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\ K * * / ^ ' \ ' . ?. ? V . A fhe Lancaster ledger. ?y ' ? '^^^^^SgSSSaSSSllH? r ? "i ??I S ii _?i?1??"W^? *SEillsVVEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. O.. ,1 U N E 13, 1903 RBTAHUSHKniMo I WE T A K JUNE We hav Goods in partment W MIS >> By Jul To Move moiyc jevj PRI MMNMM It is not, wort PRICES here, your selection a the price. We have a lo Shoes, NEW Sr are selling at ( Prices. Come to see 1; and we will ma] for you. lie in < EVERYTHING I -laiciir I E STOCK r 30th. e a Lot ol i each De; that r GIG -4M y First. ?>< Them We EuUutili OES. h while to quote Come and make md we will make i ? t of Men's ftnt FOCK, that wt ireatly Reduced % is before you buj ke it interesting imber we Carrj ri jr. / mi? li. I 4 * S Troubles of The Rev. Barr Harris. Somo of the Evidence Against Him in the Becent Trial?The Principal Witness Shown to l<n ? 1)?: I/U u V V uumu Ul X lOVlUIIB Had Character?Looks Like Conspiracy to Huin Harris. ' From the Bozeman, Montana, Republican of May 12th. ^ One of the most sensational , trials ever occut ring in Gallatin county came to an end Saturday afternoon about 4:15 p. in. The trial of the case of State vs. J. ! Barr Harris commenced Tuesday of last week, and with the exception of Thursday, on which day the complaining witness was too ill to attend the trial, it lasted until Saturday, when the case _ was placed iu the hands of the jury, composed of G. W. King, George Safley, Walter Sprague, | Charles Papke, Thomas G Davis, | J. D. Groesbeck, 11. H. Gard oer, F. L. Neugard, E..J. Callentine, Jevmour Cunningham and 1A. F. Crail. The jury was out for over thirty hours, bringing in their verdict shortly before midnight Sunday. The verdict was: "We, the jury in the above en| titled cube find the defendant J. ' Barr Harris guilty nnd assess his punishment at one year in the State penitentiary." Signed George Safley, Foreman. The jury was then dismissed by Judge Stewart, who thanked them for their sorvices, and he then set yesterday at (ivo o'clock us the time when the prisoner should .be sentenced. The prisoner was taken in charge by Sheriff Fowler when the verdict was announced and he was placed in the cage in the county jail until after his sentence. It would be impossible to give a detailed statement of the evi dence produced in this sensational ^ case, which has excited interest ^ all over the State. The Iiupub^ lican therefore merely gives the substance of it. Tk? _!i .?? xuo in at >v mioHs cawed was U. 3 K. Hardenbrook, father of Miss Abbie Hardenbrook the complain* ing witness. He merely stated that he was the girl's father, that she had been his house-keeper since the death of Mrs. Harden3 brook some years ?ago aQd thut his daughter had acted in the cap^ acity of mother to the younger J children, and that he had never known of any improper conduct L upon her part. Miss Abbie Hardenbrook then took the witness chair. She stated that she was not yet 22 years of age. She had m?r R?v .1 Raff I , AVV, , u JL#U 4 ft Harris March 30, 1902, when he f called upon her at her homo on Bozeman avenue, north. He uskf ed her to come to the protracted ) meetings at the M. E. church, South, and she did so. His visits T after that wero very frequent, and it was but a short time before he j came once or twice and even three times a day to see* her He con < tinued his visits throughout the summer; he was frequently at her home in the afternoon, or in the morning when the rest of thechil* dren were at school. That he r ' * mum iuvo io oer, ur acted in very affectionate roanaer towards her and gave her to understand he was anxious* to marry her. These intentions continued until ho left for Dallftf, Texas. April' f vTT \ 19tb^ 1902. lie took liberties Mi with her on the 9th of April. tol The next day he returned with cur ft peace offering?a box of candy Mi ?and again begged her pardon int for his actions the previous day. After obtaining her pardon and ter kissing her a number of times ho frc began to caress her again and in no spite of her opposition he dually accomplished her ruin. There pr< were many other occurrences of the same character which happon- ffr ed before ho left for Texas, anil bu on many occasions throughout tho im summer until she became aware fei of her unfortunuto condition, Hf which was about tho last of Octo* Jo ber or beginuing of November. nir She told of trips made to Belgrade during the month of April, ow 1902, of the improper liberties evi Harris took with bei on these sec trips. That they talked do; of how t h o y would Mi furnish their house when they lus would become man and wife, of tor his desire that 110 one should learn mi of their engagement for awhile, 1 of giving him some opals which j Al had belonged to her mother and ; hil whiLh he had set in a gold riug | th< andf presented to her as an en gr, gagement ring. 8h< Some ten or a dozen love let- tin ters written nearly every day by to* Harris to Miss Hardenbrook while ab he was iu Dallas, Texas, wore tra read. In them he told how he pit thought of her all the time, how ish he wished she was along and that Mi he longed lor the day when he gi' shall return, and admonished her Mi to read her bible, be a good girl uc< and be true to the promises made cr to him. A visiting card of liar- lib ris' was produced. On it was hei written, "Dallas, Texas, I shall stti expect a letter when I get ga there." Qg Thai about fifteen minutes aftcr his return from Texas ho went Inc to call linon her und r?nn?iniio<l Klo ?11( love stories and improper acts. ^In When she told him of her con- (^? dition he agreed to give her $ 100 to go to Bntte or Helena. The money was handed her one Sun- C*1 day evening in December and vei when opened was found to con- *a^ tain only $90. She went over to a<* lihillipsburg the latter part of a*c December to visit an aunt and while there met with an accident W which she thought made it unuec ne essary to go to Helena. She re- an turned to Bozeman and after (*11 awhile found she had been mistakon and she then sent for Har mi let ris, but he would not come and eh from that time deserted her. Of the $90 provided for other ex- 1D* penses she returned to Hart is $15. The girl's story was not broken down by the defense in any e(* particular. I Mrs. Beall was the next witness called. She testified that she had seen the Rev. Barr Harris call at Miss Hardeubrook's house H the first time, that he asked her a where the girl lived, and that af- 1C terwards he was around there all pi the time during the summer, es- hi pecially while the children were away or at school be N. P. Evans testified thut Miss A Harden brook stayed at his place twico, once while suffering with a th sprained ankle and once when ki sick. Harris had made frequent ai calls and acted in a very affection- in ate manner towurds Miss Harden- Si brook. w Mrs. N. P. Evans corroborated b< Mr Evans, and said that Harris as has as good as ^old her ho and s S V i Jtt " ss Abbio wero engaged. She ness d of drives to middle Creek ly n lyon and bow Harris treated ly c< sa Abbie as though she was his M euded wife. 011 t Miss Lynda Hardenbrook, sis-* men of Miss Abbie, told of Harris' Ogl squent visits and of his demon- beei r towards her sister, etc. 1J This closed the case for the U. 1 osecution. thut Mrs. G. W, Marshall was the l)un st witness called for the defense, ^10 t her testimony was not very *^at portant, being mainly with re- mar cuco to the chastity of Miss irdenbrook. Fred Jacobs and * hn Bartholomew were also ex- 01 lined on behalf of Harris. Harris took the stand in his n behalf and denied each anil ^)()*' 3iy allegation made by the pro- ^()t mtion. He produced about a *'10 zen letters written to him by ou8 ss Abbie while he was in Dul-"?* c , Texas, and judging from their *? c le they were such as one lover ght write to another. ^ [le stated that be admired Miss an * )bie, that ho gave her a better ale than his other converts to 0(^ 3 ch.irch because ho took a ^'1L^ eater interest in her anil thought a,)'' 3 would be a power for good in 3 church. He stated he left on wn for Belgrade, April 10th, o c^ out eleven o'clock on a freight |ouei an. That he was practicing a lin}' ly with some of his young par- 6orv doners and among them was at h iss Abbie. The play was to bo lllo' yen t?t Belgrade, lie visited a0^11 iss Abbie's homo very often on :ount of the play. Mehndnev- 'ng. kissed, caressed or took any erties with her. Never gave Hea r any money to go away and ited ho had learned she was en? ged to a young man named ;le, and had never been engag- Del to himselt. lie had the ring I< mtioucd in Miss Abbie's teati>ny made, the charge being $6, it Miss Abbie only had four liars and he told her to let the (j ler $2 go, as she had been do- mov * some extra work for the Hop urch. That she had been con- you rted to the church and he had ty, ten a great interest in her. He Cap mitted taking her to Belgrade ho i >nc, and also in company with row iers, but denied any liberties the iro witli trnr II" >'> binrl If tvu uvi * HQ "'o' ver engaged to her or made her E offer of marriage, He pro- ca? cod several letters, ono of hop lich testified as to his gentle- catc inly character and actions, this gni ,ter having been used in the yet urch trial when Harris was he- tior * tried for undue intimacy with win iss Shultz. | call Mrs. F. G. Davidson and Miss ivid?on were called and testifito Harris1 good character, etc. loy corroborated ?his statement t out going to Belgrade early in tan o morning of April 10th. ,)Ur ? ' aba< lie v. S. V. Tabor testified that b. . arris had arrivd at Belgrade on ultt freight on the evening of April )th and not in the morning. Ho 1 l _ ouuceu ma mary iu support of hui 9 testimony. Guy Noe testified that he had m'e sen unduly intimate with Miss ta, bbie about two years ago. Floyd Mitchell was called for jj ie purpose of giving the same bio nd of testimony, but refused to lswer, saying ho was afraid of criminating himself. Judge | tewart told him that was all they anted of him and that he had JJj itter get out of the court house . . * i nisi us no could?and bo did. 1 ' I Si, Thoro wore sovoral other wit who testified to Harris' liighloral character and gcntlomanonduct. liss Hurdenhrook was placed bo stand to reply to tho statot that she had boon engaged to o, and stated that she had not a. I arris also tried to prove by \ Maiden and N. l\ Evans ho had boon threutimnil with ishment if he ,li>l not marry J?il I, l>tit both goiifloinen slated they had only urged a quio! nage as the best way out of trouble. 'be argument in the case lasted 11 Satanlay at 9:30 until about ? o'clock. County Attorney G. I'oaso and Walter S. Hartmun :1 mmI? a splendid argument the prosecution, going into details of the case very thorhly, and with a groat display loquence appealed to the jury onsider the facts and the law i impartiality. or the defense John A. Luce L. Staats were equally [uent and while they had the s against them proved that ' woro orators of no moan ity. udge Stewart passed suntenco Harris yesterday evening nt 5 ock. When he asked tho prisr at the bar whether ho had thing to say why ho should not e one year in the penitentiary ard labor, he replied, "Notliexcopt I am innocent, abitoly innocont of tho charge.'' left for Deer Lodge this mornivy Rewards For The White Cappers ectives Are Now on the Case 'entity of "Dock" Logan's Midnight Visitors is Not inspected. ov. Hey ward was very deeply ed hy the story of D. (J. jan, or "Dock'' Hogan, the ng fai mer of Dent's, thiscounwho was whipped by White 3 Saturday night. 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