The Washington herald., 1909-04-28
HARRIS Is AG1g
RELEASED ON BAIL
Amount Raised to $4,000,
Which Is Furnished.
MCCORMICK ENGAGED IN CASE
Noted valley Criminal Lawyer VIII
Assist Speaker Byrd, Judge white,
and senator Fletcher in Defense.
Large Crowd Attends the Funeral
of Slain Editor-TriaI May "a.

I SPECIAL 20 TIE wasLington Herald
/ WarTenton. Va, april E.-Pr0L J. D.
+ Harris. principal OF The Warrenlon High
School, charged with the shooting % v.
A. Thom- 5n. associate edftoc of the
Warrenton Virginian, was again released
on bail this afternon. after the amount
had been raised from S2e,oC0 10 $1,000 The
additional bail was furnished By Prof
Harris, who gave Joseph a Jeffries and
". L. Parkinson as his sureties-
Commemorative Attorney Keith aP-
peared before Judge 2. 3 Turner and
asked for additional bail since Thompson
had died II vas then that the court
raised the amount Of the bond The fact
that Harris was bailed on a murder
charge shows the strength Of his self
defense plea.
Harris employed additional counsel To-
day. retaining Marshall Mccormick. the
BerryviIle and Roanoke attorney. con-
sidered one Of the ablest criminal law
yers IN Virginia Mccormick IS the law
yer who defended Dr. Gregory. the Roa-
noke dentist. who was acquitted Of the
charge Of ass9ulting woman patient.
He viii be associated with Speaker p L.
Byrd. Of the Virginia house Of delegates;
Judge c. NJ White. and Senator .. l.
Fletcher This IS considered the ablest
array Of counsel which has ever appeared
in a criminal case in Virginia
Big Crowd At Funeral.
Funeral services over the slain editor
were held to-day from the Baptist
Church. and Il was one OF the most re-
marksbls gatherings ever seen in War
renton. People from all over FauQuier
County poured into the town. and the
church was packed as It has never b=en
before. It was a remarkable gathering
and showed the esteem in which Thomp-
son is held by the people Of the county.
The paIlbearers were: Active, s "
Maphis W. S. Sewers. Garland Skinner,
J A. c. Keith, c. z. Tiffany. and A.
Fletcher, jr.; honorary, Hugh Hamilton.
A- s. Hamilton, Ray " Daniel Henry
Glssscock. 7. c. Pitcher. Moses Green,
". c. Marshall, and Col Thomas Smith.
No Further Trouble Expected
No further trouble as result Of the
unfortunate tragedy is expected here now
The Warrenton people. friends of the
dead man and the man VINO killed him.
deplOre the tragedy and the causes which
led up 10 il. Every now and then a few
intemperate remarks are said. but the
high. intense feeling IS expected to sub
side
Bad feeling had existed between the
slain editor and the professor since last
fall. when Thompson assaulted Harris
and beat him. This trouble grew out OF
E bill for subscription 70 the Warrenton
Virginian.
How Trouble Started.
t-e trouble. however. which led I'D to
the shooting had its origin ~ the rail-
way station, where Harris had escorted
several woman teachers. who took the
train While there Thompson appeared
and addressed Harris in an Insulting and
abusive manner IN the presence OF the
young women. Prof. Harris made no
reply TO these remarks. Thompson. II is
said. was intoxicated
Harris left the station. went to the
home Of Al Strother. with whom he
boarded. and there. It Is said. he armed
hlmsel. He later left the St-other house
anu NdihcQ 10 TIC BLSllGSs section OF
the town He met Irving Msxheimer, &
brother-in-law OF Thompson. whom he
told Of the difficulty at the depot. and re-
marked that he believed Thompson had
drank more than was good for him. He
said he thought Thompson should have
be taken home. as he feared trouble
with him, and he wished 20 avoid him.
After leaving Maxheimer. Prof. Harris
net Mason Strcthe-, another brother-ia-
Law Of Thompson's. who IS the only eve
witness 10 the tragedy.
Thompson Follows Harris.
These two men we're talking about
Thompscn's condition when Thompson
himself appeared. Strother SAYS as
Thompson approached he made remarks