Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-03
MANY WITNESSES.
Second Day Of Quirion Trial
Occupied by State.
thought that the Case Will Be Com
pIeted by Saturday Night.
The Evidence fer the Defence Will Be In.
.Toduccd. Today.

me Qulrlcn trial was continued by the
government, Thursday morning. There
was good crowd of spectators
Joseph q. Audct was the first witness
to be called. AT the time Of the muir
der he lived just across the road from
the house where the dance was held
on that Saturday evening he Went.
after supper. over to Waterville with
his brother. on their way back they
met Frank Ouirion and talked with
him a while The witness then walked
up on the hill with him and left him
when he turned in to his house. He
went to the dance in the evening. ana
left about 1910 for home, before thu
dance broke up. He saw Joseph
QuiriOn come to the door during the
evening. and later he came in. He was
told to go away and did not stay long
Tic went directly from the dance to his
home and went to bed. He was awak-
ened by an uproar in the street, and
got up To look out of the window. He
saw a crowd of 80 or 81. He watched
until the trouble was over. He saw a
little crowd apart from the large one
but could not recognize any one in
either. lie dressed ana went out He
met Gustave Poulin in the street.
n al =. 'scHh Quicion and several
re- we've there. WitTess then went
To the house of Theodore Brassau and
saw the wounded men. lie examined
their cuts. He then went in search Of
a policeman. On his way he saw
Frank QUiri0n ana his father at about
the same place where he had seen them
first Frank was talking about fight
irg. Witness told him he ought to he
ashamed OF himself. after stabbing two
men to want t. fight others He did
not make this remark especially To
Frank. Mrs. Qurion then said that
her boy did not have q knife. MIR.
Quirion asked if they had gone after
The doctor and the police. Witness
then went to the house of officer Pol
lard Of Winslow on his way back HI
met officer Simpson ana Deputy Sheriff
Getchell Of Waterville, and went with
them to the bouse of the Brassaus. Al
tie Dayon house they found Frank and
Joseph Quirion and others He pointed
out Frank to the officers and was told
to leave the house.
In the cross-examination Audct saii
that when he met Frank Quirion on tha
bridge he had heard him invited to the
dance ana tHdl '9uii ION H-'u itl'iitu Ili'lt
they dId not want nm thefe muCn an
he should go 70 see ms sIrI- r. "ll
not thihk ltosepE Was liii'Nic1''" Ml''''
ne was Std"peu, r. i''" Se1 III ~
a. tiiG ~ 'lI. .,1',.
fight.
AuS uN'uS "i'Ii' -.
Sillu lllat ne III" hl'I ~ 'lt ~ Il"
house On the night 81 thr nufi"f- iNc
evening had heen spent n soolai
manner. lie had seen FRANK lhaI
evening IN NattrNlli'. lie StaEF' al
the DoEoh mouse rom ap'ut N.'V %
9f' 1hcn had S'lhe'nl'i% I" u'IHh. ii'
hau Stth u'ei P'9,'" II
was a!t"h"l present I'll h'' RIM
had h"t seen any
Ills brother ana Frank Quiriun both
had some Franks mother was there
at the house. He saw Frank come out
after him. He did not see the two
men on the street. He heard when h.
went out to 20 home: IF You want
To know the rabbits, catch them. -
saw two mcl near kyoA's house. he
replied to the remark about the rab-
bits: If we should catch you We
cot,Id NOT hold you. your tails are too
short" Frank approached them. ~
went With Frank towards the tWo meh
to see what they wanted and what WAS
going on He knew there would be
be trouble from what he had heard al
The house from the two men who came
M. He heard from Joseph Quirlon
that some one had been stabbed. HI
the c.ross-examiration re said he had
gone back to tne logon MUS Will
Joseph Quirion- He did not notlc
when Frank came IN FfanH Sat"
some one had hit him on the ell mn re
did not remember that r5,,h 1 tn I +i,,D
that y W,-S i'osepS " III h i,,, E,ranl.
tla dld nh Feiiiti'iu'i III I'll,
say anything ABOUT c".liHS'
he knew there was hothihs S''l' -, a. ,s sa''
Doyon house about cuttihg- re n%.'
bean in the GIT as the iil1nI oi if''i',
Tie had struck S.ihe " -
Of the head, ne thousin. i,
Father Charland ~ WATER lIe' Nd7
next called. He had been called 70 See
,.,f,a,, poeah,, about o'clock. Sun
l>l.,' I,..,.,,ir,r, aftor +bo fight He found
~, I,,iro, on the floor near the stove.
lr rIll, house was full Of people. Roseby