The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-11
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Qll lOt WANT 10 ~ 20 ElpAS 1toAA
ing house to stay" he said. and n
one could blame her.
Il asked the defendant where h'
took Christmas dinner. and he say
y don't know, but I think at tbs
Bethel with my wife. Mrs. Forgey
says that is false. They insinuat'
that his wife wanted two beds in hel
room because her husband was re
pugnant to her. Why didn't they say
that 1t was because she was in a
delicate condition and had a little
baby and thought two beds we're best.
She had not seen Washington Long
then. She was at Mrs. Forgey's and
the insinuations that it was because
she loved Washington Long falls to
the gnQund. He says he could not
take his wife TO his mothers house
without a special invitation. Gen
! tlemen, l hope that my mothers
home may never grow so far away
that can't>take my sick wife there,
and not submit her to humiliation.
/ They 60 to Mt. Pleasant and what
happens there? A continuous quar-
reling and accusation and nagging on
the part Of the defendant. Then the
whiskey incident and accusation, and
she says Harry this thing can't go
on forever She first suggested sep
aration. She could not live under
these constant accusations. She
asked for money to go to her father.
Then in his selfishness, rather than
let her leave him, and the blame be
put upon him, and the talk" he so
much dreaded be directed against him, |
then in his cruel selfshness he ac-
cused her of being untrue. |
Just few days later the
defendant returns and finds
Washington Long and his wife alone
at the house together. That was the
time for a brain explosion, if he was
going to have one. You ANONYMOUSLY
failed to find a single fact against
your wife and then you prepare for
the brain explosion.
Then he goes for Washington
Long, but how did he go? Mr..
Stokes has told you in beautiful terms
and in eloquent language OF how An {
irew Jackson killed the ~sIanderer Of s
lis wife, but he didn't tell you all. t
He did not tell you that Andrew Jack q
ION challenged his man and gave him
air warning, and then face to face. f
ZACH with pistol in hand, they fought p
{ out fairly and on equal terms, and il
ackson was the victor. Would An v
rev Jackson have slipped up behind h
is opponent and have shot him in the a
ack? MOI Old Hickory was no assas- n
in, he was a brave man. He had G.
ght on his side, but he took no I'M W
lir advantage. IT
Andrew Jackson did not claim any al
rain explosion. He didn't try to hide th
Is act behind the name and charac- W
# of his wife. He would never have 81
God in the court room and have In
led to protect himself at the price pr
any good woman's name. Sc
"Mr. Stokes told of the spirit of
arry's father coming to him last
ght. If Mr.. Stokes could have any fin
mmunion with the spirits, would SC
e spirit of Harry Granbery's father &c
Il him to come into this court room pa
d disgrace the name Of Harry's
fe before this court and the world? -
ould he not have told Mr. T
okes to protect the good name
this sweet woman. The spirit of
tie May CRANBERRY was not in that
I'M. If it had been, could this at
ney have looked into her blue eyes RI
d have seen the truth and the purity
1 the grief unutterable, and the I'M
sorrow and the suffering, could
have come into this court room
have helped to blacken the name r
IndL poor uILle WUulduf- IL Tie a..
rit of the late Washington Long
| been in that room, would the at -
ney have come before you and have ~
ped to stain the memory of that -
!? Could he have looked into the =
IS of that boy and have heard him -,
I am innocent of everything. 49,
nothing to deserve my tragic end. ~,
vas standing with my back to the 49,
r intent on an innocent game, 81
en- felt the hot bullet scorch my ~,
h and fell with the report of the III,
t in my ears; and then as my spir- 80
eft its earthly tenement and took 80,
fight to the realms beyond in az
rch Of Him who had sent 1t to ~
III to dwell, looked and pa,
my murderer stand above Tha
twitching body with smok- tue
pistol and with vengeance In ,,,,r
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