Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-19
FINISHED.
Attorney General Baker Con-
cludes His Argument.
Judge Whitehouse Charges the
Jury at Considerable
Length.
Verdict Of Guilty Of Murder in the First
Degree" Rendered by the
Jury.
One OF the Most Impressive Scenes
Ever Witnessed in the
Court Room.

people occupying them The eloquent and
skilful plea Of Judge Hall and the able
beginning of the Attorney General on Tues
day were sufficient yesterday morning to
pack the court room to its utmost capacity.
Mother and son sat in their accustomed
places with the same cool manner as hereto
fore. Twenty minutes before ten the Attor-
ney General resumed his plea.
He first took up the discussion of the re-
lations between father and SON We have
seen that the attitude of another persons
mind is lmpos sible to be accuratelyascertained
We can however get at facts bearing on the
matter.
Even the little testimony that crops out
here and there, even the confessions of the
boy himself, show that there was a strained
relation between the prisoner and his father.
We know that between employer and EN-
ployed especially if the own father is the
employer and the son the employed, there
usually is an intimate confidence and trust.
But while we see that between George and
his father these natural relations existed, yet
between the father and the other son they didn't
exist. He had even forbidden that this son
should be permitted to go behind the counter or
to touch the money drawer. Such forbid
dance, you know with your knowledge of the
relations that naturally exist between father
and son could only have been caused by many
acts of i'll doing. Long years of experience had
driven it home to his very heart.
On the day when the father was intoxicated,
in condition that naturally would excite on
~ sympa'hy III Tue near. VI '''e ei'es' so'i'
what did this son say mere goes 'he
u-d-d-d Ola 1901 ana i liput stop 10 II.
DeIore lohe' no uhna'u,a' ieei',s haLooreu
toward ,nat ia'her "heh ne couiu say ''ia' Vi
MN linen 10 COME upon '''i' s'al'' anu say
that ne didht remember "hether ne
SAID that OF hot. IL man
mas the instincts OF man OF son. couio he
say such thihg OF MS own iather anu not
remember t' lhese are eiihPses ''ia' re-
veal much' we ma .'ia' 'he sou was us
charged on the zoth' Oh oahuaiy' uhoush ne
may nave uohe, an Qua JOB Ut 50 ai.er ',ia'
time. All this time this BOY saw ms other
brother preferred oe1ofe hin. ihat .h's
should act upon norman lhlha 10 cause IL 10
plot murder we DO not clam NO CRIME
would De committed .he h'uruerer
awaited an adequate motive Tor ,he ueeo'
Look at the Rooinson case the oak "roVe
case, and thousands OF other cases mat appear
mouveiess IN state OF h,ihu ,nat we can
conceive OF me haa no oio' on MS character
there would nave oeen goon reason lor nouo'-
ing ms gum ne P'i'p"'' "''i,sV'i "''' w
put IN Claims 10 MS eooi ch"rac'er'
Inc couhsei says t'at 'he cnarac'er Vi 'ne
BOY as portrayed oelore you Wy 10 "''i1sSes
was no worse IMAM you might expect
possible that the counsel could nave rehected
upon the words ne was u''er'hg.
The best men in the community have tes-
unea 'ha' .ue pt''o"'' e""i az w "''
ally bad. The Government is not permitted
specific acts of crime previous TO the one WIN
which he he is charged You saw with what
great reluctance these witnesses went upon
the stand to testify that the ooy pore oau
character. Yet they were oollged 10 40 SO
under oath and that the general reputation
integrity and good morals OF the BOY were
bad, notorious even al the age
of Fl lie was adhlcteu 10 'he
use of liquor. lhat may DE one most potent
cause for his demorai'zed cond'tioh, GU
have seen how MS ihotai eoho'''oh hau oeeh
Slapped and Slapped, TIL ms reputation was
an otfense in the eyes OF ms reno" ciohenS.
Who else had one tl'he the motive ne hau
Who had the opportunity OF access 10 ,he
thing to be poisoned we nave SHOWN tna'
no one else except TINS BOY ma" any "'o''Ne'
We now look at those VINO ha' 'he oppor,
tunlty. lhere WERE ""'! '"i'' ''''
had access TO the piace
where the liquor was kept
Mr.. Dixon, George ana the prisoner n''ise,i
The very fact That ueofge was pro"9.'' 10 'ns
very verge of death by the poison Is PROOF
that he was innocent. on saw MT p'1oh,
you saw hun as ne came mere l'o'h '"e "e',
of sickness and testhed most hohes'i! anu
solemnly.
We now come 10 Tue P''o"ei
the only man VINO hau uos" ''.''''' ""' Wy
portunlty. Not oniy a,u 'n's yo'ns '"a'l
have access 10 'he ''quo'' uu, VI" III,
have IN ms possession wa.
drug Inc couhsei say ''"'
some way or other shouiu nav S"o"n .'''
he bought TINS s'rycnn'ne. ~ we w.
hood OF week previous ~ Va. ~
testihes that ne TOOK ',,e ,'',iu , -
Browns stable; that flask has been iouhn,
What did that flask contain Strychh'he :
Those contents have been ahalyhea oy ,ne
chemist. Shown to be pure strychnine' ny
the confession of the criminal ni'hsei
he had in his possession 'ne ,et,
thing that brought MS rather
to death. 1t has been shown Una, s'rySl,h ~,
'''' a',,, ma, tho ,r;soner has said
Il
about this flask lie soHi pr. i"sm ;,h ,''' Nv Ie
got the bottle to go on on "A .'ne VIII ne
SAYS on the stand that ne d'un go u" any
time. He told DIR. lash that ,he con'en'S VI
this bottle tasted bitter. lie sa,n on nns
witness stand that 1T didn't have any pecu.al
taste when 1t is known D! an '"1 n;,tnr W.
taste of strychn'ne Is Intensely '' n,aa,
When he went into the staoie ne passe ., s,eh'
out to the extreme emu o. 'n"' s s.a"s, 81
he might have drank without u's'o'e.y ~ w.
out going that far Let us iooS az VIVA, .e
really would have done hau ne uesneu 1',s :; :.
get drink. Nobody wouid nave seen ,,Iu, =
he had drank in the cellar. "ou'i :; no. Ia
been perfectly natural TOT 'ie o testify that
to drink down csl'a ,h a,o r ao and testimony
ms rather was ~ haye cone down celia,
il he had been There ,hsre r hsn not drink He
goes to Cnshman bro~hs SAT- n ' fa"ad ,h'
might have drank on the roau ne ,oa s;d, ", ~
stable vacant why u''i a-;nl, What was :,
the door and take ak oas ; nrs still more secre