The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-28
GRANDERY TELLS
STORY OF KILLING
DRAMATIC SCENE WHEN pEFEN.
DANT DESCRIBES SHOOT
ING or LONG.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
Graphic Description Of the Events
Which Led to the Awful Tragedy
az Mt. Pleasant.

close Pf his testimony, the defendan
Harry CRANBERRY, describing the shoot
ing Of Long, in a voice hoarse witt
passion and emotion cried out
Mr.. Hughes, would have
killed hi m right there Oh
died" The witness had just been
describing minutely the events of the
day Of the killing He had told in
detail OF how he had spent the time
from his arTivs. in Mt. Pleasant in
the afternoon until he walked into
Peters pool room at 1890 o'clock that
night.
Upon seeing the deceased, the de-
PENDANT declared that Long looked
him square in the face. This one look
was enough; at once the mind and
memory of the defendant was flooded
with the ISLANDERS and the awful
stories which Long had circulated
about her whom he had sworn to love,
keep and protect in sickness and in
health. His deep passions and re-
sentiments were aroused and without
one word he drew his pistol and shot
down the author of all his troubles.
He declared that after he saw Long
fall that his mind was blank, what
occurred from that time on he did not
know. After giving utterance to the
dramatic story of the killing the de-
PENDANT again broke down and il was
some moments before he resumed his
customary composure and proceeded
with his testimony.
At the point where the defendant
described the actual killing, and de-
clared that his mind became blank,
the defendants counsel closed his evi-
dence in chief and the cross-examina- !
ton after a brief conference of the
attorneys, was commenced There |
was little new brought out in the
cross examination of the witness.
Defendant was asked the direct ques-
ton if he believed now that his wife
was guilty, but he declined to make
any answer
Wednesday Afternoons Session.
Promptly at 1870 o'clock, the ap-
pointed hour, court convened and
Judge Hart directed the crowd to be
seated. The jury filed in minute
later. The defendant resumed the
stand at 1875 o'clock. He was asked
about a conversation with his nurse.
Annie Dobbins, after the separation.
This conversation occurred about the
last of May after his return from Mon !
tana Annie Dobbins told him what
she had heard said She told him
(witness) that jamie (another negro)
said she had caught Washington
kissing Mrs. Granbery. Dick Will
liams had never told him anything
about his wife and Long. Witness =
sent for the nurse because she had
told him of the brandy and must have
known This Fannie or jamie to :
whom the nurse referred was cook =
At Mrs. Longs. After talking to An -
ME he phoned to Constable Burns to y
come to see him. He told Burns what y
he negro said and told Burns he "
wanted to find this cook. Burns said =
| telephone girl told him Long and
Katie May were doing a good deal OF .
,honing, and that one message cost =
100 and that they were mighty low
ng This cook said Mrs. Long said ~
he saw Long and Mrs. Granbery IS
making love- And this negro woman -
lso said she caught Long and Mrs. ~
cranberry together. Witness went -
) Esq. Ricketts, for advice He -
Did the Squire that he wanted him ue
} get an affidavit from Annie Dob w
ms (the negro nurse) as to -
hat she had seen. Squire Ricketts,
ivised him to get a lawyer and he
len went to Officer Burns and got
q affidavit. Mrs. John Frierson told ~
I'm that Tom Fetter knew something.
e went to Tom Fetter and asked ~
m what he knew. Fetter said that
'ashington Long told him that he 'f'
ID Mrs. CRANBERRY ordered a case OF
,er together and Washington also -
i'd he and Mrs. Granbery mad read -
'hree Weeks" together At another n
ne Long told Fetter he was lying
the bed with Mrs. CRANBERRY -,
len she looked out and saw -,
lrry coming. and Mrs. Cranberry told
m he had better get up.
Fetter said to defendant that
ng did not say he had =
en- criminally intimate with his
Re, but that he intimated as much. -
Asked about his conversations with e
s. Frierson witness said Mrs. Frier-
said she found Mrs.