The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-20

FRIDAY MORN
edy, Bascom said, he saw cart
ridges for the gun on the fathers bu-I
reau.
Saw Father Drunk.
The cross examination brought out
the fact that Bascom had seen his
father drunk on number of occas-
ions. He was drunk on the Sunday
before the tragedy, said the boy.
Ray Harrington.
Ray Harrington, the husband of
Aunt Eta, took the stand in the aft
ernoon. He testified to the purchase
OF the brace little before on the
/ day of the tragedy. He did not see
Bascom on his second trip, to get
milk, as. he had gone to work. He
notified the coroner and police when
Bascom returned in the evening with
the sad news.
! Body of Ethel Warm.
Going to the Fudge home with his
wife, Mr.. Harrington said that he
went in and examined the children.
Ethel was lying on her face in the
back room and Tennie was lying in
the closet, her legs and arms drawn
up. Harrington examined both bodies.
Ethefs body, said Harrington, was
limp.
did you feel any warmth at all 2"
he was asked.
swell, very little"
i The other body, Tennie's, was "cold
and stiff"
/ There was a difference" said
Harrington, between the two. Ten
MES body gave off an unmistakable
odor," he said.
& The witness testified to a bruise
on Tennie's leg, and scratch on her
mouth.
Mrs. Eta Harrington.
She testified that the children were
in the habit of coming over to her
house to play with her children two
or three times a week, but that she
, had not seen the girls since the Fri
day before they were discovered
dead.
She testified to the bread and the
milk, and added that VIXEN she went
over, after receiving the summons
Fudge was walking up and down
, the gallery and gave her the book
, and the notes.
Asked if Fudge showed any signs
: of grief. the witness said:
Grief? No.
!. sfHe looked like he was trying tc
! cry" The cross examination did not
shake her.
She added that the children had al
ways seemed ir the best of spirits and
had never talked about suicide.
Mrs. Leila Deason.
Mrs. Herrington's sister, who was
staying with her at the time, accom-.
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington tC
the Fudge house, said in reply tc
, the question, Was Fudge grief
stricken p
HE didn't look so to me-" On The
J cross examination she said that
Fudge came towards her on the gal
] lery and volunteered the opinion tha+
! the children had taken poison, be
cause they had been sick few days
! Trying to Cry.
She made it stronger on the eros
examination.
+ "You saw him crying ?" attorne.
for the defense asked.
"No, trying to cry"
Otto Richman.
Witness testified that EtheFs bod.
: was warm, whereas Tennie was COLI
= and stiff
J Fudge was crying, he said, and n
q felt sorry for the man.
Il ]. Nj. Weaver.
r Witness knew Fudge only by sight
r His children came over to play witt
: witnesses children. They came almos
every day, but had not been over fol
: week preceding their death.
e Mr.. Weaver did not examine thu
bodies Immediately upon coming over
t but is positive that EthePs body wa
n warm. He and Fudge helped turn
n her over, witness said, and when tn
e face come up Fudge got up and wen
d away. Witness noticed an .odor from
d Tennie's body.
f Not Really Crying.
Asked by the prosecution If Fudg'
r was "really weeping" witness said.
: mo, sir, he was not"
e The lawyer for the defense wa
n unable to shake his testimony on tn
:, cross examination.
: Asked by the defense why ne oil
/. not believe the tears real, wltnes
S said, abecause when man is IN dec
r sorrow he cannot control himself an
r talk to somebody every minute Q
e So"
e Witness said he felt friendl,
n towards Fudge.
r Grover Gatheieny.
Witness testified that Ethels boa
+ was warm. and that there was OH