The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-04-15
|GARDENHIRE
TRIAL BEGUN
Woman, With Husband and
Son, Charged With Murder
Of Father -in-Law.
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AL pI EAn MOT Chilly
ALL PLEAD NOT GUILTY

Mrs. Maggin Gardenhire. her 'hus-
band, Tom Gardenhire, and her son.
william Love. arg facing jury ~ tne
murder OF Tom Gardenhire. Sr.. father
in-law of the woman and father OF the
defendant. Tom Gardenhire. Jr. Mrs.
Gardenhire shot to death the senior
Gardenhire Oct. rs. last, AT the corner
olaimins oh ns'Is,r her faiher,insIaw had wronEed
her some months before that.
The husband Il standing by the wife,
claiming that she was right and that
II she had not KILLED his father he
would have. tS stt
The three .defsndsnts, through !, their
counsel T Pog shepherd u, ao,,, ana nd =; a. a.
additional insanisy plea was put In for
Mrs. Gardenhifes
The state Is ihkisting that the mar-
der OF Gardenhifn was cold -bloodedly
planned in Roiae. Ga. where the junior
former marriaae. lived: that Love wes
first sent here 40 do the killing and
his nerve faiItd him, and next the
husband was sent and his nerve failed,
and later. the Wife came 70 chat,anocega
s,ssr s"S ssS Gsrdsnsrs sns es's ts w''0" s'as' '
The brotherssof Tom ,saruenhire. she
defendant. and hls other relatives are
aligned againx[ him In the trial and
one OF the brofhers stated ons the wit-
ness stand Thursday he had not spoken
10 Tom slnce he Milling and he never
Intended e asssiia: s. q . ~, !. = !, -. ,r,.,
neatly Mls Ssa Sresssd and Rss tho al sppesrsnss
an an irratlonsl n1lnd. The state Is repre-
sented BY On: eeorse W. chamles,;;
and Counts 4 Enaerson. The trial WI
probably - WE tomorrow before u Is
oesenss scores.
The defenee scored its nrst point
Thursday whon Ioe Gardenhire, brother
OF the defendant. stated that his father
had told Tom he was living with an
immoral wQnaes, and that Tom had
and bring thir children 70 Chattanooga.
The witness further stated that his
brother Tom knew the woman was not
straight before Ahu married him and
had said 70 : dokcn times since their
Joe uardenhire stated that after the
killing OF his father he went to the sta
tion to meet Tom Gnrdenhirc and after
the later had gotten on the train he
(Joe) mentioned the killing aud Tom
replied; Yes Y shs hadn't have done y
: Joe Gardenhire then said Tom too
him when the facts were known hic
wife would be cleared. The witness
then testified he asked Tom II that
was the way he felt about u and Tom
'e%atnsn wi,nsss viii that hs 's haa no. spoken
to him. since that day and OF course
felt very bItttr.y against Tom.
Mrs. Ls'la pwF's; xl,c w runs j eosro. sp,,,ss
% NV sa,S Se,sudars yG ss ess0fc e hs e
house and got a room However, ne
did not act In a manner TO create
suspicion.
Mrs. Maggie Gardenhire ,rsnie 70 her
house about $3.50 O'Clock at night and
after supper sat around and talked.
She said she. wanted TO see the elder
Gardenhire and later the elder Garden
hire came In The woman and Garden-
hire greeted each other very fire.
quently, the witness stated. ana then
Gardenhire said he wanted drink OF
water and Mrs. Gardenhire arose and
followed him In the rear room. saying
she wanted to talk with him.. e.
Later, the witness said, she heard five
shots, and going out into the yard
learned that Mrs Gardenhire and her
father IN law had gone out the rear door
OF her home ard walked to the corner
Of Whiteside and Main streets. where
the woman had shot Gardenhire down.
Saw Two Shots Fired,
James Downs, husband OF the preced-
Ing witness. substantiated IN substance
what his wife had testified. He said
that when he heard the shots being
fired he ran 10 the back door OF his
home just In time to see Mrs. Garden
hire fire the last two shots into the
body Of the senior Gardenhire.
Mrs. Joe Gardenhirc, wife of the son
OF the elder Gardenhire. was the next
witness, and she proved a damaging
one. She stated that Just prior to the
killing, some several days, Tom Garden
hire. Jr., came to her home and told
her he was Just out OF hell and was
now going and get his children al
Rome and bring them TO live with her
1.-THE witness).
Witness stated that young Gardenhlre
then pulled pistol and said II came
here to kill daddy. but he showed me
where was wrong and | am going
divorce"
Witness said that Gardenhire spoke
very badly Of his wife's reputation and
said he was glad he had found her out.
She said she never saw him again until
after the killing.
Leonard Burgess was the last witness
before the noon hour. He testified that
he was with Joe Cardcnhire when Tom
came In on the train and the witness
verified what Joe GardenhIre had told
In connection with Tom Gardenhire say.
Ing that III his wife had not have
killed his father he would have"
The state claims Il has enough dam.
aging evidence against the wife 10
break down her defense, while the de-
Tense insists the woman II lrersDonAl. i.
hle and fred the ahata ,,,t,fcf, nud.s