Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-23
SILVER ARRAIGNED.
II. Case Called Thursday Morning
Before Judge Hall.
, e..v sssss. Esq, opsasd ~ ~ S'sss.
Aasisiiss tie cssas AtfssnJ.


,.nes Of legal talent
,vecisl jury vas empanelsd which con
- the frs, half hour Of the session, ou
s,,Ely the twelve men and true we're sskef
70 u.,ea to the presentation OF the case b,
. Emery Bean, Esq, assisting County At
,o,osv Carleton for the State.
TNs following 10 the personnel Of the
Jury
cb.r,e,A. Brown, Hall0weH.
Ammo A. Young, Augusta
Up. Dudley kesdfeld.
&C. Wall, HslIowsll.
0si.C. Brown, Benton.
Rober. Barber, Randolph.
rs Clay. Waterville.
asoros w. Matthews, Oakland.
! VI. Pike, Wayne.
H. Powers, Pittston.
Adm II. Powers, Litchheld.
P,,nkG. Morrison, Sidney.
r,s rs,uondent who had entered the
.on,, room with his counsel, Mr.. Hessi-
Tan ga, within the bar and gszed about the
,oog apparently at ease and not the least
..,,s,usA about his surroundings. He is
,oans man about 20 years of age. has
ANAL round head, sharp features in which,
ho.svst can not be traced any Indication
n, i,,.ipAtian or criminal lines.
Mr. Bean in opening for the state, as
..si b., sweil defined map, made by Eh2i-
D,., 6.tch.ll, proceeded at once to the de-
,.d.yf the ca.e, beginning at II O'clock
Sunday morning July %. when George
S,.y., the respondent aud Edgar G. Wake
s.lI started from the city of Gardiner for
ttoy,. Shoe pond where Wakefield had a
camp.
Arriving At the camp the men prepared
IN ,s.. the Day ~ had been their wont.
Aho,t O'Clock o. that day, which was
Sunday. Charles Blenn who vas employed
a.. farm hand By Fred Babcoek, who llvtd
ass, HE Wakefield camp, started out from
Bahcosk. home 10 visit Silver and Wake r.
a.lI with hom he was acquainted. He was
,.so going INTO the Wakefield camp by the
Bahea'k family
t,i. known, and evidence would be in
t,odarei to show that Blenn and the re-
.nnpleot played cards together that after
moon and finally went out on the pond to-
gether
Az about i've o'clock that day Silver was
aeon go,ng from the Babcock premises
,ov,rI Ia. house Of n Mr. Potter. He
ren. 10 Potters and told Mr.. Harry
Dunn that he hal been out on the
bond With Blenp, that the boat had capsized
and glsnn wss dros ned. Silvers clothes
we're vet at the time.
Silver AMI Wakefield returned to the city
Of tisr.liner that evening about o'clock but
neither 1T them went TO the dead man
brother to nf5rm him Of the tragedy but the
next morning Silver reported to the police
that Blenn had been tirosned. A search for
the body was begun on MONDAY by the city
marshal Of Gardner and Blenn's brothers.
Wakefield and Silver both accompanied
the expedition to the pond. Dynamite and
srapnel. were a.el in try ing to recover the
body.
Here the attorney called H. attention of
the ilrg 10 the fact that shst is commonly
called eel grass was go thick and heavy
about that part Of the pond where Silver
sad Blsnn had fallen ont of the boat, that
1t va. impossible to drag the pond to any
great legth.
Also at thus poin, there is no indication
Of current Or channel. When the body
vas found the following Wednesday fore
noon between the hours of and 10 o'clock
It a. found 80 be floating oni back, with
the arm extended and the hands clnched
The face was covered with blood and the
nose injured Silver was present and was
nkrl to look upon the body which he dill.
silver. acton and speech at that time was
m evidence
When the surgeons examined the body
they found upon the head fourteen distinct
contu,ons one over and back of the lief,
ear was severe one, the ear was cut. the
nose injured blood was matted on the face
there vas blood on the inside If the lips
AMI eve lids
II vas IN evidence that Silver's lip AMI
forehead were cut aud bruised when be
called at rutter's and told the story of the
tragedy.
When the citv marshal visited the Wake
field t,mp he found Indications of a severe
strugglr having taken place. The fnrhi'
t1re aas streau about and the pick Of
cAri. which silver and Blenn had used wa
scattered over tie premises. Even tbs
TT ~ of where the nails of the heel of some
one. boot had rsked into the door OF the
camp hal been discovered by the marshal
Mr. Bean lid not think it necessary tt
20 deeper into the case but would let TIL
evidence which he believed to be conclu
siyc Of the guilt Of Silver, decide the jur,
in their verdict, Counsel for the respond
ent at the close Of Mr. Beans opening
asked that the jury be allowed to visit th
scene of the accident or tragedy, ssyint
,ha, the jurors had only seen splan whic
represented Hat surface and not tn
exact state of the surrounding scene.
County Attorney Carleton interposed al
objection on account Of the time that tn
TRIP would occupy
Mr. Hesoiton said that the mere m ,tte
of time wa. not to be considered in q cas-
of this kind.
The court ordered that the jury be cor
'eyed 10 the scene on the 1890 electric ca
with barge from Gardiner.
As ordered the jury went ont TO Hors
Shoe pond and wen, over the scene accom-
panied by the counsel aud others who ha
information on the case in hand.
The JouRSAi. has interviewed some c
the people from the section where Il
tragedy occurred and finds that there Is
diversity of opinion as to Silver's guilt.
BY some il is conceded that Silver ms
have been stiffness to the murder of Bieni
II MURDER there was. but had no direct har
in the crime. This faction thinks tn
Wakefield is the guilty one, of course.
ne ls The only other one that can possib