Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-04-20

her before leave town. | told him
that he had better leave that alone.
He said that he would not until he
wore his wooden overcoat or Harry
Lord would wear his. Y
Mrs. Emma Lord, wife Of Edgar
Lord, said "On the evening of Sat
urday. December s, my husband
brought home pistol, which he put
in trunk. He latter got IL. showed
me how to use it and put ii in a
drawer out of the reach of the child
rem. ,
Charles Dick said that he saw Har-
ny Lord with his brother on the
evening the shooting occurred and
talked TO him about the divorce suit.
DIR. n ID. Baker went back ON the
stand and stated that he attended the
prisoner. Harry Lord from October &c
to November "a for typhoid fever. On
the third of December when he saw
him he was very weak and emaciated.
He was very nervous and seemed 10
be excited
James Stephens said he had con-
versation withjHarrv Lord about se-
curing evidence in divorce suit
against his wife and directed him to
men named Mason, Franks and Dick.
q. G Cushwa stated that he sold
Lord revolver on the eighth day Of
last December. Lord bargained with
him to trade the old revolver and
some money for the new one. He
said Lord wanted ia take the new
one out to try IL and complete the
bargain on Monday. Mr.. Cushwa
identified the two revolvers, which
were shown to him.
Harry Lord. the accused murderer,
then took the stand. In reply to the
questions asked HIM he said MY
name is Harry Lord. My age is 20
years and months. lived at my
fathers place until was married.
Since that time 1 lived on Water
street until the ninth OF December,
since which time have been in Jail.
| ran a meat shop adjoining my dwell
ing house. had been sick for six or
eight weeks previous to the 9th Of
December with typhoid fever, On
the Wednesday before the frat OF De-
cember went out to my father i home,
which was the first time / had been
out Of the house since my illness. I
returned on Saturday December /, In
the evening after.supper ! felt had and
lay down. My wife said she was CO.
ing down to the store after butter.
She returned and said she would 20
down and feed the hogs. lay there
on the cot for 10 or Is minutes ard
then got UP and went into the shop.
My sister asked me if could watch
shop while she went down to see
where my wife was. ] said no !
would go down. as was too weak to
wait on customers. walked in the
stable and heard my wife and Joe
Hess talking and making good deal
of noise in the hayloft.
/ heard Hess ask my wife where
Harry was. did not hear what she
said That made me very excited and
] started to climb up into the loft.
looked into the loft and there saw my
wife and Joseph Hess My foot then
slipped and made some noise. At
that instant Joe Hess sprang at me
with a revolver in his hand. / fell
down the steps. When got down /
told my wife / was done with her and
called Joe Hess a low-liyed s----.
That was all did at the stable.
had no weapon at all except cane.
] then went to the house, picked up
the child and started across the street
toward my wife's fathers house My
w fe caught up TO me and took the
child. She told me she was down
there with Joe Hess, but would have
nothing to do with him again. / told
her to go away that didn't want
anything more to do with.her That
was Dec. /, 1900. My wife gave me the
letters, Qetters written to her by Hess
shown TO him) Monday. She took
them from under the carpet. When
she gave them she said she had been
untrue TO me before marriage and
since marriage and asked forgiveness
that she had been meeting Joe Hess
before and after marriage at different
places. ] had no suspicious OF their
relations before caught them in the
stable. consulted Mr.. Woods about
getting divorce ON Monday morning.
He advised me to get more testimony
talked to my wife on Wednesday
morning and secured more testimony
from talk with her to use in the
divorce suit I saw her again on
Friday evening in front of her fathers
home She told me of threats that
Hess had made against me and of how
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