The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-09
HARRIS makes DENIAL
Denies the Statement Made by Miss
Anna Dickinson.
HE NEVER TALKED THAT WAY
Miss ANNA Trains Her Batteries ON DIR.
Hiicman and DR.. Johnson-Law Points
Of tho Plaintiff and Defendants.
Arguments WIN 10 Mado Today.

uilcman and DIR. JOhnSon-LnW POINTS
of tho Plaintiff and Defendants.
| Arguments WIN 10 Made Today.
After one weeks intermlssion the ia
nous Dickinson case was resumed yes
| terday morning at 10 o'clock IN the
| court room in the Federal building, ana
| Mt 3 o'clock In the afternoon In the final
| throes of the case an episode occurred
which went further toward establish
| ing the unsoundness of mind OF Miss
| Dickinson than any other Incident dur-
| Ing the trial. She had been ON the Wit
ness stand since court resumed giving
rebuttal testimony. and not long before
| 3 O'Clock Judge Daley turned Miss
| Dickinson over to Major Warren for
| cross-examination. The questions ana
answers were very ordinary ones until
Major Warren asked her concerning an
occasion at the Danville Insane asylum,
when two of the female attendants
were taking her to the bathroom so that
she might be given u bath. Major War
rem inquired If they handled her rough
ly or did they show feelings of kindness,
which?
"rhey were simply madhouse attend
ants, mere machines" she answered.
! You know the class of attendants
there. | understand you have been In
! Il madhouse"
"When and where did you hear
that" asked Major Warren.
IL heard you had been in retreat"
From whom"
"A good many"
| please name one"
| hid Not Want to Toll.
! Judge Daley. Miss DickinsOns coun-
| sci. objected to her answering and the
| court with much warmth informed the
! plaintiffs counsel that Major Warren
was perfectly proper and justified in
his questions. and Judge Acheson re-
quested Major Warren to proceed.
Then Major Warren asked her on her
| oath to give the name of n single per-
son who had ever told her that he had
been confined in either madhouse or
a retreat. She declined to tell. There
upon Major Warren addressed the
court and inquired If the witness was
not bound to answer the name of the
persons who had told her this story and
Judge Acheson informed Miss Dickin-
son that she would have to give the
names of the persons, if she knew them,
who told her, inasmuch as she had
made the statement voluntarily and on
her own accord.
You have sworn here, madam" said
Major Warren, "to what some persons
told you about my confinement in a
madhouse or retreat. and demand that
you tell me the name of one person."
"A Mr.. Harris told me-" she replied.
"Who? John M. Harris, the attor-
ney-an attorney of this COURTS it?"
was asked. Yes, he is the person."
was her answer.
He told you had been in a retreat,
di&N?"
~, for nervous treatment" was
her f-~e. Miss Dickinson's counsel
entered another objection, and Major
Warren addressed the court with these
words:
statements Wholly False.
Your honor, here is lady, who. un-
! der oath, has made statement wholly
false, and / am going to find ont and
inquire all about It," Judge Acheson
nodded his head in approval. Major
warren requested Miss Dickinson to
proceed and give the names of others
who had told her about his incarcera- =
tion In madhouse. She said she did
not know their names, but they came
and told her.
MISS Dickinson was then allowed TO
depart from the witness stand. and Mr..
Harris, who had been sent for by Maior
warren. having arrived, was put upon
the stand Tor the purpose of contra
dieting Miss Dickinson.
Mr.. Harris. In answer to Major War
ren, swore that he had known him for
niteen years. and he denied ever hay-
ing made the statements ascribed to
him by Miss Dickinson. He met her
once at the instance of Judge DALEY.
one of her lawyers, and conyersed with
her several times during the trial at
the county court house the week before
last, but always In the presence of
third parties. When he met her at
Judge Dailey's request, was at the
Wyoming house in the parlor and Judge
Daley was present.
What Mr.. Harris Said.
Mr.. Harris denied that then or on anv
other occasion he expressed himself in
the manner described concerning
Major Warren. He admitted that he
told some persons that Major Warren
did not perhaps, appreciate the brill
iancy of the witness he was contendlng
against, but that Major Warren, how
ever, was the leader of the Lackawanna
bar. He told Miss Dickinson that
Major Warren Is an exceedingly hard
worker and for a while last summer
was away few weeks for rest. He
entered an emphatic, forclble and un-
equivocatlng denial against the state
ments of Miss Dickinson. That ended
the testimony of both sides. This un-
warranted attack upon counsel for de-
fendant certainly seemed prejudicial
to the plaintiffs case and caused con-
siderable comment unfavorable to Miss
Dickinson.
When court coEvened I'm the morning
| Miss Dickinson went on the witness
stand to confute the testimony of all
of the defendants witnesses. She testi-
fed that every word In the letter
written to her brother In Los Angeles
was true. She presented check to
show that she paid DIR. Hall for his
electrical treatment of her. She said
that DR.. Heilman swore to a filthy lie
when he accused her of drinking intox-
lcants to excess. One time she called
him q rat because he was thrusting
himself upon her presence. She said
DR.. Heilman Is d jackal, which is a foul
beast of prey. She gave testimony In
rebuttal concerning what all of the wit
nesses of the defense had sworn to-.
| She was about to be allowed to have
the stand when the incident happened