New-York tribune., 1901-06-20
th,, point Jumped TO his feet with HE usuai oo'
...,,o, ,,,b,cb was sustained by the Court

Nv the defence: o-During this period OF frienc-
sHP g ela Mr. sFS ErWnobject to that The money was
rePSioMl pa Mr Van winkie-Did your husband know OF
those loans TO Mr; Keller
NJ Nv. EF~.h We're he amounts OF money you loaned
to ny hsrter first loaned him SO then n2 nens
sa6 neyt so and so on. After the first loan o. Si
Mr. Barker dd not know Of these tra,s sSs IN lead
nencil. and ask you If that is uemo'aiioU''- -
loans mace mTaI HI ohiect 10 the memorandum as cyl
denoe II is partly iIlegible ard is not IN Shap'
evidence
MEMORANDUM ADMITTED.
Judge Blair overruled the objection and me WIZ
.oss ssta r. was a correct record, although soiie
cgl MARKS on the backs of the leaves reieffeu 10
snother subject On request of her counsel, c.
objection by Mr.. Erwin had been overruieo, 80
Barker took the dilapdated sheets o, notepape' OH"
read:
dsgbter - soon checked by the eourtl; April
J. $50. year. April ls. so' july 20 s''
BY Mr. Van winkle-what were your reasons sRer ser
cause ef his attitude toward-lis outrage upon
object" shouted Prosecutor Erwin, spring
,ng 70 his feet 1T has been steadily held by
Your Honor that this sort OF testimony is out
of order
Mrs. Barker shut her jaws together grimly ana
smiled family as she nodded to her huspand'
Then ensued long and fierce wrangie between
the opposing counsel Mr.. Van Wrinkle wanteo
the evidence left in and Mr.. Erwin insisted that
Il be stricken out. Mr.. Erwin carried his point
OUTRAGE" FREQUENTLY USED.
"Rv outrage what do you mean?" suddenly
blurted out Mr. Van Wrinkle again, and once
more Mr. Erwin angrily interposed objection
AT every favorable opportunity the defence
wormed in the word outrage" If 1t had mad
a thousand heads ii could not have mace its
appearance with greater frequency. MI ERWIN
was successful in his objections TO It's use out
again and again, without being checkeo py the
court. the defence's lawyers trained their rapid
fire Outrage" howitzer on the jury and SET IL
off The testimony went on;
o-Hov many times did you see Mr.. Keller be
tween the time of outrage and the time OF the
shooting? Aseyeral times on on me e,S eases TO
these references to 'outrages. Ihey are al
agsins1 % Van g1uw winkie anotly)-she when she
was outraged If the court please, we VIII MAKE an
tnese oHow iong before the outrage was the last
ssst ss1 rfSH5nsG rFebTnsryofhat y would be in 1900
Q.-Subsequent 10 the outrage uiu SOD mani
known these incidents TO any oneE
The defence here got in several questions rel
alive to the alleged incident, and then Mr.. Van
Wrinkle wanted TO know about note from MIS-
T2srker TO Mr. Keller reading as follows
Mr. Keller: Please to return the money E4p 4 nave
OF mine-S22 L. "a
Mrs. Barker said it was sent to Mr.. Keller
after he ceased coming to her house Another
note read
Mr. Keller il is absolutely necessary for you 10
70 to-day thai m9bey SSI SSee naa 10 any more
of these letters They don't establish anything
s1d @ reeSS see he what will happen II the door
opened for this sort OF correspondence. ao,-o
Mr Erwin-We understand what that kind OF talk
IS for.
BARKER WAS MOODY.
Mrs. Barker said that in the fortnight preced-
ing the shooting her husband was moody and
nervous. and once or twice he cried On the day
of the shooting he was 'choked up and de-
pressed
After another unsuccessful attempt by Mr.. Van
Wrinkle to get in a part Of the story of the al
legged assault, Mrs. Barker examined by
Mr.. Erwin, the prosecutor.
Mrs Barker was not allowed TO say whether
or not she and her husband had talked about
Keller. She said she on occasion told her
husband not do violence to Keller, II would
only revert on her, and that they would live
this thing down.
Under cross-examination Mrs Barker said
that she ceased 10 attend the Trinity Mission I'm
June 1899. She told of the sleepiessness of her
husband and herself for two weeks prior TO the
shooting. Still. her husband went 10 business
every day, and continued TO ride his bicycle.
They rode out together the day before the shoot
ing. She could not remember when they were
out together before that day.
On the day of the shooting her husband went
out shortly before O'Clock TO get a paper for
her
Later she informed of his being at the
Town Hall in Kearny She said her husband
had made arrangements TO take her TO Central
Park on the day of the shooting. Mrs. Barker
then told OF the different places in which she
had lived in Arlington
She could not say when last she saw Keller
before the shooting. AS 10 the accounts against
Keller. she kept them separate from her other
accounts. tearing leaves out Of an account book
and pressing them In her pocketbook There
Were eight different dates, from January 20 to
december l9. She could not produce the book
from which the leaves were torn
Mrs. Barker said she belonged 70 tha rIaIri,o
Hand Society OF Mr. Keller's mission church
and had made set of altar cloths and other
articles for the mission.
fDidn't you try TO engage from Mrs Puclley q
'front.' room in her home. and wasn't Mrs Buck
ieys just about opposite where Mr. Keller
nyedF' suddenly asked Mr.. Erwin
sHr MRS. Barker hdseted at this and seemed to
hush as sne answered: Yes, nearly opposite"
PUZZLED BY HER OWN ENTRIES
Mrs. Barker and Mr. Erwin. the Prosecutor.
cut somewhat comical figure while they were
trying 10 decipher Mrs. Barker's cash account
Mr.. Erwin went up and sat down close TO
her. and they both scrutnized the pencilled
sheets Mrs. Barker seemed lust as deeply puz-
zleo over her own bookkeeping as did the Prose-
Sunng Attorney. She said in answer to Mr.
Efwins questions that she didn't remember