The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-25
ON VERGE OF A COLLAPSE Nan Patterson Loses Her Former Confidence. THIRD TRIAL IS BEGUN MT. Rand'S Op.ning Address
 Feature of Day. Assistant District Attorney Says He Ex- poets to Prove that Pistol that
 Killed Young was Bought by
 J. Morgan Smith.

der of Caesar Young, began in earnest today before Recorder Gen in the court of general sessions. Confident and al- most smiling in the previous ordeals, the former show girl today was on thu verge of collapse. She became faint at the close of the morning, necessitat- ing a hurried adjournment of the court, but had revived considerably when the afternoon session began.
 The features of the days proceedings was the opening address of Assistant District Attorney Rand, in which he outlined what the prosecuting attorney intended to prove. He declared that Young never carried a pistol and that the government would prove that the revolver that killed Young was bought by J. Morgan Smith, the brother-in- law of Nan Patterson. MT. Rand an- nounced that he would prove by sworn evidence that "during the year Young maintained Nan Patterson he spent $50,O00 on her; that Nan Patterson and the Smiths entered Into the alleged conspiracy to prevent foung rom leaving the country and to avoid cut ting off their enjoyment Of his money.
 For a third time within period or six months Nan Patterson today Sat In Court and listened to Assistant Dis trict Attorney Rand explain to the jury that he, as the public prosecutor, proposed to convince them that she was guilty of the murder of Caesar Young.
 Miss Patterson Faint.
 At the conclusion of Prosecutor Rand's opening statement, Miss Pat terson was taken with sudden faint ness and Recorder Golf ordered re- cess immediately. The defendant re- vived when the court windows were opened and was able to walk unassisted back to her cell in the Tombs.
 That the prosecution has not abau- doned its contention that the revolver with which Young was killed was pur- chased by J. Morgan Smith was shown during MT. Rand's opening argument.
 He challenged the defense to produce the letters, which he said they claimed to have knowledge of. that would show that Young had threatened to commit sufctfe. if he had to give up Miss Patterson. He declared that Young never owned or carried re- volver and made the flat statement the revolver that killed Caesar Young YVES purchased by Joseph Morgan Smith.
 Mir. Rand narrated the events lead ing up to the fatal cab ride and the tragedy itself, described the purchase of the weapon and drew picture of the murder of Caesar Young in the cab.
 q am going to prove by sworn evi- dence fin this case that during the year he maintained Nan Patterson, Caesar Young spent $5O,000 on her. said MT. Rand
 In concluding his address Mr. Rand told of the alleged conspiracy of J. Morgan Smith, his wife and Nan Pat terson to keep Young in thiS country, that they might enjoy his money. and of the threatening letter written by Julia Smith. Mans sister. to Young. In that latter he said were the words, Unless you do see Nan, I cannot an- swer for the consequences" and de- clared, from the moment Young re- ceived that letter he acted like a man marked for slaughter
 Treated by Physician.
 Miss Patterson was treated by the Tombs physician during the long re, cess and when the trial was resumed she appeared to have fully recovered from the attack.
 The photographer and architect who had prepared the plans of the cab in which Young was killed, identified and briefly explained their contributions to the case, and Policeman w. J. Junior then took the stand. It was Junior who ran to the cab in West Broadway soon after Young was shot and direct ed the cab driver to hurry to a hos pital His story was a repetition of that which he twice had told before.
 J. Morgan Smith and his wife, whose names have figured prominently in the case, made their first appearance in court this afternoon.
 Warden J. Edmund Quinn. who took Miss Patterson from the hospital to the police station, followed Junior on the stand and told of his connection with the affair. When he referred to J. Morgan Smith in the course of his tes- timony, Mir Rand asked that the Smiths be brought in that Quinn might have a chance to identify them. They are now prisoners in the Tombs on conspiracy charge in connection with the Patterson case. The witness iden- tified them and they were sent back to prison.
 Quinn said that Miss Patterson was in a hysterical condition on the trip from the hospital to the station house but that she became cool and collected when the station was reached. She had been there only a few minutes when Smith came In. He went over to Miss Patterson, shook her hand sat down beside her. When she told him that Young was dead. he changed color and gasped.
 The witness said that on the trip from the hospital Miss Patterson told him that she had nothing to live for. now that Young was dead and begged him to kill her with his club. She told him that Young had no reason to kill himself, but that he had every thing to live for
 After several other police officials testified regarding happenings in the police station soon after Miss Patterson was brought there, court adjourned until tomorrow.