Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-23
TALKED TOO MUCH.
Damaging Evidence Against Al
legged Murderer Lambert.
Detective Hartnett Occupied Next
Cell as Alleged Horse Thief.
Lambert Admitted Being in Allen House !,
Time o! Murder.

Dover. Me, Nov. 22.-By far the mos [
damaging testimony thus far intro
duccd by the prosecution in the case,
OF Henry Lambert. charged with the
murder of ]. Wesley Allen. vas given.
this afternoon, by Timothy +. Harlnrrt
OF Portland. who related conversations.
mad with Lambert in the Dover Jail n
which the latter practically admitted
that he WAS in the Allen house when
the murders occurred When MI.
Hartnct finished his story be was Sub
jected to most rigid cross-examina-
ton. which was not completed when
court adjourned until tomorrow
Mr.. Hartn"tt said h. was employed
by Attorney General Seidcrs to look up
evidence in the case and went to Green
vile, May Il. TIL. following day h..
went 10 Tilley Smiths house ANA mad
/ search Of Lambert room. In IL trunk
n this room h" found d white shirt. the
bottom Of which had been torn Of He
produced the garment and il was al-
mitted in evidence The following
tuesday he came to Dover ami after
arranging matters with th" jailer was
placed in the cell adjoining Lambert ;.
Carly Wednesday morning. Lambert
cam" TO the door of his cell ana asked
witness:
What are you in for"
Hartnett replied: For borrowing q
horse"
Lambert volunteered the information
that no .bDcty.
der. The two prisoners then walked
~ ana down the corridor. discussing
the different phases of their resIectiI I.
cases. ana finally Hartnett told Lam
bert that the proper Cours. for nlm Vas
to prove n. alibi Lambert thought
this would be = good plan ana ASKED
witness if HI would assist him Wher
he left the jail. cpon being assured
,hat all possible help would hr given
him. Lambert said:
You find Pero Morris anu tsH aim
to say that he saw me pass his houS,
at G.45 Sunday night; SET Musr Miruy
% say | passed his place at 30. ami
make James Arnold Say ~ SAM Er
between 80 and O'Clock"
Lambert then said he would lihr Il"
SEC Tilly Smith and fix III with hir.
1. he had told the officers hr rca,rn.'i
Smiths housr before $50 O'clock th.G
night.
lIartnott was released from th,. jail
that night but th,. following Tu"s ia,
he returned ana told Lambert tha
"Pe"o Morris was an right IT, thrn
produced 4 plan Of the Allen rlac" ana
asked i-;nbert to point cut tne lin -
IL.
various rooms in the house. In an
swer To Il question from witness, Lam
bert saiG carrie AHer occupied Il r"'it.
upstairs. So"
But they ten men Her body Was
found down here" said Hartnett. point
ing To a room in the lower part al tn
house
Yes. replied Lambert, she ran
down stairs when she heard the n"i~..
What noise" Hartnett asked.
"Why the fighting" Lambert replied,
sud then added quickly. "nh, don
knew"
You wcr" after tn" Ciri and YOU -"l
h..r. didn't ynu:" asked HartnHtt.
what did ! want If the girl" rc:spond-
cd l.ambcrt. Didn't have a girl in
Gre"nVile?
lIartu.tt cam" back to IN" Eili lIt'i
ani urnducrd prOmiSSory note for S-Hl
mad" pavahc To James y. Johnson tth
narlr lv which IN WIS known to Lam
b"rt3 ana asked Lambert ~ sign II. say
ing il would - tn prnNr that Morris aud
til" others ilat Lambert would ~ tlIr
tight thing for th"s;. VIII" h"lr"d him
Witness produced n note ana il Was al
mittrd in evidence.
This concluded Nr IHrtr"ttS direct
examination ana tn" Cross" Naminatinn
waS Ucgln. hut WIs interrupted hy adj
i"urn,urnt before anything nf import
tnC, had been brought out.
Tile uuly other witness. nf importance"
this afternoon. Wis Deputy Sheriff
\ nowltS. u No r"lr"at"d statement made
by Lambert regarding his G.amh"rt. s.
movements from tn" Friday preceding the
murder till Sunday night. In this state
m"nt Lambert said he cam" down FRI IN
the driVr Friday. and went direct {" tn,
horne Of Tilicy Smith After chang NJ
his clothes Ii" went t" Shirley and pJr-
chased pair Of rrihherS and then went
10 Mno-ti"Hd Inn. whcre NJ remained
Friday night. Saturday and sunday he
WAS at thc Bartl"v house AT ,;r"enVill"
leaving ther". sunday evening about 80. |
dawn III" Canadian Pacific Railroad track
and reaching Til"H Smiths house Shor.-
~ after O'Clock.
Tn" State received u temporary s"t-
back. this forenoon. when the court sus-
tanned IN objection Of I.amhcrtS counsel
TO the admission Of testimony tending T.
show a motive for tho crime on The par;
Of the respondent
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