Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-11-01
SHOES IDENTIFIED.
Worn by Geo. Champion, But
Bought by Scott Goodwin.
Tracing Champions Movements In
mediately After the Murder.
Slate Weaving Chain Of Evidence Which viii
Be Hard 10 Break.

| Alfred, Ne oct. 3I-The trial -
Geo Z. Champion. charged with muir
der oG four persons in West Newteld.
last jun. Mas continued III the 81
prere court. today az $50 o'clock. The
greater part OF The forenoon was de-
/ voted 70 hearing Witnesses who tcs,i-
fed regarding the identity 81 a pair If
/ shoes worn by Champion when h. was
arrested in Massa chusette. and C.. a
pooket-book which vas found oh the.
read over which It Il alleged Chamr ion
| passed when on his way from the
Goodwin place 70 Pennington. y. II.
! The COURT room was filled with spec
tators when champion. guarded By
( two officers. entered Just before. the
hour for the opening of court A. on
! yesterday, there We're rusny women in
the gathering Every seat vas taken
| and the standing room around the ' alls
( was occupied
/ Samuel q Moore of NewfeId was
| called as tho first witness Moor. .a>-
/ tilted that IN Sunday. June TO- h.. saw
/ Scott Goodwin at his homo returning
| from church. The following morning
| having heard OF The fire at the Good
| Win place, h. Went over and was pres
ent when tile bodies were removed
from tn ruins
Z Tie SAID great care was exercised in
removing he remains from ben.a-t
/ tn ruins Of the chimney. which an
/ parently had fallen almost directly up-
On them. Witness said that TIL. III.
( across BeTJsCh's chest. beginning from
/ beneath his arm. was a clean cut
wound. evidently an inch and a half
/ ID depth He told Of the fractures seen
Mr. thr head of Bert~ch arl Mr..
! Horne
The mex; witness was Sherim Usher
r. Thompson q Newfell, high sheriff
! u York county. He was shown X pair
( If tan shoes hich NJ Identified IA Tia
same hr had received from Georg.
Hanson. acting jailer at Alfred He
/ also identified q pocket book as On. h.
had received from Deputy Lewis ".
| P-ni-xter
Acting Jaiie- HanScom was called 10
thu stand and identified the shoes as
| tn same NJ had turned over 10 the
| sheriff. He Sall that when Champion
vas brought to me JAN h had Hi the
shoes. and when questioned regarding
them. said they had been purchased
from a dealer in Salem street Boston
4 Champion, re said. explained scratches
believed u have been mad with the
purpose OF obliteratirg the number. by
i,saying that a man desired to make a
/ trade with him for another pair Of
shoes but as the other man Wore No
S he feared the trade would not 60
through unless the No. which his
shoe bore had been scratched out.
Witness also said that in conversa-
zion with Champion the prisoner ad-
nitted that he had been at the Good
Win place on Sunday. June 10. but thar
he left there at 9.I5 o'clock Sunday
evening.
Edwin a. Andrews the jailer testi-
fed that he first saw the shoes on
Champion when me latter was brought
- thu Jail from Boston. The prisoner
was allowed 70 wear them two weeks
in the Jail but then they We're taken
from him and turned over ID the
sheriff
VIM. Z Demeritt. a West NeNfield
storekeeper testified that On April s.
last lie sold a pair OF shoes alike al
most III every particular to those offer
ed in evidence. TO Scott Goodwin. He
had only two pairs Of this size ana pat
tern. he said and the other pair was
sold 70 Dr. I4eavitt u Eppins.
Benjamin H F2rnsworth. Portland
wholesale shoe dealer. was called. He
said that on FEB. > he shipped a lot OF
shoes TO Mr.. Demeritt and in this lot
We're two pairs OF No. tan shoes ii
the same pattern az that shown him
in the court He admitted however,
that the shoes on exhibition Wer=
, slightly darker than those sent a. Mr.
p-merritt.
The next witness called was Everett