The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26
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Alfred, September 25.-Ihe grand jury
of the York county supreme court, after
a sitting of seven working days, report
ed, this afternoon, forty indictments.
Four indictments were found against
George Champion, charging him with
the murder of George W. Goodwin of
Newfeld; his son, Scott Goodwin; tbs
housekeeper, Mrs Eliza N Horne; and
a farmland, Fred Bertsch. If the civil
docket can be cleared in season. and
Champions counsel recover from their
sickness, the trial is likely to occur next
week; otherwise it win go over till etne
adjourned session in November, after
Chief Justice Wiswen has held a term
of court in Knox county.
The other Indictments made public are
as follows:
James Riley, John SpelIman, and Fred
Measures of Kennebunk, assault and lar =
ceny from the person, July 8; James
Jewell, Sanford, larceny, May %; Ed
ward Welch, Saoo, breaking and enter
ing, May 20; George Reynolds, Fred La
Rose and Additore Garron of Biddeford,
breaking and entering, June 4; Charles
Buker, Berwick, larceny, July 10; James
Sullivan, of Salem, and Albert Foster,
Louis Lane. and George L. Wentworth
of Lynn, Mass, breaking, entering and
larceny, July IS; George White, New
York, assault and malicious mischief,
July 10; George Grundy, Acton, larceny,
August 4; Alfred Branston and Joseph
CIeary, Boston, breaking, entering and
larceny, August 3; Edward Waterhouse,
Kennebunk, larceny, August IA; William
Knox, Boston, forgery at Hollis, Septem-
Der 14;Joseph Penault and Oliver Romeo,
Biddeford, breaking, entering and lar
ceny, August 20; Joseph Penault, Bidde-
ford, larceny, August 20.
Only few liquor indictments were re-
ported. The course of indicting on evil
dence obtained from the records of the
collector of internal revenue was not re-
sorted to.
The trial of the action brought against
the Boston & Maine railroad for the death
of Edwin Day, a North Rerwick farmer,
who was struck by an engine of a special
train lie he was driving over a grade
crossing in July, 1899, was begun today.
and occupied the full day. e. p. Spin
ney of North Berwick, is counsel for
the plaintiff, and G. @. Yeaton of South
Berwick for the Boston & Maine. The
action is brought by Mrs. Lottie I. Day,
widow of Edwin Day. The writ alleges
that the locomotive which killed him
was drawing a special train bearing the
president and directors of the road, who
were makir a trial trip over the Eastern
Division, making test OF coke as a fuel;
and that no warning signal by bell or
whistle was sounded as the train ap-
preached Jenkins Crossing, where the
accident occurred, 1t further alleges
that the train was running at an enor-
NOUS rate of speed, and testimony was
introduced to show that gang of section
men who had passed the crossing going
toward the train a few minutes before
Mr.. Day was struck, barely escaped with
their lives.
The railroad corporation denies that the
accident was due to any negligence of
it's officials; and also alleges that the
crossing in question is not "near a COM
pact part of the town." to which kind of
crossing the special statute cited in the
case refers.
The evidence In the trial was close at
6.45 this evening, and court took a recess
till Thursday morning. Chief Justice
Wiswen and number of members of this
bar Will attend the funeral of Judge
Haskell In Portland tomorrow.