The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-08
BREAKS IN THE CHAIN.
CircumstantiaI Evidence Against Kee-
gan Not Altogether Complete.

Every days accumulation OF legitimate
evidence In the Chambers murder case
makes it look worse for Mr.. Keegan, but,
as p eminent lawyer said today, there is
nothing yet to convict in a court of law.
There arc many breaks in the circum-
stantial evidence and much has been left
out In the published accounts which is
contradictory and inconsistent with the
first theory that Keegan is the man.
Parts of testimony have been made public
that fit nicely together and make
logical story OF the progress of the
carriage from the city To the town OF
Scituate. Other parts, coming from
equally reliable sources, have been ignored
by the papers that said i'm the beginning
that Keegan was guilty, and must now
only present that which supports the
claim.
For instance man named George Dex-
ter Is quoted as the most important wit
ness in the newspaper trial as saying that
he passed the carriage about o O'Clock on
the day of the murder on the Hartford
Pike within two miles from { he place that
the body was found and that Keegan
and Mrs. Chambe were in the carriage
talking. But George Dexter tells more
than that. He said yesterday to a NEWS
reporter that he found the carriage at the
place referred to and. as all the other
farmers did, paid particular attention
to the horse and buggy. ''The
one thing that / am most positive
about and can certainly swear to is that
the brand mark on the horse was &C.
am more positive of that than am that
the man in the carriage had red
moustache." That is a verbatim state
ment of George Dexter. AS a matter Of
fact there is no &C" branded on the horse
| but the mark is :" NJ. j."
Another fact that has thus far been
! concealed is the Inconsistency OF the two
| oiher most important witnesses, little
A -. 4 "A 4 n. L.
! Oatley. The boy passed the man in the
buggy at the spot where the body was
/ found and they were so near 20 each other
| that the wheels of the farm wagon could
hardly get by those of the buggy and yet
Saith says that it was so
| the other driver. But twenty minutes
! later the Oatley girl sees the buggy pass
| by her house on the way back TO the city,
! and although she was 80 feet away she
declares that she could clearly distinguish
the mans features, and see that he had a
! dropping moustache.
Another witness, whose statements have
not been published At all is s,James Warde,
an employee at the Dragon Tavern in
! Thornton. He says that on the Thursday
afternon of the murder a man and woman
drove to his place in a carriage and
| stopped for few minutes on their
| way toward Scltuate. The team was
| the one from Franklin Brothers, peculiar
buggy, and small black horse with the
long name. The woman corresponded
exactly with the description of Emily
Chambers, but the man was quite a diff
ferent person from Keegan.
Keeaen has absolutely refused to sub
NIT 10 any further interviews unless they
be authorized by his attorney. At his
own request he has been put TO work with
the other prisoners and his particular line
Of employment Is Gaming chairs.
His hearing I'm the Eighth District
Court will occur two weeks from today.