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Show NOW FACES COURT. Nan Patterson Appears Beforo Bar on Trial for Her Life. NEW YORK, Nov. 1C After more than , five months In the Tombs prison awaiting await-ing trial on a charge of murder, it was expected that Nan Patterson, tho alleged slayer of Caesar Young, would face a Jury ln the criminal bench of tho Supreme court today. Delay, first from one causo and then another, has been a prominent feature In the caso ever since Miss Patterson Pat-terson was taken Into custody after tho tragic death of Young ln a cab In which he and the young woman were driving to the iler where Young was to take a steamer for Europe. Tho criminal branch of the Supreme court was crowded with spectators when Justice Davis took his seat on tho bench today Miss Patterson, dressed In black, was brought ln by prison attendants and look a scat beside her counsel. Abraham Abra-ham Levy and Daniel O'Reilly. Her father, J. Randolph Patterson, of Washington, Wash-ington, had a scat within the bar enclosure. en-closure. Thc work of selecting a jury was begun at once. The examination of each tulesman was conducted with extreme thoroughness. ' Mio prosecution will dopend cntin-Iy upon circumstantial evidence In building up their caso acalnst tho defendant, according ac-cording to a statement made bv Assistant District Attorney Rand during thc ox-aminatlon ox-aminatlon of talesmen. Richard S. White, a lumber dealer, had declared himself opposed to finding a verdict In a capital case on circumstantial evidence aloiu and referred to the possibility of -vvi oye-wltness to the shooting testifying b.-foro b.-foro the Jury. "So far as 1 know." said Mr. Rand, "the prosecution does not Intend In-tend to call any eye-witnesses to tho shooting of Caesar Young." Four Jurors had been accepted when adjournment w.ij (alien for the day. |