Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-04
! Wakefield TRIAL.
But Little Accomplished in the
First Four Days.
tuesdays Evidence. n. Turner
Again UnwiIIingly Testihes.
Van Bisss o Staaa isf Several Resfs-litfls
keu Euteaes.

An expecsAnf throng assembled in The
eozr. o. Tuesday morning. when the to7riA
day Of the Wakefield triL uas TO begin
/ While il Vas realiy the fourth day. Il
was practically the first, for up 20 thai
time netting of importance had heen eOas'
,se ,r.ai having. from various exHss',
dragged very mach.
ASs;a 8 delay Vas caused ~hen court
c.rle il or Sua.zy. Arthur B. Sss telle
of yassalsoro, one Of the ja,ors, asked Il c
jaa.e to excuse him OF the gESand
tAst lis mother vss seriously III
ami be feared .he would de- Court
waited for some time for DR.. Crosksr
70 come in, and after Nj Sa~tel.e and
.ae Judge had consultation ~Mh the doc
snl twas decided TO so on wsta lie
trial.
Ano,se: NAN is liable - get into iroahle
IN regard TO breaking TIE l&w IN regard 10
talking to Z jurc-. In this esse i is an Ar-
yusra man, Ja1ses R4ckAss. who spoke TO
ore CT nasre jarors in resAfl 10 the CASE on
Msnisy.
lii. expected that 81 the close of this trial
Mr. Carleton III have s summons i.sae1
against Rscklsf.e and will bring both Rack
life and James W. Field of HAiio~ell who
,rnui,ied = similsr chenes during
the Silver t,ial, before the court for SEN
iencs .os the contempt
The women interested in these c Ises evil
IDENTIFY have more psiisuce thin the men,
10. TIE delay. Of this trial have tired out
the men and their a.ienixnce has daily de-
creased " lille on the other h.na ,hs, of the
women has daily increased until they have
taken possession of the bar-
A noticeable feature Of the uii IS the
number Of s;enogrsphers, principally
Young women. who are attending the s.ial
and taking dorm eviience for the sAke Of
the practise.
Another and unpleasant feature OF this
trials. of all Others hefa a, the cour. house
j. the POO, ventilation Of the oour. room.
Sheriff Norton does ali ths, he can 10
ke. the air pure, bot he can no, wholly
rem. dy the defects in the original design Of
the building OF whatever it is that is respoI-
si5le for the presen; arrangement.
So far in the trial no s:rikingly new
point. have been called GU, by the ;esii-
mony Messrs. Carleton and Beane vent
sbou, their work Of examining ,hei- vii
ness with jas; s. much sppAre nj i1ieres; 40
ever, in spite Of the fac. that this is tie
fourth tine they have been over ii ofiiei-
ally.
The fra time Was .; the coroner's in
quest. Then came the grand jury bearing
which sas followed by the Silver trial AMI
now by this case.
Mr.. Spear 10 no less vigorous in hi.
ua,chfcl ia,eres, 10 the direct examination.
and even more so in bis cross-eIamlnaiion.
To those who know him the ringing fierce
ne.s with which be objects is in striking
contrast TO hi. natural kindiiness OF man
ner and dispo.iiion.
He makes the whole courtroom start
si,h surprise often by the .uidenness with
which be will object or cali the At,snaie
OF the Judge TO s5me msiier-
Mr.. Carleton and Mr.. Spear hare already
gotten into several friendly tu, decidedly
lively brushes. and Mr.. Spear has had
sled number Of exceptions.
The two most important wiiresses ex-
aminei we're Corneliu. ". Turner ard
Van D. Bienu of Gardiner. The FIRST id
no, sus~er one question uoreserve1ly b il;
inserted" as recollset," ''2s ! remember
far as knor, or phrases to that effect in-
70 each answer, while Van Blenn uElhes.-
;a.inely tod q Straightforward story oi
xhsi ha had 5one and seen. The pEosec =
ton. as wss the case in Silver trial. we-s
alloved TO qui,s lar in Ii. questions oi Tri-
ner on the grosni that he was az -'ulsii-
ing witness OF ene reluctant TO testify.