Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-12

HEM uss hunk. He then paid his re-
,,scs, 10 the aso-caIled autopsy and sPoke
Of The searching Of the body and The as
eovery Of the g, t5-
Mr.. Carleton asked in,Pre siseiy What
a.. become Of tie moaey he was admitted
:, h.ye wen from Wakefield and urysd
,a., Blsal must ,hen have been robbed, II
waksfsds story is true.
Mr.. Carleton then spoke OF the fact thai
gambling Of any sort or tor any "aAs !. !.
the n,o,t prolsfic source o, trouble Of all
sorts and described the scene, IS he con
cs,vssi il, in the camp when Blenn VA
kllsl by Wakefield and Silver. Mr.. Carte
ton cl.ir.,ed tina, the birch stick had on II
little knobs exactly fitting the little coz
,nsions On the head.
He thea denounced Wakefield with earn
est s,cqasnee. claiming that Wakefield
..o.eupa,ion As \ rumssller shovel that hs
vas no. above vi,ls,ion of the law.
Mr.. Cartoons description Of the sup
posed death of Blenn wss a fine piece OF
! " ORD painting. He took up the skuli used
for illustration and used it for closing
powerful argument in defence Of cireuu'
staneial wi !enee.
Mr.. Carleton said he didn't know whether
Blenu WAS dead or not. He sSid il was evil
dent they though, so, and then he described
| What they did and claimed that they would
not have thought or acted IS rational being
as Mr.. Spear had claimed.
Then Mr. Carleton took up the question
of the expert medical testimony, and re'
ne sed his assertion that the maiu point was
whether Wakefield was asleep or not. lie
then described AMI denounced the methods
of the sutopsy, and claimed that Drs
Strout ard Sawyer had only used the words
the immediate" cause of death. His de-
scription Of the scene was another power
full oratorici Al effort.
He sail tina, the condition of the man
horribly bruised. sent the officers At once IL
Wax. fields camp for the first time TO make
A thorough examination when the autops,
should have ended the subject. He spoke
of the theory of the possibility of Blenn''
having psssiyely died instead of having
gone into the water dead.
Mr.. Carleton, with the vigor for which
he is noted, and with all the eloquence anu
alta al !,
and Wakeficld's stories, with particular
| reference TO the scene copjured up by Sit
ver's account. He also discussed the i'm
probability of Silvers actions being con
sistent with his innocence. He also called
attention to the fact that Dunn and Silver
rswed over the very spot where Silver said
the boat had tipped over, and pointed out
the inconsistency of this.
By this time Mr.. Carleton had worked
himself up 10 the highest tension, sni he
was at his hes, as he described the scene OF
the discovery of the boat by Dunn wher
the ether thing were not there. and called
it "a fake drowning" claiming that the
jury could put no faith in it.
Mr.. Carleton completed bis discussion
of this weak point in the defence and
stror 9 one in the case of the prosecution.
lie had then spoken three hours and hall
on top of the largest consecutive record OF
trisl eases he has had since he was county
attorney, and he naturally felt the severe
s,rsin and so asked for adjournment at !
o clock
Curt comes in again at $50 Thursday
when Mr.. Carleton will resume his argu
ment.