Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-26
SILVER TRIAL.
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Ansver: No, sr, they wonl rot. becaus K
he froth has been washed away from I'd.
mouth and n0strils.
Cross-examlned Could not say what
those blows on the side of the head were
caused by, if they were blows. Should say
they could hardly have been by paddle !;
might have been by the handle of an oar.
X. u. Blenn of Gardiner was the next
witness. Charles Blenn was bis younger
brother Has lived in Gardiner nine years
Heard first of bis brothers death at 3 80 on
Monday morning, July "a. Witness is ID
business on W tter street corner of Bruus-
wick avenue. 10 rods from Ed Wakefield.
Did not then know Silver but knew Wake n
field Wakefield lives in Jacobs ladde4
near the latters place of business.
Witness drove out with Ben Shaw
Went ont to the pond. Went to Wingste
camp, then to Potter's and then back td
camp. Stood waiting for City Marshal
Drake. Drake and others were present at
Wingate camp when witness asked Silver
TO tell him how the accident happened.
Silver told him a story that correspond.
with that previously testified a. having
been related by the defendant TO other wit
nesses.
Witness went to work graphing. 50
much grass and weeds, could do Hothiny.
Silver pointed on; place where boat upset.
which was about 40 feet from where buoy
was af.erward put. Grappled through.
Down to the Wakefield camp, soft, muddy
bottom. covered with closely matted grass
coming to within from three to six inches
of the surface of the water. Searched
about the camp, which was locked, and
found broken bottles. cards and bottle of
beer. Sounded and found water to be from
II to 90 feet deep and grass grown over
all the bottom.
Silver did not help in the work. Got
six dynamite cartridges. and George Stevens
exploded them in the vicinity of where
Silver said boat had capsized. Some of the
cartridges were cut in two. Silver was
around nj! the time, but took no part in the
search.
Talked with Silver in the presence of
others. Witness asked Silver boz he
knew the witness brother had bis face
bruised and nose broken. He denied it at
first and then said: You know man
don't know what he says when he's drunk "
Wakefield said that he was upstairs ani
had heard nothing of what was going on.
He ii | net know who the third party was
He tWakefieid) had taken a big drink Of
whi,key anil bottle Of beer a. chaser.
The witness till the conversation a. pre-
viously related by Nr. Dunn, giving some
further DIT ills as % the part relating to the
purse. Witness went out again Tuesday
morning with bis brother Van AMI went to
Babescks The witness told the story of
the day. work practically a. previously re-
lifted by bis brother Van. George Stevens
and the witness explo ted gHire a number of
cartridges all about buoy and in the hole
vh. re Waketi II said they would find the
body an5 other cartridges close to the shore
by the camp.
Silver vas not there then. but Wakefield
was. Silver came later and again told
how the boat vas occupied by himself IN
the middle, Bienn in the bow and the other
man in the stern. Witness asked Silver
how he had rowed when there were no row.
locks and the boat vas too small fer row.
ing. Silver sail he didn't know, but that
he did know that ne did it somehow.
Characterization Mrs. Bsbcock told
witness what Silver had SAID about biz
brothers nose being broken. This was on
Monday, at about IL 30, when witness vas
Harvesting 10 go TO Gardiner for THE ds ma
mite cartridges. She asked him What be
thought OF IT, and h. ssit he thought There
vas something wrong. Then she told him
about what Silver had sail.
Mr.. Heselton read extracts from the tes-
timony Of the witness before the coroner's
jury which ne said was part Of his testi-
mony then.
Impressions sre fresher now, witness
thought, than q; the tine of the coroner's
inauest. Did not tell all he knew then be-
cause he Was not asked. Did not say any
thing about Mrs. Babcock's statement be-
cause vas not asked. When he told Silver
about Mrs. Bsbeoek's story there were
present Ed Wakefield. James BIenn and
others. Tais was on the platform Of the
Wakefield camp. Charles Wentworth was
right there. Didn't think he had told any
officer before the Inquest Did not have
much time to make investigation - went 10
inquest very soon after funeral. Did not
make it known to any officer.
James +. Bienn OF Gardner, . brother
of Charles, was called Chsriss was older.