Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-27
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how howailed his abSenre and declared

ucrrii them 20 put II tNiueHce winch
would result in CONVICTION beyond Il
do1bt Failure to reach an agreement
at that trial they professed to believe
was almost entirely due to the fact that
smith had not been found. Through all
the months a ceaseless search for the
missing witness was prosecuted ana fin
| ally, just before the siri was again to
| face her accusels smith and his wife
we're tracked TO Cincinnati. arrested as
| fugitives from ju-ri-r and brought
| back to New York ostr1Gihly to answer
to charge of conspiracy il connection
with the Patterson case.
II is said that nearly go $50 was spent
| by the district attorneys department
| in the search for the Smiths and il is
believed that the real reason for bring
| i'll. hirr back 10 Nv YORK was that
Smith might be ,o1fro lt",! With stern
III" r.i"nhro'lr" who sofa he revolver
with which Young was siot.
The prosecution claims that the revolt
Yer vas purchased FROM stern by ].
Morgan Smith less thil y hou:S befor-
the tragedy in the -. This is fatty
denied by the DIX fence. and at the las;
trial. Mr.. Levy. Miss Pattcrson's coun-
| sci. told Ii" i'lrv .ir1t he wished To
Cod il YVES within III. power Of the de-
ten 10 produce this witness Smith"
s't""u the piwnnrokcr already has con-
| front";l Smith since II" latter WAS
bi"noi.t back - New York. a prisoner.
Whether he WAS able 10 ii, nifty him as
the purchaser has 70! been made known
to the public. The only iAtimation to
this Point which was given by tn"
! pa wnbioker himself was not conclusive.
Before going to the room where he
was To meet the returned witness Stem
said he was not sure ,hat he could iden-
| tify Smith positively. When he came
ont a few minutes later lie remarked:
| What said still Son..' Since thai
| time he has declined 20 make any state
| mont whatever regarding the case.
| Tile skeleton which played prom
| incEt II part in yesterdays proceedings
| was still dangling beside the witness
chair Wien Miss Patterson came into
court. today. II was quickly removed
| b. order of Recorder Golf however
| The first witness. today. was Il rep
| rrse1tative of Il wcl-known arms man.
| ufncturing company. who identified
| the revolver which has figured in the
case as Il weapon made by his COM
! pany. He was followed by DR.. Charles
| Phelps. Of the board Of police surgeons.
an expert on pistol shot wounds.
! The prosecution succeeded through
| Dir. pht bps testimony in getting in
| some Evidence which was ruled out by
Supreme Court Justice Davis at the
! last trial. The witness had told of eX-
periIlcntS h. had made with the weap-
1 on which is alleged to have caused
| GoungS death after Recorder Golf had
ovelrued NJ. LeVys objections and
| then produced pieces Of cloth which he
! h:IG also used in the tests. These sam
pies We're similar to the fabric of which
| ouns's coat Mas made and the Wit
| hess had fired experimental shots
| through them. The witness then OK
| plain "a the difference III the characte"
| of the burns made on the cloth when
| the muZzle of the revolver was in con-
| tact with the fabric and when it
| held some distance away. when dis
| charged. Dr.. Phelps said that after an
| examination CT YOuiiS'5 coat he had
| reached the conclusion that tho nluZZlr
| Of the revolver was held not less than
| three nor more than i've inches away
| from the garment when the shot was
| fired.
John Crowley. = Harlem cab driver
| testified that early i'll the morning of
June 4. En saw the defendant, Young
and William Luce Al Eighth avenue
| and 18th street. Young wanted her to
! get into the cab. and upon her hesitat
Ing he pushed her in and directed
| Crowley to drive to the st. Paul Hotel.
| On the way Crowley looked into the
cab and saw the girl crying. Under
| n.tt
slapped tie girls face when he pushed
her into tn, cab and said he would
knock her head off. Young was drunk.
| Another cab driver told of driving
Voting aud Luce to the lattcr's home
after the girl had left in CrCwlcS's cab.
| Ada Patterson. IL witness who had
! not made her appearance in the case
before WAS next called. She described
| herself u Il writer and said that last
July she visited Nan Patterson in the
| TOGlbG in response to Il written invi-
| tdtior from the prisoner. She was not
| pei mitted to tell any of the details of
| the talk in The city prison. but the let
| ter which she produced WAS Identified
as Nan Patterson's handwriting and
| was accepted as a standard for the
| handwriting experts.
| David y. tdrVilnO, an expert Oh
| handwriting. then examined several
| letters and after comparing them WilE
the standard said that in his opinion
all We're written by the same person.
The letters were marked for identiTi-
cation and We're not read.
Joseph Hewitt. Jr.. q neWsboy, de-
Scr.b"d the scenes he witnessed in
| front of Il cafe in Columbus Circle on
| the evening before Young was Killed
| He said he saw Miss Patterson come
| from the door of the cafe with man.
They We're quarrelling and rs the man
put the woman in the cab the witness
heard the man say: you'll have to do
il. The woman replied: Il won |.
Whercunon the man slapped her lace
| ana pushed her into the cab.
| AS Hewitt took the stand. j. Morgan
| Smith was brought into the courtroom
and given Il seat among the spectators.
| When Mr. Rand asked the boy to icok
around and sec if he could pick ou'
the man he saw with Miss Patterson
| Mr.. Levy objected TO the identiiicatioH
being mad" in that way and t"ia re-