The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-06-06

either, both or all of you.
y. GRAHAM PEARRE.
Il shall also inquire by what
right you took a note | sent to
George, and not to you That |
consider, and also does the law, a
more outrageous offeuse than mine,
were it one. ]. G.. p"
Miss Kent said, in conclusion,
there was bell from Mrs Kirk
lands sitting-room, but none from
her bedroom. The witness had
known the Pearre family since 1862.
Samuel P. Chew, an employee of
i ]. Edward Bird & Co, testified
that in December last Mr.. Pearre
spoke to him of Mrs. Kirkland.
The witness said he did not know
her. Pearre said: She's a daisy.
You can bet your life if the door
between our rooms had not been
nailed up would have in there
before this. "
Mr. ]. Sellman Shipley testified
to advising Mrs. Kirkland not to
prosecute the case if a public
scandal could be avoided.
Mr. Oliver Merryman testified
that he went to see Mrs. Kirkland
in response to a note that she was
in great trouble. He saw marks
of teeth ON her neck where she
had been bitten.
DIR. Morrow testified that he Wis
tied Mrs. Kirkland frequently, and
never saw anything in her room in
the slightest degree unbeeoming a
lady.
MIR. Kirkland left his wife in
your charge, did he not?' asked
Ex-Gov. Whyte.
He asked me to see that she
was taken care of, replied DIR.
Morrow. On March IA, the night
before the assault, he called to see
her at 8 p. NJ. and left about Top. NJ.
The State here rested its case.
Ex-Gov. Whyte, in his opening
statement for the defense, said the
charge is easily made and hard to
+. disprove. Mr.. Pearre came here
as law student from the freer air
of the country, and met Mrs. Kirk
land, who was living apart from
. her husband and child. He may
have been presumptuous in suppos-
ing her fair game for his young
heart. The States witnesses say
he thought she was daisy. What
a daisy is it is not for the uninitiat-
ed like Mr. Cans and myself to
know
Mr.. Cans. ASK Pearre. F."
The first witnesses called for the
defense were Messrs. Frank Loncy,
Edward Hall, J. Frederick Pullen
and George Ward, all of whom live
at the Albion and have rooms upon
the fifth floor. None of them
heard any cries on the night of the
alleged assault.
The last witness examined was
George Heasley, the bell and ele-
vator boy.
odd you receive note from
Mr.. Pearre March I42'
Eyes, sir. He asked me to give
it to Mrs. Kirkland, which did
| gave it to her in the elevator. .
odd you ask her for an answer"
Eyes. She said tell him Yes. -
'Did she say anything about
the note not being for her?'
mo. sir. "
e "Where did you next see him?'
"On the lower floor,
"Did anybody else go up2'
eyes. sir; man they called the
Doctor. Mr.. Pearre saw him on
the elevator, and asked me if he
went up to Mrs. Kirkland's room.
| said yes. Pearre called me and
gave me a card with something
written on it. | kept it in my
pocket until went to sleep on the
lower floor. Mr.. Pearre shook
7 asked me if | had given
irya Ssaid | did, and
S .49rf'. Yes. | was so sleepy |
dio not know which note he meant.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
James Gil lam Pearre was found
guilty in the Criminal Court yester-
day of assault with felonious intent
upon Mrs. Estclla M. Kirkland, at
the Albion Hotel, Richmond and
Cathedral streets, March IA, 1885.
The verdict was rendered at 7:3o
P. NJ, after the jury had been out
half an hour. At the announce
ment there was burst of applause,
which was suppressed by Judge
Stewart Young Pearre dropped
his head heavily upon his hand and
drew deep sigh, after which he
sat in dazed condition for some
minutes, with his hands clutched to-
gether. Ex-Gov. Whyte gave no.
tice of an appeal on exceptions to
ruling of the court on the admissi-
bility of evidence, and sentence was
suspended AS bail could not be
taken until bill Of exceptions is
signed by the court, young Pearre
was placed incharge of the sheriff
and taken to Jail, where he will re-
main until the case is put in shape
for the Court of Appeals. The bail
upon the indictment was fixed at
81, 500, but will of course be large
ly increased in view of the convic-
ton. The penalty is two to ten
years imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary.
A Curiosity i'm Print.
A ingenious contributor to the
Toronto Truth, attracted by SINH
lar essay upon another subject in
late number of the Magazine of
american History, has constructed |
magic square of the words:
cleveland is our President" The |
author says it can be read upward |