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Show SAYS YOUNG SHOT HIMSELF Prominent lew Yorker Makes Affidavit. Declares He Saw Wealthy Bookmaker Fire Fatal Bullet. Details t the Tragedy in Defense o Nan Patterson, Accused of the Murder. i NEW YORK, Nov. 1. In defense of Nan Patterson, the actress now Jn the Tomb9 prison charged with having killed Caesar Young; the wealthy bookmaker, book-maker, In a hansom cab In West Broadway, Broad-way, this city, on June 4 last, Milton W. Hozelton, a prominent business man of Oneonta, Oswego county, N. Y.. today appeared at District Attorney Jerome's ofiice and declared ln an aflldavlt that he saw Young- fire the fatal shot. Why He Tells Story. Hazellon said that another man was with him at the tlmo of the shooting-. He does not know the Identity of this witness, however, as he was a chance acquaintance, attracted by a Masonic emblem on his watch chain. He declared de-clared that his conscience has been troubling him so that he finally had to come forward and tell the story. Affiant nn Aged Man. Hazelton told the Assistant District Attorney that he 1? 78 years old and lives In Oneonta. For a few weeks previous pre-vious to the affair of June 4, Hazelton says ho was staying with tho family of Rev. D. W. Crouch, whose wife Is his cousin, at their home in Brooklyn. Was Visiting in Now York. He says that he 'came to this city to see Joseph H. Hoadley, president of the International Air Power company, with whoiw father he had been associated years before ln California; that on the day to which he refers he cannot remember re-member the date, he came from Brooklyn Brook-lyn looking for a boiler shop, which ho thought was somewhere on tho lower west side Met Masonic Friend. "Up the street." continued Hazelton, "I met a man from the West who was attracted by the Masonic emblem on my watch chain. He spoke lome and we walked along: together. At first I thought that he was a 'bunco steerer,' nnd was Bitoplclous of him because I thought that he wanted to get to me. But he showed me that he wa9 a Mason ln good standing and we went along up tho street together. Saw Parties in Cab. "I saw a hansom cab coming toward me. In this were a man and a woman sitting partly facing each other. When I first saw them they were about one hundred feet away. Their four hands were raised. From their excited faces and positions I saw that they were In a commotion of some kind. My companion com-panion saw them at the same time and wild to me: 'Look there.' Says Young Shot Himself. 'Must then I saw the young woman draw her hands toward her lap and a minute afterward I saw the revolver in his hnnd and saw and heard It go off. I saw him fall forward Into the lap of the woman. The hansom did not stop, but drove by us, It being near to us when the shooting occurred." Why Ho Remained Silent. Hazelton says that as he and the man he waB with did not wls?h to be detained as witnesses they agreed to say nothing, about what they had seen. After making his statement Hazelton was taken under escort to Bleeckor Etreet and West Broadway, where the shooting occurred, but was unable to Identify the locality. Hazelton further paid that when the stranger he was with Introduced himself he gave his name but not his card, and that he had forgotten the name. Tried to Sec Miss Patterson. After reading of Nan Patterson's arrest ar-rest he said, he came here and tried to visit her In the Tombs, but was unsuccessful. unsuc-cessful. He then determined to tell his story In court when Miss Patterson was placed on trial. Before leaving the District Dis-trict Attorney's office Hazelton was subpoenaed to appear there again next Friday, - |