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

ed condition Of his mind il vas impos
J. sibls for him TO resist"
D Al say II was the latter. that.is
z the impulse OF an Irresistible inhu
! enee that caused this deed.
) (Which was due TO the derang
: ed"
. A.--To the deranged conditions Of
: mental fanctions.~
: Q.-"DOctor. assuming the facts
stated in the foregoing Hypothetical
: question to be true. / desire 10 ask
/ you now. whether or not IN your opin-
ion, at the time Of the killing, the
young man in question was in such
a mental condition as TO be able to
distinguish right from wrong?"
!. Ale may have been able in a
way to distinguish right from wrong
but there certainly was not enough
of that element to keep him from
committing the deed
/ Q.-"Was his mental condition such
as for him to be able to control his
actions in this matter?"
At was not
Acknowledgement Garner said the
State had no opportunity of knowing
this physician would be here and ask
ed that the State be allowed to cross
examine him on Monday The re-
quest was granted and DR.. Padgett
was excused until Monday morning
Harlan j. Harlan.
The deposition of Harry ]. Har-
Ian was read by consent of the Court
by Stenographer John ]. Norton. Wit
ness testified that he was IS years
old and lives in Mt Pleasant, and is a
son of H. G. Harlan. He could not
attend court on account of sickness.
The witness is third cousin of de-
PENDANT and has known him for four
years. They have been intimate for
thee past six months. Witness has
lived close to Harry CRANBERRY for the
past six months and they have work
ed together during that time; they
saw each other several times every
day Witness remembers the separa
ton of the Granberys. Before this
separation witness had a talk to de-
PENDANT about Harry's wife and young
Long in which witness told Harry
it was strange for Mrs. CRANBERRY to
run around town with a young man,
meaning Long. Defendant asked wit
ness if people were talking about his
wife, and he said yes. They had an
other talk after the separation. Wit
ness said he talked to defendant
about Katie May and Long. Witness
told Harry that people over town
were all talking. This was a few
days after the separation. Witness
told defendant Long told witness he
(Long) had ordered Cranberry out of
the house. Witness also told defend
ant Long said that he was not afraid
Of the whole Cranberry family. At an
other time witness told defendant
that Long and he and another man I
named Remsen were in Columbia to- t
gether and Long made remarks which
thought reflected on Mrs.
They went together (these
parties) to house in Columbia
where Long said to witness and 9th
ers certain things which witness took
as a reflection on Mrs, CRANBERRY. On
The way home from Mt. Pleasant
Long made other remarks which the I
construed to reflect on Mrs.
All these things the wit
less repeated to the defendant and
he latter looked stung and was hurt
Witness later three weeks before
Killing had another talk with defend :,
INT in which he told him about GER
ain remarks that he had heard about :,
Malcolm Long and defendants wife.
Witness was asked by defendant to
ind out about these reports and wit
less saw Wade Fariss and he said
lie got the reports from lady
md they came through the women :
olks and came straight. Witness
aid he saw Harry CRANBERRY the day
I the killing. They had an engage -
nent to come from the mines togeth-
r. He met, Harry at Peters pool :,
DOM in the afternoon about 1880
clock. On these points the testimo-
Y of witness agreed with that of de- :,
endant. At this time defendant did
OF see Washington Long; he could :,
OF have seen him. Witness saw de-
sndant an hour later on the street.
lie also saw defendant at the pool ?.
3om later on that evening. Witness
aid Harry and Watts came to the -