The news & observer., 1905-04-26
NO LONGER THINKS
YOUNG SELF SLAIN
O'HanIon Makes a Stir
in the Court.
SKELETON BROUGHT IN
Prosecutor Rand Rouses Levy's Bile.
Levy Says He Wishes This Sup
erfIuous, Square.Iawed lndi-
vidual Would Try TO Be a
Gentleman"
SKELETON BROUGHT IN
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, April 25.-The most in
teresting development in the testimony
of today in the trial of Nan Patterson,
charged with the murder of Caesar
Young. came when Coroner's Pnysi-
clan O'Hanlon took the witness stand
for the prosecution and said in reply
to questions that he had changed his
opinion that Young had committed sui
eide.
DR.. O'Hanlon performed the autop-
sy on Young's body. In his testimony
today he said:
My present opinion is not the opin-
ion | formerly expressed to Coroner
Brown
The counsel for the defense, Lawyer
Levy. asked the doctor:
Did you report this case to Coroner
Brown as one of suicide?"
When Dr. O'Hanlon replied in the
affirmative Mr.. Levy asked:
do you now say that in your best
Judgment it is a case of suic4de?"
mo, l won't say that
Didn't you say SO once?' was
asked
II did but 1 think now it is a case
for the jury to decide. | thought at
the time that | detected powder marks
on the hands of Caesar Young"
Assistant District Attorney Rand
produced the official report of DR..
O'Hanlon, which did not define the
case as one of suicide, and the doctor
said that he simply expressed the sui
eide opinion in cot, srSation with Cor
oner Brown.
After some further questioning Mr..
! Rand asked the witness If he still hello
the same opinion that he expressed to
Coroner Brown and Dr. O'Hanlon re-
Piled:
II will only say this, my opinion
now is not what it was when l talked
to Coroner Brown"
Nan in Lighter Plunage.
This incident came at the close of
the days proceedings in the Trial.
When court opened Miss Patterson
appeared in a black and white checked
dress, in direct contract to the mourn
ing costume which she has worn dur
ing days of this and previous crials.
At today's hearing, Police Captain
Sweeney told of a conversation he had
with Miss Patterson soon after her ar"
rest in which she said she had put her
hand in Youngs pocket after the shot
had been fired, had looked at the re-
volver and then dropped it b:1 i'll the
pocket.
The scenes on West Broadway where
the shooting took place were gone over
by witnesses, and the cab driver, who
was on the box when Young was shot
was on the stand, but his testimony
did not differ materially from
that at the previous trial. When
| Frederick MichaelS, the cab driver
was asked why he did not look in the
cab when he heard the shot fired, he
replied:
at wasn't my place. Suppose 1 had
| looked in and got shot?''
Dr.. E M. Riggan, formerly of the
| Hudson Street Hospital, testified that
the bullet which caused Young's death
entered the left side and after striking.
| the backbone lodged in the muscles of
the back.
While DR.. Riggin was being exam
! ined a headless and legless skeleton
| was brought into court. Lawyer Levy
strenuously objected to it's introduc-.
ton, saving that it was unnecessary
/ and tended to prejudice the case
against the defendant. Miss Patter-
son was visibly affected.
| After DR.. Riggin had indicated on
the skeleton the course of the bullet
which killed Young, Mr.. Levy, coun-
sci for the prisoner, asked that he
| illustrate the position in which the
| revolver must have been held to pro-
duce the wound. 81 could not do it
at the point 1 have indicated" the wit
ness replied, because L could not
twist myself into such a position"
| While Mr.. Levy was questioning DR..
Riggin, Assistant District Attorney
Rand held the revolver with the muz-
zle toward his own right breast and
snapped the trigger time after time.
Grues0me Subject.
Mr.. Levy questioned the witness
very closely about the skeleton which
was used in the examination and
drew from him admissions that it was
considerably smaller than Mr.. Young
and that he was not sure it was made
up of bones of one person or even
that the bones of two sexes had not
| been used.
Gould you tell whether it came
from q man with red hair and with
teeth filIed?" broke in Mr.. Rand
This interjection caused Mr. Levy
to complain bitterly to Recorder Golf.
| He asked that the prosecuting at
| torney be suppressed, saying: 81 wish
| this supertiuous, square jawed individ-
ual would try to be gentlemao."
Counsel for j. Morgan Smith and
his wife served notice today on Dis
| trict Attorney Jerome that he will
make motion tomorrow before
! Judge Foster in general Sessions for
! the dismissal of the indictments
against his clients. In his affidavit
the lawyer says that there is no evil
dence to show that his clients con-
spired against Caesar Young, or that
the evidence of Stern, the pawn