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

tone Of her voice changed, and Their
!, seemed to be a little hope Of Joy Il
! the answer to this as the mOthe
said: He was good-natured an'
light-heartee; kind and loving; anC
as obedient and dutiful a son as am
woman ever had: as loving and sweei
d boy as ever lived and OF all my
seven sons he was the most amiable
and made fewer enemies and more
friends; everybody liked him. because
I he never gave anybody cause not to-
Asked how he and his wife got
along together, she replied, why
just as nice as possible; he was as nice
10 her as he could be, and she was
just as nice to him; never saw eth
er of them do or say the least rude
thing to the other"
Mr. Hughes asked;-"Did Harry
ever threaten. in your presence, to
kill Wash Long?"
He never did," said the witness.
When he told me of his trouble with
Wash, said, Harry, promise me that
you will never do anything to Wash
Long, and he readily promised me.
1t was a voluntary remark upon my
part, and a promise upon his part
and he never meant to, either;
knew Harry" And with this natu-
raj mother remark, the witness, with
out any questioning by the State was
permitted to leave the stand.
w. L. CRANBERRY.
When the mother had been eXcus-
ed from the stand, Mr.. W. L. Gran
berry of Nashville, brother of the de-
PENDANT, was called. He said he liv-
ed in Nashville, and was As years old.
Said he had been away so long he
had not seen much of Harry, except
when he visited the old home, or
Harry visited him. Said that next TO
his mother, Harry confided most in
Rob, and looked to Rob for advice. |
His mothers health, he said, had |
been poor for years: last winter she
was in a precarious condition, and |
the doctors had advised that she be I
kept very quiet, and avoid all kinds of
excitement or worry, and not to have
any company in the house That he
would not take even his own wife and
child there for anything like a pro-
tracted visit. The doctors had advis-
ed this, and he had told his mother
as much as he could of what the doc
tors had said. His father, VINO died
rs years ago. had been i'll all during
hat Christmas week, and died the
irst week of January, and on that ac-
count the mother had never desired
my Christmas reunions or anything
If that kind, and of course her wishes
lad always been respected. For that
eason they had never had these fam
ly reunions, and last Christmas was
10 exception to the rule.
Asked concerning the marriage of
lis brother said he never offered
ny objection; that he did not know
t it until day or two afterwards
hen bought and sent them a wedding
resent. That he had never seen his :,
wife until he met her in his
wn house, and there happened to be :.
o one else present and she had to :,
ltroduce herself That he kissed
er, and always felt towards her just
) one of the family. That all of the
lmily so far as he knew, treated her
nd felt toward her, just as they did =
wards each other, and there was no
stinction made as to her.
Asked as to how his brother and y
Is brothers wife treated each other, ~
; said that he had never heard, I'M o
this trouble came up of the slight ~
It trouble between them. That he "a
ct them at his mothers home when M
cir first child was with them, and %
ey seemed to be devoted to each ~
her and to the child Said that in
manner, form or fashion had he ~
er suggested or tried to bring about %
separation; that on the contrary, =
he had known any trouble was "
ewing he would have done all in "i'
) power to have prevented 1t. That 90
2 first he knew of the trouble or VI
paration, was through telephone 90
,ssage from his mother; and the sc
st time he saw Harry after the sep 81
alton, was at his mothers home %
ortly after the separation. oie
Witness said Harry was normal be- W
e trouble; full Of life and spirits. nm
first after the separation noticed WV
stayed by himself. Harry started 'ne
talk to witness about his troubles. se'
tness did not encourage him, but g
serious talk with him after Harry POI
a.. al