The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-20
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degree of dehniteness, as
sen a ito n ] developments
are promised.
The evidence fo11ax.yc.

are promised.
The evidence follows:
Charles Cottrell, photographer,
was the first witness examined. He
identified certain exterior and inte-
rior pictures of the little house on
Seventeenth avenue and Twenty
first street, the place where the dead
remains of Ethel and Tennie Fudge
were found, shot through the heart,
and with whose murder their father,
E. j. Fudge, is charged. The photo
graphs are to assist the jury in I'M
derstanding the case. It was limited
that possibly the jury might be taken
to the premises later on.
Mrs. Beatrice Harrington.
Mrs. Beatrice Harrington, the Aunt
Be alluded to in the notes found in
the book after the tragedy, and who,
with her husband and family, lived
with Fudge for number of weeks
at the little green house, was then
called. She was the sister of Judges
wife, the mother of the three chill
dren. She first knew Fudge in Nash
vile, before either she or her sister
were married. When Mrs. Herring
ton married, she came to Florida,
stopping some time in Birmingham.
She testified that Fudge and the
children, when they came to Florida,
lived at her house, which was then
in Olive. They all moved to Seven
teenth and Twenty-first the day after
Mardi Gras this year. She said that
Fudge had money when he first came
down; that he tried to get work and
could not; and that he drank, but
not every day, because he didn't have
the money.
Says Fudge Drank.
She stated specifically that Fudge
came home under the influence of IL
quor on number of occasions, and
often stayed away at night-once for
week at a time. That was in March,
when he had not been here long, and
before his money had given out.
A Woman's Picture.
1t was about this time that little
Tennie found photograph of wo-
d man in his pocket, the witness said
"a woman Of the underworld.
The Herringtons left the Fudge
house ten days before the tragedy
and went to their present home, Nc
/ David. Mrs. Harrington left some
provisions in the house, because, she
said, Fudge was out of money and
she didn't want the children to &c
hungry. Several days before the
deaths, Mr.. Harrington, her husband
gave Fudge 81
Mrs. Harrington said that she hae
advised Fudge to put the children
, in an orphan asylum, and that tbs
father finally decided to do this.
The children, she said, were Away!
J happy and contented, and she hat
never heard one of them say any
thing about killing themselves.
No Cartridges for Rifle.
Asked if there were any cartridge:
for the rifle when she left the house
she was positive that there were not
She had driven some nails in tn,
/ | W diAr SuC SolNs W hduS Tic gun VI
to keep it out of reach of the chill
, dren.
Fudge owned an automatic pistol
) she said, but had no cartridges.
Breaks Down.
During the cross-examination
which brought out nothing new, shs
was shown picture of the dead chill
J dren, taken when they were read!
for burial, and she burst into tears
Fudge looked at the picture withou
betraying emotion of any sort.
Bascom Fudge.
Bascom Fudge, nine years old, ant
perfectly self-possessed, walked to
, the stand. AS he was passing, hi
father touched his arm and smiled a
} him, and Bascom tossed smile back
Baseom was first asked about hi
. mothers death in Nashville; and at
torney for the defense objected, claim
: ing the testimony was irrelevant /
was then that John Stokes, state at
torney, made the declaration that h
would endeavor to prove premedi
tated design on Judges part to ge
. some easy insurance money, first kill
! ing the mother in Nashville and thel