Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-02-20
Row doinham Locals.


owdoinham Locals.
Tho Patio. trial mr. nomination a,,, ur an, SATIN.
! day last before C. f. Ouint LsgJ & o. T. J.
Niilay Es,I of mis- Mace apU.lic,, for IL tnyrtl-
m,nt j. " SpnulIiug 80 for IN. bur.
The letters we'd Il, tiir lcr,,s,,l ,lr. put,..
containing powders With Instruction. 10 ,l.L. the
same were irodrc,d i'm CONT and read
Mis- corn Ha,,. t,stitrI that Me- first l,,.,, Re-,
ceiy.d containing posder No l. ,,S rstrovrI fo.th
or with the powder; that her mother did not take tiy
Of the powders Size identified NIL the Letters
Her t..timouv wus corroborated by her brother.
Iaf,,,c,t. Bate. who testified that he was seat to
{irhinona tnrr,r -, ii nj n, Mo ar.i.. .noa,,,d In
the arnr He r,,t his vouupcr brother :Irnr, hare.
/ living " i'll Ur Alex Hato. to request Nil f. j.
Stim.ou 20 write him letter She comptt. " iii. tie
request and pty, 10 Henry Rates letter stilcd for
him tn direct and nnst la ls br,th.r InG N hirh he.
did He also tried 10 gct his..t,r mothcr Mr.. \l,N
Rs.rs Il, address. letter for him mat her huud.
wiring might be- obtained but was not successful In
tli, ~, inT a, her reason that ,e fUcnry) wa. old
enough to do his own writing. Lar Bates on recciy
ing the letter from Miss Siison called ON her aud
charged her with the whole affair and told her tha
she might a. N, II own IN to the matter rs he would
have al jiiic, after her wherculou She comics scd
th.t ,h,. wrntr I'M. l,tcr ut IA" .tigauu of Mrs
A. Bates Other testimony wa given bv witnesses
summoned for The nt.srrutiou which WIS NOR. nm,
/ urourinte 10 the o,hrr sid.
| Dr. Carmichael Prof At Bowtlon College appear.
ed and tr,tit,a lin, he had anaIVzed tie powders
Sent o him aud E,uud them TO be- Of ,yo mi cd kinds.
VIZ Common salt and uutty and curbouit, of lime
with sand
/ DR. A. II Ghenucv of mi. ulnrc attending r,hv.i.
elan, ON Mrs Bate. deceased testified that l- pow
ders if tai en- by lo deceased would have no doubt
caused irritation ali augmented her suffering but
her dtsrn., ans tutnl AMI organic
Tie general ,rift of testimony in favor of loft's was
10 contr,n ;h. idea that Infi, cite Batcs wa, AT the
hotfnm Of the ,ni, T,,-.rti,n viii u view tn get
/ btsh ,unn.y t,on, nj. f,,I,r ur Ak Entr.
Miss H. j. Stinson testified that lie told her that
he would ret 1000 from Mn, old man and for her 10
keen cool
Evidence All in cuuuscI rfbc def = claimed that n.
the powders proved ir,e from poison that til. case
ended there Thai fhr tenor ofthe letter. containing
The .n,u. ,lJ In. .itfci,ut ,,nruiit, t ono. lio
/ to take them, provided thry wrr. Injurious That
th, whole affair wa, ludicrons in the * IRENE That
the lr, pr.yt, conclusNoly that tl,. author of thu,
"A hnl. hu,l ur,pJ in u fr,lj~h blundrri1p wny and
TIA, circumstance, POINTED clearly To- Ian Bat, a,
The urmr luoy,r In thr AFFAIR th., h.. had even he.
iruy.d himself In hi. own hand writing That the,
letter said 10 be from Nil. stiu.on nn. Iii. own t,ro
Jnc,io, and ,lId ti ,,ti,,, 81 h. r,',r, f. 'thr
fact thnt In The .ii,untur. of Nil, the
first part wa, was written ~iy linear whereas in Tie,
/ letter .aJ to h. received hy him from her il wa,
I,,ina n, was the ease, ~ hen me- on cro>s-exariiua
| zion wrot. her mann. That the Vhulr affair va.
originated ly said L. Bate, fact. plainly Indicate
and 90 MANNED AZ o trv nud throw lie Who'll. ini:
/ ,nl. foolish Proceedings upon an inl,nct MT lirl
Th,t The who'll, affair was ~ .tmrl, from th, h,rin.
ming To- end a, was the personal atpetraurt, of tho
nrincn,l witness tnr th, rro.ocutinu Il,nt even m
thc e,aut If III. u,or.ic, Mo rp., Terminated ,I,r,.
for the TESTIMONY nfthr learned mc,icnl Witnesses
,v.rt f., n,nyc III. lar,nI, =. u.tur. "f th' ,,,,,
/ tnnn.L lar th, statr in "u,niu, read th, law,
bearing It, TIN. CASE lie claimed hat the cas-, ,u,.
"i,i,iE , ii, ;,, oc ~ i,, 1L, ,f tif ii
h.n 'iom, md M n,,iicinnNIy That th, ii,','
~, AZ ,lir,I ,n....xs wont f., .l,o,, tI,t L,I
,Lr nnwdrr. been saxon "a. VA. earnestly siii,.J
4 by letter No l. no knowiur what mirl,t have been
IS forever secret. The taxing Of tho.' hat hnd
been preserved would ha't irritation
detrimental to lt.lth They did prove 80 for the
, ". H., hue nf w. iid rG ,,.,
,r win the letter tended to dcpre.s her ,piri'-;
that tn,.y had helped otler.. afflicted a. he VA.
,an NH ~ ,''t , wa, s9"R 'n 81 F""l
lici,mond Corner neghbcrhood b, III, mother, now