Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-26

with the weapon which is alleged to have
caused Houng's death after Recorder Goff
had overruled Mr.. LEWIS objections, and
then produced pieces of cloth which he also
had used in the tests. These samples were
similar to the fabric of which Young's coat
was made, and the witness had fired ex-
pertmental shots through them.
DR.. Phelps said that after an eXamina-
ton of Young's coat he had reached the
conclusion that the muzzle of the revolver
was held not less than three nor more than
five Inches away from the garment when
the shot was fired. The pieces of cloth
which Mr. Rand said were offered for
Illustration only were handed to the
Jurors for comparison with the burns on
Young's coat. DR.. Phelps explained IN
detail the difference shown by the sam
pies. The pieces against which the re-
volver had been held showed consider
able scorching around the perforations
made by the bullet. while those from winch
the revolver had been held from three to
five inches showed smaller area OF scorch-
ing and less smudge, corresponding close
~ TO the burns on Young's coat. The wit
ness was not cross-examined.
John Crowley. a Harlem cab driver. tes-
titled that early in the morning of June I
he saw the defendant. Young, and William
Luce at Sth avenue and 125th street. Young
walted her to get into the cab. and upon
her hesitating he pushed her In, and di-
rscted Crowley to drive to the st. Paul
Hotel on the way Crowley looked into me
cab and saw the girl was crying. Under
cfoss-eNamination witness said Young slap
ned the girls face when he pushed her
into the cab. and said he would knock her
head off. Young was drunk. Another cab
driver told of driving Young and Luce 20
the latter's home after the girl had left IN
Crowley's cab.
Expert Handwriting Testimony.
Expert testimony on handwriting was
Introduced when letter written by Nan
Patterson to Ada Patterson, who described
herself as a writer. was accepted as a
standard The letter was an invitation to
call on Miss Patterson in the Tombs.
David n. Carvalho. an expert on hand
writing, then examined several letters, ana
after comparing them with the standard
said that in his opinion all were written by
the same person.
Joseph Hewitt. jr., newsboy, described
a scene which he said he witnessed in front
of cafe in Columbus circle on the even
ing before Young was killed. He said he
saw Miss Patterson come from the door
with a man. They We're quarrelng and
the man put the woman in a cab the wit
ness heard the man say, You'll have to do
it, The woman replied, Il won't" Where
upon the man slapped her face and pushed
her into the cab.
Smith Brought Into Court.
As Hewitt took the stand J. Morgan
Smith was brought into the court room
and given seat among the spectators.
When Mr.. Rand asked the boy to look
around and see if he could pick out the
he saw with Miss Patterson, Mr. Levy OBJ
jeeted to the identification being made in
that way and told Recorder Golf that Hew-
lit was shown Smith at the time of the lat
ter's arraignment before Judge Foster sew
eral days ago. Smith was then brought
to the bar and the boy positively identified
him.
Hes learned his lesson WELL" remarked
Smith, as he was led back to the tombs.