The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-02
LAST SCENES
 IN THE TRIAL Within Few Hours Nan Will Know Her Fate. CLOSING SPEECH TODAY Levy'S Argument In Behalf
 Of Accused. Attorney for Defense Declares FIoro- dora Girl GuiItIess of Staying
 Caesar Young, Mur-
 dered BookmaIker.


 can be no manslaughter about 1t. Tnere should be no compromise verdict She is either guilty of murder in the nrst degree or not at all.
 with these words Abraham Levy counsel for Nan Patterson, brought to a close this afternoon his five-hour ar gument in defense of the former chorus girl charged with the murder of Caesar Young.
 During the long argument Miss Fat terson faced the jury unfiinchingiy. The court room was crowded, most or the attendants being women, Wno struggled to get a look at the detend- ant. At one time during the arter noon he judge was compelled 10 stop MT. Levy while court ofncers expeileu from the room some women who per sisted in discussing the case In audipie tones to the annoyance of all present.
 MT. Levy reviewed all the testimony in detail and declared not word had been introduced which showed any pur- pose on the part of Miss Patterson or her brother n-law and sister. MT. ana Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, to threaten the life of Caesar Young. The suicide tne- ory was. strictly emphasized by Mir Levy. who contended that the powder stains on Young's fingers proved he had shot himself. MT. Levy secuted the idea that girl would be apIe to make such an. assault upon a traineo athlete like Young He also ridiculed the idea that Miss Patterson should have chosen a crowded public street as A place for murder when she had so many opportunities to attack Young where there would have been little danger of detection.
 Assistant District Attorney Rand will close for the people and 1t is possible the case will go to the jury tomorrow afternoon.
 The Closing Scenes.
 Nan Patterson will probably know her fate within a few hours. Today there remained only the closing scenes in the trial to be enacted. That there would besno defense already had been announcd before the court reconvened today Her counsel were satisfied that the State had failed signally in It's ef- fort to prove that the former show girl murdered Caesar Young, her lover' they said, and were content to stand or fall on the evidence that had been sub mItted. The defendant agreed fully with her attorneys and expressed the firmest faith that her troubles were rapidly nearing an end.
 'T feel that I have spent my last Sunday in the Tombs," she said today while making ready to go to court. Tomorrow I will go home"
 When the trial was resumed today Mir. Levy formally announced that the defense would rest on the States case and then began his closing argument for the prisoner.
 MT Levy warned the jury that cir cumstantial evidence must be consid- cred with the greatest care, as any judgment they might make could not restore the life that had been taken.
 "A circumstantial case carriers with 1t the necessary part of the prosecution to live up to the very letter of the law" said he. What I have to fear is that you will be fascinated by the blandishments of my opponent who may seek to blind you to the evidence. He has the right to avail himself of any tactics. but if I were district att torney I would not use the mighty power of my position to resort to un- fair methods to send any girl to her death. He should have been fair with this defenseless girl. and he should also have been fair with you, who lean on him for guidance and not misguid- ance.
 q must call your attention to the pawn ticket. MT. Rand sought to de- Jude you that they were dated June 3, when as a matter of fact. they bore date of October.
 Unfair Tactics Alleged.
 T had them put in evidence so as to show you as an object lesson the un- fair tactics resorted to by the prosecu- tor. He has also told you about the S5O,O00 which he says was lavished by Young on the defendant when he knew the case was barren of evidence Of any money excepting $500"
 MT. Levy declared that the prosecu- tion had failed to prove that J. Morgan Smith bought the pistol and also had failed to prove a motive for the deed.
 snA hn pnffarCnn was a victim of her own weaknesses, and the blandishments of Caesar Young. It was admitted that she was the mistress of Young, he said, but be- fore that she had been true to her hus- band and she was as loyal to Young as if she truly had been his wife. Young was the master, she the weak ling. He would have the jury not ac- cept the letter written to Leslie Cog gins as showing that she was disloyal to Young The letter was not dated and the only way to fix the time 1t was written was to go back when MISS Patterson was in a California hospital. That he said, was two and one-half years ago, before Caesar Young came into her life. It had been shown by the prosecution, he said, that Young saw the Coggins' letter last May, but there are at least three letters in this case which were written by Young to  Miss Patterson after that time. He asked the jury to read them and to determine whether they were written to a woman whom the writer wished to get away from.
 "These letters were signed all love, said he, "and in them we have voice from the dead indicating that the mar ried man was pursuing this girl instead of she pursuing him"
 Witnesses Discussed.
 MT. Levy then took up the witnesses one by one after classifying them under three heads--official. interested and dis interested He called attention to what he termed discrepancies in the testimony of Policeman Junior and William Stemm. who he said saw prac- tically the same things, but in dif- ferent way.
 A MT. Levy insisted that the testimony df all the witnesses who told of scenes dlrectly affected those of Young point e8 10 the innocence of the defendant sne was overcome with grief at the 1 ashth of the man she loved. If this