The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-28
MORNING SESSION.
Defendant eranbery on the Witness
Stand in is Own Behalf.

Defendant CRANBERRY on the Witness
stand in is own Behalf.
Although it was generally antici-
pated that the defendant would take
the stand in his own behalf to ex-
plain the reasons why he shot down
Washington Long on the Inflated night
of June 6 there was not that crush for
seats or morbid curiosity manifested
to hear his story that had been ex-
pected. At 9: 80 o'clock the hour APP
pointed for the court to meet there
were less than fifty persons in the
court room. They were, however, or
at least the large majority were en-
gagged in discussion of the case and
speculation as to the line of defense
to be pursued by the defense was
general The State had merely
proven the killing without warning,
and. so far as the evidence in chief
showed, without motive. What ex-
PLANTATION would be onered? Why
this apparently heartless killing?
What secrets would be revealed by
the defendants explanations? These
and other similar queries were nat
upally uppermost in the minds OF
those who somewhat impatiently
awaited the resumption of the trial.
AT a quarter to 10 O'Clock the jury
filed in and was seated. The de-
PENDANT entered at 10 o'clock and cor
daily greeted the lady members OF
the family. He was serene and APP
parently his nerve was steady. The
crowd came slowly but by 1915 the
court room was comfortably filed and.
all space within the bar was occupied.
At that hour Judge Hart raped for
order and the formal poll of the jury
was made.
The defendant, Harry CRANBERRY was
promptly called to the stand and took
the usual OATH He was questioned
by Attorney G. T. Hughes. He tes-
tilted that he was twenty-eight years
of age. He has lived most of his life
in Maury county, but lived two years
in Texas and a year or two in Nilsson
ri. He returned to this county last
November II. He is a son of j. j.
Granbery, who lived during his life
in Maury county. He died when AZ
years old, when defendant was two
years old. His mother was Miss
Brown, who was also reared in Maury
county, near Spring Hill, and is a sis
ter of Hugh Brown. This line of Ques-
tions was objected to by the State but
the Court overruled the objection In
part. but the Court merely Instructed
the attorneys not to get in irrelevant
evidence, There were seven boys and
one girl in his family. During his stay
in this county he lived within three
miles of Mt. Pleasant.
Mr.. CRANBERRY stated that he first
met his wife in the spring of 1904.
Knew her IA months before they
were married. They were married
on June Z, 1905. Asked as to his f.
financial condition then he said that he
had lost all his inheritance in the rail-
road business before his marriage.
The taking of evidence was sus-
pended to send the witnesses to the
Clerks office to be sworn and remain
out of the court room. On request OF
the State this rule was extended to
character witnesses also.
The examination of defendant pro-
ceeded. He said previous to his mar
riage his wife lived in Nashville and
Columbia and two years In Mt. Pleas
ant. After their marriage in Nashville
they went at once to St. Louis where
he became solicitor for new railroad
on a commission, which did not
amount to anything for the road fall
ed. They roomed on Pine street for
two months, and after the road went
under he got a job from the Simmons
Hardware Co. in the stock depart
ment. His first work was opening
boxes at $50 per month. The day he
went to work for the hardware COM
pany he moved to Mrs. Kesterson's,
who was Miss MoLemore Of Maury |
county, who knew him when a child
and his wife knew her. Looking for