The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-11-20
THE EVIDENCE
IS DAMAGING
BOOTsFITTEDINT TRACKS
IN THE MUD
The Tolls are Tightening
About Harrison Baum.

Testimony Was Against the Prisoner,
Who is Accused Of Shooting Marion
Erase Distance Between Saloon and
Scene Of Crime an Important Feature.
The court room was packed to the
doors when the case of the state Of
Ohio against Harrison Baum was re-
sumed Tuesday afternoon. At
o'clock the jury went to the scene OF
the shooting under the care OF Sherin
Mckinney. Prosecutor Day and Atlee
Pomerene accompanied the party. Mr..
Pomerene is counsel for Baum. The
sheriff had specific instructions as to
where the jury was to be taken and
what was to be pointed out to 1t. The
home of Marion Erase, the victim OF
the shooting was visited and the prem
ises viewed thoroughly. The jurors
were taken to point where they could
see the home Of Baum and the Hossler
residence, past which Baum is said to
have gone on his way from the Davis
saloon in North Industry.
When the court resumed after dinner
the jury went into the box and Ed.
Stokes was placed upon the stand. He
had heard the shot that inflicted the in
juries. The next witness was John
Cameron, who bears a double rela-
tion to Marion Erase through mar
riage. He is his brother-in-law and
father-in-law, Erase having married
Cameron's daughter and Cameron in
turn having married a sister Of Erase.
In spite of this fact the state was a
little afraid that Cameron would hes
itate about testifying against the pris-
oner as they had been very friendly.
Cameron was the first to At the boots
found in Baum's home into the tracks
near the window where the shooting
occurred The same tracks, he claim
ed, we're found in the mud in the gar
den. There was peculiar round mark
In the track, Cameron claimed. which
corresponded with mark or protuber-
ance upon the heel of one OF the boots.
The witness stated that the inden-
tions in the ground were from half
to an inch in depth. Attorney Shields
tried to get him to admit that in the
garden the footsteps had gone down
six inches deep in the mud.
do you think he went clear out Of
sight" reiterated the witness, He stuck
to his first assertion. Cameron visited
Baum in jail and says that Baum ad-
mitted that the rubber boots we're his.
The witness was quite character
and talked more than the lawyers car
ed to have him do. On several occa-
sions he was called by the judge to
confine himself to answering the ques-
tions.
Assistant Surveyor Guiley was next
placed upon the stand to identity a
plat of the grounds and give the result
Of certain measurements made. Baum.
on the night Of the shooting, quit work
at $50, or was at the Davis saloon at
that time. 1t is claimed that it was a
physical impossibility for him to have
gone home, secured his gun and reach
ed the Erase home in the time inter-
vening. fhe distance between the. two
points was 9,0S7 feet or 3-4 miles. At
the conclusion of this testimony the
court adjourned until Wednesday
morning.
In the court room are three articles
that will be used in evidence and the
prosecutor has them prominently dis
played before the jury. They are the
shot gun and boots found in Baum's
house when he was arrested and the
chair in which Marion Erase was sit
ting when the shot was fired. In the
head-rest Of the chair are a number
of shot that missed the victim.
Baum's father sits beside him all day
long and shows evidence of agitation.
Neither he nor the prisoner have any
smiles at the witticisms of witnesses
or attorneys. To them 1t is too serious
q matter as it involves the liberty
and reputation of the young man.
1t Is probable that the case will run
over into next week.