Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-04-28
NO WITNESSES FOR DEFENSE
Counsel For Show Girl Claims That
State Has Failed to Make Out Case
Against His clicnt-wiIl Not Be Al.
lowed to Tell Her story Again
Goes to Jury as Made Out by state.
ny Associated Press. !,

NEW YORK, April 27.--While there
was no feature rs sensational Us yes.
tcrlay, the trial Of Nan Patterson
charged with tho shooting of Caesar
Young was fully as interesting todny
In many points brought out.
Mrs. Margaret Young, widow Of
Caesar" Young. was on the stand
arG as she testified her eyes would
I'LL with tears! Nan Patterson drop-
ped her eyes when she saw the widow
and did not raise them again until Tho
close. Joseph Mullin, Young's part.
ner, was another witness and told of
the relations between Young and Nan
Patterson.
The prosecution endcavored to in
troducc in evidence a letter pllrport-
ing to show that Miss Patterson had
other admirers at the time she pro-
tossed to be devoted tc Young. This
letter, however. was not admitted as
l,evidence. The letter that Mrs. ]. Nor.
gan Smith. sister of the defendant.
IyM.ctc ~ Caesar" Young. in which she
said Miss Patterson was frantic" and
Which. was admitted at the previous
trial was also ruled out The conspir-
ecy charge against the Smiths was bias.
ed on the letter.
Says Young Owned no Revolver.
hirs. Young testified that her husband
never had owned revolver, but that
She had one and that she packed 1t
away with n box OF cartridges i'm her
baggage when she was preparing to
go to Europe just before her husband
was killed. The revolver was loaded
When she put 1t i'll the suit case a year
ago and the cartridges still remain I'm
the chambers. She. identified the we,p
pom. which was produced Ivy Mr. Rand.
The only time the weapon ever was
discharged To her knowledge, She said,
was when she fired several shots at
4 burglar.
When this revolver was found In
Young's baggage soon after the end
of the last trial. the counsel for the de.
Tense claimed that it proved conclu.
sively that witnesses had testified to
what was not true, when they said
that Young had never owned a reyol-
Ver. NE.
Mrs. j. Morgan Smith was recalled
and told of her visit to California in
the spring of 1908, where she saw her
sister and Young together. A year
later when Mr.. Smith saw Miss Pat
terson in New York she found her in
very nervous condition.
Nan Almost Frantic.
She was hysterical and crying. ap.
pcared TO be laboring under nervous
strain and almost frantic"
Under examination Mrs. Smith told
of Miss Patterson's expectation Of
marrying Young; that Miss Patterson
secured a divorce with such purpose
in mind. and that the arrangement
with Young was postponed because of
influence brought to bear on Young by,
his wife and partner.
Mrs. Smith, In answering questions
said her sister is now Ann Eliza Ran:
dolDh. After Young's death Mrs.
Smith said. she gave The law firm of
i.avy & Unger about 100 letters Young
had written To her sister.
On May I, 1904. Leslie Coggins. a
friend of Young, dined with Mrs.
Smith at her house and told Mrs.
Smith That ioIng was coming to New
York Cogglns said Young was NOT
going TO marry Nan Patterson. When
Mrs. Smith told this to her sister She
became frantic and peiturbed."
Could Not Fool Her That Way.
Mrs Smith continued: "She said
that Caesar could not fool her that
way. IT. was impossible for him to do
such a thing
Mrs. Smith acknowledged writing
the letter. Intercepted by Mrs. Young,
The relations of C0ggins with Miss
Patterson were brought out when Mrs.
Smith said .#
"Ile told me he wanted TO marry
Nam"
Coming down to the day Young was