The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-09

, side fighting fire. The Sheriff say
% the fire in the woods and could Sc
= men there at work-he and Pric
Y concealed themselves in the mouth
of hollow and waited till the PEG
pie came down-heard them talk
ing and recognized the voice of Els
quire Berton; called BertOn to them
asked him if Joe Harris was along
BertOn said he was, and that he haC
: gone home with Anice Berton
Blevins took the Squire with him
as a pilot and went through the
d. field to Anice Berton's cabin, send
ing Price round the road with the
horses. When they reached the
cabin Joe was sitting by the fire
talking to the women; Blevins drew
his pistol and told Harris "you are
= my prisoner" Harris surrendered.
He told Squire Berton to search
him, which he did and reported that
he was not armed. Price them
stepped in and Mr.. Blevins pro
coded to search the prisoners pock-
: cts. He found in one pocket Char
ley Browns pocket book with 1888
in paper money in it. In the other
pocket he found Browns pocket
knife, three boxes of percussion caps
and a bar of lead. He bound the
prisoners arms behind him with
rope, placed him in his own saddle
and mounted the horse as hind
rider and started across the noun
tain; brought him to Rogersville
and confined him in Jail After
wards he (Blevins) went to the
house of Mrs. Rimer and found there
in q chest under the bed an over
coat, which was identified as the
property of Charley Brown, and a
pair of socks with the initials c.. b.
marked in each one of them with a
needle and thread
! Constable Isaac Price, who was
with Blevins when the arrest was
made, testified as to what Joe Har-
ris said to him on the road that
night lie asked Harris where he
got that money. Harris replied that
he would tell the truth that he got
nothing but the money; that on
Monday evening he met o rufian !
about one half mile from ROgersville |
that he and the ruffian went togeth- |
er to Marble Hall that he (Harris) |
waited outside at the stone steps
while the rufian went in at the front
door to see Charley Brown; that he
waited there a long time until he
pretty near froze to death that the
ruttian came out and gave him the
pOcket-book and told him to take
the road towards Clinch mountain;
to walk slow and he would overtake
him, and that the rufian went back
into the house as he said he wanted
to see Charley again.
John Lawson testified that he
lives about Is miles from Marble
Hall that on Tuesday morning
about sunrise Joe Harris came to his
house and asked for breakfast He
had on a black overcoat. He said
he had been walking all night. Joe
ate his breakfast and gave Lawson {
fifty cents to go to the still house
and buy brandy, telling him he was !
going to his mothers, but would be |
back in the evening to get the bran 1
iy. Lawson went after the brandy I
md got it. Harris returned in the c
afternoon and took several drinks. t
he then asked Mr. Lawson if he |
could count money. Lawson replied /
hat he could; Harris then handed 4
lin some bills and he counted them t
there were four five-dollar bills, a
our two-dOllar bills and one bill I
which Lawson failed to make out. 7
He told Lawson he was going to buy :
| horse and was going to Mulberry. c
lie left and Lawson saw him no Y
more. t
Jacob Rimer testified that Joe v
Harris was his step-son that Joe v
,ame to his house about 10 o'clock !
IN Tuesday, the 23d of November,
md remained a short time; he
brought a black overcoat with him v
md left it there he paid him IS t
,ents on a debt Of 81 which he owed q
aim and promised to pay the bal t
!nce in day or two. Joe Harris a
lever owned an Overcoat in his life. u
John Has5on testified that he met t
Zoe Harris about sun down of Mon |
lay evening, the Dist Of November,
bout two miles from RogersviIIe, b
md that he had no overcoat. t.
Several witnesses testified as to 6,
he amount and kind Of money Char t
ey Brown had in his possession i'm v
nediately before his death, all going Il
o show that he had about the sum e
hat was found in Joe Harris peck Ii
t it was also proven by several
hat the pocket-book was the prop o
rty ofCharley Brown and the peck a
t knife was undoubtedly Browns. O
Able and exhaustive speeches is
we're made in behalf. Of the prisoner "
y Hugh G. Kyle, Esq, Capt Thos t.
IcDermott and Col James White O
told you last week that Harris II
would be ably and conscientiously o.
offended. He was. The three gen o.
temen- assigned to the task did their I
I'LL duty. If they had been receiv- W
az a thousand apiece they could not Of
ave manifested more earnestness, il
lore industry, more care than they m
id. They are lawyers of ability Ia
nd eloquenco and they brought all b,
heir knowledge and all their elo- b,
uence to bear in behalf of the poor o.
Tetch in whose behalf they had c.
cen drafted by his honor Judge hi
Lacker.
Attorney General Fain was assist
4 by F. ~ Fulkerson, Esq, Geo. !,
5. Smith, Esq, and Ham FulkersOn, -
So, all of whom made able argu- u '
tents on the part of the State n
The prisoner undoubtedly has had o.
fair and an impartial trial. Judge 81
-acker has been absolutely fair. He " "