The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-24
HARRISON VERDICT
EXPECTED TONIGHT
EVIDENCE ALL IN AND ARGUMENT
ON INSTRUCTIONS BEGINS
TODAY.
SHE SOBS OVER STORY
MRS. RAMSAY wEEPs AS SIZE GIVES
EVIDENCE IN HER OWN DE-
CHARACTERIZATION Is
RECALLED.
SHE SOBS OVER STORY

with heavy sobhi,, .r5ad with al,
49, ~ e.
'iie eNioeii1e III 'he suit Oh H. l. Far-
rison Tor $4,000 damages from Mrs.
| Ramsay In the handa of fs,a iurv and
ia. ,r4a, ,..,
''e :. ''' w '"e ease 'icar coHip'e'''h'
Judge Iyier received tho instruc-
lions of the attorneys tonight and
taking Thorn bopa With hin, ~ s+,dv
Ill, -
WIN VIC reauy ioiiorro" 10 near argh-
ment upon them. The case will prob
ably be in the hands of the Jury early
foo,,ea TO- .o,,ah,
s' ramsay on STAND.
Mrs. Ramsay, the woman defenda'lt
in suit for alleged Insult. was the
star witness of the defense. with Mrs
| Harrison wife of the plaintiff closing
the hearing OF witnesses with strong
evidence in favor OF her husband, de-
/ claring that Mrs. Ramsay had in
structed herself and Mr.. Harrison to
use the room at Westover from when
they were later ordered by cable Jack
Harold, another witness for the de-
fense, gave similar evidence
Mrs. Ramsay. attired much as an ,,o
preceding dav was In court early nav~
ing close attention the tectj,p pn@
Of the minor witnesses ana r. .ha
crcss-examinatiop ~ the attornevs
Jne case of the nIaint,rf uas rested
shortly before noon and IN a row
minutes Mrs RAMSAY u,as eo1ied cbe
swept to the witness stand hauybtf]v
and with sunerh self-nossess,nn ~
soon gave evidence Of being under !.
great nervous strain Her fsc. sbar-
ed the struggle She was making 70
retain her coTunogr,ra Nnry.,,tg,,, s,,s
pl,cked a. TIC arr, ~, 49, ,,t.r,ss,
stand or lockad and ,pfacl,ad 80
fingers
r.
$50 vas "iiei' AS s'ie re-
go, hei toice broke ana
Nil "ous vas S'idnea WIN sops
nilt'e NE tears screamed from her
~ Mo4hsh,ariis she gained her
", p"l az ili'erFais she Wept
a a as she was examined ny dr'
0E,n' her attorney,
80 Nahisay uehIea emphaucaliy
10 10 sie Eau s.Veh harrison permts-
sioh 70 occupy ner room. while acting
as az etahsr vi WesloVer estate dur
. . Hei a"sehce IN EUROPE declaring
enat sne thousht ne mad taken
81 ~ uSaiSase o. ner absence 10 do 60.
Pr hau caAeu nun 70 Vacate she SAID
peuauTe sne ielt nlat no one but her.
seii snouio occupy the room ana
VIE o,ner rooms lot MN ana
ms IaHally. me cable ordering Har-
rison our OF the room was the begin
hlhs Oh the feud between the two,
Whlch enoeo IN the writing or he al
ieseo siahoerons letter ana the initia-
.io' VI tnt siu'ooV SUIT Tor SANDER.
Ar"lo Oh harrison.
W. ~. l RAMSAY declared she wrote the
ailekeu slahoerous ietter telling Har-
r.son 70 keep away from the postoffice
a. Wus,oVer' because she really was
ae."hi'y airalu OF MN. she denied
sue haa any nance or hatred for Har-
lioil 70 sianuer' Illuminate or Insult him
by writing the letter. but wanted him
~ stay away from the postoff1ce be-
cause she reared MIN.
Mrs' ndinsay answered frankly ana
tieaIiy the questions propound-d her
oy Attorney n. M: smith OF counsel
Tor the plaintiH, during his cross-ex-
aihihasioh, one repeated that she had
oeen iona OF young Harrison, had
tried 10 heip MN ana thought he had
SHOWN her nase lngratitnde:
MT smith asked the defendant at
least aozen questions az TO whether
or not she really believed Harrison
would dynamite the postoffice or en-
ploy other violence toward the build
ing or her. She answered in the af-
hrmative most emphatically each
time.
Character Witnesses.
Four character witnesses were intro
duced by the plaintiff this morning.
Each OF then. ga d Hugh Harrison was
a good man. and was peaceable man.
They each gave i'im a high character
Mrs. Hugh t. Harrison wife of the
plaintiff. was the last witness for her
husbands side of the case She cor
roborated practically everything her
husband said ON the stand yesterday
She said Mrs Ramsay had offered
her and her husband the use Of West
over" In 1911 an1 insisted that they
live in her Mrs. Ramsay's) private
bedroom Mrs. Harrison said her re-
lations with Mrs. Ramsay were most
cordial, pleasant and agreeable until
the latter went to Europe.
after she returned from Europe"
said Mrs. Harrison, her attitude
toward us was most ncticably changed
heard she told number of persons
that | had left the house dirty: that
we had broken the dining-room tabls;
that We had worn out her hest bed
and table linen and that we had done
other carnage to The house.
When court reconvened after dinner
yesterday Mr.. Harrison was recalled
to the witness stand
Mr.. Harrison, you spoke of the