Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-28

| Commenting on the evidence he first al
| iuded to the finding of the body III me
| pohu. lie said that the only witness VINO
| .oiu OF the team going on 10 me prid,;
| was sure that it did not stop thcfe IL
asked whether il was possible TO believe
| mat man could throw those heaN )
bodies that distance without stopping MS
horse.
Counsel at this poin. discussed the poor
oid neglected wife down in Name ana
| inc SIX pauper children. III they nae ai;y
male Kin with red blood in mem ! snouid
suppose Bailey stood some chance OF Sct-
| ting shot" he said.
The question Of how long the BODY mai
| bceh IN the water and now ionS ~, pods
! was out Of the water after ne n a i no1u
| taken from it, was discussed IA Inc iiIht
| OF l)r. finkham's testimony. lie foid th'
Jury II was not safe 10 draw ihi'fchceN
| The doctor had allowed mat IL might
have been matter of guess work Az
| Hannah Hawkes. out Of the case ana me
| noises heard on Lake street, that nlEh ,
| Wou!u nave attracted no ioti,,. oli
was the Keystone Of the ease. II ilinhan
| Hawkes. heard that team pass over i
muddy road that night why cou On ~
| have heard those shots as wen as inc
| people ut the Graves house WI" ilNed
| slN-tcnths Of a mile distant. lt"nrlcttl
| Hawkes. said she did not hear them AMI
| that no shots were fired.
| AS for the four witnesses IN lhe tfaFcS
| hau"e, counsel contcndeu tnat on .li'i
| own showing the shots never came from
| the Bailey farm for the direction which
| they indicated is not the direction Of
| their house from the farm house
| Mr. Sisk called attention l" me iact
| that Mr. Graves testified that his attcn-
| tion was first called to having heard shots
| after the body was found. Ihat showed
| that tho matter made more impression on
| Inn at the time and IT'S slshlhcahcc "''i
| not come to him until Mr.. Neal had
tai "a with his wife But the whole
| nimsN story of an alleged trip OF team
| from this farm "a Fioat,nE irldec ihIi.
| At tn" McGnwan house. Mrs Mc''n"ih s.
| attention was called - lo. MT. Graves
| beard tho team At 1l.W.
| What delayed that team an that time
| Why. you could walk u ~ hail Ihl' UNI.
| Would man drive Xix" inad 'hrouEh IN =
| crowded streets with such a GhdStlv load
| ana delay where II was lonely: i'ut inIi
| At that hoar officer Allen was riSh,
| there coming OUT from hiS Iuhcn ATT
| heard nothing Of the klnd. mat team
| nassCd under a bright electric HEht. anu
| Mrs Mctiuv4n could not say whether
| there was "a Whi,C man or black hhN
upon II. hut thought that ~" inal ~ VIC
! wagon might have been pigs covered ui"
| Nobody placed any significance on IL"
| un.s,.c M 4 foam urttl after the body
was found Then Mr.. Neal began 1" ia Fl
| vcstignt". lie jumped e. 4 conclusion.
| oct II. ANA without lhTtic't 81 'Ni' 'l' .
! Ia warrant so hieh-hIndcd rrocrrdins
| n. tlnrrd John a. Best undcr arrest anal
| then hrrau ~ look for evidence 10 VIII
rant that proceeding ,t H.
WHO saws that John q. Fest 'N'F tl.i
| ,n leave that farm He had a chance q"
tr,t.cI ,rrnss thu continent before rs WIS
arrested Stntat. hc found MONEY "llc ,
| In .Il rood conscience ho might c'hu a g
| HIN own Supposr n" WAS lnh"'' h'. hN.
had got frightened ara tri'G 10 Fu, a"
AND been nupr,h,ndrd ~ thtAE'-
wouIdu't thc di-iri-t attnrnc, have sh"H,-
81. ''Gicht is confession .,,...,
lit this point court adyutr'cd 4" h5' .n-
morrow morning. when MI. Sish W'!- Ai-