The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-23

week before the shooting he APP
peared to Mr.. Smith as though he
was drunk
Charles W. Moore saw Harmon on
| the way to the jail the evening of
the shooting. He looked drunk and
as though he had been on = long
spree. His face was flushed and his
eyes glaring. Mr.. Moore stated thai
he had sesen him drink occasionally
and that whiskey affected his mind.
Mr. Moore said that he would not
want to have any trouble with Han
non, when the latter was drinking.
When sober Harmon acted in a gem
tlemaly manner.
Mr.. Moore on cross-examination
stated that he left for the West on
june Is and returned in July and
only saw Hannon once after he re-
turned. On this occasion he stopped
in the Windsor saloon and saw Han
non but could not say he was drunk
Drunk Every Night.
Edward Clancy testified that Han
non came home between and 4
o'clock the morning of the shooting
He said Harmon was helplessly
drunk then He got out Of his room
some time before noon. He had been
drinking since June and all during
June he was drunk every night. He
was drinking when he left on his
vacation trip and also when he came
back. He was drunk all the time
his arm was broken.
Early the morning of September
,, the day of the shooting, Clancy
heard noise. He got up and help
ed Harmon up the stairway. The
mother of the witness had let him
in. Harmon could not get his
clothes OF and the witness left him
lying on the floor of his bedroom.
The witnesses saw him the day after
the shooting and he looked "snakey." I"
Harmon had gotten on many sprees
during the time the witness had
known him.
On cross-examination Mr.. CLANCY
said he had known him for ten or
twelve years and knew him IN
Wheeling before he came TO Clarks
burg. He told the jury that Han
non resided at the home of the
mother of the witness and did not
prepare himself for dinner the day
Of the shooting.
Crazed From Whiskey.
Michael Clancy on the stand stated
that Harmon was in the Senate saloon
about o'clock the afternoon of the
shooting, where Mr.. Clancy tends
bar. and that Harmon took three or
four drinks and was on his way TO
the Windsor saloon. Witness saw
Harmon at $ o'clock at night after
the shoting and stated that he was
drunk then. He had been drinking
since June. He saw him every day
in Clarksburg he was here and he
was drunk every evening. He was
sober up to June since coming back
from Hot Springs. Then he started
to drinking and whiskey in large
: quantities makes Harmon rather
crazy. Harmon as a rule was at the
, Senate saloon twice day, and the
witness had seen him so drunk on
some occasions that he did not know
his name
After the noon recess John Kin
ney. Slav. was called He is en-
ployed al the Windsor saloon and
was when the shooting took place.
lie said Harmon was drunk and
drinking in the saloon at ! o'clock
that day, but knew what he was do
/ ing
Drunk On Vacation.
G. 7 Zaruba saw Harmon in At
lantic CITY the last OF August. Han
non was drinking in the Rudolf ho-
tel there and was drunk.
Mrs. Catherine Clancy, lannon's
mother-in-law, told about her letting
him in tile house the morning Of
the shooting. when Joseph Murray
and John Razelli took him home.
She said Ne was very drunk and that
her son had - help him up the stair
way. Mr. Glan%s said she often
knew him q come home drunk and
was most always drunk when she
saw him conc home at night since
he began drlnaing IL June.
On cross-cEamination she stated
that that was he only time she ever
let him in and that he fell in the
door that morning. She did not see
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