The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-02
PROSECUTOR WoyE GARMENT
OF GUILT AND TRIED TO
MAKE AT! FIT.
HE DECLARED THAT EVERY CIR.
cuMSTANcE POINTED TO.
WARD MURDER.
(By Publishers press.)

NEW YORK, May 2.-The warp and
woof of the garment OF guilt which
the State seeks to clothe Nan Patter.
son for the Staying of Caesar Young
was woven to It's conclusion to-day
VIXEN Prosecutor Rand took up the
strand and threads of circumstantial
evidence and worked them into a fab.
rlc of guilt. The prosecutor shared
no detail OF the girls unfortunate his:
tory and in trenchant speech told OF
the tragedy as shown by the State.
Rand declared that every circum.
stance pointed toward murder. The
chorus girl flinched many times at the
directness Of the attack Of the prose.
cutor.
Small wonder that hundreds came,
again to-day to witness the final act
perhaps, in this love and death
tragedy. Many were the excuses and
reasons given for admittance to Re.
corder COTS court by the curious
crowd athirst for the morbid thrills Of
murder case. Curiosity unrestrain.
ed compelled Recorder Goff to order
a score Of women from the court
room late yesterday.
Whenever the defense would score
a point and would rise to, flights of
rhetoric, many women would rise out
of their seats TO watch the effect on
the paid faced defendant Swarms
of women pressed about the doors of
the court again to-day and almost
pleaded for chance to get in. Those
who had no friends at court content.
ed themselves by ranging in lines in
the court and gratifying their curlos,
ity by watching those who entered.
A Strange Crowd Present.
The crowd finally became so great
that the doors Of the room were lock.
ed. BY order Of Recorder Goff all the
women were compelled to sit in the
rear Of the room behind the first rail.
ing. 1t was a strange crowd that
found itself in the confines of the
room when court opened. There we're
actresses and artists, writer's and pc.
cts, matrons and maids-and all sorts
of humanity of divers occupations and
places. Waiting for the beginning OF
the trial they discussed the case and
speculated ON the outcome. Would
there be an acquittal, disagreement
or conviction? II court hangers.on
may be supposed to have a line on q
jury verdict the outcome Of this trial
| will be disagreement. Few Of them
believe In a conviction, more believe
in an acquittal but the larger number
believe in a disagreement and an ul
tlmate dismissal Of the Indictment
against the "Florodora girl.". ,5
"The defendant Nan Patterson tc
the bar" called Clerk Brophy. Scores
of eyes were turned toward the door
in the rear OF the room waiting for
: the appearance of the girl, who step
ped into the midst Of the throng and
walked with faltering steps to hel
seat beside her counsel. She seemed
weak and miserable, almost hopeless
Recorder Goff spoke to Mr.. Rand ant
the prosecutor rose and began his I'D
dress. Mr.. Rand thanked the jur,
for the consideration they had giver
to the case and to the court.
/, Rand Speaks Of Levy.
q admire, | can tell you, the au
: dacity Of the COUNSELLOR the defense
He has come empty handed to. thi.
court with the exception Of buckets
full of mud with which he sought t
! besmirch the witnesses in this cas-,
and myself as a public officer. Fo
!, myself can forgive, for l recognlz,
J. the zeal necessary in the exIgenclei
! of his lost and rotten cause.
II "Why, II I possessed one.half til,
s seducing charms of speech which