Evening journal., 1905-04-26
.[VIDE ME- AGllNST
NAL PATTERSON
Coroner's Physician Changes
Opinion That Young
Killed Himself
SKELETON WAS SHOWN IN COURT

Now York April 26-Perhaps the
most interesting development in the
testimony in the trial of Nan Patter-
son, charged with the murder of
Caesar Young. came when Coroner's
Physician OHanlon took the witness
stand for the prosecution and said in
reply to questions that he had changed
his opinion that Young had committed
suicide.
Dr. OHanlon performed the autopsy
on Young's body In his testimony he
said MY present opinion is not the
opinion / formerly expressed to Cor
onor Brown
The counsel for the defense. Lawyer
Levy. asked the doctor: Did you re-
port this case to Coroner Brown as
one of suicide?'
When DR. OHanlon replied in the
Affirmative, Mr.. Levy asked do you
now say that in your best judgment it
is case Of suicide?'
mo, l won't say that"
Didn't you say so once?" was
asked
Il did but think now It is a case
for the jury 20 decide. ] thought at the
time that detected powder marks on
the hands of Caesar Young"
Assistant District Attorney Rand
then produced the official report of
DR.. O'Hanlon, which did not define the
case as one Of suicide, and the doctor
said that no simply expressed the sui
eide opinion in conversation with Cor
oner Brown,
After some further questioning, Mr..
Rand asked the witness If he still held
the same opinion that he expressed to
Coroner Brown, and DR.. OHanlon re-
piled; 81 will only say this, my opin-
ion now is not what It was when
talked to Coroner Brown
Police Captain Sweeney told of a
conversation he had with Miss Patter-
son soon after her arrest, in which she
said she had put her hand in Young's
pocket after the shot had been fired.
had looked at the revolver and then
dropped It back in the pocket
The scenes on West Broadway,
where the shooting took place. we're
gone over by witnesses, and the cab
driver who was on the box when
Young was shot was on the stand, but
the testimony did not differ materially
from that at the previous trial When
Frederick Michaels, the cab driver,
was asked why he did not look in the
cab when he heard the shot fred, he
replied: 1T wasn't my place. Suppose
had looked in and got shot"
While DR.. Riggin was being exam
ined a headless and legless skeleton
was brought into court. Lawyer Levy
strenuously objected to it's introduce
tion, saying that it was unnecessary
and tended to prejudice the case
against the defendant. Miss Patterson
was visibly affected.
After DR.. Riggin had indicated on
the skeleton the course of the bullet
which killed Young. Mr.. Levy, counsel
/ for the prisoner. asked that he illus
trate the position in which the re-
volver must have been held to pro-
( duce the wound. 81 could not do it at
the point I have indicated" the wit
ness replied, because l could not
twist myself into such position"
Mr.. Levy questioned the witness
very closely about the skeleton which
was used in the illustrations. and drew
from him admissions that IL was con
siderably smaller than the frame OF
Young, and that he was not sure 1t
was made up of bones of one person
or even that the bones Of two sexes
had not been used. He could not be
positive that the fourth dorsal verte-
brae came from a human being.
Gould you tell whether It came
from a man with red hair and with
teeth flled?" broke in Mr.. Rand.
This interjection caused Mr.. Levy
to complain bitterly to Recorder Goff.
He asked that the prosecuting attor.
ney be suppressed, saying; Il wish
this supercilious square-jawed indi.
vidual would try to be a gentleman"