The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-26
.SosSays Coroner'S Ply T h J
siCidn. Who Examined
s Body Of Dead ! Man.
.REVERSES HIS |.
OWN DECISION.
Skeleton Again Brought Into
Court, Notwithstanding OBJ
jections Of Defcnse-Rand
Provolses Short Retort
From Levy Smiths to I.
Try to Secure Release.
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tBy. Associated pre.s.)

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NEW York. April 2.-l'eriaps the
most Interesting development in the tes-5
timony Of to-day In the trlnl Of Man
Patterson, charged with the murder OF
Caesar" Young. came when coroner's
N Physician O'Hanlon took the witness
stand for the prosecution and said in
reply to questions that he had changed
3 his opinion that Young had committed
suicide. Dr. O Hanlon performed the
I autopsy on Young g body. In his testi-s
mony to-day he said:
my present opinion Is not the opinion
II ] formerly expressed to Coroner Brown. II q
The counsel for the defense, Lawyer
~ Levy, asked the doctor: &. Isl
Y did you report this case to Coroner.
& Brown as one Of suicide ~ Il;
When DR.. o Han!on replied in the
g Affirmative. Mr.. Levy asked: Il
Ii .."Do yoil now say tha I'll In your best
Il Judgment IT is a case of suicide 2 I'd
No; won say that. 4. ,#S
Didn't you say 80 once wa s askc ed.
NJ II did, hut / think now It Is Sa case
i for the Jury to decide I thought at the
time that 7 detected powder marks IN the
( hands OF Caesar Young
Assistant District Attorney Rand pro-
II duccd the official report Of DR.. @ Hanlon.i
q which did not define the case as one VI
7 suicide. and the doctor said that he sim
4 ply expressed tho suicide opinion In con-
versation with Coroner Brown. s5
After some further questioning. MI.
q Rand asked the witness 1 ( he still held
#t the same opinion that he expressed to
4 Coroner Brown, and Or, o. Hanlon re-
II piled: s. H t
Il wall only say thls-my opinion now
Il is not What It wa s when IL talked d S TO-
n Coroner Brown {.
Cab Drivers P Philosophy
This incident came at the close Of the
day proceedings in the trial hen n.
court opened Miss Patterson appeared IN ?
( a slack and white schecked dress. in direct
contrast to the mourning costume which
she had worn during days of this and ana
Sc AZ to.day,s hearing Police Captain
u Sweeney told. OF conversation he had
4 with Miss Patterson soon fter n AT
rest, in which SHES said she had put her f5
3 hand dn Yonng's pocket after the 3shot
A had been fired. had looked at the re-
Il }yolvcr. and then dropped 1t back In the.
s. Tho scenes on West Broadway. where
/ the shooting took place, were gone over ,1
4 by Witnesses and the cab driver, " IN no y
was on the box when ouEg was 5snot. 81
Il, was on the etand, but he a testimony
ID did not differ nnatera lily from tnh1s q .iie
y nrevious trial. When FREQ derrick Mich aeis.
s8 the cab driver. was asked why ne did
not look in the cab when he heard inc
shot fired, he replied: "A
3nIt wasn't my place. Suppose had
q looked in and got shot? ~ 2,
s'5 Dr. r. NJ. RigGIn. formerly Of the Hud- y!
son street Hosrital. testified that@the
tered rheSleft sde and, after striking the
hack bone, glod ged in the muscles OF the;
back =. q S8 {
Skeleton in Court.
While Dr.. sRlggin was being examined
a headless and leglcss skeleton 81 wa
brought into court. Lawyer Levy siren siren
iroIsly objected to its introductio tion.8 say.
ing that It was unnecessa ~. nnd Z tenaea N .
Ito produce tho case against me de1en-- ~
y idant.H Miss Patterson was vislply az: AZ
fected. "a f 4. ~, 4, z
vi Aver Dr.. Riggin had indicated on me
skeleton tho course OF the bullet which
killed Is Young, Mr., Levy. counsel for tlte
prisoner, asked that he illustrate the po-
sition In which the revolver must havA
been held to produca>t he wound.
7t'I could not do itkat the point q nays nays
indicated, q the witness rcpllcd ',beclusc y
could not twist myself into such 'lc q 2 posi-
ton 8!
Mr. Levy questioned the witness very
closely about the skeleton which was
used in the examination and drew from
lin admissions that 1t was considerably
Il smaller than Mr., Young, and that ne
Z was not sure 1t was made up OF bones O.
ono lpcrson or even that the bones Of two
I sexes had not been used IS lsi H.
I3"Could YOU tell whether It came from @
man with red hair and with teeth ~ Y.
broke In Mr.. Rand, o
This intertectiorlt caused Mr.. Levy ! Q
s complain bitterly to Recorder Goff. He
q q sked that the prosecuting attorney be
suppressed, saying; II i !,
sIs'iISwsh this super fluous. SQUARE jawea q
I Individual would try to be q gentleman.
Smiths to Make Motion. ii
Counsel for y. Morgan Smith and his!
wife served notice to-day on District At
,torney Jerome that he Will make q mo-
ston tomorrow before Judge Foster, in
sS general sessions for the dismissal OF the
indictments against his clients. In his
affidavit tho lawyer says that there Is
Il no evidence to show that his clients con-
8splred against Ga esar Young, or IN any
way hat the evidence OF Stern, The pawn
I broker does not in any way connect them
with tho case; that most y no ~ OF lhe
evidence given before the grand Jury vas
in response to leading questions and was
really the testimony OF ssistant District
Attorney Rand, ,3 aid tile & wi tnesses, 3 and
that 1t would not be admitted An any
I court. Ssis N3l .as, 4 " 4: Ii !, h .S
Il ceiyed n letter from Ir. |. Root b Kendall.
az Mcnashaw, WIS, foNt;liniNg g local a
newspaper clipping in which y was report
Cd that Joseph ISasel, a. Jockey writing :.
at Chica go to friends in :Mena & shaw HF SAID
: he hudi boon employed by Caesar Young,
ana that .he knew The! latter TO sp'eSJ 2
a slsspohdent} ind dual yt!o, III trQnple,
WAS inclined to commit snlcid 81 ohh " q.
not Know a Jockey ia med Fasel anu ~
sure he never employed ~ rider 81 y! f.at
II nRns, @ 81. ~ ".