Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-28
AGREED TO WE'D NAN.
Miss Patterson's Sister Says Young
Promised to Get Divorce.

PROMISED TO OCt DtVOrCe.
New York. April 2S.--Mrs. Margaret
Young and Mrs. Julia Smith both tes-
titled at the trial of Nan Patterson for
the murder of Caesar Young. The
widow of the bookmaker was dressed
in deep mourning and the show girl,
after looking once at the witness, kept
her gaze averted. Mrs. Young tes-
titled at the previous trials, and the
testimony she gave yesterday was sim
| liar to that on the other occasions.
Julia Smith, however under
searching ss-examination by Mr..
| Rand, who surprised the defense by
| calling her. gave testimony of q sem
sational character. She swore that for
a year she had understood that Gaze
| sar" Young was to marry her sister,
MAN Eliza" as she called her,
as soon as he could obtain divorce
| from his wife.
| MIR. Young himself told me in Cali
| fornia in April, 1903, that proceedings
| in his divorce case had been begun"
! she declared. "and that he would mar
| ry Nan Eliza as soon as he was free.
Nan told me repeatedly that she eN-
pected to marry Young"
| 1t was not until the night of May
2. last year, according to the witness,
that Leslie Coggins former sweet
heart of Nan informed Mrs. Smith
Young had no intention of marrying
Nan, being influenced by his wife and
| his partner, John Millin.
| When Nan heard of this she became
hysterical and SO perturbed that Mrs.
NIilburn, another sister, who came on
i "a har Voc inc of &c
juncture expressed the fear that Nan
would do herself or Caesar" Young
| some harm. Her fears were apparent
| ly quoted, however, when Young call
| ed and told her not to mind Coggins'
story.
Mrs. Young said that Young had
never carried a revolver and that one
which his partner had given her lay in
| an open suit case in his room on the
morning he was killed. This revolver
went to Europe with the Youngs' lug
gage. She searched her husbands
clothing on the morning of his death
for money with which to pay an ex-
| pressman she said, and he had no re-
tolver in them.
At the afternoon session Recorder
Goff refused to allow in evidence the
letter Julia Smith wrote to Caesar
| Young, in which she said that Nan
was frantic" The letter was admitted
at the previous trial. The conspiracy
charge against the Smiths was based
on this letter.
| Another letter, however. was allowed
in evidence. 1t was written by Nan
| Patterson to Leslie Coggins in San
Francisco while Nan was in hospital
there. 1t was full of endearing terms
| Would Show Girl Disloyal.
The prosecution expects to show by
the letter that the chorus girl was dis
loyal to Young while protesting indy
ing love for him. The letter was as
follows:
i Dearest: was afraid you had
forgotten all about your little girl. ]
am feeling fine and dandy tonight. Gee!
Hun! l am going home to-
morrow. What do you think Of that
Y. is coming up tomorrow morning
I'll bet l have lot more to tell you
than you have to tell me. I will bring
you up to my room tomorrow night
If you will tell me where to meet you
am going to give party tonight TIC
a lot Of nurses who have been more
4 than good to me. Write me long
note dearest, for that will help me tc
cheer up so. With love and kisses
your own ,CRYBABY."
Up. S.-If you walk on the other side
of the street can see you from ms
little window, but don't tell anybody
Be good and do as mother says. C. B.
When court adjourned Mr.. Ram
stated that he had practically finished
with his examination Of the witness.