The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-23

Of Caesar Young in sporting circles,
and the glamour thrown around the
central figure i'm the case because of
her membership in one OF the famous
'FIorodOra sextettes' al tended to
lend it an interest hardly equalled in
recent years. From tina, world vaguely
defined as sporting" the interest in
the murder i'm the hanson cab. spread
through all circles and the proceedings
Of the trial have been read from coast
40 coast and have held d place on the
first page of the metropolitan press.
Tragedy in the Cab.
With Miss Patterson sitting beside
him, in a cab. Caesar Young was on his
way to a steamship pier where his wife
awaited him to sail with her for
Europe. The trip avowedly was planned
- break his relations with the girl 1t
was early in the morning and but a
few pedestrians were abroad on the
street through which the cab was
hurrying to the Gock. There was a
pistol shot and Young fell forward. his
head in the CHRIS lap. dead with
bullet in his chest. Just what trans
pred iQ the glass enclosed vehicle
probably viii never be known. The
cab man testified he heard report He
NEW nothing more. For some DAYS
an absolute silence prevailed. Then a
flood Of alleged eye witnesses turned
Up. Their stories. however. could not
stand investigation and one after an
other the witnesses were cast aside as
sensation seekers.
One Eye Witness.
Then an old man. Martin Hazleton.
Of Oneonta, came forward. His pro-
kitty was unquestioned. His standing
in his home town was of the best, and
he told what he had seen on that June
morning. He said he saw the man
and woman, their hands clasped and
held face high, then fash, puff of
smoke and the report OF a revolver
broke the stiffness OF the morning. He
was the most important witness placed
on the stand, and the efforts of the
Prosecution TO shake his brief but
vital testimony went for naught
Defendants Testimony.
Then the defendant herself went to
the witness chair and told the whole
story of her relations With Young. II
was a cruel ordeal. but she told il all
in straightforward manner. from the
day she met the man who was TO turn
her life in tragedy's path, to- the fatal
moment in the cab. she said her COM
Panion shot himself. He held both her
wrists with one hand and as she strug-
gled to free herself she heard a re-
volver's report and Young sank into
her lap dead.
This is IN brief the story OF 4 case
tSat has been a three-times nine days
talk in New York. There were many
sensational side lights to it, none of
which were brought out at the trial.
Missing Witness.
One % the strangest Of these is the
missing eye witness. Mr. Hazleton
said that another man stood beside
him and saw tie tragedy. He was a
casual street acquaintance who gave
him a Masonic greeting and whose
name he did not know. He had intro
Guced himself as "a brother from the
Rocky mountains" The unknown has
been searched for far and wide by both
the prosecution and defense. The story
of his presence has been published in
every newspaper in the country, but
he did NOT como forward. even though
human life might have depended
upon his word There were other lines
Of investigation heralded Dy the de-
Tense OF the commonwealth as vital