The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-07
GIVE WITNESS AN
AIR OF MYSTERY
Writ of Habeas Corpus Issued
for Mrs. Patterson In Case
of Frank Young's Death

NEW YORK, June 6-Proceedings
were begun today by Coroner. Nicholas
Brown In an endeavor to solve the
| mystery of the death of Frank r.
Young, the wealthy bookmaker. Young
was shot on Saturday last while on his
way in a cab to steamship pier to
sail for Europe with his wife. With
him was Mrs. Nan Patterson, formerly
an actress. Mrs. Patterson was held
without bail by the coroner and was
locked up in the Tombs prison. Today
the detectives said they were sure
Youngs wound was not seIf-inf1icted.
| The hearing was postponed by the cor
oner and Mrs. Pattersons bail was
fixed at $1,000.
When the case was called the district
attorney asked for an Adjournment.
| This was opposed by Mrs. Patterson's
counsel, but the coroner decided to put
the case over until Friday. Counsel
Tor Mrs. Patterson then asked that she
be admitted to bail and suggested
$4,000. The district attorney asked
that bail be fixed at $4,000. The cor
oner decided that $4,000 was sufficient.
Mrs. Patterson, who was accompanied
70 the coroner's Office by her sister,
Mrs. j. Morgan Smith, seemed much
more composed than on Saturday She
was represented by five attorneys.
Opposes Her Release
District Attorney Jerome declared
that he would oppose the release of
Mrs. Patterson on bail. He went to the
office of Coroner Brown and served no
tice that in the event of a bondsnan
appearing with bail he would want to
| be heard in opposition to its acceptance.
This is a case" said he, in which
the coroner has no right TO accept bail
L shall oppose the release Of this
woman, no matter what amount of bail
| is offered"
This action by Mr.. Jerome was due
to the fact that he has in his possession
an affidavit of William Luce, a broth
er-ln-laW OF Young, in which Luce de-
clares that on Friday evening Young
| told him that he was going out to see
Mrs. Patterson.
He asked me to go with him." the
affidavit says, saying: The little
woman has some letters which l must
/ get from her. I'm afraid of her and I
don't know but she might kill me. Pm
| through with her. I intend to break it
off tonight
Luce went with him and met Mrs.
Patterson, and the three remained to-
| gether until 8 o'clock on Saturday
morning. Mrs. Patterson did not have
the letters with her, however, and ae-
cordlng to Luce, it was for this reason
| that Young telephoned her to meet
| him on Saturday, asking her to bring
| the letters with her. Mrs. Patterson
was taken back to the Tombs this aft
| ernoon. The entire case may center
/ about the revolver with which Young
was killed. Friends Of Young say he
never carried revolver.
| Say Witness Was Near
| Much mystery was made of a wit
ness who, it was said, would be pro-
| duced at the inquest, and whose testi-
mony would go far to clear up the
case. Friends of Young said this wit
ness was mot thousand miles away
| from the scene when Young was shot"
Who this witness is and what connec-
ton he had with the case could not be
| learned. 1t was said, however, that
! when he took the stand and told his
story it would be made plain that
| Young did not kill himself and had nc
| intention of doing so.
! The father and brother OF Mrs. Pat
| terson, who came here from Washing
| ton, called at the criminal court build
| ing. They expressed their belief in
! her innocence. Reports of a quarrel
between the dead bookmaker and Mrs
Patterson have been investigated, and
statements that the actress threatened
! Young have been looked into
] The coroner'S physician who per-
formed the autopsy said today that he
saw no reason why the bullet wound
| that caused the mans death could not
| have been self-inflieted. especially If
| the trigger had been pulled with the
thumb. Pieces of the epidermis re-
! moved from two fingers of the right
hand of the dead man for close exam
1natlon were pitted as if with powder.
| although it was not clearly evident that
| the marks were made by powder.
On application of counsel for Mrs
Patterson, Justice Clark of the su-
| preme court this afternoon issued a
| writ of habeas corpus requiring the
| production in court of Mrs. Patterson,
and also writ of certiorari on Coro-
| ner Brown to make a return of the rec
| ord in the case Both writs are return
| able tomorrow.