Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-28
WHY NOT OTHERS?
Lambert Defence Claims That
others Had Opportunity
10 Murder the Aliens Strangers
Seen in That Vicinity.
mFS. Ida Smith Locates Lamberts Re,urn
About the Same as Husband.

Dover. Me, NOV. .1.-Mrs. liza smith
the houseke"per for Tillet Smith. wi,I,
whom Lambert boarded. was the ptia-
riral Witness 1T the forenoon session af
the Lambert murder trial. today. SHE
testified that Lanber. returned Ia I'll.
smith house IT O'Clock or fly, min
| utes past. the night the Allen hous, was
! burned. With the one exception OF
/ HNinG tn" times Of !.an. bcrt's arrival
I MIS- smiths testimony Was suhstan-
| tally the same as given by Tiily smith
lor the State. Mr.. Smith testified that
| II was o'clock or later when Lambert
| arrived at the house that night
| Several witnesses from GreelNilla
ana Greenville Junction yold ot SEEING
the respondent sunday. May l.. ana
testified that AT that time he wore Mn
luhhers. Testimony also was intro
duced showing that the respondent left
GreenNille before ( o'clock that aftr--
noon.
| The iirSt Witness called was Mrs.
Hazel Hall Of shirley Her home i.
near the Allen place. ana she testified
that about 10 o'clock in The evening.
' " ''tNt'' 'V-'|''i"l III
he direction oI the Alien place she
Was positive it Waa 10 o'clock. as she
was preparing Ia rs tire at the tin,. and
looked AT her Wat'h. ON eNami-
nation. however Mrs Han admitted
,l,,. r,. ,,...t, ;l:
'ii'''''''" '!'"e ieaIiH
y an hHuF ahead OF Stanoard unle.
Mrs. Cora Rogers Wife Of the prupri-
., III. ,ho u.,,,
Il '' "' 't'' .'"i IVY ii"uNe' 81" Lam
belt at the hotel several times. sun
dav He wore light shoes ana M rub
II ha,.. 1bo,,, > o.cl,o1. -,. ,,..,,. i.
"'' -N''"t 80 ''''h' 'h" went [" the
ptlior dnt found Lambert in company
Win Sadie Morrow. Miss Mn.,,.,,.
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IN'''' ''' N''"'N9 an" NTN''aI "'i'ttS
anH went Tor sail on tn" lake.
charles II RACERS t,-tfti.a tf.,, II
,'''' N
4 '''9 "N'I--9 - GIN d' III" t%ile'E
4 houSe' SunfaE afternoon. Soon aft"T
4 the. ladies started or rn,. III. s1iI 1.,t,,
l.. ,- . .- f,
8 >>''' '-lV ~ '''i'' lt'i" !''N 'i'' =
81 Sheldon Davis. q GreenNl'le Junction
i storekeepel, testified that I.ambnrt
49, l; ~ ,.
4 'aiHe 10 MS store III +.1' HdhH"! a.
terh"on ana mace some pNrcH"S'S-
4 Mrs. Ida Smith then was cIlirH. Shn
4 t1ld nf T,nhert.s r-tfrrn rro,,, the dri,..
/ '' '.'i u '"N ''''
4 ahn ms departure TT "rechNiI'" SinStaA-
I TALLY the same as testified tp ~ rlil
II SDliI N for fha STATE Mrs Smith iii -lg.
hld several callers. sunday evening. Th.
4 went AWAY ut 7aO and Il minutes Iit, I
j IN - arYr,.ad ihout 4 or ~ n1inf1fps ia.-
nr sha hrHrd a knock at tha DOOR and
| Ta,nL.rt v.1s 1imitt.d 'rra fntinv.iu..
rIn-ni,g NH fn1;nd \, bnttI. uartty tiflr /
VIII Ii,7f,nr in tmb,,t.,; Nod room Ana
nGticnI that his shoe: and tn. bottom
III hie trn'isrr los were covered with
mrL MI ,,tir,d nothing ,lulslIlI iy
in,3,i,.rf:s arn,ar1nra Iomdav noon
ub,n th.. f.,fniI,- vas at dinner. i.9mbeit I
showed consfIerable emotion in %pe;,kin.;
| Of the Allen Tragedy. ne Wept anu ltit
Tho i,n,,ort1nt feature of the Afternoon
saesion w.s tha attempt IN The defence
II irtrodrIca evidence showing that there
yei,. W. r,.' rIhGr n1ftirs than Nir. Lambert in
fhn ,-irinit,- Jyhn h.d an oDportunits- to
cnrnr1it tnr murder. The first witness
| man tha stand was YIN T. Johnson of
StbiriaH- StT.i Mis- who testified that. Monday
nnrntnr fnlInving the murder. he got IN
early ana started down the Bangor 4
| Aro6stook Railroad tracks toward Abb
bntt. At Bunker Brook he met four men:
Gne If whom he describes a. dark ana
nrnL:,hIy IA indian. The lark man ask
I'd him for tobacco and was told that he
had more Ht. WAS allowed to pass OF
! This ncrurrnd about q mile and z ha!I
fro,n ~. Alien homestead
tW.Tsor stevens of WilIimnntic teSti-
sd tL9t Nav Q he was carrying the
nail n1d express from Willimantic ~
| Abbott. About ll.9V "lieil - d No. - 80,