The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-25
IN THE CASE AGAINST NAN PAT,
TERsoN-TRlAL MAY BE OVER
IN TWO WEEKS.
BLOWS OF PRosEcu.
TOR CAUSE A SINKING OF
HEART AND COURAGE.
(By Publishers, Press.)

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NEW YORK, April 25.-The forg-
ing of the links of the cEain. Of cir.
cumstantial evidence with which the
State Of New York seeks to convict
Nan Patterson, nowNon trial for the
murder OF Caesar Young. was contin.
ued before Recorder Goff's Court to.
day. necessarily the prosecutor
Yields each link one by one, which
means SO much to the young actress.
The calm unshaken mien of old days
seems to be disappearing under the
sledge hammer blows of the prosecu.
tor, whose persistence has baffled the
defendants counsel.
There is little In the outward ap.
pearance OF Nan Patterson to indicate
her inward emotion, but those who
have followed her through the other
court days have noticed the sup
pressed agitation. Her appearance in
court this morning, a pallid figure,
gowned In somber black. told q story
of night of mental anguish. The
blow that took the. girls courage and
forced an early recess came when
the prosecutor turned and looking at
her counsel, said:
."And the revolver was bought the
day before Young's death at the
pawn shop of Hyman Stern by ].
Morgan Smith," ~.
Nan Patterson almost collapsed
when she returned TO her cell during
recess. Before she came to court
this morning she and her sister, ] Julia
Smith, spent an hour in quiet conver.
sation. The -aotsess--told her father
this morning that she was gratiflel
with the celerity with which the trial
was proceeding. There was no delay
in the taking OF testimony either yes.
terday or today, counsel for the de,
fense rarely making objection to such
exhibits as were accepted in the last
trial. Much of the long cross.exami
nation is eliminated In this trial, and
1t is thought that the case may be
concluded within couple Of weeks
Women Admitted to Court.
The court order to exclude women
from the trial has been revoked, now
that the taking Of testimony has be
gun. Quaint old ladies and bevies o,
sweetly gowned girls swarm il
persistent streams into the crimina
court building and when they coyl,
asked to be admitted to Recorder
Groff's court, the officers, being mere
men have not tile heart TO refuse
them. They sit all day long through
the hours Of droning testimony, mucl
of which they cannot hear in the rea
OF the court room, and idcalize thu
actress and ascribe to her q martyr:
fate, whose sufferings are not Of thi!
earth. But Nan Patterson is onl,
human and much OF the feminine IL
lusion about her was rudely shattered
by Warden Finn, of the Tomb
Prison, who complacently announce,
this morning that Nan and her sis
ter sat UP late last night and aboil
eleven o'clock had most human hun
ger which satisfied itself on pickle,
pigs knuckles. Interest in the cas-
shows no sign of diminution. On th
contrary larger crowds than eve
flock to the building and seek admis
sion to the court room. Over tw
hundred people stood in Frankli
street this morning and awaited TO
nearly an hour to catch fleetin
glimpse of the accused as she .passe
over the bridge Of sighs. Nan Pattel
son wore new silk dress to-day {
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