The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-10
MEYERS STORY
A Jacksonville Man, in New York,
Saw the Scuffle in the Cab and He
Witnessed the Killing OF Young
He Stated That Young Himself
Held the Revolver Which Fired the
Fatal Shot-He Describes Another
Man Who Was a Witness to the
Occurrence-MrS. Patterson Re
manded to the Tombs.

New York, June S.-Justice Clark,
of the Supreme court, to-day denied
the writ Of habeas corpus for the re-
lease of Mrs. Nan Patterson, who Is
held in connection with the mysteri-
Gus shooting of Caesar Young, the
well known bookmaker and turfman.
Mrs. Patterson was remanded to the
Tombs prison. where she has been
confined since Young was shot to
death in a cab, while he was driving
to a steamship pier with the young
woman, where he was to sail for
Europe.
The case took a new turn to-day
when Algernon c. Meyer, of 253 E.
Second street, Jacksonville, Florida,
publicly announced that he was a
witness to the killing of Young, and
stated that Young himself held the
revolver which fired the fatal shot.
sentative of a newspaper, but later in
the day, Meyer went to the district
attorneys office and was subject to
an extended examination. His state
ment was taken in full by an official
stenographer.
According to Meyer, the shooting of
Young apeared to be accidental. Mrs.
Patterson was struggling with Young,
who had the revolver in his right
hand, and his right arm was around
her neck. To Meyer it appeared as
though Mrs. Patterson was trying to
push Young away from her, or per-
haps to take the revolver away from
him. According to the policeman who
first reached the cab, Mrs. Patterson
sat at the left Of Young.
Meyer says there was another wit
ness To the tragedy. This was a man
about five feet, eight inches tall, at
tired in a dark suit and wearing a
straw hat. He had a small black
| moustache. This man, who was di-
rectly opposite the cab when the
story told by Meyer, jumped upon
the step of the cab and rode there
a short distance. Meyer says he
thinks the man talked to the woman
in the cab.
According to the story told by
Broadway Saturday morning, when
his attention was attracted to a han
som cab coming down the street. As
he looked, the occupants-a man and
a woman-began to scuffle
AS the cab approached me- con-
tinued Meyer, "I saw that the man
had a gun in his right hand. Hia
right arm was around her neck and
the hand was about on a level with
her head. At first 1 thought he was
trying to put the nistol to her head
Right in front of me, the tall man
with the black moustache was walk.
ing, and I saw him stop and look al
the scene of the cab.
Il could see the CLINT Of the pisto
barrel, and all at once I heard the
report and saw a little smoke f1oat
up. The driver did not stop the cab
The hand with the gun in 1t dropped
down the girls back and she lodged
| away. Then the man in the cab fel
| over. This was just before the cal
passed me, and just as the man ahead
| OF me had run out and jumped III
on the step.
Il turned and watched the cab ge
down the street. Then I saw it stor
and saw a crowd begin to gather.
| did not want to get mixed up in the
| case and kept from the crowd
had a reason for not wanting to b.
| mixed in the affair, but when
bought the newspapers Saturday
| afternoon and saw that the case look
| ed bad for the woman, 1 determined
to speak If it became necessary
| L had never heard the name O.
Caesar Young nor that Of Nan Pat
| terson before"