The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-24
MOTHER ON STAND
INJURED HER SONS
The Farringtons On Trial
at Greensboro.
CHARGED WITH ARSON
Case Will be Carried Into Next Week
Alleged That Burning Was Done
in Revenge for Having Been
Informed On for Illicit
OistilIing.
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Greensboro, n. c.. Sept. 23.-In the
Superior Court yesterday afternoon
the case of the State against ]. c..
Richardson, II. B. Harrington and his
two sons-Reattie and Prince Far
rington-charged with burning the
barn of Isaac Stanly. in Summer
township last April, was taken. up.
Attorneys Scales and Bradshaw are
assisting the State in the prosecution,
while MesSrc. Bynum, Barringer and
Scott appear for the defendants. The
solicitor took q mol pros as to Rich
ardSon. 1t took about an hour to
select a jury. Up to the time of adj
journment at O'Clock the States
witnesses We're being examined. The
defendants are charged with burning
the barn of Isaac Stanly in retalia-
ton for Stanlys having reported to
revenue officers the fact that Richard
son and Harrington We're dealing in,
and making, liquor in violation of law.
On Easter Sunday officers captured
several barrels of whiskey in an out
house belonging to Richardson and
that night Stanly's barn was set on
fire. Nearby the next morning was
found g button where man had
fallen in q ditch while running from
the fire. Fred Ozement was arrested
and the button fitted one lost from
his garments. He confessed the whole
thing at a subsequent term of court
and is now serving a five years SEN
tence on the roads. When the court
adjourned this afternoon OZement
had not completed his testimony. He
had told. however that Prince and
Beattie harrington and himself rode
on Tom Farringtons mules Sunday
night by@ circuitous route and set
fire to the barn. He said Beattie car
ried q box of matches and quart of
oil, and that while he was turning
out the stock the fire blaZed up SO he
ran and fell in the ditch, where he
lost the fatal button which tracked
him; said he never heard Tom Far
rington say anything about the burn
ing before or after the burning; but
that they rode Farrington's mules
and heard him say Stanly ought to be
waylaid il anybody would do it. Pre-
vious to this testimony Stanly and sew
eral other witnesses had testified as to
the fire, the stock being taken
out, meeting three men riding fast
on the road leading from Stanly's to
Farrington's after the fire, to the
place where some one fell in the
ditch and the findingt of this pearl
button and at another place of "a
cuff button. The case was resumed
at IL o'clock to-day and will last into
next week. Announcement was made
that all other cases were continued,
except the cases of retailing against
the parties now ibeing tried, and the
retailing cases against Tom West,
known as the "corkerage" cases. 1t
is supposed that it is desired to get
this term.
Before the Harrington case was
taken up this morning there was a
call OF the docket and q general
clearance up of defendants convicted
on pleading guilty during the term.
Besides a good many who have paid
fines or costs as penalties for wrong
doing there are 45 new road hands
as a result of this weeks term.
The grand jury was discharged at
IL o'clock, reporting that they had
passed on 140 bills and found 100
true bills.
The harrington case was then re-
sumed and Fred Ozement continued
his testimony. He detailed further
facts as to the burning Of the barn,
adding that the day after it was burn
ed Thomas harrington. father of the
boys. who went with him, told him
tnat IL would be q great deal better
If he would burn up Stanly, and
that ii he would take the RESPONSE
bility of doing it he would see that
he was taken care of the balance of
his life, or that he would be made
comfortable if he We're put in jail
At IL O'Clock Colonel Barringer be-
gan searching cross examination of
the self-confessed criminal, eliciting
from him freely that he had sworn
falsely about the matter in the mag
istrate's court and had told a great
many people since he had been on
the roads that Tom harrington had
nothing to do with the burning. He
said. however, he told this because he
knew the parties talking with him
were sent by Harrington to pick him.
Clements examination had not been
concluded when court took a recess
for dinner.
Upon conclusion of Ozerhent'sf evil
dence. the prosecution examined only
one witness and rested its case The
defendants occupied mot of the af-
ternoon witnesses testifying as to
Farrington's good. and Clements
bad character Farrington's mothers
testimony for her son and grandsons
has been generally considered more
damaging to them than to the prose-
cution. Prince harrington one of
the defendants, was the last witness
before adjournment. He testified that
Ozement induced him and Beatty to
ride mules off with the idea of pay
ing the neighborhood q visit and that