The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-23
TESTED NERVE OF
NAN PATTERSON
WHEN HUMAN SKELETONS
WE'RE DISPLAYED DURING HER
TRIAL FOR MURDER

Accused Actress Turned Pale and
Asked for n Glass of water-She
Soon RecOvered-TwO Pieces OF
Skin from the Finger of Young
Also In Evidence--Story Told by
Stcmm, Who Proved 20 He the
Star Witness of the Day.
New York, Nov. 22.--Several unusual
features were presented In the Su-
preme Court to-day in the trial of Nan
Patterson for the alleged murder of
Caes Young.
Frederick d. Michaels, the cabman,
described the cab in which Young met
his death. He said that he heard the
sound of pistol shot and that Miss
Patterson opened a trap a moment la
ter and told him to drive to a drug
store, but that he did not look into
the cab. He then told what occurred
up to the time when he reached the
hospital where Young's body was
taken.
During the day skeleton. and two
pieces of skin from Youngs second
finger, were produced i'm court by the
prosecution. The skeleton was shown
in order that the course Of the bullet
that killed Young might be traced.
The state, it is understood expects to
use the pieces of skin in refuting the
suicide theory.
The introduction of these exhibits
caused a sensation in the court room,
and for a time Miss Patterson seemed
on the verge of a collapse
The courtroom was crowded when
the trial was resumed and the corri-
doris of the building were thronged
Several persons were put on the wit
ness stand to testify regarding incl
dents that followed the arrest of Miss
Patterson, and Police Captain Sweeny
identified the revolver, which he said
was found in Young's pocket after the
shooting.
Stemm the Star witness.
William Stemm, Jr., the young man
who directed Michael, the cab driver,
| to the hospital, proved to be the star
witness of the day. He was standing
on the corner of West Broadway and
York street and heard the revolver
shot just after the cab had passed him.
| He was startled and looked up the
! street quickly, trying to locate the
! spot from which the shot was fred.
| There was no one on the opposite side
| of the street, and he concluded that
| the shot must have been fired in the
| cab, which was about twelve feet away
and moving rather slowly.
AS the cab swung around to the drug
store he followed, and saw the driver
talking with the druggist. In the cab
he saw man and a woman, the man
| lying with his head in the woman's
lap. 'The driver seemed to be all
tangled up" said Stemm, 'and 1 rode
on the step of the cab to the hospital
When we reached the hospital / helped
a policeman to carry the man in, and
then helped the woman to alight. She
was frightened and pale; looked as &c
she wanted to cry, but couldn't"
Estimate of n Minute.
| In reply to questions by Mr.. Levy
the witness said that about eight or
nine minutes elapsed from the time he
heard the shot until the cab reached
the drug store. Traffic both ways pre-
vented the cab getting there sooner.
Mr.. Levy had one of the jurors hold
a watch while the witness estimated
one minute of time, marking the be-
SiFiiliS anu tiluiuk ny chipping MS
hands. The Jurors watch showed that
only six seconds elapsed between the
two handclaps.
Stemm said there were several men
around the cab as 1t stood near the
drugstore but he could not recall Sec
ing a red-haired young man referred
TO by Mr.. Levy. He first told of hts
connection with the tragedy the fol-
lowing Saturday. He had heard that
the police were looking for him as a
witness and voluntarily surrendered
himself.
Skeletons brought Forth.
The human skeletons, which fire.
quently have been mentioned in con-
nection with the case, made their first
appearance I'm the court room when
Coroner's Physician Philip O'HanIon
was called to the stand. OHanlon tes-
tilted that he performed the autopsy
on Young's body, and said that death
was caused by hemorrhage of the left
lung, resulting from a shot wound. The
bullet had entered the left shoulder
and passed downward toward the CEN
ter OF the body, lodging In .he muscles
of the back. A probe was asserted in
the skeleton to show the coufse taken
by the bullet. and both the skeleton
and bullet. which the witness identi-
fled as the one taken from Young's
body, were marked as exhibits.
While the skeleton was being exhib-
tied. Miss Patterson turned deathly
white and called for glass OF water
1t was feared that she was going to
faint. but she soon gained control Of
herself.