Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-12

there were crossroads then in nlaco x,,.
ness then told precisely the $50 WIZ
the direct examination the reason, ,, III
the rails were broken out olS why
The han was again crowded J., a..
nacitv when witness Resumed ~ hs ca :
his afternoon. The cross-evan ;me stand
Attorney General Seiders was nnntiI,i py'
Witness told of his putting a No. u lutu
I'm an instrument used IN rnI, hatuie
after having returned fro mthe nns, lcss
ture. Witness was positive that he ala
not have the knife used as eyidenna u ~
the morning of May |. Witness 80, u
rated the statements he mad eorroDo,
TO the Whereabouts of the knit l,esdru
the time he was nthe pastura uurlns
General Seiders tried to draw fron, ny ny
, witness the statement that hacai,oh ~
ness did not tell that the. knifC use VIII
in his possession on his visit to ~, maS no,
pasture that he was withhoIdin,, ~ az p o'Iu
ton from the state. Witness renli.d tn,
because he was Informed nv ~, 80.
Matthews that suspicion .resta, n.,oi t liey
he thought il time To defend h Un, nm
Witness simply answered the o,'ait ,;e.i.
asked him and volunteered no f5rthsr ~
formation at that time Witn.ss IL ~
the converse ton with Deputy Mi. 1871 u,he'i
the latter sought to purchase ~. WI
cart Attorney General Seidars oii.e.,i,
questioned witness as to whether ~ nn,,d,.
any objections to giving IN the ,r, 49,,
witness told precisely the sam, 60, ' a..
in direct examination. There u,.,s -
lutely no objection To its deliverv ~. ~,
peated. Wtnt IS identified the irn,,sar.
worn on May and ANA the knifa ~
livercd to Attorney Matthe VS. ''' VIZ! ne as.,
denied that be had conversations "'-'
Witness Identified the rlhh.r ho. IA
Wore on the morning Of Man / III tont
particular notice OF the front rail of tho.
croSS-curt in riding over to the Goodwin
place OH Saturday. April ~ h,r,uca h.,
had used il 70 steaoy himst If On thn WAY
over
Confronted by the TESTIMONY IL amin,
"a
ing failed To bring out anv corr.rtin'' 80,
the part of the witness. On ne ,,nrrtn.,
Of the murder witness saw no M. az, ~
railroad track. This finished The t4sti-
on the stand
Ivory 4. Goodwin Of south Berwick
whose house IS near that IF defendant
was the next witness. He was present
when the ties Were being ln,dad on e.
tn cross-cart, On the Frida,. nr4vio1ts n
the murder. When Knight }.ft IN. I.ard
witness said, he had nothing ON his h.InJ
Witness identified several pieces of wood
used as state $ evidence wnich AIR Miles
took from his wood pile mi III rrnss
examination said il was pnssibIa hat
they did not come from his old ha,,rack
While witness was at work in his field
ticular notice If anyone passing aiun.
the road to the f. j. Knight place
w itnesS Edward T. knight purchased
the ties loaded 1t the Goodwin place ana
" as present W me lIle loading in
progress. Witness broke ont the forward
rail OF the cross-cart. but said that III.
bloodstained oak piece used as State's
evidence did not come from the cross
cart.
OF the three men. among them tba III.
PENDANT. who left the Goodwin Mace ~
the Friday previous To the murder, none
carried any al. portion. Of the broken eros.
rails Witness, on crOss-examination.
said he remembered the breaking Of III,
first cross rail ana was positive the nai,
piece used as States evidence was not
the one he broke ont
Louis Il. Hanson OF South Berwick. III.
next witness was in the barn with Others
several hours after the murder was com
mtted.
He found shoe tracks which took the
direction OF the railroad track. Casts
We're made of the tracks which led from
the scene OF the murder by Mr. White.
winch process witness saw Witness
asked Samuel locke on the occasion Of
Their visitin gthe wood lot where the lat
Ter was cutting wood whether he had
ever hdd any correspondence with Fannie
Sprague, to which the latter replied: No
! never nave locke afterwards showed
tthret piles Of wood which he had cut on
the morning of May /. The boughs taken
from the wood. witness said, looked as
though they had been cut a week
j Cross-eNamined, witness designated the
larger as the male track and tn.
smaller as the female track" tie was
not positive whether the plaster casts of
the tracks We're true ones as to width
Or. George B. Emerson of South Ber-
WICK. was next called He was at the
scene of the tragedy. May l. and picked
from the stall where the body lay some
hairpins, matches and bloody shorts
bag
David Sarsfeld was recalled ana tcsti-
he'd to seeing the bloody shorts bag near
where the body lay
James T. White Of South Berwick.
stated that he was At the Florence
Knight place. May >. He examined the
premises and visited some tracks which
Mr.. Hanson had marked. and took a east
lie could not tell whether the imprint was
made by rubber boot or by a shoe An
other east was made of the smaller track
Witness thought the casts We're true as
TO size and width of the tracks
This closed the testimony Of this wit
ness ana court suspended until $50 o'clock
Tuesday morning.