The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-04

advanced him $500 for expenses 4
come home. Witness told Harry q
send his wife 70 her father and come
10 his camp; that his mother had n,
COOK and was not we'll His mother
health was bad. and had been fol
some time: for a year or more. anC
was net able 10 cook. She was not
able To visit in the neighborhoOd
Witness gave Harry a job in his
mines. Witness said Harry visited
his wife al Centreville. He went &c
see her soon after he got home. Har
rvs wife came 10 Columbia and Wis
tied at DR.. Forgey's and Judge Hold
ing's and while in Columbia Harry
visited his wife Witness said his
mothers health was not good and
would not admit of her having COM
pany or a family gathering. Witness
said Harry and wife went to Mrs.
Longs at Mt. Pleasant in December,
about the last of the month. Witness
saw Harry frequently while he lived
in Mt. Pleasant and occasionally he
saw Katie May. His mothers health
in January would not have admitted
of a visit to her son in Mt. Pleasant
Harry had to work from daylight to
dark. He could not have attended to
his business and lived in Mt. Pleasant.
His brother was a mine foreman and
had to work from daylight to dark.
There was no place at the mines suit
able for Harry's wife to have stayed.
He might have stayed at Mrs Estes,
but witness don't know that she would
have taken boarders.
Harry complained to witness in
January that he often found Long in
his room and he suggested that Harry
move his wife to Mrs. Estes, but Har-
ry said his wife would not move,
because it would be very lonesome
for her, so they continued to remain
at Mrs. Longs. Witness never did or
said anything to encourage a separa-
ton of defendant and his wife. Wit
ness did not hear of the separation
until the day after it occurred Harry
was then at his mothers. He was |
heart-broken and threw himself on his |
knees before his mother, put his head
in her lap and cried like baby. 1t |
was Sunday after the separation that
Harry told him why he separated from
MS wife. Harry was in tears and was
very much grieved and heart-broken.
Harry told witness the cause of the
separation. He talked constantly of
lis troubles to witness, who tried to
livert his mind, but without success.
Witness informed Harry of result of
interviews he had had with Harry's
vife's father. He told Harry that his
vife's father came out to settle the
roubles and the father wanted re-
'enge. This was substantially the
statement made by the defendant.
The understanding with Harry's
was that Katie May was
o go to Centreville and Harry was
o stay at witness camp and keep out
+ Mt Pleasant and they were to be
eparated. Katie May did not leave 3
It. Pleasant until late in March. Wit
ess said he told Harry he had seen 7
-atie May and Long together on the
treet. Witness saw them several
mes and told Harry of 1t. Harry
ften asked witness of reports about
Is wife and was always talking about
err. Witness told Harry to pay no
ttention to these reports. Harry :
I'D witness about conversation he
I'D with Harry Harlan. Harry asked
lie witness about a detective. Harry
Id witness about remarks made by !,
Washington Long to Harry Harlan
Id a detective. 1t was four or five :
eeks after the detective was gone
at witness told Harry he had a de-
ctive at work on the case.
Continuing witness said that his
other was unfit for business at this
ne; that he took absolutely no in
rest in it; had no life or spirit about =
m; was moody and wretchedly I'M -
ppy; that he had little appetite and
st flesh rapidly; that they occupied -
e same room, and in the night he -
'uld hear him sobbing and crying %
d that he slept but little. That
fore this he was cheerful, light
arted, jolly disposition. ue
Cross-Examined. "a
Being under cross-examination by "a
, Attorney General the witness re- ed
ated what had been already said as an
his conference with defendants lei
her-in-law. At that time no
ack or intimation had been MI
de upon her character. Said aic
nd NIL