The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
An offer OF Marriage.

Taking up the examination Where IL
was Interrupted by the adjournment
last night Mr.. Rand asked:
Did not COggins tell you that the
best thing Young thought Nan could
do was to accept Matt Trimble's offer
of marriage?"
He did not say anything like that
to me-" replied Mrs Smith.
Did Miss Patterson say that the
cause of her emotion was that Coggins
had misrepresented YOung's intentions
toward her?"
'fShe did not say so in those words.
but / knew it
Mrs Smith said Nan refused to be-
lieve the story told by Ceggins. She
was excited, the witness said. because
she was disappointed at the postpone
ment of her marriage to Young.
she did not say anything about her
future Intentions
No"
she did not tell you what she was
going to dO?"
No"
And yet you described her as fran
tic and 'desperate?'
Yes
When you wrote the letter to Young
were you in a state of feeling brought
on by what Nan had told your"
Yes; my sister is not responsible for
that letter"
Did that letter. represent truthfully
the state of your mind?"
1T did"
Did it represent Mans state of
This question was not answered.
Letter Ruled Out.
Mr.. Rand here offered the intercepted
letter which Mrs. Smith sent to Young.
which was ruled out yesterday and
again it was rejected by Recorder Golf.
Mrs. Smith said that when Miss Pat
terson procured a divorce from her hus-
band all her expenses in the proceed
ings were paid by Young The witness
detailed the movements Of herself and
husband and Miss Patterson on June 1
the day before YOung'S death. They
went to the races, where they saw
Young and returned to their apart
ments in New York about p. m
Did YOU and your husband visit
Stern's pawnshop that night?' asked
MI Rand.
we did not" the witness answered.
The witness described the movements
of the trio that evening and of the in
structions Nan gave to the telephone
operator in case Caesar Young called
for her before going to Healey's res
taurant she also told about Mans go
ing out to meet Young late that night
and her return home about 3 O'Clock
the next morning.
Called For Nan.
About O'Clock that morning, she
said. Young called on the telephone and
said he wanted to meet Nan. Nan was
asleep and the witness did not want to
Waken her. Young called again. a lit
tie later, however, and repeated the
request, and within a few minutes
called a third time. Mr.. Smith then
told him that Nan had got up and was
on the way to meet him
During the examination of Mrs
Smith this afternoon the witness identi-
fed a ring and a bracelet which she
said was her property. and was pawned
some time ago by her husband. Mr..
Rand attempted TO draw from her an
admission that they were pawned at
Hyman Stern's shop on June last, but
in this he failed. Two renewal tickets
which the prosecution produced, one for
the ring pledged for s. and the other
for the bracelet pledged for $40. were
dated oct. 4, 1904, and Oct. 20, 1904, re
SpectiVely.
Just before the prosecution rested MI
Rand read extracts from the testimony
given by Miss Patterson at the last
trial. and then recalled Mrs Margaret
Young. the dead bOOkmaker's widow.
She was asked if she and her husband
ever had discussed a legal separation.
but was not permitted to answer the
question.
Motion to Dismiss.
motion by Miss Patterson's coun-
sci that the case be taken from the jury
and the indictment against her be dis
missed, was denied by Recorder Golf
after exhaustive arguments by the de-
Tense and prosecution. Mr.. Rand then
insisted upon knowing whether coun-
sci for the prisoner intended to put in
defense. Mr.. Levy replied that the
defendant was not in a position to
make a positive statement of intention
at that time. and the recorder ordered
a recess for an hour to give counsel
time to reach a conclusion as to how
they intended to proceed.
No decision as to whether defense
would be put in had been reached when
the court adjourned until next Mon
day. Mr.. Levy promised TO give an
answer to the prosecuting attorney late
tonight after he had conferred with
Miss Patterson, her father and some of
the others directly Interested in the de-