The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-12-23

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Patterson not long before the shooting
10 show that his love for her had not
lessened, and that he did not wish to
leave her. The letter written by the
defendants sister, Mrs. ]. Morgan
Smith, which contained an implied
threat against the deceased, he claim
ed it had been proven his client had
never seen. The defense, he declared,
had tried to get the Smiths to testify
and he hinted that they might have
had some scheme of their own in writ
! ing such a letter. Smith he called "a
disreputable husband"
Mr.. Levy recalled the testimony
about the return of Miss Patterson and
Smith from the race track on the af-
ternoon of June 3 to show that neither
Smith nor she could have purchased
the pistol, and later, in referring to
the weapon, he told of visit that had
been paid by William Luce, Young's
brother-in-law to the pavrnship. He
asked If 1t were not possible that Luce
had bought the pistol and given it to
Young. . ..- : "a
AS to motive for murder. Mr. Levy
had the following to say: What ra-
tional motive could she have had for
taking his life? He was her benefac-
tor, her protector, What motive has
the prosecution advanced? A motive
must be proven. Have they establish
ed one?"
Mr.. Levy concluded: will you say
to this woman Go and sin no more
or will you go to the happiness of
your homes having condemned her on
this slight evidence? l do not wish
to appeal to your sympathy but to base
my appeal upon logic. Yet ! cannot
but point to this devoted old man. and
/ ask you to give his child back to
him to take home"
Mr.. Rand, like Mr.. Levy, opened
with a word of praise for the jury He
added that Mr. Levy had appealed to-
the jury's sympathy, but asked them
to distinguish between sympathy and
justice. He said Mr. Levy had run
against "stone wall of unimpeach-
able evidence"
At the opening Of his address Mr.
Rand said If any of the jurors taking
the revolver with which Young was
shot and, holding it with his right
hand. in the direction In which 1t must
have been pointed when the fatal shot
was fired, could operate 1t 90 that a
cartridge might be exploded he would
ask the jury to acquit the defendant.
He said that because of the mechan-
ism of the revolver 1t was impossible
to fire It in that way with the right
hand. The defendant, he said had ad
mitted that at the time the shot was
fred Young's left hand was under
meath him.
Mr.. Rand then attacked the testi-
mony Of Miss Patterson on the stand.
He said that when she denied that she
had shot Young she acted as II some
one had asked her for kiss. Her
declaration that Young told her he was
afraid Mrs. Young would kill hip, the
prosecutor declared to be fajsshood.
After telling it. Mr.. RAND declared.
she was forced to run to cover.
Young. said the prosecutor. had no
plan for suicide He left his wife on
the fatal nprnI1g, Saying that be Wsa
going to get 9 shave apd new hat,
He never came back He had not ppr-
chased a revolver. had none with him,
so far as any evidence had been ad-
| duced.
AS to Miss Patterson's story that the
bookmaler had taken his own life. Mr..
Rand made the following scathing ar
raignment:
They were clever who Invented that
story. and so was she, but X will not
hold. Strong-hearted, cruel mouthed
avenger tiaat she is. her story will not
carry conviction. She is a good ac-
tess. Don't you suppose she was act
ress enough to plan that act OF throw
ing herself across the dead body and
kissing the cold lips?
"Did she explain how the pistol got
In Young's pocket? No. She said
/ she could remember everything up to
the time OF the shooting"
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