Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-21
THE White MURDER,
IestimonyFor the State Open-
ed, Thursday Morning.
White Said ''PuII, Pull DIN YOU,
Just Before Firing
Acc ''dins to Two Witnesses Rose Whites
Statement to Coroner Put Ii.

Inc case OF State VS.. Rose f.. White
for the murder of her husband Everatt
White, at Chelsea, June IA. was re-
sumed at the court house, Thursday
morning, the government calling. to he
sworn, IA witnesses.
Fred w. Blanchard of Gardiner an
architect, was the first Witness ex-
amined. He testified to the making
of plan of the house where the alleg-
ed crime was committed, and as to the
house and furniture and various meas
urements connected Herewith. The
house is 20x22 feet and sits, side to the
road, the door from the street entering
the side and center. leading directly
into the kitchen which occupies the
east end of the building, and in the
west end is room used as a bed
room.
John j. Regain, an ex-member of the
Soldiers Home, testified that he had
been boarding at Everett Whites five
days when Whites death occurred;
that on the night of June Is last, White
and his wife, the prisoner, and her
mother, Mrs. Carson, arrived at the
house, having been away, and they
brought some liquor and the old lady
gave him drink. The next forenoon
White and his wife were bantering
each other, she accusing him of be-
ing with another woman while she had
been in Jail and he accusing her of be-
ing with another man: that finally
| they got veXed and swore at each
| other. About noon. Everett White
came into the house pretty drunk and
| commenced another wrangle with his
wife, and she said:
| You will have to get out of this
house, for am going to get rid of you
| any way, in some way. You stop this
drinking and go to bed" He then
went out, but returned in a few mo-
ments and commenced to wrangle; and
| his wife then said: Il will see whether
you won't get out of here" and she
went away down the road toward the
Peaknuckle place. and he followed her.
| She said she was going after the team
with which to go and have him taken
care of. In about 10 minutes they
came back with their clothes torn and
in, TO q
road Officers Ames and Rollins came
| and made a seizure of liquor at the
| house.
| Before the officers left Everett and
his wife had arrived, and she said to
| the officers: Il want you to take care
of this son of a b-h, / can't stand it
any longer. She was excited and al
most in Mysteries. About two minutes
after that Mrs. Carson, her mother,
and man by the name of Sam White,
came with the team. Everett said he
would go down with the officers and
settle the matter of the seizure, and
ne wrangled with the officers, until
they told him if he didn't stop they
would take him down. She said: mo,
| don't let him go, / will CO. and she
told Everett to go to bed, and she and
ner mother went down to Judge Ste
vens' court. While they were gone
there was at the house witness, sam
White, Everett and a fellow whose
name he did not know with whom
Everett was wrestling out in the yard.
Finally Everett came into the Kitchen
and laid down on the lounge ana went
to sleep. He was very much intoxl-
Gated and slept about three hours. The
prisoner and her mother returned, be
tween and s, before dark, and sam
White took the team and carried II
home. The prisoner then said to Ever
EFT: You have got us into an awiui
scrape, and you are the cause OF IL.
He savs.r "Whv?" She says: you will
find out, tomorrow" She ana her
mother then went to getting supper
and Everett went out and was gone III
| or - minutes and came in. sam
White at that time had come back.
When Everett came back witness
was sitting at the table preparing u
eat. with his back to the door leadlns
into the bedroom, and the old lady was
sitting at the other end OF the tapie'
Sam White was sitting on the coucn'
! reading. The prisoner was runnlhs
around the kitchen preparing supper
When she saw Everett come IN she
collared him and said: Come IN anu
go to bed now. You Will surfer io'
this. Now go to bed Cd ID
you" And she took him into the pee
room. the door of which was partiaiis
omen. Heard wrangling words IN thefs
and swearing at each other Could mo-
state the words said, but the ciiiel
thing was that she wanted him to g
to bed. She also said:
You have got me into oeVii oi
, scrape this time, and you Will ma gu
~ ,,,hot will become of us