Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-11-02
THOSE BLOOD SPOTS,
More Expert Testimony in the
Champion Murder Case.
Four Witnesses Put On by the De-
fence, Thursday Afternoon.
Examiners Testify 10 ihe Presence Of Mortal
Wounds on Corpse.

Alfred, Me. Nov. Lit WAS thought
Thursday forenoon. that the trial of
George K. Champion. charged with the
murder of four persons i'll West New
field. last June. which was begun in
The supreme court here. last Tuesday.
would be interrupted for a time. owing
To the illness Of Lewis +. Hill Of Saco.
one of the jurors. Mr.. Hill was attack
ed soon after court adjourned. yester-
day. and was painfully i'll all night
FdrlT this morning. il was thought
That he would be unable to be present
III court. today. but when the hour for
opening had come the juror insisted
that he was AN right" and the trial
was resumed at $50 o'clock. Judge
WisWeil informed Juror Hill that every
G nsid"ration would he shown him. and
that if at any time he desired 70 rest
the court would take d recess for tho
purpose.
Jhere We're many strangers in town,
today. i'll addition 70 those who have
been here since the trial began and the
court room was crowded before the
hour of opening.
The first witness Of the day was DR.
Alfred King of Portland. Il physician
and surgeon connected with the Maine
General hospital. Or. Kings testimony
was entirely Of a technical nature. He
did not make an examination Of the
bodies Of the victims Of the West New
field tragedy. Asked as to what blood
vessels would be affected by a cut such
as that on Fred Bertschs neck as de-
Scribed by previous witnesses. witness
replied several large blood vessels
would b" severed and possibly the jug
ular Vein. He said that when q large
blood vessel in the body of a living
person was opened the blood would
come from it in spurts: if the person
was dead the flow of blood would be
steady and very slight. The cuts on
iierts1h'S breast, as described To him,
he said, probably would sever small
arteries. but if attended 10 in time he
did not think they would cause death.
In his opinion Il blood clOt Of any con-
siderable size would not collect in a
fracture made after death and he add
"a that any blood flown il the brain
of any of the victims must have been
caused by an injury sustained before
death.
Dr. King was subjected 10 a search
.ng croes-eXamination by counsel for
HE defence. In the course Of this ex-
animation he admitted that after blood
has been burned there remained dark
powder and he did not think that he
could determine from an examination
Of this powder whether the blood was
t'einous or arterial.
During his examination. yesterday
afternoon, DIR. Leavitt of Eppingham.
\. H. testified that he had examined
lood taken from the head Of one Of
The victims in the form Of a powder
and was of the opinion that il was ar
trrial blood.
The next witness called was Mrs.
Sarah T.. Champion, wife of Charles
Champion. Lynn. Mass. Witness teSti-
fed that George Champion came 10 her
home at o'CIoCl. in the evening OF
June I. and remained there until short
~ after the following morning.
While there Champion told her he was
on his way TO Somersworth. y. II. He
was going there. he. said. because boy
named Poole had been injured in Bos-
ton and he did not wish to be held as
witness in the case. Witness stated
that Champion had told her he was
without funds and then asked Charles
Champion for a lean Of 81 Her hus
band did not have this amount in the
house. but he borrowed the amount
from a neishbor and gave ii 70 George
before the latter left the house. Wit
.,- -I,a+ .
/. dark coat and vest. pair OF light
trousers. light calored necktie and
pair of well-worn black shoes
Charles Champion corroborated N"
testimony given by his wife. Thomas
p Hodgdon. a Boston hack driver, tes-
tilted that he knew Champion. having
met him at the stable where ne Work
ii in Boston. He saw Champion in
Boston. June II. between n.3o y. NJ
and ?. NJ. about one and one-haIt
miles from the Northern Union station.
John Anderson. a baggage porter al
the Southern Union station Boston.
testified that he saw Champion and ms
wife at the Southern Union station.
Irne l2. when a trunk belonging to
champion was brought there in her
die and checked for Milford, Mass.
John Flannigan testified that II was
his herdic which brought Champion
trunk to the station. He called for the
trunk at the North End Mission ana
when theyarrived at the stationi Cham
ninn gave him s. bill from which II
take payment. Witness conld nol
make change. so Champion handed hlm
!. 81 bill. At that time witness saw
in Champions possession SO bill and
,vo or three fives on the way 10 the
station Chapion asked witness not 70
teu ANYBODY where the trunk was CO.
ing
AT this point County Attorney Mat
,hews requested that recess be tahen
~ lunch. as the witness he wished to
mn on the stand was not available AZ
rsar moment. He stated that he pros
4cution would put only three or fve
moro witnesses on the stand. ana 1t
i believed the State will rest its case
before court adjourns. this afternoon
The indisposition of Juror Hill was re-
h-ia frFprmI<SiOnS