Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-02

have been the marks OF falling bodyi
such = mark on that floor has never beer
found As to the false teeth. 10 blow upon
the cheek. no blow upon the head. would
have Knocked them to the distance where
they were found. Why was the kew to the
handouts found in the coal room. The
handouts go On without the key, which i:
oaly needed to unlock them. Would rob
bers have taken this key from their pockets
and thrown it in the coal room: Would the
other keys have been put where they we're
( found, BY robbers who were in the haste in
which they would necessarily have been:
Miss Wood. who had only one telegraph in
s'rument in her room. do YOU think would
not have heard this scuffie which must have
ensued had Barron been murdered: Would
these men have taken the day time in which
10 rob the bank vi hen the night time would
have been much more convenient: Further
more had the cashier been struck on the
cheek or head as testified by c. +. Stain,
Rlih such a terrible Instrument as sluug
shot IN the hands of powerful man like
David l.. Stain, the blow would have crushed
the cheek or skull. Despite the testimony
Of Cromwell it is perfectly reasonable TO
thus account for Mr.. Barron's wounds by the
evidence Of the defense. Here the attor-
ney gave description of the working of the
vault and the reasonableness that
all the wounds on the head of
the cashier were caused by the door.
OF parts Of the door of the vault. We have
dared to pat ia the testimony Of the only liv-
ing physician who attended the victim. His
first impression was that Mr. Boron was
lead drunk. They did not give bromide for
the brain as they would have done had they
b hat hEra Esa ,Ftar.p .sIA a- ha
skull, but they gave belladonna, an antidote
for poison and for especially morphine
They did nc@ sew up a cut or wound or see
blood enough even to wipe away They did
not even treat him for wounds in the head.
Isn't it reasonable to suppose that lie being
familiar with drugs and being somewhat in
volved took drug and put himself in a posi-
ton if robbed. All this not with the in
tention of committing suicide, but to account
for certain discrepancies by an assumed
robbery. At this point the council produced
the bank books and went through the details
Of the errors of Barron's books. Continu-
ing the counsel for the prosecution will en-
deavor TO make it plain that the bank didn't
lose anything. Ii remains a fact that the
bank owed Si2U,0U0 instead of Sllo.0Oo
| he man has never been found who would
come forward and say, | sold Barron that
missing bond on the 22d OF Feb, despite all
tlle efforts to iiud it. Does it look again as
II robbers would have carried this kind of
gdg-a pail handle--in the pocket? As
to the square knot gentlemen.
after you leave the room try the tying of
string behind your head, and nine out OF
twelve of you will tie square knot natu-
rally. This pail bael is 10 gag, Fasten it in
your mouth aud you can shout SO as 10 be
heard ter blocks away. Further, Barron
could have locked himself into the vault
with screw driver and lamp. And are
convinced that these things were not
found there: You don't suppose that any
one has told this story for the sake of prov
ing the suicide theory do you! Every one
who has testified has found something adJi-
toGal TO that another has found. Why did
the cashier leave his watch at home: 1t
would not look well to be found on his per
son if robbed.
Mr.. Barker spoke at considerable length
to inpeach the witness for the government
who identified the prisoners and noticed dis
crepancies IN their evidence. lie thought it
surprising that the murderers would he per
ambulatlng about Dexter i'll public all day if
they were robbng a bauk. The similarity
between the well known men who went into
tie bank that day, and those whom the gov
ernment witnesses said they identified, was
noted. The route which the two alleged
murlerers are said to have travelled after the
robbery was followed by the counsel and the
weak points iu thestimony relative to the dis
1auce travelled aud the ''rangy' horse sifted
out.
At O'Clock the trial adjourned until af-
ternoon when Mr.. Barker resumed his plea