The Portland daily press., 1897-11-09
stance stances Of the deliberate murder and

spoke as follows:
May it please your honor. Mr.. Fore
man ana gentlemen of the iury:-Joseph
heiIey, the respondent n this case stands
charged In this Indictment with having
on Cne 10Th day of April, Of the present
year teioniously. willfully and of his will
aro1etnought and with generalization
ana an with deliberation at Somersworth in
gnis a oounty, killed and murdered Joseph
a. StloKney. He stands charged in the
inuiotlnen5 with having committed that
murder by striking said Stickney diverse
severe and grievous blows with police
man billy on the head breaking the
scalp and giving the said Stickney mortal
wounds and then with razor cutting the
throat Of the said Stickney and thereby
also giving to him mortal wounds the
sald Stiekney died.
We expect Mr.. Foreman and gentleman
OF the Jury to prove to your minds beyond
reasonable doubt the truth of the allega-
tlons set out In the Indictment. We ex-
pecc to prove TO your minds deliberately
premeditatedly and planned cold blooded
III urder. In other words we expect to
prove case of murder in the first degree.
we shall show to you that Mr.. Joseph
=. otlckney WAS man seventy years of
age and somewhat feeble and at the time
OF his death and for q long time previous
hao been resident OF Somersworth. His
occupation was thatof cashier OF the
ereat Falls National bank which had
place OF business on Market street In the
city OF Somersworth at the time of his
death, and for long time before Mr..
Stlckney had been cashier OF the bank.
DE had for assistant cashier in the bank
lady by the name of Miss Swasey.
You will be taken to Somersworth to
view the scsne Of the murder. At noon
on day the of April 16, there was money
IN the bank to the value Of s4So0.
Miss Swn1ey was at her home during
was the only person In the bank, and
who expected to go to his home upon the
arrival Of his assistant.
At about Q O'Clock Frank r. Reed, Wis
ited the institution for the purpose OF
transacting business and found the glass
in the door broken. He notified the city
marshal, who climbed through the space
in the door and sent for Miss. Swazey to
open the inside door and upon going into
the bank Mr.. Stickney was found on the
floor, life extinct with his throat cut and
his head terribly fractured. Near the body
was found blackjack and piece of brown
wrapping paper. An examination of the
vault showed that nearly all the money
was missing.
Miss Swasey in going behind the count
or. found piece of paper with the fol-
lowing written upon it:
Deliver to Joseph E. Kelley my post
age stamps.
(Signedl "FRANK STONE %
Mr.. Stone was postmaster in Berwick
and kept his stamps in the bank.
In December, 1876, Mr.. Stone sent Kel-
ley with an order to get some stamps, but
the order found in the bank In April l6
show 1t was written by Joseph e. Kelley.
At this point the prisoner smiled and
looked about the court room when MIR.
Mason asked, "Who Is this Joseph E..
Kelley. ="
Mr.. Mason continuing said: "We will
show that in December, 1896, Kelley went
to board and room at Mrs. Wilkinson
in Berwick, and remained there up to
the time of the murder. In January,
1897, he hired rooms in the Lothrop build
ing, opposite the bank, and from the
windows in his room he could look
across to the interior of the bank. He
occupied the room up to the time of the
murder, still boarding in Berwick.
We shall attempt to show that he
planned the robbery. He told Mrs. Wilk-
inson that he would pay her on Thursday
but did not pay, but that day he went in
to store for piece Of wrapping paper
and some twine, and that a piece of the
paper was found in the bank and he re-
mainder IN his room in the Lothrop
block.
We shall attempt to show that Kelley
went into the bank and presented his Or
der to the cashier, and felled him to the
floor and then took the keys from Mr..
Stickney s pocket and locked the door,
went to the box, put money and stamps
into white bag, put on false NOUS
| tache and goatee, and tried to open the
door, but could not and he then broke
the glass. He went up over the hill to an
orchard, left the bag, but an overcoat
over it. jumped over the fence and went
to his room and changed his hat and
crossed the bridge to his boarding house.
He then went to stable to hire a team
on the pretense of going fishing, hut took
the team to- Linden street, threw away
the razor and drove the team into Page S
Lane. He got the money and drove to
| his boarding house, saw Mrs Wilkinson
in his room, telling her he was going fish
ing. He took dress suit case saying he
would return at night, after paying her
| that evening, and left the house. He did
not GO fishing but drove the. horse rapidly
to Lebanon, and then to Milton, where he
purchased a hat and overcoat, Having the
team at livery stable, and then went to
Union on the cars and from there to
North Conway and Quebec Junction,
! there taking train for DudsweII
| do lel6 tn6 Bfaln at COOkSn1r0 junction
at midnight and went to hotel, taking
the train next morning for Montrea
junction; where he took another train fol
St. Polycarpe Junction, and left the bag
of silver in a brook. He arrived at St.
Augutine Saturday night and stopped
there till Monday afternoon when he hired
a woMan's dress and bonnet and went tc
Montreal where he was found in house
with the gold and bills in his pocket.
When he was arrested he said to the
officers: 'iYes, am Joseph Kelley, the
an you are looking for. "
Upon being identified by New Hamp
shire man, Kelley said: ''Yes, my nech
will strech for this, but I did not do it
Jack did it. 1 met him in Dover" The
neat day, however, he admitted he was
the only party concerned in the murder
He was brought to Dover and said his or
irgtpal plan was to take the money to hi
room and mingle with the people, bu
was unable to unlock the bank door, ene
he got out the best way he could. Ht
4 pleaded guilty to the complaint at tht
preliminary hearing held in Dover.
After Mr.. Mason finished Chief Justice
Carpenter informed the jurors that they
are to visit the scene Of the murder to-
| morrow morning at eight O'Clock anc