Nan Patterson Case Returns to Public Eye
The Cesar Young killing in a hansom cab at West Broadway and North Moore Street on June 4, 1904 faces further public scrutiny. The trial history includes a mistrial due to a juror illness and a hung jury, with estimated county costs at 83000. The prisoner, 22, an actress, is prosecuted by Rand and Garvan with Levy O’Reilly Simpson Waldheimer defending before Recorder John W. Goff.
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Nan Patterson
Cesar Young
West Broadway
North Moore Street
William H. Rand, Jr
Francis P. Garvan
Abraham Levy
Daniel O’reilly
George Simpson
Philip Waldheimer
John W. Goff
Points For And Against The Florodora Girl
The long trial narrative recounts Cesar Young's whiskey and money ties with Nan Patterson. Rivalry with Patterson and her brother in law J Morgan Smith figure in the murder case. Witnesses dispute whether Young shot himself while powder stains linger on his hands.
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Cesar Young
Young
Europe
Nan Patterson
New York
J. Morgan Smith
Smith
St. Paul
Smiths
Canada
Patterson Case Counsel Seeks Eisenberg Testimony
Abraham Levy Nan Patterson’s counsel telegraphed a Chicago lawyer for details on Samuel Eisenberg who claims he saw Cesar Young kill himself. Levy was told Eisenberg told a convincing story and would testify in New York. Levy also noted overlap with Hazleton of Oneonta.
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New York
Abraham Levy
Nan Patterson
Chicago
Samuel Eisenberg
Cesar Young
Levy
Eisenberg
Hazleton
Oneonta
Largest passenger voyage to New York on one ship
The Hamburg American line steamer Pennsylvania arrived from Hamburg Dover and Boulogne with 38086 passengers in cabin and steerage, the highest total for a single vessel to New York. Only 2880 were in steerage and no deaths or serious illnesses occurred aboard.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Dover
Boulogne
Bulgaria
Hamburg- American Line
Rhode Island House Passes Ballot Law Reforms
The Rhode Island House approved ballot law changes aimed at simplifying voting and providing for ballot counting for State Senators and Assemblymen by the State Returning Board. The action marked the day’s key legislative event.
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Rhode Island
HOUSE
Providence
R. I
State Returning Board
Noted Western Writer Dead
Major William W. Armstrong longtime Cleveland resident and Democrat leader died after a day of pneumonia at 72. He held several state and city offices and edited the Cleveland Plain Dealer for years, and is said to have suggested the rooster as the Democratic emblem.
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Cleveland
Ohio
William W. Armstrong
Armstrong
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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