Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-01
That She Will Be Free
by End Of Present Week.
She and Sister Pass a Quiet
Day in Tombs--No Visitors.
Ran.1 and Garvin Pass Day in Pre-
pairing Their Arguments.

New York. April 3o.-Nan Patterson,
hose trial on the Charge of shooting
Caesar uIng, the bu"kmakcr. will be
| resumed, tomorrow, spent Il quiet day
III III. Tombs prison. Her sister and
| brot her-in-laW. Mr.. ana Mrs. j. Nor
gam Smith. who are under Indictment
for conspiracy in connection with the
| case. are also in the TombS and, this
morning. they attended religious ser
vices in the prison. Neither of the pris-
oners received any friends during the
day. The trial, tomorrow, will enter
un"n It's final stages and before the
| Week ends. il is expected the famous
| cas-" Will have ended.
| Assistant District Attorneys Rand
| GarVim. who have conducted the pros
| ccutioil's case, srenl the day together
in Rye. preparing for tomorroWs ar
| Sument for the prosecution.
Nan Patterson. Saturday, stin
seemed confident that She would be
| freed OF the charge that she murdered
| Caesar Young. Broken in spirit by the
terrible ordeal Of Friday. when her sis
ter vas forced to give most damaging
rNid"iicc against her on the witness
| stand, tn" girl was in 4 pitiable con
| ditiun. Friday night. and both she and
| her sister required the attention OF the
| prison nurses in the cell which they
| occury together in the prison hospital
| ward. saturday, Miss Patterson seemed
to he Thoroughly exhausted and appar-
| entity welcomed the respite until Mon
| day, when she Will be taken to court
| again to hear the summing up by AS
| @istant District Attorney Rand. With
| the prosecution closed ana the am
| naunrrment from her own attorneys
| thitH no defence will be put in. She
| realized. Saturday, that the battle for
! her life was almost over. She had been
| supremacy confident until the closing
| hours Of Friday and not even the story
GrnWn from her sister. Mrs. ]. Nor
| gan Smith, wholly removed the belief
that the jury would set her free.
in this she was greatly chccrcd by
| the decision of her counsel that no de
| fence would be offered. That in itself
| Indicated. she believed, that they
Thought III" prosecution had failed in
| its efforts to make ont q case against
| hrr
| Il shall go free" she said. "In spite
of ;'il that has passed. am still conf
dent the jury will find me not guilty
| Oh Tuesday,"
Miss Patterson received 4 number Of
newspaper men in the prison. Satur-
| day ami talked With them freely re-
gHr,ing her ease. The interview was
arranged by her counsel but none nj
| them were present ut tho meeting.
During the talk She sat beside her sis
| icr inst outside the dor Of her cell.
| M;ss Patterson said she WAS thor
| ougiiy in accord With the decision Of
| her counsel not to pat in Il defence.
| she considered it an eminently proper
| course. she praised the courage of
Mi. Levy, her chief counsel. in daring
| to submit the case to the jury on the
| pr, S",utIon's evidence.
Il ain mrt afraid of anything that
| Midget has said on the stand" she
| said as She placed her hand ON her
| sisters Hrnl. To me. Mr.. Hand's ac-
| ton Mus mere amusing than serious,
| knowing. as I do know. that h" offered
| Midget her freedom if she would les
| try IS ne directed. OF course anybody
would be nervous when one was 50
| butIIrrcd as WAS Julia. although he
| tried Very hard hc didn't 40 me any
! h:lGi--i.t least. that is what | think.
Miss Patterson continued: "What do
yuu think Of Mir. Rand showing the
| letter wrote to Leslie Co%gins? That
| letter is tho one letter that every girl,
| III Irlst r!c,. ill h"r life writes. was
rut uu good t""nlS With Caesar Young
III tn;t time. | WAS practically engaged
! tn Mr.. CnGgirs. Ijc profcssed to love
! n.t very much hut now | feel sure he
WLs nI;Nin. me false. Mr.. Cog2ins
| came 10 Srr mo. last summer. in my
| coll here in the prison. He gave me
SIM H. tu..i me how sorry he was for
! re. ana ir u. III. remember his words:
| '\:r. ln,t LOU sec what Il mistake
| ynu hl&v made by not marrying me-"
| Just frrn Mr. Patterson came i'll ana
| both of the women embraced him. and
Mrs. smith said: Heres letter from
| tlr f llis at home" rhcn Nan showed
| him Il picture. the original drawing. 1t
| showed Miss Patterson. seated. read
| Ire sonr letters. Instead Of being be-
hiId bars she WIS covered with Il
hover If roses. The drawing was by
| woman anu un the back Of tho sketch
vas written these words:
"Mly tins Transformation take place
| quickly"
Nan turned to the reporters and
| .,;,id: II feel sure that that pictur"
will come out true.
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