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The Mink Trial,
TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES

TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES.
Rockland 8. In the Baker murder trial
this forenoon, Alexander Spear and his wife,
the neighbors living next the Mink house,
testified to the circumstance of finding Miss
Mink in their door yard on the night of the
murder. noise sounding like scream
WAS heard coming nearer and nearer, and on
going out they found Lucy Mink in her night
dress on the ground. In answer to enquir-
les, she said that some one had fred in her
room and that she was shot, She was taken
into the house aid Mrs. Spear examined her
sufficiently to assure herself that the woman
had received no wound. Mrs. Spear got her
| some wine, and afterwards noticed spot on
the sleeve of her night dress, which she
| thought was wine. Miss Mink was excited
and nervous and kept saying she was shot till
after one o'clock, when she grew more quiet
Mr.. Spear then testified to his going to
the Mink house with Amos Mink, and OBJ
serving that all wa quiet after Lucy came
to his house, then returned, and afterwards
went back with Mink and Study and raped
on the door and window, and getting an an
swer at last from within. The front door was
partly open. At neither time did he 60 into
the house. When driving sheep past the
house at five o'clock next morning, all was
quiet. Saw the gig, thought the door was
then shut.
Studley testified to the same facts.
Mrs. Spear testified that she brought Miss
Mink her clothing to dress herself before she
was taken away the next forenoon. Witness
then noticed that the right sleeve of her night
dress was wet, which was occasioned by her
having dropped it and wet it In the slopes
she kept the garment on, putting her dress on
over it.
1t is doubtless the theory of the prosecution
that this wetting was occasioned by prisoners
attempting to wash out blood stain.
Mrs. Spear had not concluded her testimo-
ny when the court adjourned at noon.
LATER.
Five witnesses were examined in the Baker
murder case this afternoon.
Elizabeth Fogler, who was at Alexander
Spears the night of the murder, testified
that she got up and came into the room where
Miss Mink was short time after she was
brought there. She was sitting on the floor,
her head thrown back and her eyes closed.
She repeatedly said "Im shot," there are
shots in me" and other similar expressions,
till between one and two o'clock. Witness
saw on Lucys night dress sleeve something
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though it had rubbed against something
bloody. Mrs. Spears daughter said to Lucy,
"there is blood on your sleeve" but prisoner
made no answer. Witness did not see Miss
Mink open her eyes at all.
Alden M. Wetherbee, constable of War
rem, testified to the facts relative to his put
ting persons in charge Of the Mink house and
summoning Miss Mink before the coroner's
jury and as to her change of clothing, etc.
Also testified to assisting in taking the mop
boards off the house, in searching for the
missing pistol and searching the house, cellar
and barn.
Frank Ladd, one of the persons in charge
of the Mink house, testified to finding the
clothing left by Lucy in changing her dress
and delivered it to the County Attorney.
Samuel Thompson testified to finding
cartridge she'll in a drawer in Miss Mink's
room.
The County Attorney testified to the lden-
tty of cartridge and ball produced, the
larger cartridge having been obtained from
the last witness. Also identified night
dress which had been delivered to him by the
coroner. This he had delivered to DR.. Wood
of Boston, and received it the first week of
the term.
The attendance on the trial has been large
during the day and the prisoner has generally
preserved the confident and undisturbed de-
meanor which characterized her yesterday.