The Washington times., 1913-04-18

was afraid that ] would see some OF
the things he kept talking about"
All night long while Kendall watched
from his cell in constant fear. McCleary
dressed and undressed with nervous
haste. Repeating this operation man:
times before morning. He kept on roll
ing cigarettes which he would smoke
BRIEFLY and then throw carelessly away.
Saw Green Frogs.
Pacing up and down the cell he shift
ed occasionally to one corner and talked
to the creatures of his fevered brain.
At last he cried out TO Kendall:
Il see thousand green frogs, don't
you see them. Here they the come come; t,-,oa
to talk of 'Shiny'-the name he had for
Fridcnger, of the Hagerstown police
force.
For Gods sake. let me out, Shiny"
he cried, according to Kendall. Then he
stood in listening attitude in the cell
door, but receiving no answer kept call
ing for Shiny.
Through the whole night he raved in
his cell and paced like a madman. All
the other prisoners feared violence from
movements cast a fear into the hearts
Of all the other men who had been set
by the Jail officials as spies on McCleary.
Justice on Stand.
Police Justice Daniel w. Dowd, Of
Hagerstown. followed Kendall on the
witness stand.
His testimony tended to show Nc
Cleary as a cigarette fiend and drunkard.
wild and weird" was the justices s
description of McCleary's condition on
August IL previous to the murder and
subsequent to 1t on several visits to Nc
Cleary's cell in Hagerstown's haunted
Jail.
dead" asserted the justice, "he insisted
that they were lying in the family home
without anyone to watch over their
bodies and he wanted me to let him out
so that he could get an undertaken.
strangely" said the justice, "and he had
all the symptoms OF man in great
mental trouble"
McCleary Now Calm.
The justice admitted that the differ
ence in appearance of the prisoner
then and now is marked. Today ex-
cept for the nervous twitching of his
fingers and struggling of his shoul-
ders, McCleary was calm. yet for
more disturbed than on any previous
day of the trial. His face showed
no emotion and he appeared to take
no interest in the case except 1or q
few moments at a time.
Upon leaving the court room this
afternoon McCleary heaved a sigh Of
relief and remarked, Thank God,
that's over" When told by his
keeper that the court would sit to-
night to avoid a session on Saturday,
McCleary commented, Il wish there
were no tomorrow. 1 wish l were out
of it all"
The court has ruled that il will not
decide on the admission of McCle-ry S
confession until it has completed the
taking of testimony as to his mental
condition at the time the paper was
signed.
Miss Lupah Henry, the belle Of Ha-
gerstown. is anxiously waiting the con-
clusion of the insanity probe SO thai
she may go on as the tSate's first wit
ness. Locked in an ante room away
from the proceedings in the Criminal
Court room, she sits a solemn tragic
little figure in her black gown and hat.
The State is keeping a close watch on
her and on other witnesses who will
testify in rebuttal of the insanity evil
dence on the circumstantial evidence
surrounding the death of McCleary's
sweetheart's mother.
Attorneys for the State do not expect
TO begin weaving the chain of circum-
stantial evidence around the boyis!i
prisoner before tonight or Monday
morning.