Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-12
SMITHS IN NEW YORK
WILL TESTIFY, THEY SAY, FOR
NAN PATTERsoN'S DEFENSE.
Clothed at County's Expense, Mrs
Smiths Bill for an Outfit Will
Astonish circuit.

ter of Nan Patterson, two persons whom
the district attorneys Office have been seek
ing since soon after Bookmaker Caesar
Young was shot and killed in cab on the
morning of June 4 last, were locked up in
New York city last night. Smith slept in
a cell at police headquarters. His wife
was sent to the Mercer street police sta
tion where there is a matron.
Although the Smiths are charged with
conspiracy in attempting to extort money
from Young, it is expected that they will
play an important part in the second trial
of Nan Patterson, which will begin before
Recorder Golf next Monday. This morning
they will be arraigned before Judge Foster
in general sessions to plead to the conspir-
acy indictment.
The Smiths left Cincinnati Monday night,
having discontinued their fight against ex-
tradition. They were in charge of Assist
ant District Attorney Caravan, Detective
Sergeant Mcknight, Detective Quinn of the
Leonard street station and a private de-
tective named Ward. When the South
western Limited, on which the party trav-
eled arrived in New York last night Smith
and his wife were taken from the train by
Mcknight and Quinn. Two other central
office men, Farley and Becker, were wait
ing. Mr. Caravan had been notified by Mr..
Rand not to take the Smiths to the Grand
Central where crowd was expected. 1t
was a wise precaution. Waiting at the
Grand Central were several hundred per-
sons, including battalion of photographers.
Return Not Voluntary.
1.-The return of the Smiths is not volun-
tary" said Mr. Rand. Upon the arrival
of Mr.. Caravan in Cincinnati the PROPOSE
ton that they return voluntarily and not
as prisoners was made to them. After
consultation they refused and said that they
would fight extradition. After the return
of Governor Herrick of Ohio from Texas
and the issue of a new warrant their law
yer saw the futilty of further contest1ng
extradition, and after a consultation with
Mr. Garvan at which it was agreed that
no effort would be made to extract a con-
fession from them on the journey east,
Mr.. Shay of their counsel consented to their
inevitable return. No agreement or stlpu-
lation was made as to their prosecution on
any charge than that contained in the in
dictment as set forth in the extraditlon
papers.
Mr.. Rand seemed to be very much pleased
after Mr. Caravan had told him in detail
of what had gone on in Cincinnati Mr.
Rand harked back to the first trial of Nan
Patterson and made this comment:
when l saw the tears rolling down At
torney Levy's face at the last trlal mace
up my mind to dry those tears and aliay
those emotions and bring back TO them
their long lost witnesses. l have brought
them here. Now they can call them
hope that Mr.. Levy will not have cause TO
weep again,
Smith Was Handcuffed.
When Smith left the train he was hand
cuffed to Detective Quinn. Sergeant Nc
Naught had charge of Mrs. Smith. she
wasn't handcuffed. Sergt. McNaught hrst
took them to the detective bureau, passing
through a side door. There was a line OF
photographers who had skipped downtown
from the Grand Central Station. but only
one man got flash.
In the detective bureau Smith said he
was an insurance agent, thirty years old
His wife described herself as Julia Patter-
son Smith, twenty-nine years old. MIS-
Smith looks enough like her slseter 10 De
a twin She was dressed in black
The prisoners We're led upstairs from the
detective bureau to Commissioner McAdoo s
Office. All that Mr.. McAdoo would say al
terward was that they seemed to be CHEEKY
and said that the trip from Cincinnati had
been very pleasant Smith is not as talka-
tive as his wife, who had this to say be-
fore she left the train:
Poor Nan, how she has suffered We
are coming back to help her celebrate her
freedom. / am sorry we did not come back
last week. We have nothing to fear. we
don't know anything about the case and
this conspiracy charge is rubbish. If we
can do any good we are ready as witnesses.
We simply want to help Nan, and we are
tired of running around the country.
Mrs. Smiths Bill.
On the train leaving Buffalo Smith met
several bookmakers, including Gottfried
Walbaum, and a Bowery saloonkeeper
named Russell all of whom were returning
from Hot Springs. Smith knew them. They
became so interested in his financial condi-
ton, which he outlined to them. that they
each contributed to help him out. All his
expenses were being paid, but after having
his hair cut and running up a big bill with
4 I,n hartNn la OLE hi n "a r.
Der that his financial condition was such
that it could be materially helped. Inc par
Der was sympathetic but showed no desire
to help him.
The Smiths left Cincinnati so hurriedly
that they complained to Mr.. Caravan that
they needed clothes. Mr.. Caravan told them
to get what they wanted at the expense of
the county Smith got an entire new outfit
of linen and Mrs. Smith ran up bill that
Controller Grout will stare at when it
comes to him to be paid