The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-22

the manor house of wcstover to visit
foreign lands. Mr.. Harrison. poor
man. lived On an adjoining piece OF
property. AMI was on good terms. Mrs.
Ramsay hal h. en- kind TO them, givin,
q COW to tho little Sirl.
Before going abroad, Mrs Ramsay
cskcd Nj. Harrison to look after her
property. IN three separat ; occasions
she persuaded him 20 take manage
.bout compensation, but he was given
to understand That he wouhl be re-
warded. AIRS Ramsay insisted upon
them coming ttsrc to live and upon
occupying her room. Both were spe
titically ieknl Tn use her room. and
were even requested to uae the bed
linen. Mrs Ramsay WAS gone four
months. bit the farrisons only stayed
there SIX weeks. After the. had been
there n shcrt time. here cumcs n cable
DOM. bur to ccc,Iy another. a letter
was not s"ift enough We eXpec, to
chow that there was n let..c I'm The
Times-Dispatch stating that Miss Carry
Ruffin had been entertaining n party
of friends at MISSIONER, and Mrs. Ram
say ordered Mr. Harrison TO correct tho
item. He declined. because no said
Mrs. Ramsay did not dominate the
whole Westover section. We expect to
prove the Harrisons have done nothing
TO warrant bad treatment
when the Ramsays returned. Mr.
Harrison SETTLED his accounts with Mrs.
RaMsay's attorney. She sent her law
yer to him. hut he acted as agent, not
attorney. The accounts were all cor
rect.
Mrs Ramsay had authorized Mr.
Harrison 20 list che property in the
papers. He Gid so and received several
replies. Ie informed Mrs. Ramsay of
the fact, but received q letter fl ON her
son. telling him that no communion
lions from him were desired by Mrs.
Ramsay
TOLD TO GET HIS Mali.
AT SOME OTHER POST-OFFICE
"In May. 1912, Mrs Ramsay had her
agent, Mr.. Nance. telling Harrison Mrs.
Ramsay would prefer having him get
his mail at some other post-oilice.
Things go on, Mr.. Harrison continuing
to avoid setting foot on MISSIONER. On
August 4, Mrs. Ramsay writes Mr.. Har-
rison that cash deposit must be re-
ceived from him before any goods
would be received for him at her
wharf.
"All of n sudden, out of clear
sky. we get this letter. dated August
~, which is the special basis of this
suit. :
NOTHING TO SHOW
THOUGHTS OF VIOLENCE
There was nothing done to show
that Mr.. Harrison had ever entertain
ed any thoughts of violence to the
post-oftice. 1t was born out of her
malice and ill-will to him
ION another occasion Mr. Harrison
and others went on her marsh to shoot
sora. All were arrested, but Mr.. Har-
rison proved that he had permission
to go there and was cleared.
LAS soon as Mr.. Harrison announced
his intention to purchase launch to
a al fn DATE rul
had her manager tell fishermen near
MISSIONER that they would not be per-
mitted to fish there if they sent the
fish by Mr.. Harrison's boat, thereby
cutting off this occupation or means
of earning living"
byrd IS SARCASTIC
TOWARD MIR. HARRISON
Mr.. Byrd. for the defense. said in
"ro prevent duelling, not between
n man and woman, but between man
and man, tho Legislature gave tho in
jured party the right to sue for in
sulting words likely to provoke n
breach of the peace. 1t was not the
intention to give money for an In
suit. but % prevent bloodshed. But
this vigorous young man wants to
coin money out of an insult.
Mrs. Ramsay came hero to make
her home. The evidence will prove
that instead OF showing malice, she
made him valuable gift. He has told
witnesses that she was kinder than
his relatives But she did more than
that. She invitcd him to bring his
wife and small child to MISSIONER to
spend the hot summer of 1911.
Mrs. Ramsay believed that her hos
pitality was abused. Harrison insisted
on using her room, and got the key
from her servant. He took other
privileges he had no right to, and
from that time on he seemed to nouriyh
some spleen or spite. 1t is true she
cabled him not to occupy her room. and
she had right to. He insisted OH
getting keys to the office. He insisted
on disarranging the plans for running
the house.
Mrs. Ramsay warned Hugh Harri-
son that she would not receive his
freight. why? Because previous
freight bills could not be collected.
Hugh Harrison told ono witness that
he intended to leave a package until
the shortage amounted to $40. and then
to sue for overcharges. 1t was his
intention to annoy her. Still, 1t was
n private wharf. and she had a right
to forbid It's use to any one.
ANNOYANCEs KEPT UP
INSTEAD OF KIND DEEDS
Mrs. Ramsay has suffered for years
with disease of the heart. She Is never
out of danger. and is under the care
of specialists continually. The disease
has mado her nervous. She has been
left in the big house alone with her
young daughter for months at a time
while her sons were away at college.
| Instead OF trying to make things
easier. Harrison kept up mis- annoy
ance. His whole desire and aim, he
said. was to break up the post office.
He told one witness that Mrs. Ramsay
owed him money, and he would get 1t
out of the old sister. When a servant
was sick, he told another witness that
he would make some one else in the
house sickcr.
| I'VE will show that he was trying
to egg her on. He wanted her to do
something overt TO make Il jury give
him some of her money. When Mrs.
Ramsay was told time and time again
that he intended to break up the post
! Office Che had q habit of going to the
post office and opening mail sacks, n