Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16


am innocent.
Little trouble will be found in convincing
twelve honest men that l am innocent. The
trial should not take long, as they have lit
tie or no evidence against me. Stories to
the effect that 1 intend to work on the
minds of the jurors by my dress. demeanor
or any wiles are absurd. l am going to
court armed only with truth, and confident
of my acquittal."
For breakfast Miss Patterson had grapes,
cereal. poached eggs. toast, coffee and
read the newspaper accounts of her coming
trial. Her father called while she was read
ing, and he remained with her until the
bailiffs called to take her away to court.
Crush in Court Room.
In the room of the criminal branch of the
supreme court every seat was early taken.
| The crush for admittance equals that of
| the Molineaux trial. Special police had been
assigned to keep the main corridors clear,
and no one was admitted without special
ticket issued by the district attorney. Many
| women were in attendance. and among
them were many of the former stage COM
panionS of the accused woman.
Assistant District Attorney Rand regards
the identity of the man who purchased the
| revolver with which Young shot a
vital point in the case. and snapshot pho
tographs of j. Morgan Smith will be intro
duced evidence today to determine
whether he was the man who bought the
| bought by Nan Patterson or any relative or
close friend of the accused he believes his
chain Of circumstantial evidence will be
complete.
Two New Witnesses.
| 1t was said that Detective Sergts. Judge
and Armstrong had appeared with two new
| witnesses of the shooting, whose stories
| would support strongly the prosecution
| contention that Young was murdered. This,
| sistants. They received bundles of photo
| graphs of the accused girl and of ]. Morgan
| Smith. her brother-in-law, who has disap-
| peared.
| 1t said by Hyman Stern, a pawn
| broker, that the man who purchased the re-
volver on the day before the shooting bore
striking resemblance to Smiths photo
graphs, and the prosecution will endeavor
| to get the testimony before the Jury.
1t is not expected that the jury box will be
| filed when court Cadjourns this afternoon
| Mr. Levy said yesterday that the skeleton
| he had obtained was in readiness to be ex-
hibited. but that he was not certain that he
would insist that a cab should be taken into
| the court room for the purposes of demon
stration.
To Use Skeletons and a Cab.
Two skeletons and a hanson cab will
be introduced in the trial. One skeleton
is in the possession of the district attor-
! ney's office and the other is in the hands
of Miss Pattersons lawyer. The cab is
the one in which it is alleged Nan Patter-
son killed Caesar Young, the California
bookmaker, for whose murder the young
woman was indicted.
The actress is ready to go to trial. She
| said SO Monday. She had a new costume
| made for her appearance in court. 1t is a
| quiet affair = all black, with just the
| slightest white fringe down the waist.
| Her hat is large black one, with a big
| black ostrich feather
Il am longing to submit my case to the
! jury she said yesterday. 'Of course
| expect to be free. l am innocent of the
awful charge against me. There is only
| one thing that 1 feel sad about. and that is
| that my poor old dad will be in court and
have to listen to all that l know Mr. Rand
will say about me-
What Both Sides Will Aim to Show.
The state will illustrate the contention
that Young could not have fired the fatal
shot and that Nan Patterson must have
killed him. by the use of a skeleton Mr.
Levy, Miss Pattersons lawyer has num-
| Der of experts who will swear that Young
| could have inflicted the wound, and has
| hired another skeleton. Besides, Mr.. Levy
has requisitioned the hanson cab The
| lawyer wants to show the jury just how
| matters happened that fateful morning.
| Il will put Miss Patterson in the cab and
ask Mr.. Rand to take a seat beside her -
said Mr.. Levy. I'm that way we can show
the jury just how things happened"
Not on your life" said Mr.. Rand when
he heard of it. Let Mr.. Levy get into it,
and let him put Miss Patterson into It, You
don't catch me in that cab"
Mr.. Levy has not yet decided whether he
will put Nan Patterson on the witness
stand. He says 1t will all depend upon the
prosecutions testimony.
Widespread Interest in Case.
Not since the days of the famous Moli-
neux poison mystery has an approaching
murder trial created such keen and wide
spread interest as that of Nan Patterson.
1t is now nearly five months since Nan
Randolph Patterson was arrested and for
mally accused of Young's murder. Satur-
day, June 4. Since that date she has occu-
pied cell of scanty dimensions in the
| woman's tier of the Tombs prison She has
received every kindness at the hands of the
warden and matron of the prison who have
frequently expressed their great sympathy
| for her and have never lost an opportunity
| to alleviate the hardships of her prison life
what witnesses will be summoned to tes-
tify against the former actress nv the
prosecution is, of course, a profound secret
attorney Rand says he is satisfied with the
STATE OF the prosecutions case, and declares
that the sudden appearance, at the eleventh
hour, or men who claim to have seen Young
shoot himself has strengthened rather than
hurt the peoples case. These witnesses are
John Latour, an ex-convict at present CON
nned IN the city prison awaiting sentence
and Milton w. Hazleton of Oneonta n
Latour is hye-time convict and LITTLE
credence Is given his story by the district
attorney. Hazleton is a wealthy retired
merchant, highly esteemed by prominent
business men in Oneonta and New York
HaZleton Is even more emphatic than La
tour IN his statement that Young was a
suicide. He was croSs-uuestioned nv
Rand for fully two hours, but his story
was not shaken. The old merchants testi-
| mony will in part corroborate the state
ment of Latour
Latour has red hair He is willing TO
| take the stand in Miss Patterson's behalf
and swear that he jumped on the cab
step and directed the young actress to a
nearby drug store. In statement made
to Coroner Brown shortly after her ar
rest, Nan Patterson spoke of a "red-head-
ed man who came to her assistance
Basis Of Prosecutions Case.
The case of the prosecution is based to
great degree on single proposition:
If Caesar Young committed suicide
by shooting himself in the left side how
is it that the pistol was. found in his
right-hand coat pocket?
The, fatal nature of the wound pre-
cludfs beyond all reasonable doubt the
possibility of the dead man having put
the weapon there himself
In connection with this, the prosecu-
ton will ATTEMPT to show that Caesar"