The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-03
Frantic and Hysterical.

Nan Patterson. ,s e s..Il 38.S
Frantic and Hysterical.
AFTER what Coggins told the slniths,"S
the prosecutor continued, this defendant.
unannounced. came on the next day from
Washington. She was frantic and hys-s
terical. Young did not know that Nan
was In New York on that day. He had 4
written to her, believing she was In ]
Washington. Are his letters those Of a &
posed to have killed himself rather than u
be separated for a short period from herr
They indicate his feelings. which were
that she should not bother him. Can you
forget the threat Nan made the night
before the tragedy? She told Young that
she knew the name of the boat and said: 4
= You'll never sail on that boat. because 4
repeating that threat until Young lost i
4 his temper and, slapping her. put her in I
/; a cab. Had not ]. Morgan Smith told
( her a few hours before that she'd have
I to do it?' but that blow and curse settled Il
her determination. Don't you know that
when Caesar Young went to bed that 4
night he was marked for slaughter?
y said that J.. Morgan snitf, bought
this revolver. and propose to prove it.g
Stern, an honest man, according to Levy
sold that revolver on June 3d. So Why /
was It necessary to 5corroborate an hons
est mans testimony by his books Did /
not Stern tell you that the buyer Of the
pistol was q tall. red haired man : M That
description fits Smith, and Stern did not Il
say Smith and his wife were not the \
purchasers OF the Sweap pom. His evidence
purchase Of the revolver by ]. Morgan
Smith Is proven by the silence Of his I
wife on the witness stand, . whsn she \
took refuge behind the conspiracy indict-E
ment, that is, She answered she would
be convicting her sister, Nan. Il Smith
+ did not buy that revolver, could the en-
tire police OF the city with drawn clubs 4
have kept him off the stand to- say 9?
Murder in Her Heart.
And now, as to the meaning 8of the y
tragedy: Young has been described as 4
being IN a happy mood /, and what were
the reflections passing through the de-
PENDANTS mind us beside him she rode
4 in q cab down town. In her drug rackedg
brain did she not hea r the word. Nan,
you've lost; you've lost. Caesars going
back to his real love. Z to y his only love-.
to- his wife; to the woman that saves his
money and adorns his home. Back to-
the woman no has cherished ID. Then the
murder IN her heart tanned into action.
and she shot and killed. z "A little crack,
| a puff Of smoke and a dead man lay
/
wa ges OF sin were paid s.
This woman continued Mr.. Rand;
Through all this rehearsal Of her deg
tradition and portrayal Of vice and crime
In which the name Of Young has been
l3lnentioned at least one hundred times
ia day, has not moved an eyelas with
emotion. She IS capab BILE OF compos,lrel
enough to pretend that whatever she
| saws Is true. This woman who was
false Ia her hunband. false to her lover
and false to her oath: how ca any one.
have effrontery to ask you to believe her
tale? 5:sS.
Her only statement has been that
/ that man 50 loved ller that ather than
be separated from her for g short nor time
he shot himself. a silly story. Is wish
that she, had not been nailed \ IN ale
which they dare not attempt. e 3, support 2pat;
..Gentlemen take the counsel u not 81
your wishes, but OF your B sol nnn duty
and be not misled by I the q efense. whose
silence Is "a conf esslon OF guilt. Be loyal
to the truth, the same yesterday TO- day
Tomorrow ernnl as the !. kingdom q
| God .'''I u s i5 II. VI * .i$ s{