| Show STERN T FAILED T TO 1 IDENTIFY SMITH As the Man M n Who Iio Bought Bou ll the Re Revolver Reoler solver volver With Wih Which Caesar Young Was W iS Killed PROSECUTIONS STRONG POINT POINT Placed ChIe Reliance Upon It I to Secure Conviction of p a I f Nan Pa n le Now Non York April 26 Tho lone blur Ion ex CX expected o meeting In 11 court of or Of Hern tIme the pawnbroker who sold the lie revolver with wih Caesar nr Young Youn was waK 11 Irl and J Morgan Smith who stio the tha th prosecution alleges bought the tIme weapon for Nun Nan Patterson occurred today ended In ill Sterns fu 11 Il to Identify of with time the had liati been heel looked for forward ward to 10 us mis II likely to he the sensational feature of ot the tie trial hut halt hit Instead It I was hyatt nH tame t H and ii nI commonplace Oi ph Ace When Stern Itel St e ru went heui t on 01 the hi e stand mita lid Smith S mu ith and Int Ii his hiM hi I mi wife t Ire I fe wen here brought b he foie ore him hll Ii I nm The lie pawnbroker told toll the story sory stO of nf time the purchase of or the weapon and amid ant Identified the lie pistol as us the he one he lie hail hall disposed of or 0 Turning toward award Nun Nan NI Patterson Ase DIM RIAl Ally Rand HAld said Look at tho time defendant Dont DOIt you 01 remember the lady III who accompanied the he man mal who hilo bought hOI ht the revolver Do no you Ol recognize nize the time defendant as 11 tIn the one oner lr I r cannot say HA that she clue was wi is an tiui answered 11 Mr Ir Stern Look Lok at IH South Smith Was att sue she he time the one I 1 say that limit she jdie hc was nl Now Not nw look lok at J 3 Morgan Smith Can eRI you yell 01 shy say In to the th best iest of o your Judgment that t Mr tt Ir r Smith Slim it ii resembles the lie i man ii who v ho purchased tho lie revolver leoler from you U 9 Abraham 11 Levy Ie tile the I defendants tl counsel Jumped to a his feet tAt with wih an 11 ob oh objection jett lomi Why h cant CRIt he his ask RAk he lie shouted holler Is IA isI this his I the tIme man oat ii that this t bought bou ghi hl t the lie t meol revolver 1101 ver CI Recorder loft doff sustained mitsui boil time the th object Ion Ionti Mr 1 ti Rand Huml then changed the time form torl of the question saying 1 II Is Mr Ir Smith tIme the maim who put pur purchased chased the revolver Mr 11 Stern replied I cannot Iannot say suy luy that thAI ho l II is This Thil ended elde Sterns testimony sail arid 1111 Smith was WR taken back to the Tombs PROSECUTIONS GH CARD CAlt New York April Apri It was U expected that bitt tin th prosecution iou In the Nan Nami II Putter son soIl trial would play pIR nia what they th believe 1111 to lie be their trump trull card today From Krom 1101 the lie t line the thi th former show girl Ihl first frt was In a it n cell In tIle the Tombs charged er with the murder of ot Young the t lie prosecution has ha claimed that the lie pi pros ex COOL In Ill II court of 0 J 1 Morgan oal Smith the Prisoners it iv would eon con convict Ion IonIe net vict Ie the t girt girl of murder When heri Smith lied foli before this the th first rRt trial I they the hut his absence nl and 1111 declared that thit only hl his jr wn hVaM necessary ne URr to permit then bent to 10 0 put In II evidence ev Illen which would in Iii conviction beyond n it I doubt loll hi Kalian I to IeA h an In at lt that trial they Ih the professed l to tn believe w Wi entirely due dle to tho the tact fact alt that Smith South hall bath not hot hen been found Through all al the months month a I tar for the iho missing wit witness wi ness and amid It Is III sill suld that nearly ill spent by hy the district t attorneys d de In iii II the earh for tho he Smiths It I Is h believed that the real reil reason nn for bringing him bock back 0 to New Nel York A diet t Smith might ought be confronted whim St Stern rn the pawnbroker who tho sold tie the r with wih which young was Wil The Th claims that Ihl the revel revolver 1101 ver 11 MIS purchased 1 from St rn by b J JMorgan JMorgan Morgan Smith less issa thin than 24 limits hours III before blore the Iho tragedy raId t In lit tl the cab rab This hlf Is II flatly t Ih denied by b the defense Ileen e antI and at lt the last I trial Lawyer Iwer Levy lev Miss III Patterns counsel told tokI the Jury Jil Jut that he toe hf wished tishil to hod that hit It I was wall within the power of the defense to produce timis witness mth Stern SI f 1 the pawnbroker al already I ready hiss has confronted Smith since the litter latter wile brought back laick to New York hut whether he wits was Wi chic able to Identify him himas as al 5 th he purchaser of or the revolver has hl not mint been made known to It th the public The only Intimation on 01 this poll J I it which was WIS given bv by Stern himself el was 11 net conclusive Before going to the he room whet where hI he was a to meet mt the returned wit witness witness ness neu tern Stern said UltI al he was sas not nol sure stirs that he lie could 0 I Il Identify Smith positively When hemi he came AIe out a 1 few fel minutes Int let Inter leter er r he hI remarked What hat I t said still tl gop goes Since Mince that time he hrs has hl declined to 10 0 make makl lay any 1 statement whatever re regarding 1 garding the ease case c cI It I was 18 tK believed however that the two we men would face each ah other In the th open court expected and mini a tacit most dramatic scene wee WAI R Th Ihl rume skeleton which played sn en 10 n flent nt a part pat In yesterdays proceedings Wil hIi still dangling b beside the witness chair hAir when Miss Patterson came Into Inlo t court room today toda It H hils 11 quickly Cllrk rpm r by order of Reorder doff I Mr Th TI witness l ll 8 to lav was V t r Hue i 9 i t vo n im nw 7 1111 rn fe n ag Ih h ln h lit n 1 nv 1 u revolver has m hi 1 tho the caso case M 5 n 1 weapon made mad by his hi company He lie le was 1 followed by Dr Charles harl Phelps of the he bour of police an 11 expert UI oil n shot wounds The he prosecution lr d through li DI r testimony In getting gett lug In Iii II soma solla IOla evidence which was al ruled 1111 i out ut by So Ku promo remu Ol OUrt Justice at It the hm last trial rial The witness told timid loll of ot experiment h hi hud hiet made mate with wih the lie which s I ii to 11 caused Youngs coIn after Recorder lol loft bit hal had Mr Mi 1 10 objection then produced produce or Of cluth ci it ii which Iu lob h t hud had used In Iii II he lit tests opts These samples were similar Ihl f II HII to 10 o the Ihl of ot which Youngs coat rOll was heas wal nude laid e and si mid the I lie witness hv I I hail had hl lined llred tx hotl I them Dr stilt laid IIII Owl a nu iii 11 examination or it t coat be tie hlll I hI l the con contusion 01 that the Ume lille of the revolver hI itS aK held not ItO t lash lel limn t Ii three t nor or inn mor im the live away ly front from tl garment when the in I shot eliot Wll llred The rime pieces nf if cloth ci Ii which sl hll i Rim Mr MI t 0 said il hei 11 of or terNI for to I illustration I Ii us tm I ion only onh y wets were hand handed hlll ed 1 to 10 a the I ii e jurors juror for ii comparison with wih I is the tho bin blIM on OIl Youngs coat 1011 Dr Pr C I ii ed In II ii t detail d de to ul ii the tl t li ii I flUe 1 liy by I tha tho The Ih pieces t which hV the th t hi ti P t hud been I huh hell I bowed scorching ng around til t lie i ro roil lou is made madr In ale by the time bullet V hll hi ho those t ii can 1101 which iti t iii hI revolver I hail had hen halt frum thren II to five tive Incho a IL I smaller ir urea ii Iea of scorching und less lens smudge closely to in time the tI burns bUI on Oi Youngs I mat cosit The lle wit it not Wll John a I harlem cub cab ab thriven driver testified that on nn the morning morn In of or June JUle 4 he tie hI saw RI mitt a I be lie n t and auth alil 1111 iii Luce nt itt lt Fifth avenue aVellI and amid One OneHundred On Hundred I I and amid Ind h street Young wanted her to tl get Into tnt the tIme cab and Ind is upon 1011 ti her 1101 hll 1 t I hg In li It pushed ilu her herIn herI In II I Ii and a UI directed it I rev tot tas icy to In m a drive IIII 4 to the lie lieS St S 1 Paul hotel hotl on n the way wa lii Crow rowley ley looked I ook Into In i a to Ih I hn ha cab ab and a nil saw IR sa I hu the tie girl 1111 lal was nn crying J I II witness said 11 I I Young Youn slapped the girls fie when he lie pushed her hll Into the lie cub and Ild it ild sit i ld hI he hI would We ii iii knock kloek k her ii a r head off of was 11 drunk Another toll or of log Ing and auth ald Luce 1 e 9 to to the tha tat ems after arr the tie girt girl hud hail loft Ion loftIn IonIn In ml Crow leys tab cab nb testimony lellmon on 01 hand writing wa WUA introduced when a It letter Jeter written by h I NI in u Patterson to 10 Ada lioL Patterson who described herself herH as II a ii I writer wrier wits was I as 11 it I standard The rhe letter wu WIC an aum 11 invitation to tell cull lUI on out 01 Miss 11 Patterson In Iii II the Iho Tombs 0 I umbe bl David N I mi 11 H mm export expert on nit nt handwriting ha ii ii n iiii lit i I then lien t examined e I lied several I let letters tons 11 und tIll 1111 after comparing them beam with wih hIt Ii IiI the ho Ih I sti milard suld sit Id that list I In lii II hula his opinion all 11 were written by h time the wine caine lle person Joseph J eh Hewitt le I lt Jr a it 1 newsboy de the described III scribed a 1 scene which he tie said saud RIM he wit 1 nes ed In front I of ot n R I fo in II Columbus V at mu a circle on 01 the lie evening e before Young YO nJ Will hIa killed kler He lie le Mild he hI saw I Miss come ome from tron tool the lie door of tot o the lie cafe with lh n a man maim They hf were wele and alit ld as the man put Jut t the thA t lie woman a In iii IL a cob calm the t Ii e witness heard the man fish say 1 si sio o mu i I have hl ii ahe to do tIn It I The woman ii replied I wont ont whereupon the man slapped tier her face fael lice und pushed her hel Into the tho tab tabAs As S the time witness wi vi nell ness took the stand J JMorgan JMorgan Morgan Jo ln Smith hISS brought Into Inlo the court ourt room and anil given n it I seat leat among the lie spectators When Mr 11 Rand 1111 asked the th lie buy b to look mound ii lOiI and I mill see leo If It I f he ii pick out nut the lie moan man ho ha hf saw I with wih Miss 1 Patterson Mr ulu 1 Levy LeVI Ie objected to the time Identification lIeu t ion being g made In II I mu that thul t hilt t w WI y told toil toll loft Ool that Hewitt Hewit was wan wal shown Iho n H Smith m I at lit the time thus of the tatters arraignment before Jud Judge Jude e Kot Foster r sev several I se oral eral aso Hi o Smith was VMS W brought to tile the bar har thu boy bo 01 lively Identified him him lies Hes leH learned lila bin hi lesson I well r 11 re Smith MS as 1 he was IU I It led U back to tot the t lie Tombs ha There vHs MR H a I wild scene he is I Corn orl mrs dors the court ni i after afternoon noon Ilon Mon t tili AI a women N i tIli for tor admittance after Rier time the noon r cess reNa 1111 block blocked ed oil Ill the toro lor ire each elch oth others irs ers 1 clothes and HO No 10 jimmied time the Ihl entrance that hut Recorder Huff nult made his hil wa WI say through only limit with wih hO I Ii the ii e tee t dim il cully cul The rue In lii thin tho ease case wen wern obliged to 0 inter enter the court room fron rout side II e entrances The TIme Jurors fought way hIlly WI through I ii rib ghi the ime I uig pushing hush ing crowd C at lt it t thi I liP court It room 1001 entrance l t lii Mrs Mis JH ln Smith Nun Nan 11 sister 11 culled to 10 tt the witness stain mitsui during durin I the tIme session |
