The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-30
NAN PATTERSON HOPEFUL,
DOESN'T BELIEVE Her ISTBRS
TESTIMONY HURT HER.

Her Lawyer says Mr.. Hand Failed 70 Make
Good HIS Opening statement - me
Jury That Morgan Smith Bought
the PistOl--Verdiot Expected Tuesday
Counsel for both sides were busy yesterday
preparing for the summing up Of the Nan
Patterson case, which will begin at 1890
o'clock tomorrow morning. Il Ii probable
that Recorder Con will not charge the
Jury until Tuesday morning, and before
midnight Tuesday Nan Patterson should
know her fate.
She was very cheerful yesterday and
said she was sure she'd be acquitted.
sI'm feeling fine said the chorus girl.
sI'm sure that Midget-that's my sister
Julia hsre-didn't hurt me q Bit You
know my sister is 30 much smaller than /
that call her Midget.
Il think Mr.. Rand was very amusing.
You noticed when he handed Julia the
paWnticlEets and she said they were dated
October and not June he threw them on
the table. My, he was angry. All the time
/ was nervous about Julia, as she was In an
awfully hard position. ! wonder that she
stood II as well as she did. think II was
shameful the way Mr.. Rand offered Julia
her freedom 10 testify against me for him.
But didn't fear that the Midget would
20 back on me. She loves me too much for
that. wasn't worried about Julia, but
1 knew that she wasn't we'll, and she was
under an awful strain. knew she couldn't
hurt me.
Il don't see how any capital could be made
out Of that letter which sent TO Mr. Cog
gins and signed Cry Baby It was just a
foolish little girls letter 10 man she thought
she loved was engaged to Leslie Cog
gins at the time, and IL IL not true that
was on good terms with Cesar Young
then.
when | was IN the Tombs here last
summer Mr.. Coggins gave me $50. He
said then. Nan, you see what you got by
not marrying me- On the same day he
took my father to the raoetrack. He told
my father that he would see Millin at the
raoetrack and get from him what the
prosecution was going to do ABOUT me.
was told after that that Millin got Coggins
drunk and then went to his apartments and
rot the letter, ! think, however, that Cog
gins gave the letter to Millin. l call that
scurvy trick
John Millln, who was Young's ra cling
partner, said yesterday that he didn't get
letter at OoRRinss apartment.
Mr.. Levy said yesterday. i an sorry
that the impression got out that the jewelry
was pawned on June 8. As matter OF fact,
the pawnt ickets were renewal tickets dated
In October 1904 and II the prosecution had
found that the Smiths had pawned anything
on June they would have produced Hy-
man Stems books.
There was no need 70 make any defense
and no case has been made out against US.
The case this time is weaker than at the
last trial. The theory Of murder Is absurd.
Why did Young telephone to Nan Patterson
that morning and get her TO ride down
town with him? And that was after she
had said Good-by' to him a few hours
before. II Young didn't want her TO 60 to
the pier with him why didn't he send her
back in the cab after they left the saloon At
Blocker street and West Broadway?
The fact that the Dear Huno letter was
excluded Is a point in favor Of the defense.
At the same time In that letter Julia Smith
only wrote her impressions Of what she
gathered from what her sister and Coggins
had told her. Nan Patterson had not hing to
do with the letter. The District Attorney
didn't make good the statement made by
Mr.. Rand in his opening address, that
Morgan Smith bought the pistol with which
Young was killed.