Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-25
THE SILVER TRIAL.


Redirect Heard no disturbance at tn,
camp that afternoon. The wind Was north
west, blowing down the stream.
John A. Speak testified that he lived
dowu the stream from the camp, on the
hill, and southeasterly from the Wakefield
camp, which could be seen from his house
Was at home all day July 23d. FRS,
heard noise about ~ O'Clock, sol, OF
shouting. This noise continued from three
to four hours, and came from the direction
having good time, a soft of carousine
noise, and heard it frequently for three
or four hours II stopped and id not be-
gin again.
| On cross-examinaton Was a member
of the eoroner's jury. Have heard noises
there before.
Redirect: / located it at the Wakefield
camp. 1t was different from the noises
had heard before. The noises before have
: been from men and women and Of happy
character. This was more of a whooping
as if the persons who made it were into1i-
Gated and wanted to make a loud noise
without any object.
| Carrie +. Dunn testified that she, with
her husband, went in a rowboat from Gardi-
ner up the stream on July %, arriving oppo-
site the camp little before o'clock Be
fore we got quite opposite the camp saw
Wakefield. He turned from the front of
the camp and went inside He was dressed
in light clothes. We got to Po,ter's at
about O'Clock. Silver came there about
). He had on dark clothes, but no coat or
hat. He asked for men folks and said he
and two men we're coming across in a boat
and fell over.
We all went out and down to the bridge
asked him who fell over and he said he
didn't know. He asked for q boat to 90
down, and he got it. Heard him say be
told them they would tip over, and they did
20 over. lie pointed to where the boat
went over. Saw a lounge out in front of
the camp when we came past it. Saw my
husband and Silver 90 down to the camp
and come back. and they then went to Bah
cocks to look for the fellows supposed to
be overheard.
heard nothing that Silver said in going
from Poiter's down to the bridge. He was
with my husband and / behind. Saw a
scar on Silver's lip and one on bis fore
head. They came back from Babcock's
and went down t, the camp again.
Cross-examinstion Heard no noise as
We went by the camp. Silver was very
much excited aud very wet.
Harry Dunn corroborated the last wit
ness, his life, as to rowing past the camp
and seeing Wakefield. and getting to Pot
,er's about o'clock He testified that Sill
yer came to Potter's about 4 O'Clock, and
told about the boat tipping over. and that
there were two other men in it, and he
guessed they were drowned, and we hal
better come out aud see. Silver said be did
not know who they were. but had seen them
in Gardiner; one was Blenn, he said. He
said they we're cheap kind of fellows, anil
were not invited there any way. | asked
him how he cot the scar over bis eye, and
be said be hit him. not saying who.
We went down to the camp, and he told
ne going down where the boat went over.
and that it was done by rocking il. The
boat was floating in the stream then. We
went into the camp By the side door, the
front door being bolted on the inside Sa~
cards strewn round ont doors, aud broken
oug -neeked bottle, sOid Grow" bottle.
That bottle was in front of the camp.
There was chair crushed down, and the
hings we're very much dissrranged.
Silver said Wakefield was upstairs
lsleep. He went up stairs ard heard him
.hake Wakefield and say. Wake up Ed.
Tor Chriss's sake, some one 10 drowned.
heard Wakefield kind of turn over IS il
rsking up out of 4 sleep and say ITO
III with them. II they can't swim let
hem drown" He did not come down and
ny couii not go up. Silver came down
md built up . FIRE TO warm himself and
rent ont and tipped the bosf over which
lad come ashore and found IN empty lard
'ail in one end Of it and 3 cheap stra~ hat
q the other that Silver said vas Wake
IeIds when carried it to the camp Nc
ICED broken piece of board and an oar
a the shore newly broken OF at the end
Silver hunted for some vhiskey to give
ne. but could not find il and said he
uessed Blenn hasi .'ssiped it,. He gave
Ne some lager beer. S:lser was vet and
told him be had better take OF his necs-t
e 90 his cellar would dry. and took it of .
u HIM. Il was black That was in tie
Emp. Then we vent up to Bsbcock's AMI