The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-28

Mrs. Smith parted them all. Nle Shove
no hostility, but wore the same queer smilI
She was continually shifting her eyes fror
Mr.. Rand TO Mr.. Levy. Once Mr.. Ran
accused Mr. Levy Of trying to coach heI
Mr.. Rand stood betweeI the witness an
her sister. The defendant shifted and tTie'
TO see Nan, but Mr.. Rand always SCENE,
20 be 10 the way. Finally he got an answe
mo- 10 the question 4Did you know wha
caused her condition.
What was her condition the next nigh
at the Hotel NavaTrey'
she was intensely excited
In hysterioal oonditionrJI.
..was she pertirbed'' I
In fact, frantic'"
THAT Is a strong word. but I think II
expresses it
XoUEo's ALLEGED PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
DO you know what caused her condition
that nightl' pursued Mr.. Rand
Yes. her proposed marriage to Mr.,
so Young was going to marry herr
Yes, sir.
Had you known that beforo''
You knew that, and you knew that your
dster was being maintained by Young
i did.
What was said about the proposed
MARRIAGE
Il cant renleu Der exactly, but il was 70
the effect that be had every reason TO
believe that she W OulG lie married 10 Young,
but IL had TO be- post )oned. not because
Young wanted IT, but because he couldn't
Young had told Nan Patterson many
times that he would m arIy her, Mn. Smith
said He had told her that be was going
20 be legally separated. from his wife and
marry the chorus Rr. Mrs. smith OBJ
jected to the word divorce, 80 Mr.. Rand
said
Then Young was going to free himself
from Mrs, Young and marry your sister,
Yes, sir"
why had the maIrh ge been postponedY'
Because of difiiculh e. Great influence
had been brought TO b< ar on Young by his
wife and hv his PARTNER. John n. Millr.l
Mrs. Smith insisted that arrangements
had been made for thu marriage in the
spring Of 1908. Nan Patterson was then
getting a divorce FROM her husband.
NO LETTERS or YouNd's ABOUT IT TO SHOW.
Young told me, sail Mrs. Smith, that
divorce proceedings ha J boen begun. He
said that he would get his divorce before
Nan got hers. He wrote me and said that
he was constantly trying 10 get a divorce
Have you got those letters?'
NO; l destroyed them"
How many were UheTe?'
Prom six to ten"
Are you in the habit Of destroying letters F..
that are sent TO you?"
'No; 1 am not in the habit. but some !
NlIutn ~
They were letters from a married man,
who was going TO get a divorce 20 marry your
sister, and yet you destroyed them'H
Yes, sir; l did
And they We're from a man whom you
expected would become member Of your
familyl"
They were"
sYou were friendy' with him and you
called him "Nunc-?
sin TACT ,,ou ovneo,ad .to ,baoorna ri.
extra-legal sister,"
You might say that
morganarc sister, said Mr.. Levy,
and there was a litter at the pun on Smiths
middle name.
Then Mrs. Smith said that her sisters
name was Ann Eliza Patterson and not
Nan Randolph. After thai whenever Mr..
Rand spoke Of the defendant he called
her Ann Eliza. Suddenly he shifted TO
the night Of May at the apartments OF the
Smiths in West SiXty-first street Leslie
Cogkins, Mrs. Smith said, was there at
dinner
sDid Coggins say he brought any news
nom Young?" asked Mr.. Rand.
He "a id that Mr.. Young did not intend
TO marry my sister, He said that Young
said that my sister had misunderstood
my sister on the night Of May at the Hotel
Navarro.
Did you say anything TO your sister
about Young wanting her to marry some
one else?'
mo, ssir"
sid you know that a man named Mathew
Ffmble was expected 10 marry her?'
-Eos sir, / never heard Of him
'HoF did your sister feel when she was
told that Young was not going to marry
'she was even moro wild. She WIS
frantic She didn't believe Cogglns She /
aid she, didn t believe that Cesar Young.
i,,,ssrrose;llfo TO- bir, 20 II, an,-,hfr az /
that she said
Ms. Miburn. came from Washington
With Nan Patterson, Mrs. Smith said, be-
oetlees Miss Patterson was unhappy and
NM. hhbuTn didn't know what she night
Mr. Rand asked Mrs Smith about the
QeAr Nuno" letter She said that the
defendant didn't know about her writing
y; That night Young appeared at the
hight on the heels OF the letter. said I
NJ, Rand. {
That was why he came said Mn.
splfh. MY husband, Mrs. Milbum and
n5seH were at dinner. Mr.. Young stayed ,
d my sisters room for about an hour and
) Half When my sister came out she said {
4 twas all right. They seemed perfectly
Alter that Nan Patterson moved over
10, Ole Imperial Hotel. She had an apart
nf1t In the annex on the FIST floor. Young
1RNed there every day. .
81 CoGoISs ON THE sIDR.
.pid Coggins ever say anything to you !
about Nan Patterson
Yes, Mr.. Coggins told me that he loved =
nyisister and that he wanted TO marry her,
IN she wouldn't marry him.
Referring to the disap pearance Of the
DEFENDANTS gloves after she was arrested.
Nm. Smith was asked II she had taken .,
my clothes from her sister In the Tombs !,
'r II she had signed a receipt for any clothes
Il the Tombs and she said she hadn't. Y
Mrs. Smith was still smiling at the finish. a
Her sisters face WAS flushed and she seemed v
o be troubled.
A letter 10 Coggins, established as being =
n Nan Pdttersons hand, was read 20 the d
ury. II IA supposed 10 have brought b
bout Young's break with the defendant
The letter was shown 20 Young at the Morris
Park racetrBck. Il ia said that Coggins
gave Il to Millin who showed Il 10 Young. s
L was written while the chorus girl was
n hospital In San Francisco. II read:
DBARFsr. Was afraid you had forgotten
III about your little girl | am feeling fine
md dandy tonight, sweetheart. Have been n
- all day long. am going home tomorrow s
lbout O'Clock. What do YOU think OF that :
en't that great. Gee' hum I'm 30 glad 4 a
ant wait for morning TO come tsupposed u
n "a ina DO. -.