The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
SAYS HE is SURE
BODY WAS McCANN'S.
into trouble and had gone to Ken

gotten into trouble and had gone to Ken
lucky.
"Barrington told me-" continued Morri-
son. that after the fight between Mccain
and the two meF they made up, ard one
Of the men went away to get u carriage.
When he came back he said the men
kicked ana beat him and rolled him over
into a gutter. which. he said, accounted
for the blood on the back Of the coat.
He said cCann had cut Il wOmans
throat. and would never come back. but
if he did come back. he harrington would
kill HIM.
While l was in the room.' the witness
went on. Darlington took a revolver
from under the pillow on the bed ana put
1t in his trunk"
voIver of IS caiiber. which was found in
Barrinston's trunk, WAS shown to the Wit
ness.
trunk said the witness.
I'VE were all worried about Mr.. Nc
Cam said Morrison. The next day
| harrington called my wife and me up
| stairs to the back paflor, where Mrs. Nc
| Cam was sitting, and said he wanted to
explain MIR. AlcCann,s absence. He re-
peated to US that McCann had cut Il
woman's throat out in the park and had
run away to Kentucky. He said that Nc
Cam had sent for $3.50. but they were not
going TO send il to him and wouldn't let
MIN III thu house if he came back.
My wife remarked to harrington that
he had taken MeGann away, mad come
back IN Il bad CONDITION without MIN, ana
that he would be held responsible.
He said he would go to the Four Courts
and tell Chief Desmond all about 1t.
Attorney Grover began the cross-exam-
nation of Morrison after the noon inter-
mission and began by asking the witness
as to his own marriage. for the purpose
of showing the incredibility of the witness.
The cross-examination was completed at
$50 o'clock
The attorney u~nwrapped a pair of black
trousers. different from those introduced
by the State, and attempted to trap the
witness into an admission as to the ma
! terial. Morrison Immediately called at
tention to the fact that they We're not
the trousers he had washed and those
shown him in the morning.
1t was developed, however. that the
trousers shown him by Mr.. Grover We're
of the same material as the blood-stained
coat; that the trousers he had washed Tor
harrington were not.
Did harrington have any scars on his
face%' asked Mr.. Grover.
Yes said the witness. He had one
on the side of his face. He said it was
| caused by the men who beat him with a
sandbag. But it looked more like 1t had
been scratched by bushes than the re-
suit of Il blow"
| Asked if he had ever seen Mr.. andM Mrs.
Mccain fight, he replied that he had not.
on redirect examination. Mr.. Johnson
asked Morrison what Barrington's duties
at the Leland We're.
He helped put down the carpets.
washed socks and neckties once in a
" lllt GIIu litdlt NtlSl
After haif an hours recess. Morrison
was recalled by the defense. and said he
had not attended the inquest and was not
eAA CHNRhE Z MEYERS TiEsTTFiEs.
Charles Meyers Of Wellston testified that
he saw harrington on the st. Charles
on the morning of June 10. He said Bar
rirgton wore black coat and trousers, ana,
he believed. a Panama hat. He said Bar
rington boarded an eastbound street car on
EaSton avenue.
Meyers was cr~oss-examined about the
hat and shown a tin-type photograph or
harrington and Mccain. In which Mccain
is shown as wearing a Panama hat lie
said the hat worn by Mccain was the
same kind he had seen on Darlington, ex-
cept that harrington had it creased;
son, who with her husband was employed
by the McCanns, corroborated her nus
bands testimony, as TO the blood on the
coat. trousers and underwear. She also
corroborated her husband as to statements
made by Darlington regarding Cam
disappearance.
One day Mr.; Darlington came into tne
kitchen and told me he had been out to
st. Charles to see some of his rich Eng
lish friends said the witness. 1t was
about 4 O'Clock and he asked me to get
Mr.. McCann was in the kitchen at the
time said the witness. and Darlington
told hin he was going to borrow some
money from his friends. He said: Jim.
want you to go out there with me some
day and MIR. Mccain said: Some time, 1
Mrs. Morrison declared that harrington
WAS regarded as a servant, the same as
she and her husband, by Mr.. Mccain.
She said she had seen harrington wash
ing clothes, lamp globes and laying car
pets.
John Morris. a negro expressman of No;
go North Compton avenue, identified
Barrington's trunk. saying he had hauled
1t to Union Station from the Leland on
the day harrington was arrested.
Special officer o N a. Ffnan OF Chief
D~esnond's staff. told of locating the trunk
at Union Station. He referred to the find
ing of McCann's cane. the revolver q a
SLOUGH hat among h articles in the
trunk.
The defense objected to this testimony
on the ground that IL was in the nature
of a confession from the defendant. which
it had not been proven was obtained in
n fair manner without threats or promises:
The objection was sustained because OF
Ffnan being absent from Chief Desmonds
office while harrington was being exam-
ined.
Joseph d. Salkeld. a reporter. said he
was in Chief Desmond's office nearly all
the time while Ffnan was absent, but had
not heard any threats or promises to Bar
rington to force or induce him to make a
confession. The court took a recess at 6
O'Clock to G:21 for supper.