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Day
31
Month
January
Year
1902
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Public Domain
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Adrián. Micb., Jan. 29. The flrst part of the morntag sesslon of Farlington trial was taken u In the securing of Ui" twelftb juror, eleven having bom acöepted by botb vesterday. The attorneys questloned iio less ttiiin 01 persons flrawn for prospectlve jui-'n-s bafwe the peqaislte uumber couUl i"1 agreed on. XdP issue was squarely raised this afternoon in the barrington trial between the defense and the peosecuUon, ;is to wlictlicr Jessi Hooker was led astmy i.y Mrs. l-'an-ii gton, or Mts. Fiirrington feil :i of Hooker. The theory of the iroseetion is tli.) t Mrs. FarriUgtop ras a ornan who had improper relations with ciany uien. and svhose loose life had been known ; her Ju.siKdiit for a long time. Hookf-r was. only ene of many that bad falleu under her influnce. The ocíense, n the eontrary, wiil holdthat Hooker was the cause of the ilestriKtiim et' Parrington's home, and that Farrlngtón, when he shot Hooker. killed the sc.lu.-i c of hls yvlfe und the destróyer of lus home. When court ponven.ed ;iiis afternoon Sanuis aaae a very Culi Ktatem-ciit of what the proseeution proposed to show. lic said thal Farrlng. ton?amtí co Adrián -rom Milán ou the evenlng oi' Jan. r. dlsguised, wearlng a large overcoat, not bis own, eolJar of wblch came wel! up about his face, and a differeot li.it from hls usua! one. Farrtagtoii then weat to the viciniiy of the Hooker residenee and saw Jesse ffpoker k In, having :onae home from some place In the city. Later Farrington fw-int a real wiïtdow in the bedroom occupled bj Mr. ancl JIrs. Hooker. wefe the eui tain was up :i llttle. There he -.iu Hooker and hls wlfe hugglng and fcissing eaeh other. Tbc nrxt scène of the drama was ii the beart of the city. Fajriagtoa oam to a street crosslng where Night Of ficer Stout of the city p!lce torce was Btandinji. Farrintoii motlonéd th oöieer aslfle and told hlm hls story. In snbstanoe, Ue saiil thal liis vvif't was Ib the city stayiug with aaothej man; that he bad begun proceedtng; for dtvoree once agalnst kar, Uut ha etoppe.1 the caso. Cítrw te wanted t get evidence against üit :nd hi want ,ed an offieer to go with hiin for the parpose. Oflicer Walker joined theiil, and learning something about caac íafted up pólice beadquarters. Findiug Marshal Ulrich ia, he mggested ttaat lby go atul consult, bim. At heainartoi-s Ir. Farriiogton repeated his story, saying ''I want to ünd theto ■ rn bed togetbor and then I will fljt the ." NOT LOOKlMi VOBt TBOlTBiE. The officen askcd iiiin if be waa iooking for troublc, auri bo sa ld not, oaly trylng to get evldence. Finally Ofl&ciir Kroeger suggested lh.it tüey tnight go and see sinrifl Wiiüaui K. Sbepbwd. The sheriff also a.sked wbethT Mr. Karringtou was looking Cor trouble and was ioHl Ihat hc morely warrted to satlsfy himseW fully of the gii'lt of hls wife, .nul have ivtt? aessps tbereto. He ilso agreed t mahe :i eoniplaint tor adultery n case the parties ww iliscovéred in bed with eaeh other. So Sheriff Shepherd and Offlcer Krtteger went ivilh Itninton lo tlie Hooker resldcnce oii Mci-rick street. ïhey ksocked ui tlie slde door. lr. Hooker, the fathci-, admitted them. 11 was n.'arly tnidiltglit and evry on' ín the house bad retired:. Mr. and Mrs. Hoofeer oeenpled a war bedroom off he living room. Clyde Hooker, a bod I 1:), oecupied the back bedroom of tvo. off the parlor, tvbicb was the front room ot' the hoaee, and on the other side of the liviug room from the bedroom of Mr. Hooker. Jesse Hooker and Mrs. 'Farrlngton were in bed to.gether ín the front bedroom of the two ff the parlor. While Sheriff Sliepaerd was trying to ligbt a lamp in the parlêr, Barrington stpped imo the bedvoom of Clydi llookfr and, standing by the bed slde, reacbed over and vit for a secoud peron on the further i(i' of lt Olyde was alone. 'He opened hls eyes, saw Farrington, whoni Uo recognized, etanding over alm, .uui bellevee he aw tJie glfam of ; revolver in Parrlngton's rlght hand at füat moment. Sheriff Shepherd penetrated tho front bedroom and strook a match. TUe 10 .in was partly lllumiiMtted by ai light; Uut in! enougti ii en■ to identify I v i wro persona i" ■.'■.■ ia the bed. 1.' gtrncfe a match niel looked, holding it iugfi. hik! recogJ tbe persons. moment a revolver was d )7vt tunos In rapld successlon, er liis lefi shouJder, a close race that hu could feel the ement of the air from the shots. SHOT INTO TIIH W-A). He turned Quickly and soized Parrington and l'orccd liim out of the room. Offlcer rofibed into the front ojthe house und also seized Farnrigton, taking his revolver away and hand.-uuing Urn, barrington was removed at oncé to the ja il, wbere Officpr Walker asked him what he had done. "1 guess fve shot a man." he said. Iiil yon shoot both?" as asked. ■1 don'! kiKiw." s.iil hè, "I shot iuto the bed." Ou searchiog hiiu they found on lus persoii a sllng-sbot made i' a scale weight in .1 siiot bag. n' "Ms asked vhat tii.-n was for anu replied thaf he hougW that 11 he met Hooker h v.mld glve him a good pounding. iiysicians were calked to the ail oí he wouñded man. and operated upon iim. removlBg flrst tne ball that lodged n his splne, simt tering of the ertebrae, and then seaichlng In thé lowel cavity for any posslble perforalons of the bowels froua the shot that struck the abdomen. Proáecutor Sampson also spoke oL Farriii'-iiMi beglnnlng a snit oí dlvorce igalnst his rife In Monroe a yeai ago, mil abut a contmnt of seiaration irawn up al Farrlngton's n.'iuesr bj Vttoniey Seth C. Kandall of Aun Aror, prior to the beglnnlng of the iivorce siiil. which as signed liy Mr. ind Mrs. Barrington. In the divoive ,111 [( ís claimed that Farriagton iharges that his wlfe is accustomed te ieet other men elaudestlnely. The firsi witness called thls aflern, ion was C. A...Mauer. elerk of Monroe county, wiio produced the tiles of thé Monroe circuit eourt in the Farrington divir.-e ,-ase. Seth ( '. liandall of Aun Arbor, who was Farrlngton's solicltoí in the ülvorce proceedlngs, aml whó drew up the contrae) oí: separatlon between Farrlngton aml his wife al th i-equest f the lnisband. followed Mauer on the stand. liandall niel til.' jinrries in Milán. He jeiuseil lo iliseluse anytlun -oncemlnt; his cliente' affalrs, nntil Farrlngton consented to the téstlmony be[ug l; i ■ : i . Then lie tola how Farroii carne to him, apparently very BlUCh ilisiressed. and told him how todra the contract. A copy was produced, 'in not for t present aámitted Ín evidence. When .Mr. and -Mrs. Farrington niel iu Randall's offico in Milan the husband B&id to hls wife: "I want you y itli me, luit if you insisi on leaving me, 1 want to do the rlght thinu by yu." Mts. Sayles, Mrs. Farrlhgtou's motber, was present, and gald to hér dangner: "Your place is herf." Mrs. Farrinrton replied: "My mlnd Is made np. l bnow wliat 1 want." It wis arranged tor Mrs. SayJes to lake the chlld, lier grandeon, 8 years WANTKD THE ITUNnriiK. Mrs. Farrlngton said sh dld not want any ol her husband's property, bul if be nlsbed to give her anytaing, Blie n-tened it might be the househoW fnrnlture. Tliis was glven her. opntract was signed Feto. 27 last. iivor-c proceedings wre begun Match 7. luit the defendant did not appear. Finally, after some months, Farriogton ask-ed hls solicltor to djseoutinne the Uyorce proceedings. Ho seeme'i happy, and said he lx'liovod he sroold be ahle to induce liis wjf to return to liim. Kanilall advised bim to Iel the wMiuin alone and secure the divorce, saylng Bhe nevet eottld be the same ti iiim. and Hiat thére conld !■ no permanent peaeè In bis houseiioid. But barrington thought diftViently. sayins that he bclieved he .'oiiUl wean her from ner follies. Uandall nottMi the Krait improvetnent tht thi.s Ubpe made in nis appearanee. Most of Bandall's tesümony wa t-licitotl on erosa-examlnation. ;he.stcr E. Hooker, father (ft Jesse HooUt-r. tok! bow Farringtön came to him and askt'd him to teil liis son to keep away trom Mrs. Farrington. Ho did so, luit lii.s n gave 'him no deflnite reply. Informed Farrington that Jgse ras of age. Höoker said that Mis. barrington ordinaril.v slept in the front bedrooifc crhen she Btayed with them, that .Icsse and Ciyde occuplefl a room next hers, and bc iul his wlfe occupled ;i ■bedroom i.".-k of the living voom. He and Mvs. Hooker retired first ou the night of the tragedy. Ue saw none of the hugging and klsstng aJleged to have teken place, and had no idea his son and Aii-s. i'aiTiiijiioii retired togefhér. He licid no deünlte knowledge of any improper relations öetween them. PbJlceman W. H. Si uut as called ani.l féltlted the story of his convcisatïon wiih Farrington the night of the shootiïig preclsely as the prosecutor had given it. CJourt then adjounied.