Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-18
NAN IN WASHINGTON.
Seems to Like Publicity as Well Now
as When on the STAGE.

Seems to Like Publicity as Well Now
as When on the Stage.
Washington, D. G., May 16.-(Spe-
ciaD Washington, where there is
no distance to lend enchantment to
the VIEW" there is beginning to be a
great revulsion of feeling in regard to
Nan Patterson, the Florodora girl who
was recently released from Jail in New
York, after three Intellectual attempts
to convict her of the murder of
Caesar Young, the bookmaker.
The foolish actions of the sensation
loving populace has begun to arouse
considerable discussion tinged with in
dlgnation. Although Nan arrived in
Washington early in the morning there
were several hundred people on hand
to see her, ten times as many Is
greeted the President two days before.
When she alighted from the train there
were cheers and demonstration that
would have done we'll for the return of
a conquering military hero. Nan was
careful to treat all the newspaper men
with great kindness and consideration,
though she had previously remarked
(when in jaiD that she longed for the
obscurity Of her fathers little home.
Disregards Her Own Advice.
Mans public interviews were prolific
with good thoughts about how her ex-
perience should be lesson to all
young girls who longed for the excite
ment of Broadway II can't imagine
how ever left my good home" she
said. 81 am perfectly happy to be in
my mothers arms again and nothing
can ever separate me from her apron
strings" Her actions during the first
evening after here return, however, did
not indicate that her repentance was
very sincere. Accompanied by her sis
ter and ]. Morgan Smith and another
man, Nan made the rounds of all the
most prominent and public cafes,
where the party partook Of consider
able refreshment of various sorts and
gradually became very gay and much
observed party.
The discussion which has been
aroused is not tinged so much with Gen.
sure for the girl as with pity for the
weak character she displays and fear
for the effect which may result from
the abnormal interest which the whole
unattractive affair has aroused.
Although Nan says that she Graves
privacy 1t is generally understood that
she is only awaiting the best offer
possible to get on the stage. In fact,
this is believed to, be the only thing
left for her to do and the terms of an
agreement between her and her law
yer. That she had no money and her
family has no money to pay for the ex-
penses of her trial is we'll known and
Is fho% tc 10 I,n
paid out of Mans first earnings behind
abnormal state of public interest at
present is shown by the fact that Nan
is now earning good weekly stipend
by receiving salary from a large
New York newspaper to allow that pa
per to have the exclusive privilege Of
reporting her daily movements. The
only way that j. Morgan Smith, Mans
brother-in-law got out of Jail, was
through Nan turning over to him a
check for $500 which she received
from a New York newspaper for a
signed statement the morning after her
release. Smith was fined $3.50 for
evading a summons to appear in court
and would have had to remain in Jail
if Nan had not put up the money.
Has Had several OnerS.
1t is stated that Nan has several Of
fers of from $500 to $1,5O0 per week
to go on the stage and her lawyer and
her friends are trying their best to
keep her quiet and keep" the public
sympathy toward her at fever heat SO
as to draw large houses when she fl
nally appears.
That Nan will not stay in Washing
ton long is a foregone conclusion. Her
father is real estate and insurance
dealer in very moderate circumstances
and there is nothing to attract her
here except the quiet home life she
talked of while in Jail. She says she
is going to the seashore as soon as
possible In the meantime she is seen
on the streets of Washington every
day and seems to have variety of
new clothes. She has many friends
here who knew her as a. girl and is
always accompanied by group of
men and women. 1t is plainly evident
that the poor girl, after her months
of lonely imprisonment, is starved for
excitement.
The whole affair is most interest
ing problem to the student Of sociol.
ogy. Nan has all kinds of queer Wis
itors and her mail averages over fifty
letters a day. Hundreds of ambitious
playwrights have submitted manu-
scripts of plays to her. One she has
received has four acts and eleven
scenes. In one of the latter, Nan and
Caesar Young are shown riding in a
rapidly moving cab worked on the
same principle as the chariot race
After few moments Young is plainly
seen to shoot himself The other acts
carry out the remainder of the real
story and finally Nan marries wealthy
westerner and Elves happy ever after.
ward" doing good to her sisterhood.
The family have some little appre-
hension because Of an anonymous let
ter which was received saying that
the writer was going to shoot Nan.