Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-26
"Oh. speak to me. Frank, and tell me


Frederic,, Nichaels. the driver of the
| hanson in hich Young met his death.
told of the journey which ended when
youne's l;feless body was taken into
| the hospital. He said that Young and
| Miss Patterson hailed him at Columbus
/ Circle about 8 o'clock. on the morn
| ing Of June last. and engaged nm 10
| drive them to West Fulton street.
| Young told him to get TO west f'uiton
street before 9 o'clock. On the way
| down town they stopped at store and
| Young got out and purchased a hat.
| The next stop was at a saloon at
| Blocker street and West Broadway
and both the occupants of the cab
| went in. They remained about five min
uteS and when they came out the man
again told him 10 be sure to get to
West Fulton street by o'clock.
few minutes later he heard the
sound of a shot. his horse was startled
| and came to a stop. He did not look in
| to the cab even when the woman
raised the trap and told him to drive
! 10 q drug store. 1t was part of his bus
| mess not to see anything that took
place inside his cab he said. He told
| the clerk at the drug store that n man
| in the cab had been shot and was or
derel to hurry to hospital. He did
so and waited outside until a police
man and the woman came out. He
then drove them to the police station.
''Why did you not look into the cab
when you heard the shot?' asked Ju-
ror Goldstone.
at wasn't my place. Suppose had
looked i'll and got shot" replied the
cabman. as he left the stand.
The bartender of the saloon in
Blocker street testified to the brief Wis
| it to the saloon by Young and Miss
Patterson.
DR.. r.. G. Riggin. formerly OF the
| HUDSON street hospital. testified that
| the bullet which caused Young's death
, inferred the left side and after strik-
, ing the backbone lodged in the muscles
| of the back Hemorrhage was the
| cause of death.
While Dr. Rggin was beng exam
| ined headless and legless skeleton
| was brought into court. Mr.. Levy OBJ
| jccted to its introduction. saying that
1t WAS unnecessary and tended to pre-
| judi~e the case against the defendant
| Miss Patterson was visibly affected.
At recess Mr.. Levy said he had re-
| ceivc,i a letter from DR.. Booth Ken
dali Of Menasha. Wis. containing To-
| cal newspaper clipping in which it was
| reported that Joseph Kasel. Jocky.
writing at Chicago to friends in Mon
| asha. mentioned that he had been en-
! ploy,d by Caesar Young and that he
| knew the latter to be respondent in
dividuaI who in trouble, might COM
nit suicide.
| Eaeel. according to the clipping. is
| a son of q former street commissioner
of NIunasha.
John Millin, Young's racing partner.
said he did not know jockey named
kascl and is sure that he never en-
ployad a rider of that name.
After Dr. Riegin had indicated or
the skeleton the course of the bullet
which killed Mr.. Young, Mr.. Levy,
counsel for the prisoner, asked that ne
illustrate the position i'll which the re-
volynr must have been held to produce
the wound. 81 could not do it at the
point | have Indicated" the witness re-
piled. "because 1 could not twist my
self into such position.
| While Mr.. Levy was questioning DIR.
Riegin Assistant District Attorney
Rand held the revolver with the muZ-
zle turned toward his own right breas
and snapped the trigger time after
time.
MIR. Levy questioned the witness
very closely about the skeleton which
was used in the illustrations and drew
from him admissions that it was con-
sidc,ably smaller than the frame OF
1 1,
made NJ Of bones Of one person, oF
even that the bones of two sexes had
rot been used. He could not be positive
. that the fourth dorsal vertebrate came
from a human being.
| DIR. Philip F. O'Hanlon. the coroner 5
physician, who performed the autopsy
on Toung's body. told the jury that his
. opinion had changed since he reported
the case to the coroner's office as one
. Of suicide He did not know OF the re-
Iatiors of Young and the defendant ut
the time that report was made. he said
III reply to Mr.. Levy, however, he ad-
mitted that he expressed the OPINION
that il was a ease of suicide, even af-
ter he had heard the facts of the reI"-
tons between Miss Patterson ahc
Young. He said that he was influenced
in his FIRST decision that Young com
mittrd suicide by black spots on the
inside Of the dead mans fingers. which
| he believed to be powder stains.
The trial will be continued, tonor-
row.
Counsel for ]. NJ. Smith and his Wife
under Indictment for conspiracy II
connection with the murder of Caesar
| Young the hookmaker, served d notice
today. on District Attorney Jerome
that he will make motion. tomorrow
, before Judge Foster. in general SEES
sions. for the dismissal of the indies
nients against his clients. In his all
I davit the laWN er says that there IS llt
, evidence to show that his clients con
!, spircd against Caesar Young or tina
the evidence of Stern. the pawnbrnker
, does not in any way connect them will
? the case.
Rev. J. H. Tilton of Lynn Dead.
Lynn. Mass, April c5.-Rev. JOSIAH
Holton 'rilton first pastor of the Wash