Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-09


referred to her. Near the Rolling Dam
| Bridge the prisoner pointed out the
course he had taken On his way home.
! 1t was near here, he said, that he left
the track and took the back road AS
the train neared Gardiner the prisoner
was shown the ice house and asked il
he went down through there. He re-
| piled: 'Yess, l guess so; l came down
where there was lots of snow AT
Gardiner he also said something about
being afraid that the crowd would
, hang him. At Augusta he was afraid
to get off the train on account Of the
crowd. but he was told by the officers
| that they would protect him and there
would be no danger
Miss Lizzie Small, sister of the MIR
dered girl. was the next witness. She
said Mamie was 20 years old in May
before the February when she was
killed. She had been in Gardiner al
together about one year and a half
The last time she came the Saturday
before the fatal Friday. She stayed at
the home of J. Fl. Maxcy with her.
She also stayed one night at Lennan's.
The night before her death she stayed
with the witness.
When she went to the station to
board the 3.20 train for home the wit
Eess saw knight there. At first she
did not recognize him. because one eye
was covered with handkerchief or
some kind of a bandage. He wore an
ulster. Her first thought was that she
l--,n h h. -n1 hi tn no va
which was uncovered and finally rec
o%nizej him as Bradford Knight When
asked tf she spoke to him she replied
emphati cally: mo sir" She saw him
board the train after waiting for the
ladies to get on. She saw him on the
train in the rear car the third seat
from the back. The last time she saw
him was just after the conductor had
taken the tickets. This was before
they had reached South Gardiner
Noble Maxwell Of Richmond, was the
next witness. He said he had known
Knight for 20 years. He had seen him
in Richmond and in Gardiner on the
day of the murder. He saw him on the
train in the afternoon. He noticed the
bandage about his head and asked him
if ne was hurt and the respondent re-
piled that he was not hurt much.
q. b. Clason of Gardiner. was next
called. He had known Knight several
years. lie saw him on the day of the
murder on Water street and in the
depot. He came up on the train to this
city and saw the prisoner on the train.
He was talking with a lady. He saw
him in old Orchard in the summer Of
'9S He was with Mamie, he though.
at the time.
W. u. Haley Of Gardiner. testified
that he was on the train. the day of
tho murder. going from this city to
Gardiner at Go =. NJ. There was
lady with Knight on the train.
charles II. Morton of Augusta. was
also on the train on the day of the
murder, and saw Knight there and no.
ticcd the bandaCe about his head.
o. H. Moulton was in the square in
Gardiner near the depot on the arrival
Of the $50 train on the night of the
murder and saw gentleman and lady
go hy. He noticed them because his
horse SHE'D little when they passed
him. He was out exercising his horse and
afterwards drove around the common
twice lie noticed man pacing back
ana Iilln On one vi tlt f't'th' p'''
times he passed. He thought the man
| he saw with the lady at the depot ana
| in the park was the prisoner. This
was about 80 in the evening.
| Newell Heath was then called. He is
| the boy who was with Mamie Small
when she was murdered. He said no
| lives in Randolph. On the night OF the
! murder he accompanied her from his
home on the way to Mr.. MaXcy's IN
! Gardiner They left home about :
| o'clock When near Brunswick avenue
they met knight. He did not speak to
Mamie but stopped the witness as they
l.asscd him and asked him where the
BAPTIST church was. He told him 1t
was where the bell was ringing.
Mamie passed on while they were talk
ing. and Knight left the witness ana
started after her. He caught her by the
arm and asked her what all this troupe
was about. She told him to let her alone
or she would make trouble for him. lie
let her go ard she ran and he chased her.
lie caught ner in the path Of the Lehman
house and fired three bullets into her. He
recognized the prisoner as the man re
saw on that night.
George f. Bartoll was then called. He
was boarding in the Lehman house anu
was upstars in his room on the night OF
the murder lie heard screams and
down stairs. He went out and saw the
girl living on the snow. She made weak
struggle after he reached her. She was
living near where the walk turned in 10
the door.
Adjourned till 9.15 A. NJ. Thursday.
AS the trial proceeds the interest IN
creases In the afternoon while the jury
was at Gardiner many waited about the
court house for its return and when court
opened the room was crowded. There
was an unusually large number of ladies
present Judge Emery requested that
there be no whispering and that the room
be kept as quiet as possible. Perfect or
der was maintained in the court room
during the day, the only ripple being IN
the forenoon, when baby persisted in
cooling at moments when it could be
heard the most distinctly.
Mrs Harry Perry very unfortunate
ly suffered an accident to her right
ankle. Tuesday, one of the small bones
bpjnp fractured