Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-04-24
TnE srReUr CASE.



p... ne nr:t witness for the defence was n. B.K
member of the Junior class of-Ro~do;. s -,
IeRe. He testified that he rememherad ~, ~,
nlgnt OF the assault. He did NOT 90 nm IN,
ne party. He came round the corner NJ a =
ple'on with the rest. There was No .n
preciaoie stop at the steps. Packard Won
~, 10 ieet from the path, but not ont o
sh'. he stopped long enough to glance a
ne WIDOWS. He came back in half a min
ue OF less: He first heard of Strout's iniur,
Tue next forenoon. He had no connects,
Win It. He had no knowledge of anv CON,
oination to injure any one that night. and a,
tempted no injury. Sweetsir staid do~,
s.alrs. He talked with deputy sheriff Parke,
..n neh ne came to serve the writ Parker said
one OF you seven boys threw that coal. anf
Know the one that did it. The best tbipo
S can 90 Is to go to Portland and see Mr.
o.oo'' l SAID to him, ''You are meddlinp
"h something that is none Of your affairs. >
Oh cross examination the witness said tba,
on the night of the assault he read the naner'
~ the reading room until nine O'Clock
ne then started to go up stairs to his room
sou'h end OF main hall. Dunning came IN
ana SAID that Freshman was coming on the
ground with cider. He went to Dunniny',
room, then came down stairs to find the Fresh.
men. lie was Joined by the other six defend
ahts on the campus. He met four or five TO.
gether near the north end of Winthrop hall
we were afterwards joined by Perham. We
separated and went to one of the entrances
IL was half an hour before we came together.
we separated spontaneously We met at the
north end OF Winthrop hall. There were eight
III al, the seven defendants and Perham
waited for the others to come up to find wheth-
\ er thew had th.E
we then passed down the path to Main hall.
II we had seen the one with the cider. we
intended to share in the cider. To the
question, Was it your purpose if you saw
| the man with the cider to follow il to the
| room when it was carried?' the answer was
cannot state; don't know what my purpose
| was. As we saw no one we determined to
go to the Freshmen's rooms First we went
| along Winthrop hall. We went into no
rooms there. The party said they had seen
all the Freshmen there. We went by Main TO
the north end of Appleton hall The rooms
| mere were the first entered. We visited two
rooms at the north end of Appleton hall, and
looked into third. Some one inquired.
''iave you got any cider?" No one suggest
ed going to the south end of Appleton hall
but we went, passing along the westerly side
| 1t took perhaps half minute to go down.
We were talking and laughing / never
| went alone to Freshman's room for the pur-
| pose of sharing cider. We went together on
account of custom. After passing through
the posts at the south end of Appleton Hall
| saw each one of the party till they went in
side the door. Packard stepped out in line
from the end of the building. Packard was
gone perhaps Is seconds. I did not go to
StrOut's room. / went up stairs and met the
party. heard no remark about Freshman
wanting to know what allied Strout. went
up two more flights to a room. Came down
| and the party practically dispersed. went
| along to the back side of the building to my
room. l saw no one else at the south end of
Appleton hall, heard no one. heard no noise
| no crashing of glass that evening. On the
night of the Thornton affair / was out
Twenty five were out that night Was pres
ent when Buffers, Thornton's and Lees win
dows were broken. Orders were given
lights OUT and then the windows were
| smashed.
The witness was still on the stand when
the court adjourned at noon.
In the afternoon the case was continued BY
the defence, Pettengill being on the stand, un-
der cross examination. He testified that he
is member of the Zeta Psi and Phi Chi
societies Six of the defendants are mem
bers of the former and five of the latter. The
latter society is composed of the three upper
classes. Strout was not a member of either
society. Intercepting cider is not strictly a
part of what is called hazing Freshmen. The
witness then explained from plan the exact
position of Packard when he stepped ont from
the party before going to Strout's ROOM
Packard was in full view all the time. On
the nights previously referred to members of
the other college societies were out
Edward J. Merriman, druggist in Bruins
wick, testified that he was at a restaurant in
Brunswick on the night referred to by deputy
sheriff Parker. He sat at table with Mr..
Fay of Boston. Clark, one of the defendants.
came in and spoke to Mr.. Fay. He said that
there had been some trouble at the college :;
that Portland lawyers son had been injured
and that seven students were to be arrested
for it and that he was one of the seven. There
was other conversation but the witness did
not remember what it was.
Ernest C. Smith, another of the defendants,
was then called to the stand. He testified to
| the circumstances Of the night on which Strout
was burt substantially the same as Petten-
gill.
Charles II Dunning, another of the defend
ants. member of the Junior class Of Bowdoin
College testified that on the night OF the lnlu-
| nv to Young Strout, he saw Freshman IN
| Townsend's store that, hearing him use the
| word sscider" he inferred that he was to BUY
| some He then went to Bradley's room, and
| after going TO NV room went to the north end
| of Winthrop Went to his room and stayed
half an hour. Then went to the north end Oh
Appleton. and from there to the south end;
He told Pettengill, Sweetsir, Clark ana
| pb;nnev what took place in Townsends store
| Cummings testimony in relation to wh@t TOOK
Mace in the north end of Appleton and as to
1 IN, Sfronf's rDOm COrrODOTateU