The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-27
WEATHER FORECAST.
 Washington, April 26.--For Aiabarns -Fair and continued warm Thursdny and Friday, light to fresh west winds

to drive to the St. Paul Hotel. On the way Crowley looked into the cab and saw the girl was crying. Under cross- examination witness said Young slapped the girls face when he pushed her into the cab and said he would knock ner head off. Young was drunk. Another cab driver told of driving Young and Luce to the latter's home after the girl had left in Crowley's cab.
 The long expected meeting in court of Hyman Stern, the pawnbroker who sold the revolver with which Caesar Young was killed and J. Morgan Smith, who, the prosecution alleges bought the weapon for Nan Patterson, oc- cured today and ended in Stern's faii- ure to identify Smith. The confront- ing of Smith with the pawnbroker had been looked forward to as likely to be the sensational feature of the trial but instead it was tame and common place.
 When Stern went on the stand. smith and his wife were brought before him. The pawnbroker told the story of the purchase of the weapon and identinec the pistol as the one he had dis posed of.
 stern on stand. Turning toward Nan Patterson. the district attorney said: Look at the defendant Don't you remember the Iadv who accompanied the man who boueht the revolver? Do you recog- nize the defendant as the oneT
 T can not say that she was," an- swered Mir. Stern.
 Look at Mrs. Smith. Was she the one?" T cannot say that she was." Now look at J. Morgan Smith. Can | you say to the best of your Judgment | that Mir. Smith resembles the man who purchased the revolver from you!
 Abraham Levy, the defendants coun- sci. Jumped to his feet with an objec- ton.
 why can't he ask" he shouted, is | he the man that bought the revolverfY | Recorder Con sustained his obJec- | tion.
 MT. Rand then changed the form of the question, saying:
 'Ts Mir Smith the man who pur- | chased the revolver
 Mir. Stern replied: T cannot say that he is"
 This ended Stern's testimony and Smith was taken back to the Tombs. Expert testimony on handwriting was introduced when a letter written by Nan Patterson to Ada Patterson, who described herself as writer, was accepted as a standard. The letter was an invitation to call on Hiss Pat terson in the Tombs.
 David N. Carvalho. an expert on handwriting, then examined several letters and after comparing them with | the standard said that in his opinion all were written by the same person.
 Joseph Hewitt. Jr., a newsboy, de- ScrIbed a scene which he said he wit messed In front of q cafe in Columbus | Circle on the evening before Young l was killed He said he saw Miss Pat terson come from the door of the cafe with q man. They were quarreling | md as the man put the woman in Q cab the witness heard the man say:
 ''You'1l have to do it." 1 Slapped Her Face, | &The woman replIed: T won4ff I whereupon the man slapped her face and pushed her inAo the cab. As the witness took the stand J. Morgan Smith was brought into the court room and given a seat among | the spectators. When Mir. Rand asked the boy to look around and see if he could pick out the man he saw with Miss Patterson, MT. Levy objected to the Identification being made in that way and told Recorder Gon that the witness was shown Smith at the time of the latter's arraignment before Judge Foster several days ago. Smith was then brought to the bar and the boy positively identified him.
 He's learned his lesson we'll" re- | marked Smith as he was led back to to the Tombs.
 Mrs. Smith was on the stand only a moment She was asked to Identify a letter addressed to Ada Patterson as written by her sister Nan. This she did.
 r. J. Trainer a hotel clerk, said that on the night of June the defendant told him that If Caesar" Young called up to say that she had gone to a restaurant She returned early the next morning and a few hours later | went out again.
 Richard Tompkins, a clerk in the auditors office of the War Department at Washington, who had worked with Julia Patterson. now Mrs. Smith, and is | familiar with her handwriting, identi- | fled a letter which Julia Smith wrote to | Caesar Young. The letter, which was intercepted by Mrs. Young. is the base of the conspiracy charged against the Smiths. In the message Julia wrote that Nan was in a perturbed frame oi mind and in a frantic state. Tomp- | ktns also identified several letters said | to be part of the correspondence seized at the time of the capture of the | Smiths in Cincinnati. The Harlem Meeting.
 The story of the meeting between Young and Miss Patterson In Harlen the night before the tragedy was told by William Luce, Young's brother-in' | law. Young was at his house in Wesi 140th Street and they went out together about II o'clock. They met Miss Pat terson in Eighth Avenue. Luce saic he left Young and Miss Patterson together and then went home with tho understanding that he would mee them an hour later. At l O'CLOCK h' returned and all three went to saloon we got into there about quarter mast past 1 o'clock" said Luce, "anc at a quarter to three they came to tho table where l was seated. They ha6 been together for nearly two hours anc were angry and quarreling."
 Did you hear any of the conversa' tion?" .. l.. would get her a cottage
 "When they came over to your table what was the conversation about?"
 "About Young's going away. The de- | fendant said she knew the boat he was | going to sail on and said that he could 1ot 9et away from her. Young offered to bet her $100 that she could not name inc boat but she replied that she would not nIease him to do so. She said Youne could not hide from her and If he got down in the hold of the shiI she would find him and prevent him from sailing"
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