Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08
Talks TOO MUCH.
CLAIMED HIS INDIscREET SPEECH
HURTS NAN PATTERsoN's CASE.
Brother-in-Law Has Unwittingly
Helped to Close Net About
His Sister-in-Law.

A dispatch from New York says that Nan
Patterson is learning the truth of the
adage. "A rash friend is worse than foe"
j. Morgan Smith, it was disclosed last
night, has unwittingly helped to close the
net about his sister-in-law, accused of the
murder of Bookmaker Caesar Young.
Smith and his wife. now awaiting extra
dition in Cincinnati, will figure largely in
Nan Pattersons trial, whether or not Smith
makes confession, as the district attor-
ney's office hopes he will.
This is where agents of Mr. Jerome have
scored: The movements of the Smiths have
been traced from the time they left New
York until their arrest. Smith, though trav-
cling under an assumed name could not re-
strain his talkative disposition, and in no.
tells and other places is said to have dis
cussed the Patterson Young case freely.
Information which has been obtained by
Mr.. Jeromes agents throw new light on
the tragedy in the cab on June last, and
Will be of great value to Mr.. Rand in the
cross-eXaminatfon of Nan Patterson and of
the Smiths If they called as witnesses
for the defense.
- New Theory for Defense.
On the other hand, Levy & Unger have
not been idle. They will urge as a part of
the defense that Young was of a suicidal
here from the west and south who knew
Young for a long time. They will give in
stances, located in different places, of
threats made by Young to take his life and
of actual attempts at suicide. s
These facts will be offered in evidence If
the court will admit them, to sustain the
contention of the defense that Caesar Young
was in the depths of dependency when he
last met Nan Patterson. He had been
drinking all night, had quarreled with the
girl and was unable to provide for her
financially This line of defense has been
carefully worked up. and it is said the mis-
sion of Lawyer Levy, who is in the south,
is to secure certain witnesses.
J. Randolph Patterson, the father of the
girl, was before the grand jury yesterday,
for a short time and examined some of the
letters found in the trunk of J. Morgan
Smith. Mr.. Patterson, it is understood, has
been assured that no action is contemplated
against him.
Postponement Probable.
Though the trial of Nan Patterson is def
nitely fixed for next Monday, and nothing
has been done thus far looking toward post
ponement, no subpoenas have been issued
for witnesses. While the witnesses can be
called next week, it is understood that when
the case is called an application will be
made for short adjournment pending the
decision in the habeas corpus proceedings in
the Smith case.
When Mr.. Rand presents the case to the
jury in his opening address, outlining the
case, the motive for the killing of Caesar
Young, which was obscure at the last trial,
will be clearly defined. 1t is understood that
the Smiths will figure as a part of the
motive, and the purpose of buying a re-
volver the day before the shooting will be
made clear.
Levy & Unger claim that Nan Patterson
and her immediate relatives are pennless
For this reason the defense is hampered.
Some of the witnesses who came from a
distance to aid in the defense of the woman
will not be called owing to the expense and
cannot be used unless they volunteer their
services. The defendants lawyers say they
are working without fee.
The Smiths will be taken before Judge
Leanders in the court of common pleas at
Cincinnati on Monday, and it is expected an
immediate decision will be given in the
habeas corpus proceedings, and it is ex-
pected tie Smiths will leave with Detective
Sergeant Mcknight and Mr.. Caravan. on
Tuesday unless they file appeal.