The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-11-17

Ray Sprinkles, aged 10, said he
heard Mrs. Herring call Mr.. Ander.
son a "thief" and "s-o-b-."
Neither of these children was cross
examined. This closed the case in
chief for the plaintiff.
Mrs. Herring On The Stand
Mrs. Herring took the stand. She
said her father and Mr.. Anderson's
father were brothers; and that she
had known him from infancy. She
owns a farm about 220 acres in the
Preachersville section; her father
left it to her. Jones Anderson lived
on the farm for 10 years, renting 1t
from her. In 1908 he gave the place
up. She said she was looking over the
place soon afterwards and noticed
that large amount of dressed rock,
which had been part of foundation
and chimney was missing. She had
given no one permission to take 1T.
Anderson was then living at Preach
ersville She was informed that he
! had taken the rock. Considerable OBJ
| lection was made by attorneys for
the plaintiff over the rock matter;
and much testimony concerning it
was not allowed to go to the jury.
She said that at that time Anderson
was threatening her with a law suit;
that he had left her place in an un-
! friendly spirit and had quit speaking
| to her. She said that he conducted
himself toward her in most insult
, ing and obnoXiuos manner whenever
she would meet him; that when she'd
pass him in the road, he'd look her
in the eye and then turn his face away
with smirk or snarl; if he should
happen to be in a group of men when
she came near he would look at her
and laugh and conduct himself in such
way that the men would all look at
her, and this made her feel ridlcu-
lous and Inundated her greatly.
Judge Hardin sustained objection to
! introduction of evidence regarding
| Anderson's threats to sue her over
a lawn mower about two years be-
fore.
Coming down to the offense COM
planned of, she said that she drove
to Preachersville rrith her husband,
to buy some things for lunch; that
her husband then took the buggy and
went on to Lancaster, while she start
ed walking back home. When she was
in front of Cummins' store she saw
from Mr. Anderson's manner that he
was trying to annoy her, she testlfi-
ed She said his manner of looking at
her was an insult; she turned her
buggy around so that she could not
see him; and when she started home
she forgot some things she came for,
because of her annoyance at Ander-
sons action. She said:
"He looked at me in a contemptu-
Gus way, turned on his heel; with his
head up in the air with a kind Of
strut, and went up the pike humming
and singing"
Mrs. Herring said that she said
There's entirely too much music
here to suit me-" She said that she
had meant when she spoke to Parks
about Mr.. Thornton that all winter
when Mr.. Thornton was there she
could Ego to the store and attend to
my business without being disturbed
by Jones Anderson" She said that
she told Anderson as he went into the
store that 81 expected him to let me
attend to my business in peace" She
said that the language she used to-
= ward Anderson was "You are a con-
temptible coward and a scoundref'
and she said 81 told him to go in his
have to take the insults of a rascal
like you" She said that he would
: snap his fingers at Parks; she swore
that she did not call him a CD
} thief; not using such nor did she cal
him "s--o--b." She denied most EN-
I phatically that she had used any such
-, language. She said that it had beer
hard to take insults from Anderson
t as long as she had; that he had gotter
everything he had off her place. Sh,
admitted to calling him thief" anC
1 explained that in doing so she had re
[ ferred to the fact that she believed
I he had taken the rock off her plac,
o to which he had no right. Mrs. Her
e ring said that before she had rentet
n the place to some one else, Anderson
q had told her that she had injured
t his little daughter $4,000. She sai'
@ that he had lost race for SchoO
t trustee in that district and tina
c seemed to be hurting him consider
: ably She said she did not jump u
: and down and slap her hands to
l. gether while she was talking to hir
at Preachersville, for she had lOa
d of bread and other articles in he
h arms.
It On cross examination, she said tina
= she supposed she was there talkin
v to Anderson about 10 minutes. AT
F." torney McRoberts then pulled out hi
d watch and told her to go ahead an
= repeat over to him and the court jus
n what she had told Anderson. Mrs
d Herring did so, but it occupied onl
d four minutes, Mr.. McRoberts sai6
Quite a number of watches were on
% timing her recital also, and this caus
n ed some merriment in the courtroom
n Mrs. Herring admitted to have bee
n every angry" and said she prObabl
|: repeated some of the things she sait
lie She said she did not call Anderson
lie "darn coward" but used the expires
,e sion "durn coward" and at no time
put the name of Sod" before it Q
e any of her remarks. She said she Oh
G. not mind Anderson being on the roa
20 if he could act as a gentleman. Sh
IS said she couldn't tell Mr.. McRobert
rs what song he was singing or hun
ID ming; but that "his manner express
rt ed more insult than words coul
x have; his back was offensive; hate