The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-28
JURY CHOSEN.
Continued From Page 1.


At the opening of the afternoon session
OF the court At o'clock the outline OF the
States case was presented by the assistant
explained the nature Of the crime OF
murder. "It will be shown" said
Mr.. Dubois, "that between IL and
/ o'cloch on the Thursday OF the
murder the defendant went to the hat
store OF Henry Taylor to borrow a revol-
Henry Taylor's house. Here Keegan got
the revolver and went back to the store
about an hour afterward. On this same
day Annie Whalen who lived on Lippitt
street, was visited by Mrs. Chambers
at her house. Mrs. Chambers left Mrs.
Whaien's house at about :45 on the same
day. The murdered woman wore black
2:30 and 3 o'clock OF the same day
a woman went to Franklin's stable and
hired a team. She directed the team To
be taken to 1877 Pine street at O'Clock.
The team consisted OF mustang
called 'Nettie,' and a buggy. The
woman answered the description OF
Emily Chambers. The team was de-
livered on Pine street.
"On the same afternoon Annie White,
living at 1S0 Broad street, saw the de-
fendant driving up Friendship street with
alight phaeton buggy.A woman answering
Mrs. Chambers description was with him.
On the same afternoon Nelson Bennett,
who was coming down the Hartford Pike,
saw the defendant with woman.
The woman wore dark clothes.
Between $50 and O'Clock,
George Dexter saw a peculiar horse aud
buggy on the Hartford Pike. The de-
fendant and woman were In the buggy.
On the same afternoon Gilbert Bishop
saw buggy on Hartford pike and in II
was woman and the defendant. The
woman was dressed in dark
cloth hes. This was shortly before 8
o'clock. On this same road
witness noticed a team 60 by. There
was man in the team with bundle.
The bundle was as big as -four barrel.
The man looked like the defendant and
the carriage was the one let at the Rankin
stable. About 20 minutes later he came
back, driving very fast. Then there was
no bundle in the carriage. This was about
half mile from where the body was
found.
''In the evening the team owned by the
Franklin Bros. was found wandering
about the city and was returnrd about
$3.50 O'Clock in the evening.
Shawl In Carriage.
"a black shawl was found in this carriage
at Franklin Brothers stable. 1t was
hiitrNdTu luenllucu Dy mrs. w Hhleu rs
the same shawl which Emily Chambers
had worn on that afternoon. Tie next
we know the dead body OF woman Is
found In the woods by he Hartford Pike
partially concealed by rock. We expect
TO show you that body was lying
on its back, with arms extended as
IL 1t had been drawn by the ankles into
the underbrush. The face was badly
mutilatej.
"From the time the coroner arrived until
the body was placed in charge oi the med
zeal examiner IL was guarded by John l..
Cook, a constable of Situate.
"We will show that there were two bull
let holes in the body, one through the
heart aud one by the side OF the heart,
either one OF them having been sufficient
to cause death.
"We will also show what the clothes
were hat were found on the body and
they will be Unidentified by Mrs. Whalen
as the same worn by Emily Chambers"
The First Witness.
Arthur j. Taylor was the first witness
called for the prosecution. he~festified
that he had known the defendant for
IL or 10 years. and then referred
TO the day, September 81 1894.
when Keegan had come into his store
on North Main street and asked to bor-
row revolver, explaining that he had to
go down the road and wanted something
for self defence.
He then restified that he had loaned the
revolver to Keegan and Tint il was APP
parently in the same condition when il
was returned. He couldn't tell
whether ii had been cleaned
while Keegan had il or not. Taylor iden-
titled box OF cartridges which ne said he
had loaned to keegan with the revolver,
and that at that time il was full.
The witness testified in regard to the
difficulty whioh he had in loading the re-
volver at the time keegan borrrwed it,
After the revolver ras loaded the box OF
cartridges was put back into the show
case. There were IS In the box. The re-
volver was returned on Saturday. The
witness said that he saw Keegsn on FRI
day. He said that he had not gone toWar-
rep, as he expected. On Saturday, when the
revolver was brought back, the cartridges
were returned in small piece of white
tissue paper. These were placed back In
the box by KeogaD. The revolver when
the witness let Keegan have 1t wns clean.
Keegan told the witness it was dirty and
he had cleaned it. The caliber of the
pistol loaned was 81.
The direct examination of the first