Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-05-04
Q.-she has died tince Henry's death:

1 can't say but considerable distance
think two miles.
Odd you give til. letter to TT SIX:
Al did. He came to the schooihouse.
q Were you present at the house VIXEN
Frank Keen was taken care Of:
A-Yes.
Q-Do you remember when those four
people, Miss Whitney, Lincoln, and Mrs.
Getchs II and Trask sat up?
A-Yes.
The first part Of the night TIask lay on
the foot Of the Ted where witness was in
bed.
Q-Was the door shut?
At was. He was lying there when |
went to sleep.
Redirect.--Witness said she was not un-
dressed at the stime. Mrs. Getchell could
have lai. there.
. That wasn't what asked you. Was
not the reason that Trask was lying on your
bed the reseon why Mrs. Getchell didn t lie
on the bed!
A-Might have been Allusion was made
to the fact that Trask couldn't have oc-
cup ed the sofa in the kitchen when he was
in the bed room and Mrs. Getchell might
have occuIiad it.
Andrew X en- of West Sidney was called.
Testified that he met Minnie the day
Henry died She was running. She told
him about lie nrv and he went 10 the house
Immediately. When ne went in saw Henry
on the louoge. Mrs. Gttchell was COM
irg ont of the pahtfy with some
thing in her hani. Witness asked Get
chell who lay on the lounge what allied
him. Henry didn't answer though witness
asked him twice. Witness then told Mrs.
Gee all Henry better have the doctor. He
went for the doctor.
Had seen an overcoat hanging from an
upper window in the ell of the Getchell
house last fall.
Cross exsmined.-Q Actually saw an
oyercoat hanging out of the window?
Ayes.
Q.-lIave you not seen clothes hanging
ou. of windows of other houses in the neigh
borhood?
A Thought he had.
Remembered Mrs. Getcte.l sal he'd bet
ter go and get the doctor. Saw Emma
pouring something into the cup or tumbler
she had in her hand. Didn't rememb'r 'r that
she asked him to get Ambrose. Didn't
think she dill. Had not stated to anyone
that che did. Never told Chas. Robinson
50. never lOlu Tue SOIy UtlOTt.
Wasn't before the grand jury.
Since the thing had happened had never
told anybody what happened at the house.
Redirect meant he had talked it over
with county attorney but no Ole else. Is a
brother of Abbie Keen and cousin of La
forest Trask.
The noon recess was taken at this point.
Afternoon.
Mrs. Mary z. Peasley of Gardiner was
called in Immediately after the noon recess.
She testified that she roomed at Mrs.
Burnhams, at Ocean Point, with Mrs.
Henry Getchell, last summer.
They had been there some over two
We ks bafJre Trask came. Mrs. Getchell
said he was coming. Mrs. Getchell and |
came home and left Trask there. Trask
and Mrs. Getchell kissed one another COOL
by on the wharf. Then Mrs. Getchell sail
when she came down another summer
things would be different. She should do
as she was a mind to. Mrs. Getchell re-
marked that she didn't want her husband to
know that Trask was down there, because
he would be jealous of him.
Witness stated that one day WI lie Trask
was there, Mrs. Getchell asked Mrs. Burn
ham to tell Trask to come into the room,
the bedroom. lie did so. Witness didn'i
know how long he stayed there.
At another time Trask went into the
Lyon cottage, which was then un0ccupied,
and Mrs. Getchell went in with him.
While at Ocean Point, Trask and Mrs.
Getchell walked together a good deal. Part
of the time he walked with one arm around
her waist. This was often in the evening.
Cross examined.-Mrs. Rosanna Burn
ham and son were on the wharf with wit
ness and Mrs. Getchell when Trask kissed
Mrs. Getchell good bye. They were stand
ing in knot together talking and Mrs
Burnham had the opportunity to see Trask
kiss Mrs Getchell.
Mrs. Burnham asked witness if she was
coming down another summer and witness
said she'd like 10. This was the time when
Emma said that another summer when we
come down here things will be different.
She should do as she was mind to.
Mrs. Getchell asked Mrs. Burnham to
ask Track to come lnto her-Mrs. Getchell's
bed room. This was the bed room witness
AMI Mrs G1tchell occupied together.
The time that they, Tfask and Mrs. Get
chell. went into the Lyon cottage, four,
witness, John Poor and Trask and Mrs.
Ge'chell walked out together.
Trask said he had some things to look
after iu the cottage for Mr.. Lyon. Trask
and Mrs Getchell went into the cottage.
Witness and Poor walked down by the
shore They were then out of sight of the
cottage.
DIR. | z. fash of FAIRFIELD. testified as
to symptoms of strych, inc poisoning. He
had ,reatel cases of strychnine pois oning.
First there i, general restlessness, fol-
lowed by spasms, paralysis of lower limbs
followed by convulsions. First there is
psllor and as convulsions come on suffused
condition of face. The victim dies in con-
vulsions. There is a pronounced fear of
death in cases of strychnine poisoning. This
is very marked. Any noise or disturbance
! is likely to throw patient into commissions.
The patient has every nerve on tension and
experiences a dreadful foreboding of dis
solution.
Half grain is minimum fatal dose.
| Any method which controls the spasms Is
a good method of treatment.
| If after an hour and half the spasms
had subsidized and if they had remained sub
sided for half or three quarters Of an hour,
the witness said. Il should feel compare
.;,olv a. 60 with q natient and would eXpeCt