The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-16
CAESAR YOUNG WAS INFAT(I-
ATED With FAIR YOUNG ACTRESS
ssEMSATloNAL TRIAL OF MISS
NAN PATTERS BEGAN
this MO RNING-
aRALE,a E,aNERvoUs, BUT SEEMING
coNFIDENT, SHE CAME
INTO COURT ROOM.

iRSPRlSoNER@ ER@TREMBLED WHEf
JUROR WAS QUESTIONED ON
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
NEW YORK, Nov 16---Pale ant
nervous, but seemingly confident 0
an Eacquittal Nan Paterson, known OF
the stage as Nan Randolph, came tt
her rial today charged with The mur
der Of Frank Caesar Young, 8
bookmaker, IN a cab last June on Wes
Broadway. F1anked on both sides by
NJ nposing array of counsel, the
young actress sat in court aal took a
keen interest IN the selection Of a
80 i1ry while "a crowded court room,
packed from jury box to doorway sat
and craned its necks at the actress.
Meanwhile, outside the great oak
door squad Of 46 patro1men, espe-
4ciall " delegated by Inspector Titus,
reinforced the court officers to keep
away the hungri1y curious who swarm
ed j outside of Justice Vernon Davis
court
Miss Patterson was defended by
5=.A Abess Levy. Henry Unger and Daniel
sO'Reilly, while the States case was
I'm the hands of Assistants Rand and
sstGarvan.
The hands of the clock pointed to
8g1o:55 when the defendant, escorted
tomb's officer, swept into the
room. and strobe almost de6antiy up
sIos the counsel table where she sa.
down beside her aged father.
Miss Patterson was gowned in deep
black and she wore black picture
hat Sfrom4which waved a huge black
ostrich feather The pal1or of her
s.countenance which be1ied ner almost
5Ehaughty carriage, contrasted strangely
With the deep black OF her COSTUME.
ssA heavyfve11 protected her partly
from the gaze of the curious lhrong.
The defendant had hardly been seat.
sed.SWhensthe$ Court took up the work
zof selecting jury Henry Waite, a
writer, was the first talisman. When
sIaIisman was asked if he had any
conscious scrup1es against capital
TO tremble visibly.
History of the Case
or over fl iveS months New York
has waited fora solution of the now
famous Cab mystery" 1t was on the
morning Of June 4thf last, that Frank
IT, Young som etimes known as "Cae
sal.s' oung, a bookmaker, was shot
and ki1lediin cab while driving down
West Broadway with Nan Patterson.
with which the shooting
was done was found in his pocket
Young was driving to the pier, where
he&WaSsto meet@hiS wife, and sail with
herssto Europe. Miss Patterson, with
VIII oIn# tn eFdead bookmaker was in
was driving part of the way
:oathes pier. She purposed leaving the
5emcle before it reached the pier. !
Miss 8patterson was arrested imme-
Hately after the shooting, and after
learing g$the evidence she was indicted =
~ grand jury. :
Investigation of all the known facts
how that Young was infatuated with
Iiss Patterson for some time prior to d
yssssSTas known to Mrs. Young, who 81
Iad prevailed upon her husband to
AXE trip to Europe. Young and
is#9wife made arrangements to sail
n the morning of June 4th.r The y
ookmaker saw Miss Patterson on I
,riday evening and told her that he
fas& going away. The next morning
iss Patterson left the St Paul, the
ote1 where she was stopping with
fr.sss and Mrs. Morgan Smith, her
rother-in-law and sister, and met !
onng in the neighborhood of Co |
lmbus Circle. After visiting cafe,
oungg and Miss Patterson took cab 1
r. the pier from which Young and /
were to sail. The cab was
owing down West Broadway, and II
hen near Franklin street, several
sop1e on the sidewalk saw smoke
aar the cab. The driver apparently
d9 not see the smoke or hear any
lusna1 sound. Two or three ran to
ss vehicle, including Policeman
.nior. who mounted the step OF the L
hand saws a man lying unconscious, Q
srtly across a woman. One of the
theses testified before the grand
~ that t the Patterson woman was
riking the esman- ore
He had been shot high up in the lat