The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-24

| ucnts.leadtng up to severtng< OF friendl,
! relations between the two families Mrs
Harrison testified that there had beer
no exception made In the rooms to b,
occupicds during the Visit ut westover
The witness was, positive that the bee
| rSom was not locked, and that servant,
! Went In and out, OF It at Will. BOTH be
fore and after her occupancy. Sh,
claimed that she had SO reported ts
Mrs, Ramsay. There was absolutel,
no question about the room being un.
locked, she said. ~
Mrs. Harrison related how she had
Kept the servants from doing thing.
contrary to the expressed wishes of the
owner. She mentioned In particular
that she had refused to permit them to
take down valuable oil painting Of
Mrs. Ramsay, which they believed was
to be shipped to New York. This paint.
ing, she said. was thought by tho owner
to be the. most valuable thing In the
house. That she was right. was proven
by letter from, Mrs. Ramsay. direct.
ing portrait of herself in court cos
tune be sent her. ~
She; testified that Mrs Ramsay had
sent her a letter telling her not to en-
tertain certain neighbors at Westover.
fer reply refusingn to discriminate
against her friends. Vas, she believed,
resented by Mrs. Ramsay, and was tho
ilrst thing to make her mad. Against
the defendant. she said, there was no
III VIII. and that she fully appreciated
the gift of COW to her child.
Mrs. Harrison produced n letter which
she had sent to Mrs. Ramsay offering q
full explanation of her acts during the
occupancy of Wcstoycr. THIS, she said,
had been returned Unopened. On the
envelope was the explanation that Mrs.
iiamsny' desired no communication from
the writer. The letter was again sent.
put IN a different handwriting, and this
'imc 1t was apparently read. 1t was
fcturned with the statement that Mrs.
amsay had not been permitted to see
lis contents. The letter was addressed
10 Mrs. Harrison at a postoflce whore
the patrons were chiefly negroes.
The plaintiff hero concluded his case.
MRS. RAMSAY TrEsTIFIEs
IN HER OWN DEFENSE
Mrs. Ramsay was the first witness In
her own defense She took the stand,
ana In calm voice began the recital
OF her side to the controversy. In a
rev minutes. however, she became
mighty nervous and soon broke down
completely and wept. At many points
ner voice was barely audible and tears
frequently choked all utterance. Her
speech at all times was low.
Harrison, Mrs. Ramsay said. was
Hnown TO her since n small boy. lie
did not appear to have much money
after marriage. and she sympathized
Win him. Just before her trip abroad.
ne came ard told her that his baby
needed milk. His stepmother had re-
h USED TO sell him COW, and she took
MIN to her pasture and gave him his
choice of the herd. When she was
ready to leave for Europe he told her
that his house was hot, and said thnt
visit to Westover would be equal
to trip to his family.
! Mrs. Ramsay denied that she had
ever employed the plaintiff as manager.
own man was fully capable. IL. N.
Nance had always been her agent.
Neither did she need him to SUPERVISE
the work. but ut his earnest request
she found some small things for him
to do.
In regard to\-the rooms to be used
by the fiarrisons, Mrs Ramsay stated
that her daughter. Miss Elizabeth
Harold, had shown Mr.. Harrison the
Byrd room, which is the principal guest
chamber. 1t has n northern exposure,
anu is the coolest room In the house.
When Harrison wrote to her saying
that he was using her room, her son
immediately cabled him to get out.
Mrs. Ramsay broke down when she
began to relate the treatment she had
| received from her neighbors. One man
had threatened to shoot her son in the
back, and another had said that he
would tar and feather any man who
was witness for her. One man ac-
cused her OF selling him rancied butter.
BURGLARS SEEK TO
ENTER MISSIONER
The witness told OF the trials of a
woman alone with her young daughter
in big. MISSIONER at night. EuI glars
court had appointed her. nverseer rs a
special officer. She has been suffering
from htart trouble. ana cannot SLEEP
Il always thought real men tried to
help ocfens eless women, not to abuse
Them, she exclaimed
| post office by Harrison, Mrs. RAMSAY
said 1t worked no hardship on ~her
TO- 20 use others which were. Just as nea,
| stamps was OH account Of him tryins
b 10 get a, chem on credit Patrons. too
it had been brought to her attention
thar Harrison had frequently openeI
mail sacks without right or permission
ono ~ nay ,he always way looked l on Hugh as
so.", she said. but I Was AFRAID !o a
him when wrote the letter complain ed
has become an obscssion with him. and
| nave no way of knowing what he will
demonstrations, in favor of one SIDE OF
other. There was a number of sym
pathizers With Harrison in court, and
whenever his counsel made n rctort Oh
gained a point there has been audible
signs OF approval. Attempts were he
ing made, said Mr.. Byrd, to inhuenca
the jury.
SENT AS PROTECTION
TO SELF AND PROPERTY
Mrs. Ramsay stated that she had not
intended her epistle to Harrison to 10
construed as a letter, but as warming
She had meant no Insult. Dut e was
sent as q protection to herself and Dron.
crty. :
II do not know how to insult any
body said said.
A letter written by Mrs. Ramsay to
Mrs. Harrison was introduced by Mr.
smith to show that she had accused
another person of. attempting to break
up the Westover. Mr.. Byrd objected to
a portion of the letter going I'm without
the whole. andi was sustained The
letter was read. and favored the de-