
again, and I thought lie was having
spasr,. He kept wtching and twitehin ,
! 1 called to him and tried to make hipl
answer, but he would not. I believe I
put my hand up and told the cabman to
drive to the druggist. don't know
whether. I did THAT was my Idea. and u
| seemed. oh! ages before I could get my
onelto pay any attention to me ana help
mo. III ,4i s3s 81
/
felt SO relieved. knew he would take
caro- of Nrr. Young seemed to DO dnSed
In my memory after that.
- Nan, look at me-did you shoot
Caesar young?'' asked Mr.. Levy
mfr. Levy, did not have any pistol
to shoot Mr.. Young with, and II had"
said the witness, In trembling tones.
District Attorney Rand objected TO
further answer, and was sustained.
ibid you,or did YOU not shoot "Cae sar'
Young, Nan r. 81 . Z s
II dLd not: I would give my own life to
bring him back II 1t were In my power"
she answered.
Earl Hears Story Of
Florodora Girls Life
It was q o'clock when Miss Patterson
took 3ti, stand, 4 Tho courtroom was
crowded. and the police reserves had been
summoned to keep ont tho great throngs,
ESlsich crowded about the court-roon1.
| Justice Vernon M. Davis, who presided,
had beside him on the bench the Earl Of
Suffolk who Is soon to marry Miss Daisy
Letter. Of Chicago. 'ssSF
Miss Patterson, her eyes red With weep
Ing, took her chair on the stand COM
| posedly. Sle was evidently nervous, but
| tho seIf-control, which has ever char
ncterzed her movements, did not desert
lhcr at this trying hour. She was attired
| in plain black gown, which strikinEly
set Off tho pallor: Of her countenance. She
| gave her name as Nan Randolph Patter--
son, aged twenty-three, and said she was
| married in 1898 to h Leon James Martin
i from whom she has since been divorced. y
She said She first met 70 ung IN the SUM p,
MGR Of. 1908, hiie she was on the way to
california, as q member Of theatrical
company and that their friendship soon
1Ipened into love. She told in detail OF,
her many meetings with Young IN vari-
Gus parts OF the country, and OF trips
| sho took with him. * gitss I
Coming down to June Sd, she was asked
about what she had heard - that day
about YounE's intention to go abroad.
| She replled s3ga tiiggf e. y.
S.i.IIe called mo up on tho telephone; ask
| ed Why I did not como over to the races.
+ asked him why llo couldn't co me TO see
me, and he said he couldn't. lie was
STRENGTHENING out his business affairs. G.
IT went to the Gravesend track and re-
NAMED there until after the sixth race
j.. Morgan Smith was with her. She
said she got to New York at els o'clock,
ana went to where her sister was living.
Did Not8&Visit Pawnshop.
/ This testimony was important. because
!, 1T was alleged by the prosecution That IT
was ut, about the same hour at Yllich
the sixth race was run hat the revolver
i with which Young was shot, was i sold by
Paw,1broker Stern The prosecution
! sought to show that the revo liver was ,plir-
chased by =. Morgan Smith. ~;
"Did you visit q pawnshop on that
day2''
Never" & 81 ~
Were YOU ever present on that day
or any other, when a pistol Of any char
aeter was purchased by Mr. Smith q
Never S 3:5;, n
a"Did You ever SEQ Lyman Stern the
'puwnbroker, before he appeared on THO
witness stand?'' "A
Were you in Pabst's restaurant that
nightY'' Nj 81
II was not" II
Were you anywhere near that place place
1 that nlght?" Is If
II was not" 45
Says Young Didn't Strike Her.
"You heard Joseph Hewitt testify that
| you came out OF that restaurant with q
4 man; that a cab stood by: that he said,
/ You must; I that you said. II won = anu
4 that he struck you In the face. is that
Etruc?' ts5 i5a
set is not.'' She told OF her meeting
i that night with Young. and denied the
testimony OF William Luce. Sfls said that
4 she neither quarreled with Young. nor
cried, ana that Young did notRstrike her.
did you say you would prevent him
from taking passage on the boat? sho
was asked.
NO. she answered. .si,se il
When they left the saloon they walked
over to One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
Street, and Eighth Avenue, where Luce
hailed n cab She, continued:
II wanted Young to go homo With me.
1 and then drive back, butI wanted him 10
leave Mr.. Luce behind As walked
back he caught mysarm and as he helped
4 mo to the cab, he playfully put his hand
up to my face That was a way he had
Of petting me. He,Jnever struck me-"
Miss Patterson said that next morning
she was awakened by Mrs. Smith, who
said Young had 'phoned her to meet him
! at pabst's In Columbus Circle. She took