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HOUSTON DAILY POST: SUNDAY MOHNING JUNE 25. 191G:
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HARRISON ATTACKED
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Fcrcer Majbr's Secretary Spoke ef
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Girl on Trial f or EDikf Wept Et-
texly m Witfteaaea Took Stand.
A--. ArjTnneata to Open :
:' Xonday.
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FORT WORTH. Tuna. Ja 24. The
r sensation of the trial of Katherine Har
-Tta for unta of. W. U Warren wu
'sprung by th State SattnnJsy morning
-jiust before the court adjourned when
Rhea W. Watson secretary to R. F.
iMtlam while he was mayor of Fort Worth
gave the detail of an alleged "party" In
-a roomtna; kouse at tbe corner of Eighth
a and Throckmorton streets In which Kath-
arine Harrison the defendant is alleged
to have appeared attired very scantily.
r Several character witnesses were Intro-
. duced by the SUte in rebutUI in an at-
J$ack on the character of the defendant
who broke down and wept bitterly aa she
Viiid her face under the broad brim of the
''White Panama hat which she hae worn m
the cohrt room every day since placed on
'rtal- .
r- A large crowd the larest of any that
- "has been present since tbe ease opened
"gathered in the court room Saturday
(afternoon to hear the case but they were
disappointed when the proceeding's sug-
Jflenly came to an ending by the announce-
ment of the defense at 2:20 that they had
.finished their surrebuttaL Judge Terrell
' announced that he would prepare his
charge to the Jury and deUver it at I
7 o'clock Monday morning following which
' the arguments would begin. It is expected
J that each side will be allowed three hours
to argue the case and that it will go to
the Jury Monday night
i . The big crowd that thronged the court
room Saturday morning was keenly dl-
appointed when Katherine Harrison the
defendant was not placed on the stand in
"er own behalf. Scott and McLean stated
to representative of the press that they
tJeslred to save her this humiliation if
'-possible and that if they believed that
. -their case was strong enough without
Idolng so she would not be called upon t
testify.
.1 HUsH FELL AS
TESTIMONY DEVELOPED.
' A hush fell over the 600 or 700 persons
wr-mostly women who overflowed the
court room and extended Into the corri-
-dors when County Attorney Spoonts asked
Jthea Watson if he knew of any occa-
sion in which the defendant was in a
rooming house with any male persop.
Aa the witness proceeded to answer the
. questions describing the scene at the
r "party" attended by three girl and three
-boys the defendant who up to this point
' the trial has never shown the slightest
. .'motion slouched down into her chair
. and pulling her hat over her face began
to sob. Her mother-in-law Mrs. James
. Harrison sitting next to her leaned over
. several times and tried to comfort her.
. S The defense concluded its introduction
it testimony at :55 and the State took
up the remainder of the morning session
In offering rebuttal. The State closed at
: (11:30 o'clock and on account of the ab
' -sence of the witness that the defense de-
: 'hired to place on the stand in opening m
jebattal the court was recessed until 2
J. m.
. The defense placed four witnesses on
"Che stand during the morning. They were
r Mrs. Susan Warren wife of W. I War-
ren for whose death the girl is on trial;
Mrs. S. E. Tackett. the mother of the de-
eVndant; Mrs. B. Harris a married sister
f the defendant and D. Lloyd former
jKJlioe officer. . .
TAT1 INTRODUCED
.CATHERINES MOTHER.
.'''The State's witnesses'" Yh rebuttal were
'-Mrs. 8. E. Tackett ' mother of'theode-
Vndant; Miss Mary Newby clerk .in Jus-
tice Moore's court and formerly employed
Jtthe Burton Dry Good company; Fay
Morris who lived at Warren' hotel at
..one time; Mrs. BUlie Wtlmouth whe
' lived with her husband at Warren's hotel
-at one time; Mrs. J. A. Simmons former-
ly proprietor of. the Rosen inn; Rhea W.
Watson former secretary to Mayor R. J".
iMilam and Foster Jennings tractor
gent.
Mrs. Susie Warren the first witness
-Of the morning session stated that she
rWas married to Warren in Mexico Mo.
4n J812 and that Warren was 62 year of
. age. She had not seen him six years
.prior to his death she testified. She said
-Jhat she had two children by Warren and
had never been divorced. The youngest
. child is a boy 11 years of age. She said
. the boy was born at Strawn in 1105.
; Under cross-examination by the State
ahe said she and Warren were separated
ftl Mineral Wells In 1906.
Mrs. 8. E. Tackett mother of the de-
fendant stated that her daughter Kath-
arine was born in Leon county September
' 12 1900 and that her father had been
dead for eight years. She said that Tack-
Ktt. was her second husband. She tes-
tified that he and Katherine bad been
.Jiving In Fort Worth for the past three
years with her married daughter Mrs. B.
Harris. She said that Katherine had one
"brother and a step-brother. That her
brother Richard Vance was It and was
a scaler for Swift & Co. for the past six
gears.
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WORKED IN
- SEVERAL PLACES.
" She stated that Katherine had worked
at Mrs. .Brown's millinery store and at
the telephone office during 1914 and since
Jhen had worked for a Mr. Scarborough
. and Power at Malone.
v ' In reply to a question as to whether
she knew Warren or not she stated that
he did not.
. State Was there any change In the
onduct of your daughter In 1914?
I Mr Tackett Tes I caught her sob-
lng several times but she refused to
tell me what was the matter with her.
Mr Tackett began to cry as she re-
plied to 4he questioning of the county
attorney.
State Did she have any male relative
um in me nouse with her?
Mr. Tackett Only her brother-in-law.
In reply to questions by the county
attorney Mr. Tackett stated that the de-
ienaani wonted ror Mrs. Brown lit the
winter of 1912. while she was away on a
visit to her father In East Texas from
tne rasi or novemoer 191S to the first of
March 1614. .She said Katherine lived
with her married Bister during that time.
From the. spring of 1914 until well into
m iu m me same year she said. If nth
erlne was employed by the telephone
vu.upouj. oub sauo sne naa to make no
i mwuvrnvKm ror any or - the DOSl
tinna -In whlnh Imp m . - .
8tAt--Wherijyou caught her crying and
sobbing did you know she was going
rnnnrl -with. Ka ...
Mr. Tackett-She began going with
Lova jLftAr t want awav
SUte--Dli yoa know what men she
naa sui it wim m wtmx iimer
The wltnes replied that she did not
RELATIVES iBOUQrTr
GIRL'S CLOTMEO.' . -
BtateDid jron know where Katherine
got her. clothe la 1914T
" Mrs'':; Tackett I da ajHer ' brother
brought them for1 her when her alster
'Idn't; xcept oy those she bought her-
fctateiou mean she told you
-UTP-ht thainf f . "'."i '-i'i-fl'v'.-i'.
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.'xra Tackett I am sure she did.'' A
.Mr. Tackett stated that when she re.
' nned Katherine was going with Charlie
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htate Did you-know- that durlrut the
nmer of 1914 Katherine lived at Charlie
rriHon house whue hi parent were
u. Tackett I did not.
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is. Tackett. In reply to a Question.
il she did not know that' Katherine
i ever gone to Dalia In 1915 and had
i i-neration performed.
witness said that on the ntphts
i jatti'i'in m riot st hnrne Kiie al
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State When- did vea first bear of the
fact that Charlie and Katharine Harri
son were to be married 7 .- 1 .
Mr. TscWiett It wa' Christmas v
about 7 b. nt.
The witnejea. In reply to a question
aid Katherine arrived home the night
at the killing about I or It o'clock but
that she dl4 not talk to her when she
cane In. fehe emld she did not know at
what time they left the house tne after-
noon of tha la.T Warren wa killed.
State When did vou first learn of the
fact that your daugltter naa amea war-
rent .
READ STATEMENT
IN PAPER.
J Mr. Tackett When I read her confes-
sion in the morn lac paper the day after
ah confessed. -
State She had not told you about it
up to that time?
Mrs. Tackett She bad not.
Mrs. Tacfjett under examination by the
county attorney stated that the defen
dant quit going to school in the spring of
1912. while she was in the sixth grade.
She said she never heard of Katherine
going with any boys except Charlie Har-
rison and did not know of her acquaint
anceship with Warren.
The defense then tooK tne witness ana
under cross examination brought out the
statement that tne girl was small for her
age at 14 but that she has grown con-
siderably in the last two years. The wit-
ness wss then excused.
Mrs. B. Harrison sister of the defen
dant was placed on the stand next. The
State objected to her testimony on the
ground that she had been in the court
room during the examination of other
witnesses in the case. The ludg allowed
her to testify when the defense assured
him she would 'not testify on any subject
thst had been touched' previously. Mrs.
Harris corroborated tne statement or ner
mother that the defendant' demeanor
changed in 1914; that she would often cry
and sob and seemed very melancholy and
sad. The State then took the witness.
State When vour sister Katherine wa
crying you didn't know whether she was
crying over her condition or something
else did you? -
'Mrs. Mama l oia not.
The State then excused the witness.
PLACED FORMER
POLICE ON STAND.
D. Lloyd 210 Taylor street a former
police officer was placed on the stand by
the defense.
Lloyd under cross-examination by the
defendant's attorney stated that be wa
a barber but two year ago was a polios
officer. He said he had three girls whose
ages were 14 IT and 21 and that he knew
Warren In hie lifetime.
Defense What was his reputation as a
destroyer of the virtue of young girls?
Lloyd after some hesitation replied he
had never heard it expresed.
Denfenss Dtd your little girls ever com-
plain about treatment at Warren's hands?
Tne state oojecieu iv u:bi.iuii. xne
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objection was sustained and Lloyd wu
exousea rrom answering. .
The defense then rested It case at t:S5:
After recess of 10 minutes the Stat
began the introduction ef testimony In re-
buttal in which they attempted to bring
out the faot that Katherine Vaae wa
frequent visitor to warren s rooms; tnat
he had bought clothing for her and given
her money and that on two occasions he
had been to a rooming house' with a
party of other girls and men. -
Mrs. Susie Tackett mother of the de-
fendant who had previously been placed
on the stand by the defense tvaa recalled
by the State as their first wltnes in of-
fering rebuttaJ testimony. . . .
ATTORNEY SHOWED v V"V"';!''
GIRL'S PICTURE. .
Marshall Spoonts sxhlbitng photo-
graph of a neatly and well dressed sir)
handed it to Mrs Tacket and asked her
If that was a photograph of her daughter.
Mrs. Tackett replied that It was and that
It had been taken while she was on ajrislt
to her father In East Texas and on Just
liks It bad been sent to her. v
State I notice the has on a coat in that
photo. What color U ttf
Mr. Tackett Red. . '
She wa then excused.
Mrs. Annie Taylor 1709 Falrmount ave
nue a sister of warren was tne next
witness.
On question of the county attorney she
stated that after Warren's death his per-
sonal effects were turned over to her.
State Tell the Jury what was In the
trunk.
The defense objected to the question
and the Judge ordered the Jury to with-
draw until -the counsel for State and de-
fense settled their wrangle.
State Mrs. Taylor do you recognise
this photo? (displaying a photo of the
defendant the same one he previously had
her mother Identify).
FOUND PICTURE ""
IN WARREN'S TRUNK.
Mrs. Taylor Tes; I got it out of my
brother's trunk in March.
The defense objected on the ground that
It had not been shown how the photo got
Into the trunk as it might have been
placed there since Warren' death.
The objection wa overruled and the
Jury was brought back into the box. Mrs.
Taylor repeated that she got the photo of
the defendant out of her brother's trunk
and that she received the trunk locked
and the key from John Alderman county
attorney's office detective. She stated
that she turned the pfcoto over to Wesley
Ammerman one of the State' attorneys.
She was excused. The photo which was
one of the defendant attired in furs and'
a small-looking coat was then offered in
evidence and passed to the jury for In-
spection. Miss Mary Js'ewby new a clerk In Jus-
tice Emmett Moore's court who during
the year 1914 wa a saleslady at Burton's
dry goods store according to her testi-
mony stated that she knew Katherine
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Hop hop hopping on one leg will
never win the race to win one
must run on two strong swift legs
Twins one working when
the other isn't two legs exactly
alike sharing the load and
giving the right balance to the
human mechanism these are
necessary for man's efficient
and speedy locomotion.
Twins six pairs now drive
the Packard car. V
We have divided the six large
Packard cylinders into tweive
smaller ones thereby giving
the motive mechanism better
balance greater powerand a
nimble smoothness that is the
result of minimized vibration.
The two blocks of small
cylinders impart greater power
and respond with greater
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Vance Harrison tbe defendant when ah
State Where did yon know her? '
Miss Newby I waited on her In Bur-
ton's tore in 1914. v
8 tat Was ahe by herself? J '
oJaiae Nw by No -there wa a gentle-
man with har - .
SAID WARREN
PAID FOR DRESS.
After describing thl man's appear-
anew Mis Newby said that be stated I
her presence that he Was W. L Warren
and .that her handed her hht eardj f She
aid Warren bough a crept - de chins
dreaa. Miss Ntwby said that tha dress
waa tried on the defendant and that War-
ren paid for It jTba witness . said tha
dreaa waa altered and that the defendant
called for it later In the afternoon. . ;
Mia Newby. stated that when the cou-
ple first asked to set the dresses that the
girt wanted to buy a silk dree but that
the man wanted to be shown something
mere practical. - i
Mia Newby stated that Warren aald te
her: "The first time I ever saw thl little
rlrl ahe- cam int any place to see some
ady friend. ' I bought her the .first pair
of high-heeled shoes sli ever had." He
added further that he wa trying to help
her OUf "!- ' - ':f: I'
Under cross-examination by the defense
Miss Newby testified that Warren said
h waa trying to help her out because h
was a oor girl. She was then excused.
Mrs. Fay Morris 201 South Jennings
stated that she lived at Warren' hotel
1014 1-2 Msin street from -September)
1914 t6 Aprtl4 1915 and that she saw the
defendant there several times.. She-said
it wa while the defendant was working
at the Brown milllneary store. On cross
examination the witness said that she
remembered one occasion especially. This
was one morning early before the- de-
fendant went to work. The defendant air
ways came up to the hotel the back way
or from the Tenth street side which M
on the outside of the building. She said
tnat at another time that she cam up
early ahe remembered that Warren got
up and left the breakfast table to see
her. 7
GIRL OFTEN "
TELEPHONED WARREN.
She testified that the defendant rang
np the rooming house quit frequently
and asked for Warren and that she the
witness often answered the telephone.
Many times the wltnes said she heard
Warren ask the defendant while talking
over the telephone If she needed any
money. -
The witness testified that she saw
Warren take five or six other little girl
that came uo to the hotel to his room
and close the door but that the room
was never locked as the room' waa also
the parlor and she had gone into-it many
times to answer the telephone while he
was In there with one of them. .
When asked what she waa doing there.
alacrity than did the larger
and heavier single block of
cylinders. '
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- Now it's twelve against she
two for one six plus six!
The new type motor has
smoothed out the vibrations
transferring them into applied
power.
It's the greatest Packard
success time tested by six
thousand delighted users.
You'll want a lckard now-
more than ever before. Prices
$2750 $3150 and upward
f. o. b. Detroit Young & Dwire
Company' 1309-1311 Preston
Avenue.
tvhp owns one
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she stated that ht was the tkouMkekptr
pan or tne lira. .
Defense Did yon ever .see him gl'
any present t any Other little tlrlif
The witness replied that ah had seen
Wsrrea give them shoe hats bracelet
and Jeweinn-'- - .i-..w- -.- -.
' The Stat naked the wHness If tha tvtr
saw any of tha girl corns by themselves
to which the replied that they cam by
themselves tomttlmet In two and some-
times in group of three and four. She
wa excused. .
Mrs. BlUla WilmbrJth.' 1M1 Hurley ave-
nue who la an employ of . the Nate-
torium laundry testified that she lived
rt Warren' hotel from January to March
911. with bar husband. 1 She stated that
sht knew the defendant and bad teen her
at warren' i placa sometimes twice -a
day then maybe not for three day or
four day kt a time but no interval
longer than four day. The witness
stated - that Katherine always came up
the beck way and. sometime she went
mtq. Warren's roonr and sometimes Into
another room. She stated that she over-
heard a conversation between them about
money and that he asked her if the
amount he had given her .: would bt
enough until the nest day. v.
.Th dtfetta is ere examination naked
If she had. ever seen any ether little girl
up there. She replied that th only little
girl the had- ever seen came with Kath
erine. That they always came in the day
urn She aald that when she saw Kath-
erine at Warren's place she was attired
In a llttl red ooat and aet of black turn
and that tha fur belonged to Warren. At
mat time nt tesunea Katherine had
torn ner tnat tht worked for the Brown
muunery autre. ... . .7
Th State banded the nhatoararih mtr
tne oeienaani to tnt witness and stated
that the ooat was red. The defense eb-
jectea ana in state witnartw tne state-
ment. ; . .-
MASONIC OUTING AT CEDAR
BAYOU WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
CsndidAtei - Were . Present From
Chamber. liberty and Harris
Countiei. 1
Th annual Masonlo ooting at Cedar
Bayou took place Saturday and was a
largely attended end very successful af
fair Aa that place is a point whsr
Chambers Liberty and Harris counties
com together there were candidate for
county office present from all three coun
ties with an attendance of folly 100 per
son. Houston ' was well represented
practically every HafTl county candidate
being on the grounds f A' barbecue dinner
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men; 1 At
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Many ' business ; men now eat hre .
regularly and here is a comment thai
large number have made: "I like ; to
eat here because it is so quiet. 1 come q
here to lunch with my nerves just tingr
ling'from my fmormng work but
when I leave 1 feel refreshed and rested"
I am well fortified for the balance of
the day." ' Yes the Tea Room is
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"A quiet refilled and hand-
some treat t
Away from the turmoil of die
busy street"
The bills of fare are varied but not
too much so. There's never a same-
ness. Everything "listens appetiking
and is appetizing. ' .
Why not try it tomorrow? why
not invite your friend or bring some of
your family?
Prices are moderate.
This store will close Saturday at 1 o'clock
and every Saturday thereafter until Sept 1.
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