Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-08

school afterwards. After 1t partly heal.
ed a vein appeared on the outside be-
tween the crown of the head and the
right ear. It was half the size OF witness
little finger and would bleed whenever
he became excited. This would leave
him visibly affected for half day after
wards. Ina ispute over a horse some
months later William attempted to
strike down his brother Richard with an
axe
Mary Aen Barry, her daughter came
next and will be remembered al the
person around whom SO much interest IN
the tragedy centers. Trouble ia the
head was first noticed by the mother in
her daughter 10 years ago. The first
she knew of the trouble was when she
saw her in the Sarnia, Ont, jail crazy.
She didn't recognize the mother, was
wild and ran away when the witness
approached her. The sight was SO pain.
full that she never went to see the
daughter again until after her recovery.
Jerry Barry comes next is q single
man, lives at home, his head still con-
tinues to trouble him so that he cannot
sleep at times when she has to bind his
head up with wet chothes. Witness
remembered that when young he had 9
fit during which he wanted to injure
himself.
Tom Barry next in age, she stated had
never shown any of the symptoms that
have fallen to the lot Of so many OF her
children aud is all right Her daughter
Lizzie is married and has family.
Mike came out to North Dakota to
return home shortly afterwards and die
of consumption at the age OF twenty.
Patsy died whom years old from run
ming sore Oh the nee. Annie, another
daughter was ill with consumption for
seven months and died in her 18th year.
Katie the next in age is out here with
her mother, age % years, when a little
girl had laughing fits until seven years
old. They occurred at intervals of a
few months, leaving her sick and dull
afterwards. Maggie the youngest, Is
years old is at home.
Cross examined by Judge Cochrane
she narrated that neither herself nor her
husband, who died four years ago, had
been afflicted by any of the symptoms
of insanity. All she had suffered from
was bad headaches. It developed that
the grand mother, Mrs. O'Rourke, died
when 100 years old. Her son William
had visited them about every third year
sinss coming out here 10 years.
The defendant, William Barry, then
took the oath, said that he came to the
states Is years ago and in answer to the
preliminary questions said he could
neither read or write. Had learned u
little years ago at school bat forgotten
it. Had lately been teaching himself
and gotten as far az tho third reader.
Coming toDakota 10 years ago had come
direct to this county. It was in the days
when neighbors were few and..markets {
long way of. st. Thomas was the near.
est point and to haul grain there the
round trip took from6 to Z days. HI
owned about 600 acres OF land all bal
about 100 being under cultivation
Besides farming he had threshsd ex
tensively since coming to the county
In the early days they would sleel
nights under the separator or in tn
wheat shocks durin the threshinl
season, lasting as 1t did at that tim
from 40 to So days. Told how in linin,
up the engine with the separator at {
setting he would lift his side of q.
engine weighing 5000 pounds with hi
feet, lying with his back on the grount
to obtain purchasing power. Four G
five men would lift on the other side o
the wheel against HIM.
Barry stated that he first met Andrey
Mellem fourteen years ago. He was a
that time working for Thomas O'Rourke
He didn't see him again until the yea
| the railroad cnme in. Mellem had beel
working out and the party didn't pa
him. Mellem was needing a home 70
the winter and brought his three horse
with him and remained until spring
no charge being made by Barry for tn
keep Of either of them. It was not unit
five years ago that he began to renal
steadily with Brrry doing chores durln
the winter, travelling defendants stallio
and helping with the harvest and threst
ing in the fall. The collections TO
stallion service and thrsshinR bills wer
looked after by Mellem and he We
looked upon more as one of the famil
than any thing else. There was
period Of ten years that Mellem ha
spent his time between the farm of dc
PENDANT and his brother Tom Barry
farm out west. They always got alon
we'll together.