The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-29

that one night Mrs. Glass offered her
| SO to cut her Mrs. Glass's) throat
with razor. Mr.. Burton asked:
DO you keep razor"
II do
For what?"
My private use.
Do you shave!
mo, sir.
| Later she said the razor was the pro
| nerty of her brother, and she used it tn
| trim her corns.
well, S25 is reasonably cheap for
such a job, isn't it?'
/ II reckon SO"
WAS Mr.. Glass in the habit of max
! ing presents to your
"He has given me present every
Christmas I've been with him.
What were the presents?'
"a pair of shoes and stockings. u
muff, clock, a dressing case, watch
fob, a handkerchief, n glove box, an nj
bum. Il tooth-pick case and pin case
did he give his wife anythingg'
Yes, he gave her pair of shoes and
stockings, a picture. Il glass bottle and
some other things"
Did you give Mr.. Glass any pres
ents?"
Yes, sir; one time gave him watch
charm. heart with stone in the
centre.
The witness said she had often seen
Mrs. Glass cry, but she didn't know what
she was crying about.
On redirect examination Miss John
son said it was GLASS; custom to make
presents to all of his employees at Christ
mas, and they always made him Il
present.
Miss Johnson denied that there was
any intimacy between her and Glass.
and that he had always treated her with
perfect respect. She acknowledged see
ing the card shown in court--that Mrs.
Glass showed it to her and that was
the only time she had ever seen it. She
said she never made an appointment to
meet Glass anywhere.
did Mrs. Glass write to you from
Richmond?"
Yes. sir.
"Have YOU got the letter."
Il have"
She produced it and had not the same
trouble i'll identifying the handwriting
that she had about the Glass note.
This letter asked Miss Johnson to look
mp Mrs. Glass's clothes and send them
TO her in Richmond.
This completed Miss Johnson's testi-
mony, aud the court took a recess until
> O'clock
The first witness examined after the
noon recess was Rev. DR. A. NJ Simms,
pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church.
He said the witness, Miss Evie John
son, was member of his church, and
SO far as he knew her character was
perfect Mr.. n. Il. Broughton testified
to the same effect. Miss Workman. a
telephone operator, also testified to the
character of Miss Johnson. She corro-
borated Miss Johnson in her statement
that it was customary for the operators
to give Mr.. Glass present each Christ
mas, also for him to give them presents.
The operators usually give their pres
ents by putting their money together
and buying Il handsome present.
! Christmas before last she didn't think
Miss Johnson dubbed in with them, but
gave her present alone. Miss Bessie
Williams. telephone operator. testified
to Miss .Johnson's good character
Mr.. Marlboro. inspector of instruments
and foreman of the line for the Bell
Telephone Company in Raleigh, testified
to Miss J0hnson's good character. lie
said he knew Henry Hart. who worked
under him. He was negligent in his
work. One morning Hart left him and
went to the Glass residence and remain
ed there for some time. On another time
he met Mrs. Glass, on bicycle. coming
from toward East Raleigh. Mr.. Var
boro said Mrs. Glass asked him mot
to tell the old man" One Sunday af-
ternoon, the witness said he gave Mrs.
Glass some flowers for Mr.. Glass Later
he saw Hart wearing some of them.
The witness told of certain suspicious
circumstances in regard to the dsappear-
ance of the witness Addie Terry. the
cook at Glass. AT this time he was
sleeping at the Glass residence to
guard the premises, and one night Il
man. whom he believed to be Mr.. Bed
dingtield, drove up. went into the ward,
upon the piazza and turned the blinds.
Marlboro walked up and asked what he
wanted. He replied nothing, and walk
cd away. The cook was there next
morning, though.
II. |. Sattcrfield, inspector of the
Telephone Exchange, said he had been
i'll Glass employ about four years, and
went to the Glass house to board April
1st 1897. He never saw any unkind-
ness on Glass part toward his wife.
oallerHelu SalQ mart went away OH
May 18th; that he told him goodbye on
May Bird; that Hart did not go to Glass
to breakfast the morning of May 4th,
or come to the office.
| The witness testified that he was sick
when called Wednesday, having had a
chill the day before.
I Have YOU been taking medicine?"
| YES, sir"
! What"
! twenty-five grains of quinine."
! Amid much laughter Mr.. Busbee re-
marked that this would be pretty good
dose even in Halifax, and in Wake it
was quite whOpper.
| George Vint, cousin and empIoyc of
Glass. testified to Glass good character.
and to his good treatment of Mrs. Glass.
J IL. ID. Mcfarland. n negro employed
by Glass, said sometimes there was bad
feeling between Mr.. and Mrs Glass. He
usually went for Mr.. Glass meals: some
times Mrs. Glass would send them and
sometimes she wouldn't. Mr.. Glass
would send. he said, for Miss Evie
.Iohnson's dinner along with his. Mrs.
Glass would say Miss Johnson ought to
come after her meals.
! Aallia IIuptnr af,lnuaI xVa,N,a,, all.