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

with the medical department
Of University Of Tennessee
He has been specialist II
mental and nervous troubles TIL
counsel then placed a hypothetca
question 10 the witIess. Mr.. Hughes
described the condition OF young
Granbery at the time OF his marriage
their early married life and the troub
| les that followed. The question GOV
cred the whole story Of the life Of The
defendant from the time OF the mar
riage TO the date OF the tragedy Just
as it was told on the witness stand
by the defendant and eorroborated by
the members Of his family. The ques.
ton recited the life Of defendant and
wife in St. Louis, their return to Ten.
nessee, their going TO Mt. Pleasant
to live, the work of defendant at the
mines. The question also brought
out the alleged character of the de-
ceased Long, and recited the fact
that defendant had cautioned his wife
against deceased. 1t described find
ing deceased in the room Of his wife,
the reports of her conduct that came
to the defendant, his admonitions to
his wife, reciting many of the facts
in detail that had brought out in the
course of the trial. Reference was
also made to the suggested change
of the boarding house. The ques-
ton also alleged the changed atti-
tude of the wife toward her husband
after going to Mt Pleasant. 1t recit-
ed the aroused suspicion and Jealousy
of the defendant toward the deceas-
ed as the result of his association
with the wife of the defendant. The
brandy incident and other stories de-
veloped in the trial were alluded to.
Coming down to the separation, the
question alleged that prior to that
time the defendant was amiable, gen.
tie, jovial and without malice, but
after the separation he was cast down
and became detected and morose and
sad and was full of grief. The ques-
tion then described the events follow
ing the separation OF the defendant
from his wife, his meeting with his
brother and subsequently with his old
mother, his manifestation of deep
grief The question then proceeded
to describe the changed disposition .
of the defendant after the separation; /
Of how he lost flesh and the sleepless
nights: of how he brooded over his
troubles how he lost his appetite,
lost hope and ambition; he became
negligent of business and as time went
on his mind became more and more
conferred on his troubles The. ques-
ton next recited the investigations
made by defendant of the truth of re-
ports rejecting upon his wife and. of
how these reports weighed upon his
mind; of how he made the investi-
cation with a view of obtaining his
child if his wife was guilty.
The outbursts of passion which de-
endant exhibited when he was told
If reports about his wife; of how he
could not be diverted from his do
nestle troubles, how his face would
,hange expression; his eyes would
witch and his whole demeanor would
,e wholly different from what 1t for
nerly was; his excitement and dis
ress and his wild and wanton express ,
ion of the eyes when discussing his ,
amily troubles were gone into with {,
much detail, the several incidents to I
his effect that were related on the
witness stand being gone over most !
ninutely. Going on, the question re-
tied that this general change of man. i,
er became more pronounced as time
rent on The question then proceed !
d to give, in the order that they came ,
0 the defendant, all of the reports 7
udJ were uTOuSnI Out III TIC CNiuOhSS f
ouching the alleged misconduct of =
efendant's wife and the deceased. h
ii the alleged boasts of deceased a
lade concerning the wife of the de- 2
endant that came to the ears of the 9
efendant were set out in full. Com =
lg down to the day of the killing the y
uestion recited at length the incl a
ents from the time of defendants ar ;,
val in Mt. Pleasant to the actual .
'agedy, the manner Of defendant, his n
xpression, his sad and detected man. >.
er and in brief the entire details of n
lie day and night as described by de- n
ndant on the witness stand and his o.
,rroborating witnesses. u
At the conclusion of the assumed :,
atements of fact Mr.. Hughes asked :.