The Washington times., 1910-09-30
CCoHtinred rom Firs, Page)

night Harris cscd Hc tfIarri7l came 'Hto
the bar proper from the garden Close
y behind aim cane another 5ailA -laii,
y no TOUCHED Him aH tHa shoulder ana
asked him iJ have e. ms
Harris said. -\2- ] VIII not drink
with you UUleSs you make lp with Dam
iailuding 90 tEuJ party who was M
me cOmuauE- and Ulu h4l EetI ltIi
out ia the Sardenl. Harris then vent
back INTO the g-Tr- the way ne came
followed by the same party
ABOUT i've minutes later ne returned
Ia LIIe Seventh street entrance rae
man who sought 10 eE slam ana JUS
lify hi coulue, toward The tElE1
member -l ear make up with HIM
think r. IS NV Iauit-F Yes an
severed Harris every bit OF it,
They remained al Tie Der several
drink They left the place little
before Il.
Attracted By Argument
Coode testified that his attention
was drawn particularly TO Harris and
his COMPANION by the argument
GcOde also declared that Harris was
apparently under she influence OF
LIQUOR but upon cross-e-,agninatio uy
Attorney Lambert he admitted that
the action Of Harris which He took 10
be signs of iuUoNiCaIiJn may have
been due to excitement produced BY
the argument and that he could not
swear that Harris was drunk Both
Coroner NEWT and Assistant District
Attorney Turner endeavOred to break
down Goodies identlhcatin Of Harris,
but without avail GOOde testified
that ne went 10 the mOrEue on the
Monday following the discovery % the
body and the moment he laid Eyes
upon the corpse he concluded that II
was that Of the young man VINO had
quarreled at the bar the previous sat
UIday night He said that when told
LT.. aHHnH b.
Mr. Hall lie remarked that two young
men had had some words in his pres
euce that Saturday night
Examined By Coroner
Coroner hewitt first took up the cud-
gel with the witness by asking him
Il he was IN the habit Of visiting the
Morgue To see bodies
once came down here" replied
Goode.
only once queried the Coroner.
How long were you in the Morgue
that Monday"
Two or three minutes
How long did you look at the BODY
As soon as I look al IL ! thought II
was Harris
In answer to a question by a juror,
Goode said that he thought Harris was
in the place until about HIS
In response 10 question propounded
by Ar Turner the witness said that
Harris acted very queer g. --=---..,-
Attorney Lambert, Few minutes
later, ELECTED from the witness the
emphatic statement that Harris acted 2
nationally at the time
Heard No Pistol Shots.
Then several witnesses were put on
the stand to tell about conditions IN the !
neigh borhOOd Of the supposed scene OF
death. John Harris, COlOTsd assistant |
stable boss at the Armour stables, n
short half block from the said scene5
William johnson. cOI0red, Of 707 I street /
southwest, and Joseph Mack coIored. Of |
the same address all JeStifled eInphai- /
iCaUy that they heard no pistol shot at Z
any hour Of that night
Harris said that he was sitting 5u- 4
front at the stable clear 1p Is-sril after 4
L o'clock. and said that ne did not hear 4
aav pistol report, but expressed me
opinion that he would nave IleaIa u ~ Il
had occurred With hin, IRON ly-ls uTi-
til about 12-15, was his VIE, Annie Har-
This witness testified that ne did not 4
see officer Roberts that night. but ha Q
followed this up by admitting that he {
had not seen any BODY else pass mere 4
that night. He also said that great
many auto mobiles go Up II street past /
the stables al night lie admitted that i
he went t. a saloon at Seventh and I
streets q few minutes after i thai /
night for beer, thus corrObOrating 6 ]
statement made by Officer Roberts to 8
that effect Y edneSday-
Corroborates Roberts.
Johnson worked in his barber shop
at the I street address that Saturday /
night from to - From Il o'clock on !
he said, there was little or nothing do 4
ing. and that he was sitting there most
Of that hour talking TO some friends and Z
patrons. The doors and windows were I
all vide open Vet. he says. he nor any
one else IN the shop heard 2 pistol re- ]
port
This shop IS short square from 4
where the body was found johnson J
also corro bOrated Officer Roberts 70 !
the effect that the officer was standing
at Seventh and I streets n few minutes I
sfte- = that night Johnson said he 4
saw him
Mack lives Immediately II the rear
OF Johnson & barber shop and was in
the shop that night Until lT--I Then .
he went around to his scuar-t-ue where
he sat up at a fro1s window. which +
was raised, until 72-1E- He declared .
that he heard no shot
Counsel Again Clash.
At this point there was another clash
between counsel. who Arguments cor
sumed several minutes Nrsgrue,- Tar
ner objected 10 The introduction Of evil
dence by the opposing counsel TO show
by the witness Mack that his op-or-
tuD+tE or hearing pistol shot was
equally as good 2S thar of q person ffr-
ing Al 81 Seventh street
Nj Turner said his Only objection was
to -he time consumed lie observed thar
the rules Of evidence during the inquest