Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-04

how much there was in the kitche,
or where ii came from.
she saw Frank after the row talk.
ing with Louise. They were not talk
| ing fight.
Flossie Poullen gave brief testimony
| she had attended the dance. LET,
ahout l2l0. She did not see Frank al
the dance, but she did see Joseph. his
pTotner- Dlu not see them nave any
trouble at the dance.
The next witness called was ore ot
the most important ones. 1t was Jo-
seph luirion, brother Of the respond
cnt. His testimony was rather disap-
pointing, throwing but little addition
81 light on the case. He arrived al
the Doyan house about 1l.30 or /.
O'Clock. Saturday night. He had been
there earlier in the evening. He had
gone over to the dance about $50. He
went into the house but did not have
any trouble. He went from there
down street and did not return until
about II o'clock. About one hour and
half later fight commenced. His at
tention was not called to il by any
thing. He Went out to the fight a good
while after the others had. He then
saw Frank near the Kyon house. He
and Frank went to the end of the For
nier house to a tree there He saw
Louisel near Dennis house on sidewalk.
He did not see Frank go into the big
crowd at all. Frank was in the Doyon
house when he got back. He had not
heard any one say anything about
cutting Guts out. He saw a man in
the window Of the Dennis house. This
man told them TO go to bed and he
had replied: Come down and put US
to bed" He saw Audet, who said
that Roseby and Brasseau had stabbed
each other. He did not see Frank
have any knife
Mary Qurion, mother of the prison
CT was then called. She was very
much agitatcd and was unable to
speak out loud. She said Frank ate
his supper before the others. Satur-
day ANA had gone out in his shirt
sleeves. A little later he came back
after his coat. She did not see him
after that until he came in after the
pie. at l1.30 or II. She had seen two
knives on the table. She threw the
poorer one into the cupboard and told
her daughter TO put the better one in
her fathers pocket. officer Pollard Of
WinsioW. came after this knife. Sun
day afternoon. and carried it away
with him. she was in the Doy0n
house when the fight commenced
When she went out Frank was near
the kyon house. she was with him
all the time after ana had sent him
home ahead of her. Joseph was there
at the fight She did not hear him
say anything to the man in the win
dow. She heard nothing said about gut
ting. When she returned to the Doyan
house Frank was there. When Frank
was arrested the officers searched his
pockets. and also those of Joseph.
They did not find any knives.
In the cross discrimination she adj
mitted that she had not seen any of
the fight. 1t was over before she ar
did not know anything about the stab
bling until her son was arrested.
Frozena Cayon was the next to be
called. She had been down on the
Plains on the night of the fight 50
knew little about it. She was return
ing to her home in the neighborhood
in the midst of the trouble, at about l.
o'clock She, did not hear anything
said about cutting. She did not linger
in the crowd but went directly to her
home.
Joseph Founier was recalled at this
point by the government and asked if
he had not stated to his landlady in
Oakland. where he spent a part of the
summer. that he knew who had done
the stabbing and had the knife that
it was done with, which he had loaned
on the night of the murder. He denied
this emphatically and had no knowl-
edge of anything of the sort.
A short recess was then taken to
give the defence time to prepare some
of its witnesses. When court was
again opened Frank Quirion, the re-
spondent. was suddenly put on the
stand This had hardly been expected
and his testimony was listened to with
great interest The court room was
painfully silent during the eXamina-
tion no one wishing to miss a single
word that was spoken. The prisoner
was very calm and seemed to be in eX-
cellent spirits. The long trial has not
affected him apparently. 1t was hard
to realize that he could be guilty of
the crime as he stood in the box. IN
der the artificial light he was rather
attractive in his robust manhood. His
hair Is jet black as is his small
moustache. His eyes are black as
Goals and very bright. He seems
hardly more than a boy. and, indeed.
he is not much more, having just pass
cd his 9th birthdaV
The events of the fatal day We're
brought out in detail by the questions.
He had. been working in the woods
near the head of Moosehead lake and
had not been at home long. He was
expecting to go to work again in the
pulp mill on the Monday after the
Sunday on which he was arrested. On
Saturday forenoon, he had been in
Shawmut and Fairfield. He had gone
to ShaWmut with a friend to secure
him 4 lob on the drive. He had re-
turned to him home in Winslow about
IL. 50 in the forenoon. After dinner he
went down on the Plains and remain