Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-16
THE JURY SWORN
Trial of Mollie Harris, Colored,
Charged With Murder.
The DEPUTY CORONER'S STATEMENT
Cut in Body Of Victim Penetrated
the Heart.
TESTIMONY OF WITH ESSES

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TwrIve men satisfactory to both the
prosecution and the defense were secured
this morning and sworn as jury to pass
upon the, guilt or innocence of Mollie Har-
riS colored indicted for the murder of
Alice QUeenan, the 9th of last October
The proceedings. as stated in The Star.
were begun yesterday before Justice Cla-
baugh. in Criminal Court No. 1. Assistant
United States Attorney Could appears for
the government. and Attorneys Turner and
Mitchell for the defense. The following
c"mPri>e. the jury: Messrs. Robert Petit.
Charles Phillips. owen L. Earnshaw. F. y.
WalJrmeyer. Richardson Green. William
Perry. John B. Daughton George d. Young.
Charles f G. DE Moll, J. II. Jameson, John
r. K--ch and Harry 1. Ogle.
MIR. Could outlined to the jury the case
from the standpoint of the government.
making statement substantially as pub
lished yesterday in The Star. He was fol-
lew ed by Mr.. Turner. who declared that
the killing was done in self-defenSe the
fatal blow being struck in connection with
general row during which the defendant
was set upon by number of persons.
Report on Autopsy.
DR. L. W. Glazebrook. deputy coroner.
who performed the autopsy on the body of
Alice Queeuan. was called by the govern
ment a. witness He testified that the
wound was about one-half inch long and was
msd. i'm all probability by long. thin in
s:rumenL- The cut was through the third
rib and the lung. and penetrated the heart.
J.nni. f. Snowden. Mary Stewart. Ma
ii'lH Johnson. witnesses for the government.
book the Staad and said in substance that
hon a.. he evening M October 81
last while near Alice Quctnans house. they
heard SOM one say: Good night. Mr.. and
Mrs Smooj-
Tom Srnaoi ard MoIlie Harris were pass
ing along. Alice called. There's my
Tommy and she passed the woman and
grabbed the man. Mcllic made use of an
obscene name and told Alice to LIT go the
nan. There was disturbance. Mary Stew
art testified that she saw Nollie pass a
knife 10 Della Dyson
Heard an Alarm.
George H. Marbury, colored. who rented
a room i'm the house of Alice Queenan in
CuIlinanes court last October. was, after
recess. called 10 the stand by the prose
cutting attorney. The evening of the killing
he noticed a group Of people some distance
from him down the alley. He thought they
We're children playing. Some one called:
Stand back, Stand back, Run Mary
Stewart. the woman has got knife
-Nll't ldlTl Stlu W tllt NlNlleSS- nat
woman cut me The witness inquired of
The defendant:
w ny did YOU cut Alice"
Ella Wallace. coIored. testified that she
heard Alice Queenan eXclaim: That wo-
man cut me The witness observed Mollie
Harris pass knife to Della Dyson.
Policeman Alfred ]. Headley next told the
jury that the night of the killing he ar
Posted Mollie Harris in house in Nolans
alley. Thomas Srnoot and woman We're
with Mollie. To the witness the defendant
declared she had not been out of that
house during that evening. and had not
been in Culiinane's court
why did you strike Alice with a stone?'
the witness asked Mollie.
Il did not strike her with stone" the
woman made reply.
What did you strike her within
MY hand
Why"
Because they were all cutting and slash
ing around there"
Policeman Headley identified knife
shown in court as the one he had found
bet the lining and the cloth of Mol
lies cape the night of the tragedy.
The prosecution at this point announced
lis case closed.
Evidence for Defense.
The defense first called Lewis Baker,
coIored. He knew Alice Queenan and also
the defendant and Thomas smoot. The
Monday of the killing Alice Queenan ap-
lFdI-I e+l lHs StGDle WHtle inc witness ana
SmoDt work. Mollie Harris was there
In the presence of the parties mentioned
Alice declared: I'm going TO get Tommy
tonight. and ! will have TO kill that woman
or she Will kill me-
The preceding day Alice had said in the
hearing Of the witness, III kill or be
Killed but what I'll have Tommy
DIT D. X Shute. physician at the jail,
took the stand as a witness for the defense
He testified that the day after Mollie
reached the Jail he found that she had a
blackened eye and a confusion of the neck
The injuries might have been caused by a
blow.
Reputation of Fighter.
Annie Carter testified that Alice Queeuan
had the reputation of being a fighter.
Winnie Webb, the next witness said that
the Friday evening preceding the killing
she heard Alice excIaim that if she ever
caught Mollie Harris with Tommy Smoot
She would be bent on killing her
The man about whom the trouble oc-
CURED. Thomas Smoot, took the stand for
the defense. Ho once lived with Alice
QCeeHan. lie said. and was acquainted with
Mollte Harris The evening OF the killing
ths witness was walking with Mollie. Alice
rushed up TO them and uttered threats
against Mollie, and then took the witness
hat and went of with it.
The examination of Srnoot was In pro-
gress when this report closed.