The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
WHOSE PISTOL Was 1T?
On That Question Hangs the Fate Of
Nan Patterson.

New York, April 25.-Nan Patterson
apparently had fully recovered from her
indispOsitiOn Of yesterday when she ap-
peared in court today for the Continua-
ton of her trial on the charge that she
murdered Caesar Young. There was q
trace of color in her cheeks and she
seemed to be in excellent spirits when
she entered the court room and took
seat at the counsel table. The plain
suit which she had worn during this
and previous trials had been discarded
and in its place she wore a black and
white checked dress and round lace
hat with white lining
The revolver with which it is alleged
Young was killed and which 1t IS be
ueved viii figure prominently IN the
prosecutions case made its appearance
as soon as the trial was resumed today
1t had been identified by several Wit
uesses yesterday as the weapon round
in YOung's pocket soon after the trag-
edy and today the line of Identification
was followed down to the time IL was
brought into court 1t is upon its ab4i-
ftv to esta blish the fact that j. NJ
Smith, Mrs. Patterson's brother-in-i W.
purchased the weapon the day pelofe
Young was killed that the prosecution
bases its strongest hope of conviction.
Mr. Rand the prosecuting attorney, IN
his opening address had declared Win
out reservation that he would prove
that Smith purchased the revolver from
FIvman stern. pawnbroker. Abraham
Levy. counsel for the prisoner, however
declared o. positively today that he Is
prepared to show that it would nave
been a physical impossibihty for smith
to have dozen eo-that he was many
miles away from the stern paWnsn15op
at the hour the prosecution claims the
gun was purchased.
After the police officers had Identified
the revolver today Police Captain Den
mis- Sweeney told of q conversation ne
had with Miss Patterson soon after her
arrest She first told him that she had
not seen the revolver but later said that
she had put her hand in Young's pocket
and locked at the weapon ana Jhen
dropped it back into the pocket
Old Stories Repeated.
CAPTAIN Sweeney said Miss Patterson
told him that when she heard the muI-
fed shot she was looking out OF the CAP
window
Did she sneak freely to YOU about
the case2's asked Assistant District At
torney Garvir.
She did
The scenes in West Broadway imme-
diately following the shooting Of Young,
al the drug store. where the cab was
driven a few minutes later and at the
hospital where Young's body finally
was taken were described by witnesses
who had testified at previous Trials
The stories told by them today did NOT
differ in any material point from those
previously related.
William Stemm. Jr a truCkman, who
claims to have been the first person 10
approach the cab after the shot was
cred described the position or Young
and Miss Patterson WREN he climbed
upon the step of the cab and told min
l1tely the events which followed up to
the time YOungs body was taken 70
The oDerating room in the hospital
When he first went to the cab, he SAID
the flaps were open and he saw man
and woman. The man was sitting 20
the right OF the woman who had ms
head in her lap. The woman's face was
pale and she looked frightened and as
If she wanted to cry. She was not cry
ing. however. While the body was ly-
ing in the operating room he said Miss
Patterson came in and threw herSal
down beside it and he heard her say;
'sOh speak to me Frank and tell me
why you have done it?''
Cab Driver Testifes.
Frederick Aichaels. the driver of the
hanson in which Young met his death.
told of the journey which ended when
YOung's Ifeless body was taken into
the hospital. He said that Young and
Miss Patterson hailed him on Columbus
Circle. about o'clock in the morning
of June 4 last and engaged him to
drive to West Fulton street Young
told him to get to West Fulton street
before 8 o'clock. On the way down town
they stopped at a store ana Young got
out and purchased a hat. The next stop
was at a saloon at Blocker street. ard
West Broadway and both the occupants
of the cab went in. They remained
about five minutes and when they came
out the man again told him to be sure
to get to West Fulton street by
o'clock A few minutes later while he
was driving through West broadway he
heard the sound of a shot his horse
was startled and came to a stop.
lIichaels did not look into the cab even
when the woman raised the trap and
told him to drive to a drug store. It
was part of his business not to see
anything that took place inside his cab,
he said. He told the clerk at the drug
store that a man in the cab had been
shot and was ordered to hurry to a
hospital. He did so and waited outside
until a policeman and the woman came
out He then drove them to the police
station.
why did you not look into the cab
when you heard the shot2" asked Juror
Goldstone.
TT was not my place. Suppose / had
looked in and got shot?" replied the
cabman as he left the stand