The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-30
AWAITING THE VERDICT.
Twelve Good Men and True Deciding
Weeds Case.

BANGOR, Aug. 29-The Weed trial was
tendance in the court room.
Judge Stearns took up his plea where he
left it last night, and consumed two hours in
finishing. He laid great stress on the testi-
mony OF Mrs. Weed and her daughter, Mrs.
SandersOn, who testified that DIR. Weed was
at home on the night of the robbery, also on
the testimony of Mrs. Rowe, who saw Fos-
ter in Bangor the Saturday preceding the
robbery, when the latter said he was at Dr.
Weeds office in Newport. He made point
of the fact brought out in the evidence of
Mr.. Gilman that DR.. Weed was at his office
on the night of the robbery at 9 o'clock, and
that no one else was there at that time. He
referred to the evidence of the witnesses who
had testified to calling at Weeds office on
Saturday, and also on Sunday, and going
through all the rooms, but could find no trace
of Foster, while the latter testified positively
that he was there.
Mr. Stearns advanced the theory of con-
Spiracy against DIR. Weed. so that the perpe-
traitors of the crime might get leniency from
the court. Mr.. Stearns made a strong plea,
and at the close made a pathetic appeal to
the jury.
At II o'clock the county attorney COM
menced to sum up for the prosecution. He
charged the jury not to let sympathy for the
prisoner interfere with just verdict in the
the first time Whitney was introduced to
Weed at Newport, in May, 1887, arguing to
prove that the job was planned at that time,
and that Whitney was introduced to Weed
by Judd Oaks for the purpose of planning
the robbery. He held that the plot was not
carried out at that time, but was considered
from time to time until the attempt was at
last made. He instanced the meeting Of
Whitney and Oaks in Whitney's cell shortly
after the latter's arrest, during which meet
inr, nol~n IS nat 10 rrsx
them away, as he had nothing to do with the
last JOB, saying the job he had planned had
fallen through
The court took recess at 1 o'clock, to
meet at 2.30
The county attorney resumed his argument
for the government this afternoon at
2,3O, and spoke until p. IN. He made con-
Vlncing argument, reviewing every circum-
stance and bit of testimony tending to prove
weeds guilt in logical and convincing man.
ner. He brought in the circumstance of the
dispatches, Of the visit of Whitney and Fos-
ter to Newport in connection with these de-
spatcheS, ana labored to prove pre-arrang-
ed plan between Weed and Whitney. He
took up the testimony showing Foster was
IN weeds ONCE, and asked if he was not
plan Of the office? Weeds visit to the old
man Benefits on SATURDAY. afternoon. after
receiving the telegram from Whitney. for the
purpose of administering drug to the old
man, ana MS lnaDlllIy 10 account for his
whereabouts on Sunday night, were consid-
ed. The attorney reviewed all the circum-
| stances fitting into the story as told by Fos-
ter; the hat, the bag, the duster and other
things introduced as evidence, all tending to
strengthen the case of the government
AT the conclusion of the plea, Judge
Emery charged the jury, going over careful
| ly both sides of the case in an impartial and
! thorough manner The case was then given
to the jury, with the instruction to send for
him if a verdict was agreed upon before 1C
o'clock.