Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-10-29
InI PARIS GREEN CASE

A. mentioned last week. Frank L.
Everett was acquitted. The commission
az the crime With which he was charged
caused great excitement al the time, and
the case excited by far greater Interest
among members Of the legal fraternity
aud the community NJ large, than any
other II the session. Prom the opening
~ the trial on Thursday until the jury
rendered their verdict on Monday. the
coun room was illlc,i With spectators,
among whom were large number of
ladies.
The readers Of the Democrat will prob
ably remember the circumstances ~ this
case, but II may help Ia an understanding
of Il Ia review u NJ presented hy the
county attorney. On the night ~ the
llth of February last, Mr.. N. VI. Besrce
~ Hebron returned a. hls home from
his days work about slx o'clock. lie
went "a the harm later In the evening,
aud after doing hls chores got q pail of
water about ten o'clock. lie noticed
that Il looked little rolly aud tasted u.
hut discovered nothing peculiar. Next
morning be- turned What was left unused
hy hi wife Into the tea kettle, and went
to gct another pailful, when be- discoy-
cred that the bottom WAS COVERED With
Paris green. lie pumped some water
Into another pail and this was somewhat
green. An Investigation was then made,
aud Paris grrrn was found ON the brake
II the pump, on both boxes, aud In q
yentilator attached Ia the aide. - much
for the circumstance. Who did lty
County Attorney IIcrsey, for the State,
claimed that u Wa Frank l.. Everett, a
l III a H. 10 /
statement ~ the case was clear aud able.
IT, chad carefully collected facts, incidents
and circumstances, aud by considering
AL In relation 90 each other, be- was able
60 prvsent a strong ease. The state he
liesc,i that u Nas Mr.. Everett, hccauss
first. there was motive. There had
l~cn some trouble between him aud Mr..
Bcarcc, aud BE- had sail b" would "fN'
the nearvc family. On the sunday pre-
,ious io the Monday on which the crime
Wa committed be- said rari. grrcn and
ALT might b. put Into llearce's pasture,
aud some might cVeu D. put Into hi.
we'll. ON the day following. Mr.. Eyrtrit
returned FROM Mechanic Fall. about IN
o'clock Tie Nhs seru hy Mr.. Merrill
after dark. going home, then about two
miles away. between snd ID o'clock,
De- snd wife went to the house ~ VIZ.
llolhrook. Who live near Mr.. B~arcc,
ani PLAYED earl. until about n o'clock.
Ictwccn AMI N Mr. E,crvtt had
plenty II time aud opportunity Ia pui
ihe Paris green IN The veil. aud l-sausc
~ What h. aid the day heforv. the state
ave b. All. Moreover. Everett was
.scn aftcrwa r,is a. empty quite a quanti-
a. ~ paris green into the snow aud then
Kick 90. snow over Il With biz foot. llc
Was. n was claime,l. C,ncallng What
Paris green b. had left.
E,crrti found b. was suspected a. the
guilty one, AMI tried o. "sst back fifr,
80 late nie.iay night b. appeared AZ the
houss II Mr. llolhrpok AMI called him
up, sa1ing that some one had poisoned
The water II ~. we'll. iuilmaiing that u
might D. some ~ the n~arcv family.
Next morning Mr. llolhruok anil other
ueight-or. examined thr pump. No
trarr. - Paris green we're found ~ the
pump. II looked a. though some our
Nth their fingers ~ vet rig had dauh-
"a .ome ns II. EVcvtt had not pumped
ths water out. aud When asked II D. was
no, intending % replied, "oh no, therr i
no nr,-i ~ that, h-,ausc, u l. claim~i.
d. had dome u himself AMI hal tern
CAREFUL not 60 gri any poison into the
water. llc l. next heard ~ irving to
stop the moaihs - those Who might
give damaging testimony. ilc went to
NJ. ilolhruok aui said "Bllly, don't you
~ q wori about The talk ~ had sun.
dat." "Nou ought 90 tell mr II you dii
that" sad llolhruok. And Eyvutt says,
Il lii Il. hut N you tell ~ u, III serve
,ou Nor.e than dd Ilcarcc." Not long
aficr h. left The plice. The ofiic-r. soon
found him 40 Namuuih. - the Theory
~ The state was. that Everett hal a mo
tive. a. shown hy his threats. that b.
hal plenty ~ time aud opportunity b.
TWEEN AMI 20 o'clock. the time ~
reaching home anil going o. llolhrpok's
that the fniing ~ Paris green ON his
own pump, AMI the attendant circum-
stances. threw suspicion on him. that d.
confessed he guilt o. Mr. llolhrook
and that b. tri~i o. csCare.
Mr \. VI. Libby. County Attorney fof
Nndroscoggin County, very ably stated
The defense, reviewing the euilfv ease
very thoroughly. and Joining issue With
the prosecution un all the vital poiuts.
coming from another county. b. made
some we'll chosen remarks hy way ~
introducing hlmsslf 60 the jury. lIr
AID that whereas. la civil case., ihcy
/ hal rendered Judgment according Ca the
prvpondcrancr ~ evidence. In criminal
ones they Nerr a. - convinced beyond
a reasonable doubt ~ the guilt ~ the
acru.ri 90 render . verdict 81 "nnt
guilty." lie then aid that flrst, there
was no motive. According to Mr..
A. A
hsd never slIoNn any ill-sill. bat had
always treated him Ia grnilsmanly
manner. Mr. Everett would testify that
b. never made any threats In relation Ia
the ne ~ Parts green, ~ Mr. liolbrcok
| had ts.iihel. that b. never confessed,
aud. IN fact. was not Ia Hebron on IA"
/ THURSDAY on which Mr.. aud Mr.. lIol-
brook claimed the con,crssiion took
| place In which d. confessed.
Moreover, llolhruok had a motive Ia
throwing suspicion On Everett fear ~
heing lmprisone,i; for lit Was clalmon
/ Mr. Wormell had told him one night. II
/ De- did not reveal What be- knew. he
would take him away With him. Then
/ Mr. henson had repeatedly said be- would
drive him Out ~ the place. The lie
fcncr insingaicd rather than claimed,
/ that Henson might D. connected With
/ the affair. aud Instrumental la throwing
suspicion on Everett The rari. green
/ which Everett vas seen "a empty was
that which had settled Ia hi. own pail
/ from the poisoned water. lie had pump
| 81 the water from hi. well. and his wife
had carefully washed the pump. The
Pari. grvrn which had been found ON
hi. premises hal all b~cn left there hy
either parties. The last cause ~ suspi-
cion. Eyerrtt's "fiight." Mr.. Libby rid
icule,i considerably, calling u . "fanci-
ful story" and laid Everett started With
al. wife about ten o'clock la the fore
noon. With his team. pair 81 steer., aud
a big black dog, aud drove slowly
through a thickly settled region to the
home ~ hi. wlfc's uncle. lie told WHERE
d. Wa going when BE- started. Ills rrla-
tiyes made no effort a. put the officers of
the track, nor did be- offer any resistance
whatever to arrest. In fact his demeanor
had been that ~ any Innocent man.
The defence told the story of that
Monday somewhat differently FROM the
prosecution. They claimed that Mr..
Eyertt returned from Mechanic Falls
about four o'clock Instead IL six; that
~ and his Wife had "picked-up" sup
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