RACING IN THE NORTH ISLAND; SOME SNAPSHOTS AT THE MANAWATU SUMMER MEETING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2651, 4 January 1905, Page 45

RACING IN THE NORTH ISLAND; SOME SNAPSHOTS AT THE MANAWATU SUMMER MEETING.

A HANSOM CAB MYSTEHY.

' From the shadow of the law's most severe penalty (writes the New York correspondent of the Melbourne Argus) Miss Nannie Pattenon, a beautiful young woman of this oity, is now about to be withdrawn by evi-

denoe long delayed. She has been in prison awaiting trial for the murder of Frederick T. Young in June last. Young was infatuated with Miss Patterson. His wife insisted that he should accompany his family to Europe Mrs Young went down to the steamer, and her husband was to follow at once. He induced Miss Patterson to ride with him to the dock in a hansom oab.

As they were going down one of the side streets a pistol was discharged, and the man fell dead on the floor of the hansom. His companion asserted that he had committed suicide, while she was struggling to prevent this. The position of the fatal wound, however, indicated murder, and she was held for the crime. Now, five months after Young's death,

Melton Hazelton, an old gentleman, of excellent character, and an inventor of some reputation, whose home is in the interior of the State, comes forward to say that from the sidewalk he saw the shot fired by Young himself, while the woman was struggling with him- and striving to dissuade him from his purpose. & s he was engaged in important business transactions, he said nothing,

in order to avoid detention, but intended to testify in time to save the accused. He is corroborated by another witness, who withheld hia testimony because he had recently come out ol prison. The stories of the two witnesses fully aooount for the position of the wound, and the young woman is to bo set free.