New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-20
ACTRESS ON THE STAND
T1S NOT TO SEE YOUNG.
Denies Having Appointment for
Day of Shooting Calm.

,,serday how Caesar Young killed. and her
account Of the tragedy was further corroborated
nv Milton w. Hezleton who told how he the
ssooting from the sidewalk. The actress. without
hesitation told simply the story Of her relations with
Young from the time they frst met until his death
IN June 4. Her voice low. hut clear and dis
a,ct When she first went the stand she was
Mainly nervous but she collected herself. Her
testimony denial for the most part Of every
amt which the prosecution had made against her
The chief points in which her testimony confiicted
Nth the evidence gathered by the prosecution were
that she and Smith at the racetrack at the
tre when Stern says ne sold the revolver with
zhIch Young killed; that Young's relatives
fried 10 ship her Europe. and that when Young
determined TO so to England he asked her the
-frht before he was sail to cross on another
steamer meet him the other side She denied
that she had been dismayed learn that Young
was 10 leave the country or that they had quar-
relied the night before the shooting. After going
over eli the incidents of her life with the book
maker Miss Patterson told the story OF the ride
which ended in Young's death. She Young by
appointment at the Circle Fifty-nnth-st and
Fschth-ave Young she said. had apparently been
drinking and was usual, profane. After
drink in a saloon IN Fifty-ninth-st. they called
coe 70 drive 10 the steamer pier. Young stopping
- buy a new hat the way.
when You got into the cab you remember that
The horse was headed DOWNTOWN" the actress was
asked.
o-On what side did you sit? A.-On the right
SG-Afcr YOU got into the cab after eT. ea aE
- .'s-re5 downtown in #. We talked again OF
lis going away. and he continued 10 1ueEraol me
gr,r-r M. also going. told MN 10 go away ald
49, me- fa~ awhile lie replied that could come
800 ma he might not see me again for long
rfrre and might even never see mn MN aEain ,S
80 -er-s-F more excited. and put ms arms aFouhq
ne RE grabbed roughly and In way pushed de
ar-a ron 1TT
Odd YOU see the pistol IN young hdilo' a.
oCwhat happened after the report He fen
ogT INTO 6 IN my great s eort and Their Se back again
f'C-N0H. tell ne did shoot Cesar Young?
no. ot meyer rd had h Risoi want IN my b aPe You
0r do YOU not shoot Cesar Young Al dld
rr would gladly give my own life - bring
l-Casar'' back.
Miss Patterson replying TO questions, said she
was twenty-five years old. She first met Young IN
san Francisco In 1902, when she was one of the
ar1orodors" sextet. AT Young's suggestion, she
rnt a divorce from Martin her husband.
On Jun. g. the day before the shooting and some
lime after her proposed trip abroad, Young tele-
l1oned 20 her a. the St. Paul Hotel and asked her
10 meet him at the Gravesend track Miss Patter-
son described in detail what occurred that day J.
Morgan Smith was one of the party, he acting as
1arring commissioner for Young. The party re
turned 10 the city 615 p. m, accident at the
ferry house serving to fix the time accurately In
her mind. She declared she did not on that day or
any 4
al any other. She said she had never seen Stern
before the trial
Miss Patterson denied absolutely the story told
ly the newsboy. who testified that he saw her
leave Pabst's restaurant At the Circle with man,
who struck her as they were about to enter the
CAB. At the same time bidding her do something to
which she replied, 4 viii not
Miss Patterson denied that she was either in the
restaurant in that district that night or that
any had hit her.
That night. she testified, she and Young drove
trough Central Park for hour and a half in
husonl Young told her then that he would have
70 20 away and planned for her to follow him In
another boat. meeting him at the Cecil IN LONDON
lie gave her $500 They then returned 10 the sa-
loon in invent fifthst, where lie
gave her Sl09 more in bills
At this point the Earl Of Suffolk who had been
standing listening IN the dense crowd, lodged De
hind the witness TO get seat near the bench
Resuuirg her testimony. Miss Patterson denied
that she cried that night, Luce had testified or
that she had offered bet that Young would not
sail She then sWore that Young did not strike
her as they left the saloon but simply put ms
hand up her face pIayfully- She made no ar
rargereuts 10 meet him the next day, and did not
s1pec, TO see Young again before he sailed In
the morning Young telephoned TO Mrs. }. Morgan
Smith and the witness met Young at FNty-nlnth-
e.. and Eighth-ave. He had been drinking. lheS
then took the cab IL which Young was shot
Milton ". Hazleton. an inventor. Of Oneonta,
y J. testified in the morning. He said he was
waking in West Broadway. when he saw hanson
cab approach. In il the defendant
Q-You saw the fash Of the revolver In the cabF
Al did.
Q-And did the man have the weapon in his hand
II the time OF the report and FASH Ale did
lie had both nis hands raised above his left shout
Or.
mans head eeli into the wOman's lap and she
placed her hands top OF his head.
ar Rand then began his cross examination.
Q.-You that morning? A-Yes.
man who said he came from the Rocky Mountains
Q-What did Re say TO you in way OF saiuta-
ton? Al SCI you travel East-a usual saluta-
ton 0: the Masors Then he gave me the Ma
sonic grip.
Q-And ycu say Ibis stranger called your atten-
Q-YouT sight is cod At is I can see the
figures on the courtroom clock
Q-Anc you say that you dtd not turn foOno
70 look after the cab Al did not. did not
want 70 see too much. for fear would be locked
mp as witness ! tried not to see anything more
for ala not want 10 be mixed up IN the pTosecu-