The Portland daily press., 1884-01-08
MAINE.
The Richmond rzuraerers.

The Richmond murdererS, Hopkins and
Turner, were brought to Bath from Augusta
on the first train this morning. Hopkins, the
younger of the two, is beardless, undersized,
with reddish hair and irregular features. He
wore soft felt hat aud dark clothes. His
companion, Turner, is q tall and muscular
man. He wore silk cap, with high police
mans crown. He has heavy blac nous
tache. He would weigh 1870 pounds. He
looks between 80 and So years OF age They
were attended by Sheriff Balou and Deputy
sheriffs Leonard and Millery. They were
neither handcuffed nor manacled. They were
both smoking in the smoking car. When in
vited te move nearer the fire Hopkins said,
Don't want to make much ~ yau
fellows; you'll get disgusted re
you get through with u.s. "a uye.ander re-
marked that they would getpaid for it. odd
lucky, then. We'd never pay, cause we
couldn't said Hopkins. Judge Lbbey and
FL. NJ. Heath, Esq, of Augusta, attorney for
the defendants, came on the same train.
The trial began at 10 O'Clock, when the work
of empaneling a jury which will take some
objects of great curiosity.
The jury were empaneled as follows;
Oris W. Malcolm.
Frank nj. Harenden.
Charles /. Maxwell
John Curtis.
John Pitman,
John S. Bailey.
Mark l. Percy.
M. x. Maxwell.
George Ell. Berry.
Alden P. Qaint
Elisha Maloon.
Humphrey S. Varnsy.
Mark L. Percy was appointed foreman. At
torney General H. 3. Cleaves and f. J. Baker
appear for the State, Herbert M. Heath for
Turner, and j. W. Spaulding for Hopkins. A
motion that the prisoners be tried separately
for the alleged crime was overruled
Co1nty Attorney Buker opened the case for
the government. We will show, he said, that
Turner struck Joseph Dennis down; that
Hopkins kicked the prostrate man, ahd that
ias5af Bows received at the
hands of these two men.
DR.. G. W. Price testified that he was called
to the Plummer House at 2 o'clock on the
morning of the murder, and found dead man
on the floor; made an examination. The body
was lying face downward across two logs;
blood was oozing from the mouth, the pupils
Of the eyes were diated. and there was cut
under the right eye from the nose to the angle
Of the eye; the cut extended TO the bone; there
was p confusion of the lower jaw, extending
to the neck. Blood was oozing from the
wound; made comparison of the heel of the
boot; performed an autopsy, and found indi-
cations that the body had been subjected to
shock or conclusion, that alone was suficie mt
to cause death.
DIR. Abial Libby testified that he was called
to the Plummer House. Saw body on the
floor; assisted in the autopsy: a rupture of
blood vessel caused death and blows caused
the rupture; don't think the wounds were
caused by falling; depression indicated that
the heel of boot caused the wound under the
right eye.
William Lint testified that he went to the
Plummer House with Turner and Hopkins; it
was about 10 o'clock .. M; went into the
kitchen and talked with Plummer: then went
out doors left Turner and Hopkins in the house.
Afterward went into the kithen and saw the
Indian lying on the floor. Hopkins and Tur-
ner were in the room, and an old lady was on
the lounge. Went into Planners room. Tur-
ner came to the room and said he struck the
Indian, and Hopkins said helkicked him after
he was down. Limits testimony was not con-
cluded at aSjournment.
The Kittery Murder,
BIDDEFoRDss Jan. Oscar Blaney, the par
ty charged with the Kittery murder, has been
removed to Saco. Mrs. Barrows is left in the
90 klfrad Th;c M co hos ooorn;, 4
the attention of the grand jury today.
Died from His Injuries.
PHILLIPS, Jam. Hugh Greenap, of Brew
or, Me-, aged about 40 years, at work for the
Union Water Power Company at the upper
| dam on the lake was crushed by falling earth
last week. and died Saturday night.
A Native of Bangor Shot by Desperate
JAcKsoNvmL, Fla, Jan. 7.-Col E. L.
| Getchell, proprietor of sporting house in this
city was shot and mortally wounded this after
noon by D. q. Chandler a young despersdo
from South Carolina. The shooting was pure.
| ly wanton. Col. Getchell commanded q
Maine regiment during tho war and was ma,
tiva of Bangor.
| Richmond Items.
RICHMOND, Jan. Saturday night, about
half-past 10 o'clock, A. A. Wood, the ferry
man, who lives about mile above this village
discovered fire burning between his wood
| shed and hen house. An alarm was given, and
by prompt work the 6re was confined to ths
| two buildings. His house, which stands but 9
few feet distant, was saved without any par
ticular damage. Loss not stated. Insurance.
| 500. The fire is supposed to have been incen
| diary, as nothing to cause fire in any way
had been near there for three days.
Mercury from 160 to 1So below zero Sunday
morning, azd from 14o to 200 below Monday
morning in the village. At Iceboro it was "a
below both mornings. The ice is 12 IL inches
thick.
AUBURN.
The Maine State Republican Committee
have taken rooms in Phoenix Block, Auburn
| Col. Henry NJ Sprague, secretary of the com
l in v,1no n