Evening journal., 1921-03-24
HARVEY gets
5-YEAR Term
Cecil County Jury Recon-
mends Young Man to
Mercy
KILLED BROTHER
IN FAMILY ROW
,peoial 70 rhe Erening journal.

ANIAN C@Nf -fAe-f N.he~A ~
Vaughan Harvey. convicted OF sec
ond degree murder OF his brother,
Lawrence Harvey. at North East.
Nd, February ?, was sentenced TO
ave years imprisonment in the coun-
ty jail here this morning by Judge
Levin Wickes
The reason for the light sentence
is the precarious condition OF the
convicted mans health. He is said
TO be a constant sufferer from stom-
ach trouble.
The Jury in its verdict recon-
mended mercy.
Mrs. Edward Gallaher, the nurse
about whom the family quarrel is
said to have conferred. was the nrst
important witness yesterday. She
declared that members Of the Har-
vey family told NauE. ms mother
she had gone to Vausnan's room.
Mrs. Gallaher denied having had
intimate relations with him. She
declared Lawrence Harvey threat
ened several times to kill both
Vaughan and herself.
L took it as a joke, said Mrs.
Callaher, "as would have taken il
from anyone. because you can't trust
a man as far as you can see him. !"
Vaughan was so sick that the
doctor ordered me 10 give him pills
to make him sleep. l locked the
door and put chair against IL. to
keep his brother out. and sat up all
night long without undressing. Mrs.
Harvey always thought well OF me
and never ordered me TO leave the
house She was a good Christian
woman and have tried to live the
same way.
Cross examination by States At
torney Henry A. Warburton. she said
she was separated from her husband
and that Vaughan had promised TO
marry her.
Vaughan Harvey took the stand in
his own defense. He appeared very
nervous in the witness box. His
hands and voice trembled, and the
tears streamed down his checks.
when he spoke OF his mother and the
alleged conduct Of his brothers since
his arrest.
He branded the story OF Mrs. Gal
laher's alleged intimate relations
with him as "black a lie as ever
came from hell" He told OF the
efforts of his brothers Edward and
Lawrence to keep him from the bed
side Of his dying mother and said he
was in deadly fear Of Lawrence. who
he said, threatened TO kill him sever
al times Saturday when he came
20 the house with flowers and fruit
for his mother, Harvey said, hi:
brother stood in front OF her door
with a pistol in his hand and said:
I'll kin you II you try 10 come ir
here"
Bought Pistol Because OF Fear.
He purchased the revolver In
Philadelphia because OF this feaI
that Lawrence would carry out his
death threats. Vaughan testified
Vaughan said his brother assault.
Cd him, contradicting testimony OF
other witnesses that he fred from a
slight distance.
When 1 crossed the street to 60 tc
my mothers house. Larry ran dowr
the walk, jumped on me. scrouget
my head down to my knees an,
pushed me on to the pavement.
thought he was going to kill me
and I shot him"
He testified that after his arres
his brother Harry cursed him an,
assaulted him and accused him o
having had criminal sentiments TO
ward his mother.
DO i look like a man who woul,
do such a thing2" Harvey asked
turning to the jury. II loved m,
mother with all my heart. love,
her better than anything in tn
world" Here he broke down. burie,
his face in his arms. and sobbed
There was scarcely a dry eye in tn
courtroom Men and women younl
and old, were affected by the appar
ent grief and suffering upol
Naughan's face and in his voice.
When he was able to speak agai
he told OF his grief at not being abl
70 attend his mothers funeral, al
though he said she asked for hir
up till the last OF her life.
zone OF the last things she said Z
my brother Harry" Vaughan declar
cd. was to take care Of Vaughan
How has he done il? Evervbod
heard how he testified yesterday"
The afternoon was occupied by tn
pleas Of States Attorney Warburtor
In summing up. Mr.. Warburton lai
emphasis on the evidence tending I
show that Vaughan Harvey shot n
brother twice standing and one
when he was lying PROSTATE II
said the positions Of the woune
showed that Lawrence could n,
have been bending over his pro-
trate brother, as one bullet took
downward course through the az
domen, and another entered the CO,
in the shoulder and plowed aero
the body, lodging near the skin. 4
also referred TO evidence that pa
Elmer heard Vaughan threat,
Lawrence Saturday before the shoe
ing; that he had heard Waugh,
say, before the shooting, that
was going up there to show III
damn family who runs that plae,
Omar ID. Crothers and William
Warburton, father Of the Prosec,
ing Attorney. pleaded for the defer
ant They alleged there was
family conspiracy against Mrs. G.
laher and Vaughan, because Of bI
the family believed Vaughan inter
ed to levy against the estate Of {
mother, in which all, at her dea
would have shared. Mr.. Croth
said that Vaughan shot his brotl
when he was attacked by the larl
man and when he believed Lawrer
was going to carry out the threat