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Show TESTIMONY IN DETAIL. Miss Patterson and Other Witnesses Appear for Defense. NEW YORK, Dec. 19 When the trial of Nan Patterson was resumed today to-day It . was announced that evidence would be submitted by the defense. It was said that MIsb Patterson herself would probably be one of the twenty witnesses called to the stand. Her counsel announced that they would, through witnesses and through the defendant's de-fendant's own testimony, prove that she did not kill and did not plan to kllj Caesar Young1,' as. has been the contention conten-tion of Assistant District Attorney Rand. Witnesses may be called, thev said, to swear that they heard Caesar Young telephone to Miss Patterson on the? morning of the shooting, asking her to meet him before he sailed for BuropcA They also declare they will be able to prove thnt she could not have premeditated premedi-tated murder sixteen hours before tho shooting as was argued by Mr. Rand, as she did not know she would see Young on the morning before he sailed. Miss Patterson has declared that she Is not only willing but anxious to tell her story to the Jury. Accused Girl Confident. "There is much I can tell the Jury that they could learn from no other source," she Is quoted us saying, "and when they hear what I have to say every one of them will vole to set me free." Nan Patterson ls so confident of acquittal ac-quittal that she sa.id today that she had spent her last Sunday In the Tombs. She added that she would be In her father's home In Washington before another Sunday comes. When recess In the Patterson trial was taken Mr. Levy of counsel for the defense announced that Nan Patterson would take the stand in her own behalf this afternoon. Telephone Girl Testifies. Having waived the privilege of making an. opening address. Mr. Levy called as hls'flrst witness Ida F. Townsend. Sho said that on June 3 last she was employed a3 a telephone operator ut the St. Paul hotrl where tho defendant and the Smiths resided. Tho witness recognized the defendant and said that "Nan" Patterson Pat-terson came to tho desk and told her that If any one else but "Caesar" Young called loi her. to tell them that she had gono out to dinner. Later In tho evening Young called up and ga her a messago which was delivered to Miss Patterson Edward S. Grossman, a clerk inan Eighth avenuo confectionery store, said that Young used the telephono in the store shortly aftci,7 o'clock on tho morning morn-ing of June!. According to lhe witness, when Young got his connection through the central of rtce, ho said: "Good morning. How do you feel this morning? Hurry up and get dressed nnd meet me." Hcmembered the Incident. Grossman said he remembered tho Incident In-cident of Young's early-morning call very distinctly but did not care to appear ap-pear in tho case and said nothing about It until Lawyer O'Reilly, of counsel for the defense, called to see him. The witness wit-ness insisted that this was true despite a signed statement produced by Mr. Rnnd in which Grossman said that he llrst recalled the visit of Younc when O Rellly questioned him two weeks ago. Ho did not think ho would bo called as a witness when he signed tho statement, ho explained. Assistant District Attorney Rand waa then called by Mr. Levy as a witness and asked if the nnmo of Witness Grossman Gross-man had not been given him by the defense. de-fense. Mr. Rand replied that Grossman's name had been supplied but added that ho did not consider the young man's testimony tes-timony as of any Interest In the case. The first alleged eye-witness of tho tragedy In the cab called by tho defense was Milton W. Hazolton. an Inventor of Oneonta. N. Y. Mr. Hazleton said ho was visiting in New York early In June nnd was on West Broadway on tho morning of June 4. Ho was walking slowly along when he saw a hansom cab approaching. There wcrc two persons in the cab, one a woman, whom he identified identi-fied as tho defendant, and tho other a man. As tho cab nearcd him ho saw the flash of a revolver. Man Held tho Revolver. "Did tho man have tho revolver In his hand at the time of the report and the flash"'" asked Mr, Levy. i "He did," replied the witness. "Me had1 both his hands raised above his left shoulder. As the shot rang out tho man's head fell into the woman's lap and sho placed her hands on top of his head." Mr. Hazcllon said there was a man with him who also saw tho shooting. It was this stranger who had cnlled his attention to the cab. Who tho stranger was he had not tho slightest Idea. He only knew that the stranger was a Free Mason, because he had given a Masonic salutation and had said that ho was "from tho Rocky mountains." Ho had never seen the man since thy stood together on West Broadway Broad-way and watched tho scene In the cab. Tho witness Insisted, when cross-oxam-Ined by Assistant District Attorney Rand, that he had a clear view of lhe cab, and although ho Is an old man. his oyeslght Is very good. Ho had hesitated before making known what he had seen, but two weeks after the .tragedy decided that hu could not. in fairness to himself or tho others In the! case, stay In tho background. Crowds Demand Admittance. When It became known that Miss Patterson Pat-terson was to tako the stand this afternoon after-noon great crowds gathered around tho Criminal court building and attempted to gain admittance. Finally tho crowd became be-came so great that police reserves had to be summoned to hejp hold It In check. Nan Patterson was colled to the stand to testify In her own behalf at the afternoon after-noon session, nnd In answer to tjio usual preliminary questions Miss Patterson said sho had been married to a man named Martin nnd had been divorced from him. Sho went to California In 1M2. On her way to Los Angeles sho met Caesar Young. , , In answer to a question ns to whether sho knew that Young was a married man. Miss Patterson replied: "I heard him speak of his wife " In answer to another question, she said that it was after sho had met Young that she obtained a diorco from her husband. After securing a divorce, sho said, sho continued her rotations with Young and frequently visited the race track with him. In March of this year she came back East and lived with hor sister, Mrs, Smith. , , Young Telegraphed Her. After that she went to the homo of her parents in Washington and, later, went I back lo Los Angeles when Young telegraphed tele-graphed for her to meet him there. Again sho left for tho East when Young went back to San Francisco, She and Young arranged lo meet at Chlqago and did so. When they were separated they corresponded, corre-sponded, exchanging letters nnd telegrams almost dally. , , Then she came to New ork on May J, and the next day Young called on her at her hotel. They had no quarrel. She said the first proposition made to hor that sho should leave Young was made by Young's brother-in-law. MelCean, who said that Mrs. Young wanted Miss Patterson to gp away and leave Young. Mls Patterson said tho conversation with McKoan took placo In a restaurant, Young was present and thoy talked over the matter for three-quarters of an hour. Sho denied that reference was made to tho letter which was intercepted by Mrs. 'fnnswer to another line of questions, Mlso Patterson maintained that she told neither Young nor McKean that she was in a delicate condition. She said she never nev-er hod seen anv letter from Mrs. Young to Young and dfd not know that any such letter existed until it wa3 produced in court today. The letter written to Y'oung by her sister. Mrs. Smith. In which Mrs. Smith said she would not be responsible for what might happen, tho witness said, was sent without her knowledge or consent. con-sent. Later on the same c-vcnlng that she had met Y'oung nnd McKean In tho Eighth avenuo restaurant, the three went to Harlem. Har-lem. There It was decided that Miss Pat-tenson Pat-tenson should go to Europe and McKenn promised to get the steamship ticket for her. After that sho remained several days at a hotel and Young called on her frequently fre-quently until ho went down to Shecpshead bay to live. Then she did not see hlm for nlno days. On June 3 Y'oung called her by telephone and nsked her to go to tho racss. She went down with her brother-in-law. J Morgan Smith, reaching tho Gravesend track about 2 o'clock. There they rrct Young and she put some bets on the first race with money Y'oung gave her. Smith was acting as commissioner commis-sioner for Y'oung that afternoon. Young Was Going Away. A3 they sat In the grand stand Y'oung told Miss Patterson that .he was going away and that ho wanted to tell her all about It thai night. She promised to remain re-main at home that evening. Miss Pa'terson said she remained at the track until after tho end of the sixth race. She placed a bet on Cricket In tho final race to win. at Young's suggestion, and won. Smith cashed the bet for her. They returned lo the city by train, reaching the New Y'ork fcrry-houso at 0:15 p. m. This testimony was Important, because it was alleged by the prosecution that It was at about the same hour at which tho sixth race was run that the revolver with which Young was shot was sold by Pawnbroker Pawn-broker Stern. The prosecution sought to show that the revolver was purchased by J. Morgan Smith. From the ferry-house they went direct to their hotel by street car. Tn answer to a question Miss Patterson said that she nevcr purchased a revolver; that she never nev-er went to Stern's pawnshlp with J. Morgan Mor-gan Smith, and that she nevcr saw Stem until after sho had been arrested. Sho was sure, too, that Smith did not go to the pawnshop eithcrnlonc or with any one else that day, because he went all tho way home with her. They reached the hotel about 7" o'clock. |