The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-23
IHE HANNON IR!AL
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Late Saturday afternoon the de.
Tense introduced witnesses. whose
testimony tended very strongly to
show that Harmon was in q
deranged state of mind, caused
by drunkenness, at least approach
ing delirfum from drink, some hours
after the shooting, and also to show
that Harmon was drunk, when the
shooting occurred. The defense al
so showed by witnesses that Harmon
had been drinking heavily several
weeks before the shooting and that
at times he was very drunk.
Dr. Johnston II Witness.
DR.. J. w Johnston stated that he
treated him for a broken arm last
June and had seen him before that.
He stated that Harmon was very
drunk the last part of June last.
when he went to him TO treat his
arm, and that he was always drunk,
when his arm was hurt and when
he went to him. His arm looked
swollen, when he first saw him. 1t
looked as though it was poisoned.
DR.. Johnston treated him to about
tire weeks ago. He saw him about
s or 8 o'clock in the county jail the
night after the shooting.
Bordering of Delirium Tremens.
Then he was bordering on delir-
ium tremens, said DR.. Johnston. He
was very nervous and excited at the
time. He again saw him the second
day after the shooting. be was
still nervous but better.
DIR. Johnston was asked II he was
asked or requested to make an afFi-
davit that Harmon was physically
and mentally unable to 20 TO trial
at this term of circuit court The
defense objected to this and was sus-
tanned
Brooks Contradicts Rogers.
Officer Harry Brooks was called.
He stated that he did not have a CON
versation with Harmon at the iail
that evening, as sworn to BY Police
man Rogers, in which Rogers said
Brooks asked Harmon If he killed
Mrs Pickett and than Harmon re
pile dthat he did Officer Brooks
said no such conversation took place
IN his recollection, though they We're
all mixing up in the talk them.
Brooks said Harmon merely asked
him to tell his wife that he was in
Jail.
DR.. BARTLETT Tells Condition.
DR.. NJ. j. Bartlett testified that he
was summoned to the Jail about 3
O'Clock the night after the shooting
to see Harmon, but was busy, and DR..
J. W. Johnston went then Next
morning about 8 O'Clock DR.. Bartlett
attended Harmon in the jail and was
there about 10 minutes. He stated
that Harmon was in a highly nerv-
Gus and feverish state and was al
most bordering on delirium tremens
the result of drink. He repeated
: !,
by drinking as well as the redness
ton OF his eyes.
DR.. Bartlett knew he had been
drinking the week before as he saw
him on the street and at home that
way. Dr. Bartlett then talked about
the approaching stage of delirium
and the cure for it, and the prose
cution tried to handle him as an ex-
pert witness, but 1t was decided that
he had not been put on the stand as
such
DR.. Bartlett stated that the CON
gested condition Of his face and
hloodshot eyes would not come from
fear but were the result of drink
He stated that fear would make the
face pale. while lannon's was red
and flushed DIR. Bartlett said he
never saw a man scared red in the
face.
Drunken Man at Scene.
Mrs Patrick Martin, State wit
ness not called by the State. was
placed on the stand She resides
just across the street from the Muir
ray home, where the shooting was
done. She said that at $40 o'clock
she stepped out to the ruling of her
porch to see what time it was by the
town clock and noticed a drunken
man on the sidewalk leading M from
the Ernst residence to the Murray
home. She saw him stagger but
did not know who it was. nor did
she notice how he was dressed She
did not know It to he Harmon This
was about ; minutes before the
shooting.
Murphy Saw Harmon Drunk.
]. J. Murphy. contractor. saw
Harmon in the Windsor saloon at
2:90 O'Clock before the shooting and
said he was drunk at that time He
saw Harmon frequently before the
shooting and he was drinking on all
these occasions. but he did not know
how much exactly
Miss Mabel Gould did not know
any thing about letter handed to
her by lannon's attorneys. nor did
she know who sold tickets At the
Main street theatre in June.