The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-27
Women Fight FranticaNy TO
Enter Court Room
NAN INTENSELY INTERESTED
William Luce Once More Describes
the Las. Evening Spent BY
Caesar Young With
Nan Patterson.

New York. April 26.-The climax in the
| prosecution of Nan Patterson. who is ON
trial charged with shooting Caesar
Young, was reached today when Hyman
Stern, the pawnbrolxer failed to identify
j. Morgan Smith as the man to whom he
sold the pistol with which Young was
killed. This feature had been looked for
ward to with much anticipation and was
| expected to create somewhat of a sensa-
tion. On the contrary, however, it caused
but ripple of comment and surprise in
| the courtroom, although 1t was the dra-
matte moment of the trial Stern also
tailed to identify Nan Patterson or Mrs
! Smith as the woman who accompanied the
man that purchased the revolver Smith
had been brought from jail to confront
| Stern and after the latters testimony
Smith was taken back to the Tombs
Riotous scenes attended the opening of
/ the court room for the afternoon session.
! Women and men fought to get past the
police. Several women tainted and many
had their dresses torn
Woman Intensely Interested.
Throughout the entire day. Nan Patter-
son followed the testimony with more in
tense interest than on previous days. and
when adjournment was announced she
caressed her father and remarked;
1 think this has been a good day for
me-"
Only two important witnesses for the
prosecution, Caesar Young's widow and
his racing partner, John Millen, remained
to be examined when the trial adjourned
| this afternoon.
Prosecutor Rand announced that by
noon tomorrow the state would close its
case. Abraham Levy, senior counsel for
the defense will then ask for an adjourn
ment for the day, and If it is granted the
opening speech for the defense will be
made by Henry w. Unger on Friday
The skeleton which played so prominent
a part in yesterdays proceedings was still
dangling beside the witness cnair today
when Miss Patterson came into the court.
! 1t was quickly removed by order of Re-
| corder Goff however.
Identifies the Revolver.
The first witness today was represent
| tatiye of well known arms manufacture
| ing company, who identified the revolver
! which has figured In the case, as a weapon
| made by his company. He was followed
| by DR. Charles Phelps of the board OF
police surgeons, an expert on pistol shot
| wounds.
| The prosecution succeeded through DIR.
| Phelps testimony In getting up some evil
| dence which was ruled out by Supreme
| Court Justice Davis at the last trial. The
1 witness told of experiments he had made
| with the weapon which is alleged to have
caused Youngs death, after Recorder
Goff had overruled Mr. Leyy's objection
t..1.
| he had used In the trial These samples
were similar to the fabric of which
| Young's coat was made and the witness
| had fired experimental shots through
them. Dr. Phelps said that after an ex-
! animation of Youngs coat he had reached
the conclusion that the muzzle of the
| revolver was held not less than three nor
| more than five inches away from the gar
| ment when the shot was fired The wit
| ness was not cross-examined.
| John Crowley, Harlem cab driver. tes-
! tilted that early in the morning of June
4. he saw the defendant. Young and VIII
! liam Luce at Eightr avenue and One
| Hundred and Twenty-tifth street. Young
1 wanted her to get In the cab and upon
| her hesitating he pushed her In and direct
ell Crowley to drive TO the St. Paul hotel.
| On the way Crowley looked into the
! cab and saw the girl was crying. Under
| cross-examinatlon witness said Young
| slapped the girls face when ne pushed
| her into the cab and said he would knock
| her 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
Testimony on Handwriting.
Expert testimony on handwriting was
| introduced when a letter written by Nan
Patterson to Ada Patterson, who liked
herself as a writer, was accepted as a
standard. The letter was an invitation
to call on Miss Patterson in the tombs
David n Carvalho. an expert on hand
writing, then examined several letters.
and after comparing them with the stand
ard said that in his opinion all were
written by the same person,
Joseph Hewitt, Jr., a newsboy. describedf
a scene which he said he witnessed in
front of a cafe in Columbus Circle on
the evening before Young killed. He
said he saw Miss Patterson come from
the door Of the cafe with a man. They
were quarrelling, and as the man put the
woman in a cab. the witness heard tho
man say:
you'll have to do It,"
The woman replied:
Il wontr' Whereuponf the man slapped
her face and pushed her into the cab.
Smith Enters Court Room.
AS the witness took the stand. j. Nor
gan Smith was brought into the courtroom
and given seat among the spectators.
When Mr.. Rand asked the boy to look
around and see II he could pick out the
man he saw with Miss Patterson, Mr.
Levy objected to the naturalization being
made in tha way, and told Recorder Goff
that the wit. esq 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 pos
itively identified him.
Hes learned his lesson WELL" re-
marked Smith as he was led back to the
Tombs.
Mrs. Smith was ON the stand only
moment. She was asked to identify let
ter addressed TO Ada Patterson as writ
ten by her sister Nan. This she did.
+. J. Trainer, a hotel clerk said that
on the night OF June 30 the defendant told
him that II Caesar Young called up.
to say that she had gone to a restaurant.
| She returned early the next morning, and
| few hours later went out again
| Richard Ton,pkins clerk in the audi
| tors office OF the war department at