The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

an hours interval, at about o'clock,
| Lucy and the two smaller children re-
| turned home. Lucy, the witness stated,
was crying and screaming when she came
| into the yard. Her hair was dragged and
hanging about her face, her clothing dis
arranged. and her face disigured.
The States Attorney enquired into the
| mental condition of Lucy. This provoked
an objection from Mr.. Stanley, which was
overruled. Mrs. Hart replying to the
question. stated that Lucy was not her
brightest child. She said that her daugh
ter was in very poor physical condition
at the present moment. States Attorney
Levin asked for the account Of the affair
given by the child to her mother on her
return home. This question he withdrew
upon the objection OF Mr. Stanley.
Mrs. Hart Cross-Exnmined.
On cross-examining the witness Mr..
Stanley experienced considerable difficulty.
Mrs. Hart, it appeared, was slightly deaf
and did not properly understand the ques-
lions of the attorney which were not ut
tered in very loud tones. Mrs. Hart, I'M
der his questioning, stated that she had
first seen her daughter as she returned
home from the scene OF the alleged crime,
at the barn situated some distance from
the house. In returning from her errand,
Mrs. Hart said, IL would have been neces-
sary for Lucy to have passed the house
belonging TO Roger Smith. The Smith
house was in sight OF the Hart place.
Mrs. Hart did not know how far from the
house the barn was, but she stated that
Lucy had reached that point when FIRST
she heard her screams. She was return
ing home by the road back of the house.
Mrs. Hart said that Lucy was crying and
telling her story all the way. And pitt
Sttl 10 z "a hp wi
Mrs. Hart identified the men who are
accused OF the crime. She had seen them
all frequently. and Boteler and Smith, she
| stated, were usually to be found at the
store kept by Roger Smith.
Mrs. Hart had become somewhat irri-
, tated under cross examination and re-
piled TO several question that she did
not know She made the statement that
she had been in the yard for some time
| before her daughters return, but did not
know how long. Repeated questioning es-
tablished that she had been there possibly
| twenty minutes.
What were you doing In the yard?"
asked Mr.. Stanley.
Attending to my business replied the
| witness testify.
This was the occasion for n passage
| at arms between the two attorneys, be-
| tween whom there appeared to be little
good feeling.
Lucy Hart Tcstihes.
The witness WAS excused and Lucy Hart
was called The prosecuting witness gave
her testimony in a hesitating manner. She
/ was visibly embarrassed by the long ques-
| tioning and at one time raised her hand
TO her head in apparent bewilderment. She
| stated that she was sixteen years old on
the 9th of April last. Her story Of the
NaaNF q
of the errand upon which her mother had
sent her She stated that she had been
sent with a pound of -four to the house OF
Mrs Linthicum Sunday afternoon. She
had met Mrs. Linthicum's little boy on the
road and had given the package TO him to
deliver and had started TO return home.
She had stopped to pick chinquapins with
her companions, Annie and Eiiie Cunning
ham, aged eight and six years, respective
ly. The five mel accused OF the assault
had accosted her at this time The witness
identified the men, calling each by name
and Indicating them at the same time.
She had been approached by the ive mer
at a place about 200 yards from the Smith
store They told her 10 come with them
she said and threatened TO kill her II She
did not do so. She was then dragged into
the bushes, she said. When she attempted
to cry out she was choked and the meI
| put lHelr MINUS o'ei ieI MUM iHe afs
ssults followed. She heard her nieces call
ing her. Leo Smith, she stated was told
by the others to talk 10 the children ant
this he did. The men, she testified, lef
her after threatening to kill her If she sait
anything.
On the road home she met her mother
bun the witness declared she was 10,
frightened to tell her anything until she
got home. The witness corrected ssvera
Of her statements. on the further ques
tioning OF the States Attorney claiming
to he half crazy" when she made enron
eous replies. Mr.. Stanley cross-tXam
ined the witness. The States Attorpe,
: closed his case and demanded that tn.