The San Francisco call., 1905-05-03
MURDER TRIAL
NEARS ITS END.
Nan" .Patterson's Fate Is
to Be Committed to the
Twelve Jurors To : Day
.RAND'S CLOSING WORDS
Prosecutor Grills the Fair
Defendant and Scores
the Opposing Counsel


NEW YORK, May 2.-The fate of
Nan" Patterson in her third trial for
the murder of "caesarf Yeung will be
in the hands of the jury early to-mor-
row. Assistant District Attorney Rand
completed the closing argument for
the prosecution shortly before s o'clock
this afternoon, and the court adjourn
ed for the day. Recorder Coff an
3 nounced that he would charge the jury
on the opening Of court tomorrow. It
is believed that his instructions will
not be lengthy, and probably before
the noon hour the jury viii have retired
10 consider q verdict.
AT the close OF the argument to-day,
after the prosecutor had arrigned her
IN the most scathing terms had assert
ed that her silence in this trial was a
confession of her guilt; had declared
that her sister had lied on the stand
and that her counsel had made his
plea for her life on a foundation of
Applications, Nan Patterson said she
stin felt confident the jury would bring
IN an early verdict of acquittal
''Air. Rand is a fine orator" she de-
ctared,. but know those twelve men
VIII not hang girl on oratory."
RAND DENOUNCES LEVY.
In beginning his. closing argument for
the. State Assistant District Attorney
RAND SAID:
E This trial has been a hard experience for
ye1' but venture to say IL is one that you
viii not look back 10 with regret 1 would
oe qngratetu too. If did not also make my
%cAnowleogment TO the learned court, and
II would be ungeneroes of me- roundly as
was abused yesterday 60 your faces. II I took
oMense at what the counsel on the other side
n the exifSNCle6 OF lost and
every crime on the calendar apd p,,t me on
trial at this bar for high crimes committed
as public officer. He told you that I
thirsted for blood and had bounded Mrs
smith You observed my. examination OF Mrs.
Smith Did I ask her an -impolite question !?
did !, not treat her thoroughly as a Iady9 /
would not make myself issue here if / had
mot been injected as an issue in the case by
the fefendants counsel. II is not an issue
a. al. lsmight be all that Levy said in the
chagrfn Of lost cause and il would not az
your conhderlce- H. could sway the judg-
nent Of men and paint the fair face of truth
70 word from me. II I could do these things
there would be but one place for me- and that
o. contempt.
Continuing Rand said:
Mr. Levy has accused me Of suppressing
evidence and other things, but are those
cheSGes true2 / wonder II you are such men
Is g be swayeo from your, duty by such q
the prosecutor. Levy did not. make a point
yesterday that was not based on a lie. He
but a continuance. OF the disgracefuI alliance
assuming that his lOgic is sound regarding the
Now, with regard. to Mrs smiths t.st,-
mony and my bounding her, Mr. Levy said
/ Iled 70 make you believe that these pawn
: tickets bore date Of June g. I did not say
that the tickets Represented articles .pawned
On June 3, because j knew they were dated
October 1. did ask Mrss Smith II they were
cN ANrf~a -.
g.. and her answer was a lie. She also lied
uhen she said she could not remember which
was pawned in stern.s by her husband. ].
Morgan Smith I knew that If L put Levy
IN q poSeon he would help me get the pawn
sRetfulness he did the trick In moment
Of forEetfuiness he put before you. gentle
Then he szyspI have concealed material evil
sdence That wcule be wrong thing for ms
70 90 IN a murder case. when a. woman.s life
making that charge Of conceaiine evidence
his tfsOushts were wandering along the Ca
when he was charging unfair methpds, he
was thinking Of the articles which kept J.
Morgan Smith and haA wife away from the
Since when has L@u the righs to esi1 me
e be genuensnf He svore 70 ne 20 bring
the blush to Mrs Youngs honest face 70 an
sweT his questions Have tried to drag this
defendant through the nlire and covering her
with stencil. asked you to convict? Have I
tion7 But Levy well knew that he IhsS had TO to
win but one. Juror 20 his aid, while / must
convince you all.
REVIEWS THE EVIDENCE
Rand reviewed the evidence In thu
? case. he declares that it had been
proved by the prosecution that Young
never owned a revolver, and that even
II he had one Il would have been a
physical inpossibility for him to in
fict upon himself such a wound as
caused his death He called the atten-
ton of the jurors to the preparations
made by Young for his European trip.
and told them that alone proved be-
yond question that the bookmaker had
no intention Of taking his life The
contention Of the defense that it was
Young who opposed breaking the rela-
lions between. him and Miss Patterson.
he claimed, was proved untenabie by
the evidence, which, he said, showed
that Young had kept away from her
during the whole month Just preceding
his death
OF the souvenir postal card bearing
Miss Pattereon's name and address in
Toung's handwriting which was found
in the young womail's handbag at the
time Of her arrest, Rand said he had a
different theory than the one advanced
by the defense. They had suggested
that Il was put there by Young for the
purpose Of Identification IN the event Of
g murder apd suicide. He believed.
however, that II was Young's intention
70 send the card back from the steam
ship by the pilot to show that he was
on the sea-
When Assistant District Attorney
Rand finished his address the court ad-
journed until tomorrow. Recorder Goff
VIII deliver the charge to the Jury al
the opening of the court.