Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-27

most part III relation to III" rlhlrrs
Lambert had Worn and th, trar!>S
found near the Lambert camp ana on
the logging roads The day after til.
tragedy.
When court opened tn" State called
a. the stand every person through
whose hands the sod passed from tn"
tin. it was shipped from Shirley hy
y Alan Phillips until il was received at
brunswick by Prof. Robinson. Prof.
Robinson then was calird ANA idrnti-
ii"l the sod in court as the one ht re
eiNtd and which h. had examined. As
q result of his examination. he said. he
was convinced that the disculoratiun Of
the earth was caused by blood. He be
| liz ved it was humah blood, but would
not state positively that it was. DR..
Whittier Of Rowdoin College. who as
sisted Prof. Robinson in tn, examna-
tirn. corrohorated the testimony OF the
previous witness. At this point the
state rested.
In opening for thr defence MI Hud-
son stated that the defence would
prove that Lambert had n" oppor-
tUnitY to commit the crime. 1t would
be shown that Lambert left the Fart
ler Hous. AT Grcenyillp between : and
I o'clock Sunday afternoon. May II.
going to the NooSeh.ad Inn. where II"
+, mained a short time. leaving there
for the Smith place between r and 5
o'clock ny way of the Canadian Pacific
track to the old stage road ana thence
Ia Smiths, arriving there at $50. Mrs.
Ida Smith Will take the stand. he said.
10 fix tn. time uf Lambcrt'S arrival AT
;Er house.
In relation tn the rubber tracks on
.he logging roads and near the camp.
H. said 4 representative Of the firm
wEr manufactured the rubbers pur-
chased by Lambert n Mtchells store
would testify that th. length of a g..
rubber made by the firm was III,
inches ana th" width at the bah Of the
foot, ( inches. while the tracks in ques-
tion. according to the States witnesses
measured 1ot. and =, inches respect
iv"lv. II would he shown that the
matches found i'll the Lambert camp
Nrr" of kind very common in that
section and they might have been left
there by dozens Of persons as wrIl as
by The respondent.
In relation to the blood found on
I.Imhrrt's clothing he said thu. State
had had the clothing in their poSSoS-
sion eight months ana had subjected il
To the most searching scrutiny, with
the result that only two or three very
snIHll spots We're found. He WAS con-
iii"nt the d.fcnc" would convince the
jury that thr blood came from another
source than that claimed by the State.
Wh"n Mr. Hudson had completed his
"icning argument i Witnesses We're
sworn IN tn" defence. The first witness
Called to thc stand was ". II. Johnson
i pattern designer for the I;"Stnn Rubber
Shoe Co. Of Maiden. II" testified that the
Shu" shown him--a ~: rubhoi-waS m,dc
ht hie company in "n. It's l.ncth WA.
II J-lj inches. the hr""dth acruSS the bal
+ j-1i inches. and The length of heel u
inches
Daniel a. Phillips = Shirley farmer and
lulnh'rman. testified that ~ visited thc
ruins; "G IL" .\I.n pla"" tn" dly aft"r Ih.
tra.,,.d, IN company with .Iuhr Randall
aud ,I"Ell church II, Went down To- I.am-
bert : c:tmp. ami while there measured =
rubber track II WAS i0': inches IN
lrug:h Mr Phillips ais" testified that he
WAS "It in his yard. Sunday evening
May L. but saw II" reflection in the dircc
tion al tt" Nl.n i"arr
y
the Canadian Pacific Rilroad 1T Green
vile junction. testified that only two
trains baasrd through that place Sun
dan My l2-"nc Iboui noon, going west. i.
aud another at So J.. NJ. going east
one al the Safes witnesses testified
tEHt h. called LambcrtS attention To q
rain going west over the G.. H. " r. al
~ sunday afternoon
Several persons who live in the vicinity
of th,, Allen r!ac. testified that th.V were
ont of doors sunday evening. and saw
no reflection Of iirc il II" direction II
tie .Nlrn place.
During tnr afternoon session " Ill.,,
Lambert murder trial. yesterday news
vaG received BY tclcphon" from Brown
l,iIln thar tn,. son of i:lihu Jones. one "f
tha Jurors was critically III ana nlmcs;
III the pnint ii death Judge Strnat con
Neved tn information to Mr Jones ana
..xnIaiped in jhc knLli"St manner thar II
w;i. bevond his power to permit thu jill".
IN 90 10 his home 10 sec his son. iS III =
INV EXPRESSLY forbade such AN action.
INST az another trlcnlinn" message was
handed IA The jadae. Mr.. Jones stepneA
forward to plead for permission ia ." ii
company with an officer for last inter
..Sn interview will now BE- impossible
ra, yo,Ir sou is dead" said the judge. that
ring the news conveyed in the last mes
sage. , Go .,l /
.,ouad Tho J,tmost sympathy for the al
- 1p la iC i,gti