The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-25

place.
Mr.. Leo left to inquire into tile absence
OF tho senior counsel.
1t was dramatic fon,ent when Mr..
Gmor arose and asked that tho clerk
bring into the courtroom tho base-ball
bat, tho murderous gum tie night-gown
worn by the victim and the bloody shirt
of McCuc.
Mr.. Duke loft at once and returned
shortly with the bat wrapped In a news
paper and tied with red string ITO
went out again almost Immediately ana
after awhile brought III the other articles.
Tho court waited impaticntly, Mr.. Har-
mon had not returned. and whispers spocd-
ing from lip to lip, declared that no lad
suffered n collapse. AT last there was
stir III the door-wayl and Mr.. Leo appear
cd. followed by ono or two OF his asso-5
ciatcs. The senior counsel was not Of tho
.par,y. THO Gynchblrg lawyer walked
10 his scat, glanced ut u paper he carried
and then arose and faced tho court.
Lacking in Red Blood.
ut Is with great regret" ha said slowly
and carefully, "that we inform the court
which we have Just been accurately In
formed. cannot attempt to speak With
technical precision, but understand
from the physicians who have made q
careful examination Of Mr.. Harmons
blood, that he Is In very nnaemic con-
dition. The normal number Of blood cor
puscles In a human being Is about 5.0o0.-l
900. Mr., Harmon has only little over
. 100000. When tho number sinks below
tho 1000, 900 mark, tho result to the pa
tient Is death. Should Mr.. Harmon In
sist upon going on with the case, the et,
fort would kill him, He cannot apd VIII
not appear
Mr.. Leo went on to say thnt, having
relied largely upon Mr.. Harmon, who
was the first lawyer engaged to defend
McCue. his associates did not feel that
they were prepared to go OH with the case
without him. 1t would be unjust to the
court, to themselves and above all things:
unjust to tho Client lie was ready to
place physicians upon the stand and let
them testify! From conversations with
tho attorneys on the other side. lie un-S
derstood that tho Comm onwcaltll lawyers
desired a consultation and recess until
tomorrow morning, Mr.. Lee realized the,
cnbarra ssment a delay at this time would
cause to everybody He said that nobody
regretted it more, than the, defense which
was ready with its case and anxious to
proceed. iEs ~ az o.
Trial Should Go on.
CAPTAIN woods, ct the prosecution. ex-S
tended his heartfelt sympathy to Mr..
Harmon, but regretted that the informa-#
ton OF his illness had not been stated
before, Mr.. Lee, he understood, did not
learn Of it until few minutes previous
to the announcement. The State mad
gone to great expense and II possible tho
trial should proceed. He hoped that at
ter a conference tho defense might be
able to appear in court Tomorrow morn-
ing and express its'willingness to go on
Arising to reply, to AIR. Woods, Mr., Sin
clair, Of the defenses stated that con-
sultation with sllch an end IN. view, would
be useless. He said fatty that It wo'
be impossible to go on with the trial to-
morrow
Tho expert testimony OF DR.. Browning
closed the day. He confirmed what Mr..
Lee had said. Mr.. Harmon was in an
exceedingly anaenlic condition. He had
suffered collapse few days ago ana
had since been under the constant eye
Of his physicians. Every effort had been
made TO build him up sufficiently to per-
nit him to so on. Not satisfied with MS
own examination, DR.. Browning had CALI.
ed in Dr. 5Barrihger. OF the faculty OF the
University, and DR.. Davis. the eminent
polholigist. Both had confirmed his worst
fears. Mr.. Harnlons blood was far be-
low the normal. The exact number of red
corpuscles discovered in the examination
was o,3O0, 0eO. The normal number Of
white coipuscles In a human body Is
FROM six to eight thousand Mr.. Harmon
had 23,200s If his condition grew much
worse, he would be suffering from per-
nicious anaemin, q very grave disease
There was no organic trouble What the
attorney needed was rest and quiet. SO
that his system might be built UP.
Mr.. Harmon Cannot Go on.
II would be impossible for him to APP
pear within less than month, and no
definite assurance could be given that he
could return to the case at tho expiration
of that TING. might take much longer
for him to be well man again.
.aIr. Harmon" Ea!dtthc physician. in
effect sis more gricved than anyone else
at this delay. He is begging and plead
ing to be allowed to go on. AT the very
start he said to me, you must not stop
me from this case want TO go on But
l have now told him that he cannot go
on with my consent. He needs fresh air.
the vitiated atmosphere OF this court room A
Is hardly lit for q snake to breathe."s
VIII you please inform the court when
We were told OF Mr.. Harmon's real con-
dition." asked Mr.. Lee.
The court assured Mr.. Lee that 1t was
satisfied with his personal statement, but
the attorney said he wished not only
the court but the entire audience to have
this assurance.
Mr. Harmon did not know II himself
unit! three-quarters Of an hour ago"
said Dr. Browning. I'VE have worked
until the last moment to pull him through
and ne have not succeeded. Mr.ALec has
Just been informed that Mr. Harmon will
cDdanger hls} HE Il he attempts to go
on with the casc.
Mr. Kerr arose to reitcrate tho desire
y. tiic Commonwealth for a conference
and Judge Morrig said that the matter
ought 10 nc very grayeiy considered before
g final DECISION Is reached. lic ordered
a recess uiitll o-morrow morning at 10
0't.,ocE. j. r. q.
Rogers Rounds Them Up.
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