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Troubles of The
Rev. Barr Harris.
Somo of the Evidence Against
Him in the Becent Trial?The
Principal Witness Shown to
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I/U u V V uumu Ul X lOVlUIIB
Had Character?Looks
Like Conspiracy to
Huin Harris.
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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.
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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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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i nisi us no could?and bo did. 1 '
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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
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'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. Last night
lec:ared that ho would otrer a
ard of *200 for tho arrest of
parties who committed this
i handed piece of lawlessness.
)etectives have been put on tho
i and the governor sincerely
es that tho law will ho vindi>d
in tho arrest of the parties
Ity of this shocking crime. As
tho governor has no intimai
of tho identity of the parties
3 visited Ilogan's home and
ed him out in the dead hours
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