The Portland daily press., 1884-01-30
SACO'S SENSATION.
Opening of the Kite Murder
Trial.
An Immense Throng OF Spe ctators Pres.
ent.
Blnney md Mrs. Barrows to Have sepa-
rate Trials-HIrs. Barrows' Trial Begun
Tho Jury Empaneled-County Attor-
ney higgins Opens for the Prosecution,

OACO, Jan. ~.
The hall used for court room when court
meets at Saco, is the Saco City Hall. As
might be expected, it is large room, capable
OF seating, when rallied off and prepared as
court room, perhaps six hundred people. Be-
fore nine O'Clock In the morning people began
to gather about the doors, and ha II an hour be-
fore ten the crowd extended way into the
street. Sheriff Gstchell, however, had made
excellent arrangements to preserve order and
no more were admitted than could be provided
with seats. Ten minutes after the doors were
opened every inch was filed. The gallery
which was reserved for the weaker sex, was
filled first of all. Women brought lunches
with them, and with others not fortunate
enough to have luncheons secured good seats
and remained in them all day long, or nearly
nine mortal hours. AT about 10 O'Clock the
prisoners took their places in the dock. Out
wardly they were calm and composed, but paid
strict attention to every proceeding. Mrs.
Barrows is apparently woman about fifty, mot
at all interesting, but of decidedly plain fea-
lures. She has rather high cheek bones, a
mouth with the corners tightly drawn, eyes Of
dull dark color, and poor complexion. The
AoSOt hSWOEoA1 POocOssco AA hAAcoSt auu buo tci-
rble ordeal through which this woman has
passed, thus far without fnching, shows that
frmness to be of an enduring kind. She was
dressed plainly in black, and her only orna-
ments were pair of shell earrings.
Young Blaney, on the other hand, is decid-
edly interesting in appearance. He is of me-
dunn stature, has fresh young face with con-
siderable color, dark eyes, small moustache,
and brown, half-curly hair. He was neatly,
even tastily dressed, in blue suit OF clothes,
and from side pocket was displayed the cor
ner of silk handkerchief
Shortly after court came in, Mrs. Barrows
was, for few moments, evidently deeply
moved, and several times she was obliged to
wipe away tears. This was but for moment,
however, and soon her face wore its customary
settled expression. Among the newspaper
representatives present were Charles A. True,
of the Portland Daily PRESS; M. W. Higgins,
of the Portland Argus; N. B. Walker, of the
Associated Press; Reuel Small, stsnographer
OF the Attorney General; G. L. McCleery, of
the Boston Journal; H. s. Lord, of the Mon
treal LIE Monde; and Henry Warren and ], o.
Ross, of the Biddeford Evening Times; Lewis
Small and John Robinson, of the Bid6eford
Journal.
A brief resume of the principal facts in the
case will serve to bring again to memory
The Story of the Crime.
On the evening Of the 14th of November
last Thomas G. Barrows farmer, resident in
Kittery, was murdered. His wife stated that
about $50 p. m, on that day, she heard pistol
shots, and looking from the window saw her
husband coming toward the house, wounded
| and bleeding. In terror she flew to the neigh.
bors for help, and returning with succor found
her husband dead on the bed.
The following Friday coroner's iurv was
summoned. and the circumstances of the affair
| inquired into. Six wounds were found on the
dead mans body,-one in the calf of the leg.
three in the hip, one in the feshy part of the
forearm and sixth in the head. At this in.
quest the intense hatred of Mrs Barrows to-
ward the deceased was plainly revealed, but in
default OF eliminating evidence the Jury re-
turned verdict that the deceased came to his
death at the hand of some person unknown.
Inc verdict however could not alay wide
ly awakened suspicion; this suspicion grew
daily and finally ripened into certainty, and so
on the Friday following,-Nov. %, one week
from the verdict referred to-the jury was
again convened by the coroner. A long and