Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-20

The victims were j Wesley Allen. n
prosperous farmer and member of thu
board Of selectmen Of the town Of Shir-
ley, his wife. Mary s. ana their IA
yea"-old daughter Carrie l..
The choosing Of jury occupied thc
attention Of the court nearly All day.
G2 Of the Il talesmen summoned Wera
examined before the I2th man had
taken his seat in thc jury box. After
th4 panel had been filled the defence
challenged one Of the jurors who had
been chosen and another was selected
to vacancy. The jury. completed is as
follows. ". II. Hathaway. farmer, vii
limantc. (foremun): James f Russell
farmer. Abbott: Fred 6. Adams. me
chanic. FoXcroft, sumner l.. Hart
farmer. Willimantio. Norris O. Her
ring. farme:. Farllln9n. Elmer L. .tmeS.
farmer. Dover: JohE II. Weymouth.
farmer. SangerVill". l.. :. Barney.
farmer. Atkinson; Il. T. Hutterfield
farmer. Meiford: H. ElWO"d Edgerly.
farmer, Dover: Frank W. CleaNeS
farmer. SangerviIla; Elias Jones, quar-
ryman. Williamsburg.
Whcn tn panel had been completed
the iudi, tmcnt charging Lambert with
tha murder Of J Wesley Allen WAS
read ana ne respondent entered plea
IF MT guilty. County Attorney Martin
J.. nui yin then. ut + Z. NJ. began the
opening argument for tho state. lie
spoke little more than an hour.
III. began by describing the Allen
homestead on The lonely road leading
to Mo0Sohead lake. where J. Wesley
Allen ANA His Wife had lived for 3"
years. These buildings, he said. Wer'
xnown to have been standing. sunday
afternoon May T.. and on the follow
i;Ir morning the house was IN runs
and among the embers We're found thc
.nu.ilatpd bodies of the Allen family
Murder and arson. and perhaps worse.
hnd been committed in the Intervening
time. The State would prove. he SAID
that Henry NJ. Lambert was the per
snr who committed the crimes.
ut,o roi,ntv attorney confined himself
chiefly to following the movements "i
1o,oha,t from the time he arrived at
Shirley and Greenville from the DRIVE
the Friday before the murder' unti ne
/, fl C;rcnnville. sunday. and said me
state was prepared to prove tla'
clent time elapsed between the ,'.o
thn RESPONDENT left GreenNiiie Al" ~
arrival ut the home of 1llleN H'ii'h'
fr, him to have visited the Allen b'acs
ana committed the crime '""i SSu
d Gainst him. ,id that
,rh.. state would show, b" Silu' 'h'''
Lambert came down t" ShrI'H .,
working some time on the "'iN''
Nav 10. At shirley he purchased / 'i'"
mir Of rlbbcrs and set out ior
vim. where he remained unll r. Jia ,ot
tnrnnon. Lambert claims th:it hiiin u , III
Io',I-, tho RlrtlcY house al 'Tr',' ~. 80
IN .t,,t = n'cIock. SUNDAY night: hut u
KIM. would nroVr that ne fcI' Ii,,,
S5"rt1v nftrr :; o'clock. Lambert ,ia, .'ai'n~
ti',t h,. went directly nom tll', 20" har
hous. 10 tn, home ~ iiI,'H 7ihni,t IN.
L. boarded reaching thcf" a"ui' r."
~ p"ii"gp', i a.. St',tr would prove that m
.t.tI of aoing toward IL" Sml'n WE
III, raenondant went down me II =.
tracks and cutting thrnIEm m"n1r nd
r,.,ds arrived at the Alltn nom ii,,,
I"'thS' @ Ill ,,t,,n went TO his h"tru'h&
l.,,.. moi reaching the lltttt ""''
n'rinrk or even a half h"nr Ia ~. St.,t.
Hi etiDnort Of this contehu"tl .if,. III, th.,+
.,t,; II ,,,nd,ic4 witnesst I" tts,ilA III. NJ,
W"u!u pi '..,.,, tracks made by new run
| tily M u ~. Logging roads ana II W 4
;nit,, N H.. Alien house ana VII. - Il,
! ber, was perspitlhE ,ii,'t, smith fn,i
! reached the home oi sl.,Ie;S, sll,IIeS, ranidjl.
'Hrrii"9 C,n,o .,lso would prove thdt i-@iil
~ - g., native for the crlni., ~ w
! .ire fnr intimate relations ,,,,oe.l Il,
| Allen having been Stfeh'"'
| the girls father. >. .5,,nIeted his open
| v HI HI, -, adjourned for the n'iS. ~
iiiS; . 'nr i,,oss for the State WIN DC gail'.
when court conTehes' -
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