Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-02

'N' ~ s7A'ib' t'iiStn WAS htslI N,aI
hiiiH thr next meeting. Palmer Was
conn ''t"" AT the january term If the
supreme Judicial court Of 1884,. fo, thu
murder "f Betsy Il. Hobbs of Parsons
h"ld. The petition is filed 10y John Ben
nett Of rarsonSiield. attorney for
Palmer. ana states that at the tim,. Of
sentence the prisoner was without
counsel and was but IL Years of age.
the members of the Council. tie. Sec
ict;ry Of state ANA the Governors mi
vat" secretary. last evening. dinel Win
COY. and Mrs Hill.
The Council adjourned to meet at
T.. NJ. Nov. -.
Tht first matter to come before. the
council was the petition for pardon ii
Loren T.: Judkins. who is serving It
seven years sentence in State prison
being convicted Of assault with intent
u Kill upon thu person Of Iedur Tai
louise whom. it is claimed. JudkinS
pushed of The Ticonic bridge at Mater
lille in lA9>,
This ease mas nov been before the
Council three times. JudkinS MAS rem
rcsrntrd, Yesterday. by :. :. Brow II
of Wat-rNiIle. ANA George &. Sh.Ii"n
"f Augusta. county Attorney Thomas
Leigh looked after the interests of th,.
State and eX-Attnrney HeSeltun Mas
also present. several witnesses Mere
called 10y the state ana tw" by the
petitioners.
lutoNtcatiun VAS thu. objective. point
Of thu. testimony. Th,. attorneys for Tn.
petitioners ATTEMPTED I" prove that
her. might Ice a plausibl, suspicion
that Tnllous,. WAS intoxicated the night
IF the tragedy. Will" tn" Stat" intro
duct.l testimony To prove. that h. WAS
4 man who ala not drink int"Nicant>
ana Was 4 respected citizen. The rt.-
titioners. in the person Of the prisoner
father. claimed that Judkius was "a
young man of exemplary habits. Will,
Witnesses for III" State claimed that
his reputation was not 1T AL anviahic.
Detective Ira Tlu. testified that H.
worked w." days on the ease and went
10 Il barber shop trying to learn whrth-
tr or not there was any liquor about
thu switch station where. Tallnus,. Was
located. H. asked a luafrr if H. could
not get some liquor about tn station
and the reply was: He keeps nothing
but split"
l.. ". Judkins. father "f Loren Jud-
kins. said that he found man named
Holland. who said He went into the
barber shop I" get shaved and the bar
Der was intoxicated. He said H. could
shave him. however. if he would wait
until h Went 10 The switch station
where he had left a pail in which they
had concoctcd split" When Holland
was wanted 10 appear at IN" trial
he WAS now here To be found having
gone off into the woods. After the trial
he was seen In Waterville. The barber
had disappeared ANA it was reported
that he was dead
:. :. brown attorney for JudklnS.
-;id that liz. had learned Of an inter
view which took place between Tai
lu,is,. ana The father. ~ Judkins. during
which the old man tTali"use) told him
how ne got into the river. telling In"
spot " here n, fell. Mr. Brown said
Their. we're iNyo different statements r.
garding the place ana that il would b.
Impossible or at least inrr"bnhle that
Tallous,. could have swan from the
place he said hc fell around Z" the
landing ~ the water th-rr WAS very
swift.
Mr. .IudknS told The Council that his
son bore an excellent reputation ana
did nor drink: that he had never been
mixed " in any trouble ana tn"t 7"
had never been before arrested.
Mr.. Judkins said that he had an IN
t.rvirw with TaIlnll>e ON the evening
of the tragedy and that he had spoken
az il 10 hi. attorney Judge fhilhr""k
" Watervill... Who had told him not 7"
testify regarding the matter at the
trial
county Attorney Leigh said ihat he
went 10 W1t-rvilIc. "Wednesday. and
called On Judge Philhro"k. WI" madt
An affidavit to the effect chat JuhkihH
did nor tell him regarding tn" inter-
vi,.y with TalIouSe and that he ana not
,dvisc him not to ttsuuy al court. tie
said rEai tn. nl"a had been made mat
the trial Was miS-'i'al. - '""N'"
attorney was not coGa2ed hul i'"
,.,vs bc,or.. The. trial and therefore ''d
,., have tbo ease well in hand. lie
ar.lYrnd that Judge Philbr""k went
,rto H.. ease - lays before the triai
,.,,.,,.., and th. mis- trial theory could
not stand
Or. Abbott III Waterviiie t"sti'1ed
th,,t he called I" see Iail"uSt on the
night Of thu, tragedy ana f"und MN !"
,l ,di,i,n He was sitting near a
.,d ,,-aS shaking. There was no
.:,.., IF INVESTIGATION and the doctor
.,.,..I tb,t he made special inrestiga-
,,.ns IN This direction. he had been
~. family physician Of the Taii"use
:. ,,i,v ana had always considered NE
T:.IIous,. an honorable and "pri%h'
man. ". could not learn that II" was
4 drinking. man
t.sin. asked about the reputation
l.;..h b,dkins hor. in Waterville. IN
,I,not, said that he did not think that
ha stood very well. He knew that AT
ma. tima his wife was getting ready 7"
,.,va him on the plea that h" was