Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-03
JUDGE CHARGES
IN FAVOR Of NAN
Her Humble Position Not Against
Iler---She Must be Given Con.
sideratisn as II Exalted One
REASONABLE DOUBT FOR AER
Because no Defense Mas Made Ia Her
Behalf Not to Prejudice Her
Case.

New York, May 3,--Nsn Patterson
left her ccll In the Tombs for tho court
Of general sessions today to witness the
last scenes of her trial on u charge u
MllIng Caesar Young AZ Asst, Dist
ATTY Rand had finished his argument
~ prosecuting attorney yesterday AM
the defense had already spoken te nDol
word only the elarsWpt Recorder dom
20 ;he Jury remained befoIe No case
vent Ia the jury for verdict
Warden Flynn Of the Tombs prison
said today that she was u wonderfully
composed girl
The wardon's comment was made ait .
en- Mas Patterson had risen early ana
eaten breakfast with her sister, Mrs
j. Morgan Smith She seemed In a
cheerful frame Of mind and was ready
10 40 tn the courtroom sometime before
she was called for
Court was opened at 1880 and ID
minutes later Recorder CON began his
charge TO the jury,
Remarkable scenes were witnessed
around the criminal court building to-.
day Early In the day crowds began 10
gather and hours before the time for
the opening Of court the corridors wero
filled Mith men ana women, hoping tn
break through the Gordon OF guards
around the courtroom doors on the first
rush, Even In the streets around tbs
building scores ~ persons stood wnlt-
Ing, ON the Tombs prison side tho
street spanncd by the bridge NJ sighs
WAS damned with people wanting 10
catch ono neolIng glance Of the prison.
~ ~ she passed the little barred, hOlf
AL al "A.
street Az the hour FOR the opening of
court approached the regular force ~
uniformed guards IN the building was
quadrnplcd, every stairway was guard
ed and an officer stood outside every
elevator landing,
Tho Patterson trial In not the only
ease bcing heard on the third lloor Of
the hg building, however and hun-
drcds NJ persons, taking advantage or
this, gained temporary admission 10 tho
upper floors, Time after time the cor.
rldolN worc cleared ana the crowds
atronmod out to the streets only 10 io-
turn 10 mako other attempts, most of
them fruitlcss, TO goln admitlnnco into
the court room.
Practically every seat IN the body of
the courtroom had been spoken for far
IN advance and II seemed ~ II every
favored one used the privilege accord
ed a There was hardly nm inch Of room
TO spare when the prisoner cNno IN and
took her place beside her counsel,
IN beginning HIS charge to the Jury
Recorder Con aaid
"'rhis cnao has nothing extraordinary
IN II. So far nv the testimony goor
two persons are most spoken Of durng
the entire proceedings, The deceased,
a man by tho nnmo Of Young, n race.
track man, had this defendant Ia live
with him ma his mistress The mans
death, because OF the personality of
this man Young, had nothing IN II 10
excite your passions or your prcludices,
lie was mere gnnblor u rnco.tracker
Therefore, YOU should be able 10 cpn-
slider the facls calmly without prcJu-
dice and passion,
There II no artificial atmosphere for
YOU to be excited or distracted by You
must decide tho circumstances without
any thought of the atmosphere calmly
and with n quiet mind"
Continuing, Recorder Con sold
"Of course gentlemen, YOU must not
think that because Of the humble post.
tlon OF this woman, you should not ave
her the snmo consideration nv II Ehs
occupied moro exalted position IN 30.
cloty Whatever her position sho is
entitled a. the same legal rlghS "a the
most prominent and most con ip,oonlis,
II there hu n s0nnhle doub, IN this
case on the oNldonrA this doubt must be
thrown into the balance for the defend.
ant \ dnnRcf Hoe IN tho rAnurks oi
coileel which mlgN take your mind &c
Ia direct issue You must avold this
d,hRor"
Tho recorder described the two dc.
groos of murder ana mlnsoughier In
The nral and second degrees which NJ
said no apprchendod by the request
applicable IN the case and proceeded,
~ understand that thoru n no claim
on the part OF the defense that II tho
defendant committed This homicide /,
was either Justlnabo or eyousnblc,
aleo understand that the defense claims