The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-03
WOMAN IS GUILTY,SAYS RAND.
THE NAN PATTERSON JURY 10
HAVE IT'S SAY TO-DAY,
Court building M0bbed BY those Who
sought to Hear Prisoner Denounced
TO Her Face - = AIurderSss-Y OunS's
widow Listens, IN COncea lment.

Nan Patterson should know her fate
tonight. The last word OF the prosecution,
that BoohmRker Cesar Young could not
have killed himself and that therefore she
must have killed him, was said by Assistant
District Attorney Rand az O'Clock last
night Recorder Goa win charge the jury
this morning, and 1t Is probable that by
noon, OF soon after, the Jury will get the
case.
II at the last trial Nan Patterson had
| TO listen to a number Of reasons why it
| must have been she that killed Young, they
were mild in comparison 20 the arguments
advanced by Mr.. Rand in Eve hour speech
| yesterday The silence Of no defense, he
said. was an admission Of guilt. IL was
| perfectly plain that j. Morgan Smith had
! bought, in a pawnshop he was familiar with.
| the pistol with which Young was killed.
| II he hadn't why was he not called IA a
witness 10 deny It? The pistol was adj
| mittedly bought on June 3, the day before
/ the murder. Young coul mt have bought
! Il that day and Nan Patterson or her agent
must have bought II.
Quoting from the testimony Of the pri'-
| oner at the last trial Mr.. Rand said that
her sister, Julia Smith. had made her out
a liar. That was why she hadn't 6nred
I
Mrs. Smith been a witness at the last trial.
when she knew her sister was facing
charge Of mur5ert
Why did Young telephone on the morn
ing Of June to the girl with whom he had
broken Of relations? Because he wanted
to get back his love letters which he had
demanded a month before aud which he
hadn't got She had those letters, for Mrs.
Smith her sister, had testified to sending
them to the prisoners counsel after Young
bad been killed. Young knew she had them,
and he wanted them.
But the principal reason he sent for
Nan Patterson that morning was because
he wanted to prevent a scene at the dock.
Nan Patterson had threatened 10 be there
and prevent him from sailing. Young
knew what she was when she was frantic
and he didn't want her 20 worry his wife
with whom he had been reunited. Bit
by bit MIR. Rand pieced together the events
from the time Young telephoned 10 Nan
Patterson until within five minutes ofhis
death.
SPECIMENS FROM MR. RAND.
and what happened thsnl' he said.
walking up and down In front Of the jury.
The harvest Of the seed he had sown had
!
was Death.
sAnd what was in Nan Patterson's mind
then? We know the frantic condition
that the thought Of separation from Young
had put her into-her own sister has told
us. One call she heard again and again:
You have lost, Nan; you have lost. The
wife has won; the mistress has lost. No
more riot. Cesar is going back 20 bis
first love, Nan; back 10 his loyal love- Nan,
YOU have lost your rival has triumphed.
Cesar is going back TO the woman who
has saved his money, who adorned MS
home. Caesar Is going back 10 the woman
he has sworn 10 love, honor and cherish
Then she saw rcd The murder in her
heart had famed into action, and she shot
and killed. little crack, pun OF smoke,
a dead man PROSTATE on woman's lap.
The wages Of sin were paidl'
Mr.. Rand had shuddered he said, when
the prisoners counsel called on the jury
either to convict Of murder in the first
degree or TO aoauit. He had hoped at the
beginning Of the trial that the prisoner
would offer some reasonable explanation,
such as that Young had been killed In a
struggle to get the pistol while she was
trying TO kill herself at the thought OF part
ing from him.
Nan Patterson's face was pallid and
women were weeping as Mr.. Rand came to
his peroration. II there was a reasonable
doubt that the prisoner had killed Young.
turn her loose, he said.
But, II you cannot, remember that 10
is not the woman who Ia on trial Il il
the community represented by you that
Is on trial Either you must say that human
life is under the protection OF the law,
or that the law can be defeated 10y gush
and sensation. One thing a man does not
want his conscience TO whisper to him is
! Thou art a cowardr Take counsel not OF
your wishes, but Of your duties. Be not
led by the defense, whose silence IL a oon-
fession Of guilt. Be loyal to the truth-ths
same Yesterday, to-day, tomorrow, eternal
as the kingdom Of Cod
Mr.. Rand had finished. Nan Patterson
seemed about TO collapse. but with an
effort she gathered her strength and went.
all trace Of the swinging kangaroo walk
gone, across the Bridge Of Signs to the
! Tombs. Those who have watched her
CLOSELY sinCs she was arrested ten months
ago, said that she had never looked worse.
CROWD NoBs THE BUILDING.
4 fighting, riotous mob attacked the
Criminal Courts Building 10 hear Mr. Rand
sum UP. Police drove men and women out
Of the corridors 10 the street Unls ss you
were on friendly terms with Sergt. De-
laney, who was In charge Of the polioe, or
Chat Clerk Carroll Of General Sessions,
your chances Of getting in were poor.
Some got in by the Judge's chambers,
Others who had business In the court, in
Guiding Jurors, struggled until rescue
parties Of court of8cers were sent out
70 bring them In. Women with babes In
arms fought TO got in Behind the jury
box, concealed from the courtroom crowd,
sat Mrs- Margaret Young, widow Of Cesar
Young.
| BAND pETESSDs HnfsELT.
AZ the start Mr.. Rand pitched into Mr..
Levy for accusing him Of being unfair.
Mr.. Levy, or Levy as Mr.. Rand called
him 'spolCe not what he thought, but p
real and heat because Of lost and rotted
oausA II painted the bare face Of truth
with any pestilent cosmetic 10 punish
| for any crime, no matter how small. de-
PENDANT, much more a woman you would