The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-19

tss..al % re Fls-
S-r... Va. June lS-For nearly five
r..T, To-day Andrew GL-.gaU was IE the
s.l-.,.s chair. a target for the cold logic
,.-a. LAWYERS who sought 10 break down
chain Cd. s..E-drf-use for JHe murder OF
e. Beverly T.Iae. ~, talked agdi1.y am
-...... s.a uu the whole mad - good
r. mess be- denied the statements Of seN-
ell. V.ra.--y- who preceded him, aud
-..r. vi. D. considerable testimony IN re-
...te.
G...gau stuck to- the story that be shot
C.aa Beverly Turner with mis- right hand.
r.. has leg, embraced Miss Isabel, thai
E- lad visited the place a. her invitation,
AID la' be hred TO save himself and her.
-su was led over the details pf the
tragedy q second time He TrIajed, ia the
Is.. ra. same story as on Saturday. but
r.u-g.t out several new facts. He told Of
f.i.l.s Lr had heard. how he was always
uneasy when be- went 10 see Isabel, for
:.er ut ,ucouuJeriHE her father, and how
70 would run Or a. the breaking OF 2
suck
Whom asked why he continued 10 go and
r.En such chances GlIligaH claimed IL was
rH please Isabel. and said: Il loved that
woman and love her now. ! believe she
-l..s me now. II "A man really loves a
woman. she can influence him against his
NI'
Believes She Testified Against Her VIII.
G.Ilgan was asked how he could love a
woman who, as he claimed, had borne
false witness against him He said ne
thought that she had done so against her
VI.
The prisoner claims not TO remember
iha' he ever said 70 W. =. Wilson he
would drop Beverly Turner" but said ne
bad shown Wilson some letters. and asked
fls advice In the matter as a friend Wit
hess had heard OF Mr. Turner's threats
through Isabel and ". ". Morris. Wilson
had warned him.
handkerchief was introduced. which
tore the letter 8 " the initial of Miss
turner's nTSt name serena, which had
been Il Christmas present and which wit
hess wore about his neck during the cold
reason while he was fugitive
'lIHsau said the letters and notes were
PASSED chiefly by hand, but were some
Times left under a brick He claimed that
Miss Turner ~ Christmas had some of
Dis letters. She had never asked him To
return bur one letter. one written al Al
lesheny Springs That one she burned
saving Ashes tell no tales" Witness re
lirra'ed his declaration that he had never
SAID anything derogatory TO Miss IsabeTs
character; he had always defended her
and her parents, and always would
GlIgan declared that he did not think
q. threats when the fatal shot was fired.
Ne was too scared. The defendant denied
tat he ever threatened To commit sui
tdt except when he had Killed Turner
ana then Isabel grabbed the gun TO pre-
vent him.
Wanted Her to eIease Him.
Witness acknowledged that he had had
no immediate intention of marrying ISa-
bel and had begged her 10 release him.
When questioned as TO promise referred
10 in one OF the letters written him by
Miss Turner, witness said: II don't know
Unless it was 10 marry her, or 10 give up
!rsing, and go to church every Sunday.
asked her if she couldn't give me up,
how il would be when she married anoth-
81 man. She said she wouldn't ever give
Inc up, even then; if she ever married
Ehe would give me a long notice"
Robert Ferguson testified that Mr. Tur-
ner used bad language on the church
ground and ". W Morris swore that the
old man threatened to shoot Nick Gill;
gan or anybody else he caught lurking
about his place at night. The defense
VIZ probably nnlSh tomorrow. Miss Tur-
Lrr and several other witnesses Will teS-
lily lu TebuJtal.