Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-21

EFT passed her and she followed him
When he came into the door she said:
'Come in here and go to bed" They
went into the bedroom and witness sat
on the lounge, and took the Daily Ken
nebec Journal and went to reading
Next heard the prisoner ask her hns-
band what he wanted to get drunk for.
and then say: Either 90 to bed or get
OUT
He told her to go to HI, he would
get out when he got ready. They had
not been in the bedroom more than
two minutes at that time Then heard
her say: go to bed, d--n YOU"
Heard nothing more until he heard
Everett sing out: Pull, pull, d-n
you, pull" Had heard other words be-
tween them while in there, but could
not distinguish them. His impression
was that the bedroom door was wide
open. The shot followed instantly af-
ter the challenge to pull, and he rushed
in and found Everett on the floor with
his head and right shoulder resting on
the bed and his wife sitting down along
side of him, her right arm under hi
head, partially, and she was hugging
and kissing him.
She said Everett had shot himself
and asked if I would go after doctor.
l said no." and turned round and
went out into the kitchen and sat down
on the lounge for a moment. Just then
Billy Hall came in and went for a doc
tor. Did not see the wound on Everett
because his wife was so close to his
head, but asked her where it was and
she pointed her own hand to her fore
head, in the left temple. Was there
the next morning about 6 o'clock.
Prisoner then called him into the sit
ting room and said that when the Off
GERS came she was going to say there
the affair occurred but her mother,
Johnny and herself, and you We're not
here at ALL" l said:
well, if any questions are asked me
l shall have to tell the truth She
says: You need not be afraid, shall
tell them you were not here at ALL" A
revolver was shown witness which he
identified as his and which he said he
loaned to Mrs. Carson about the first
of May. He had not seen it since until
he saw it in the grand jury room.
Geo. II. Ames, deputy sheriff, testi-
place and made a seizure of liquor, on
the afternoon of June IA. Before he
and the other officers with him got
away Rose White and her husband
came up the road. The front part of
her dress was torn out and he was in
his shirt sleeves and his shirt was bad
ly torn. She says: See what the d-n
son of a b-h has done to me- Her
dress was torn out and her bosom and
LeCh were piuiSeu anu pleeulHS.
asked her how it happened and she
said Everett had been drunk all day
and quarreling with her, and
she had started to go down after
her team to go after a warrant
for him to see If she couldn't get rid of
him, or make him behave himself. and
that when she got near Mrs. Barker's,
Everett threw her down and was choking
her. and two soldiers came along and
made him let her up. He was going to
fight them and she toiu them to go on,
she would take care of him. " -tness told
her he had made the seizure and she
would have to go with him, as the war
rant was against her. She said the liquor
was Everett's and not hers. She went
and got ready and went with the officers.
Everett was drunk.
Mark l.. Rollins, deputy sheriff, testi-
fed ne was present at the time of the
seizure, corroborating the testimony OF
officer Ames. He also testified that the
prisoner said Everett had been fighting
her all day. Everett, after his wife's
arrest, asked her if she wanted him to
go down, and she replied: mo, you 90
y
see what a scrape you have got me into"
On the way to court witness was in his
team in the rear of the team in which
were the prisoner and her mother, and
he heard Rose say she was coming to
Augusta to see If she could not do some
thing to get rid of him, she could not
live with him any longer, either to get a
bill or get rid of him somehow.
John III. Gardiner testified that he lived
near the place of the Whites, and on the
return of the prisoner and her mother
from court, on the 14th of June, they
called at his house. After some talk with
Rose about the case upon which she had
been to court she said to him: You get
rid of your wife and / am going to get
rid of Everett, and why can't you and
me do business together" Witness told
her he was married. Sne said: THAT
won't make any difference. You get rid
of your wife and 1 will get bill from
Everett or get rid of him., something to
that effect, land we will get married.
we will do business, anyway She said
Everett had abused ner that day down
the road, and was opening her dress TO
show where he mad scratched her. She
said: Cd d--n him, ! am not going to
live with him any longer
Chas A. Jones, who is postmaster and
keeps store at Togus testified that Ev-