Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-06-14

fell. Sm00tz peaeeable ana qnleG.-T
Net him on street and acted strange
just before this tragedy. Smooth
would not look at him when passing,
and thought there must be something
wrong with him-was not altogether
right.
Mr.. George Show lives in Hagers-
town. Miss. Ferrell was very init
mate with his family and Smooth is
half nephew of his wife. Smooth
and Miss Ferrell frequently visited
his house. We're very intimate.
Smootz's character before tragedy
lirreproachabIe. Formerly cheerful,
but during last fall saw change
wild, vacant look about his eyes.
Thought he was going crazy, and
said so. Noticed it more than once.
Thinks Smooth called 70 see Miss.
Ferrell at his house, but she refused
to see him. Witness admonished
Smooth not to visit Miss Terrell at
his house. Thinks she disdarded
him in July or August. Requested
Smooth not to come TO his house be-
cause he did not wish Miss Terrell
to be worried.
i Miss MyFa Show resides in Shep-
herdstown. Knew Miss Terrell and
Smooth. The latter. paid attention
to Miss Terrell for about five years
| up to year ago. Noticed him look
ing strange last fall. Acted queer on
street-yery staring eyes. Said
Smooth was losing his mind. Had
i seen him and Miss Terrell frequent
ly together. Smooth looked low spirited
for five or six months before the
shooting. Witness is niece of Mr..
j. G. Show.
Miss Bessie Albin has attended
school in Shepherdstown the past
four years. Knew Smooth, and mo-
ticed of late that he had queer look.
4 Witness boards at SIR. John n.
Shows.
Mr.. H. G. Entler has known Smootz
since he was child. Always had q
good reputation.
John B. Miller has known Smootz
since childhood. Was always bright
and cheerful until last year On the
4th of August saw Smooth in the Hotel
Hamilton in Hagcrstown, and no
ticed changed appearance in him.
Asked him what was the matter
Came to the conclusion that some.
thing was wrong.
Mr.. A. S. cambridge said Smootz
came out to see him last fall, and told
him he (Smootz) would be dead by
2 that evening. Smooth rode with
him to ShepherdstowR, and showed
him letter "a copy of which Mr.. D.
identified) to Mr.. Charles Ferrell.-
Mr.. Terrell, Smooth said had told him
he would kill him at that evening.
He (Dandridge) saw Mr.. Ferrell, and
the latter said he never told Smootl
he would kill him. Only said he
must retract letter or he would have
TO take the consequences. Witnes:
believed Smooth had gone era
zY on that one subject. Read lettel
and believed whole of it fabrica.
ton. Was in his Office unknown t
Smooth when the latter came there
and sat in chair just off the pave
: ment. Mr.. Charles Terrell cam,
along and asked Smooth why he TOLD
: Dir. cambridge that lie. Said he didn'
tell him lie. He (Dandridge) tller
walked out, and Smooth said ff Mr.
d. said he told him it must be so.
Witness believed and now believes
, prisoner to be sane.
| Charlie Smooth, brother of prison
3 er, was in Entler Hotel Office on nigh
OF shooting, when the door opened
and Harry called him to come anc
! go down home. Asked Harry ttwhat'
the matter?" Said he had shot Susi,
s Terrell. Witness said. "My God
t Harry, you haven't" Prisoner salt
Eyes," and asked if he should shoe
: himself. Witness said he could no
8 advise him. Last fall Harry becam
: morose and moody. Would come il
] home and say nothing, go to his room
!. and sit by himself, or go TO som,
other part of the house and sit b.
: himself. Family had spoken of hi
d changed condition.
e Joseph Smootz, another brother o
the prisoner, and his sisters, Mis-
Emma, Miss Alice and Mrs. Grant
e also testified 10 changed condition
8 in their brother. Mrs. Grant sait
she had a letter from Harry sayin!
E ''when you get this letter will b.
dead man." That Mr.. Terrell hat
given him until z that evening to re
tract. Received this in September
Admitted having forbid him coming
] to her house. Identified letter a
: hers to her brother. Letter read, ii
which she said she was ashamed o
} Harry. Susie was nice girl, anC
she did not want him to come owe
: there. She was done with him.
Went to see Mrs. Ferrell for him, II
ask that he might marry Susie. II,
said if he could only call her his wifi,
he would be willing to go away. Shl
replied she was not as crazy as him
FOURTH DAY.
The defense offered in eyidenc,
FIVE letters. One of these was from
the deceased to Harry Smooth. The
other four were written by the pris
oner and were addressed one to Mr.
Charles Terrell, one to Miss Rose
Cost, one TO Rev. Frank Mcdaniel
and one to Rev. j. r. Van Horne
The last three contained each a copy
of the letter to Mr.. Terrell in which
latter were contained all the rehec.
tions upon deceased referred to by
the various witnesses. The prose.
cution objected to the admission OF
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