Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-05
LAMBERT GUILTY,
The Jury Says Murder in the
First Degree.
Prisoner Hears the We, dict Without
Slightest Sign Of Feeling.
Convicted OF One o; FouIest Crimes Ever
Committed in State.

murder in the first degree was return
young French Canadian guide and
woodsnan. charged with the murder
of the Allen family at Shirley, last
May after ore of the longest crimi-
nal trials in the history of the state.
The jury was out less than two hours
During the long trial Lambert had
preserved an appearance of apparent
composure and disinterestedness hard
ly to be expected of one in SO grave &
position, ana the verdict was received
by the prisoner without the least show
OF emotion. County Attorney Durgin
announced. tonight. that he woald
move for sentence, tomorrow. Nh.
Hudson, Lamberts counsel. was not
present prepared 70 say whether amy
move would be made TO secure a n"N
trial.
The entire forenoon session and half
an hour of the afternoon session. to-
day. was taken UP by Attorney Gene
II SeiGers in completing the closinG
argument for the State. which was be
gun. yesterday afternoon. IN chars-
ing the Jury Judge Stout spoke about
an hour, and the jury retired AT ..
Their report WAS made II 5.;l.
The court loom was filed with sper-
tators At the time, and When the fatL!
words were pronounced by the fore
man of the jury all eyes were directed
toward the condemned murderer. Bat
mis- appearance did not alter in the
slightest degree, and he seemed one Of
the coolest men in the room. y feN
minutes later be was led away to his
cell in the county Jail. ard unless SOM
preventative action is taken by his
counsel proba bly, will be sentenced. to-
morrow.
The crime for which Lambert was
convicted was 4 tripl- murder-ore OF
the most shocking tragedies ever re
corded in Maine. The victims were j..
Wesley Allen, a prominent farmer and
member Of the board Of selectmen Of
the town of shirley. his wife. Mary :.
and their daughter. Carrie l., aged II.
The murders We're committed. Sun
day evening, May y, and the murder
set fire to the farm buildings IN an cf-
fort to cover UP the crime.
In the trial just ended the prosecu-
llDn SET UP Is al sIpllNt lct lilt tSS-th'
the claim that the murderer had de
signs on Carrie Aliens virtue, and 70
accomplish his purpose murdered ,he
parents and finally. to conceal his
crime. tho girl herself.
Lambert vas under suspicion from
the first. but was not arrested until
several days after the tragedy Later
he - as indicted BY tte ~ ,u.i II'I III :
an adjourned session of the supreme
court called for Nov. -. to try tile case.
The trial. which began on thar date
and closed, tonight, has been notabi-
one-unusual in length and in the
vigorous opposition Of the defence TO
eicry proposition advanced by the
State and marked by pathetic Incl
dents.
almost ;.1 soon as the trial opened
the defence gave the prosecution to
understand that every proposition ad-
vanced would be vigorously combotted.
ma this attitude was maintained to
the end The pathetic side appeared
IN Saturday following the opening,
yh2r County Attorney Dursin was no.
lied of the sudden death Of his son
ma was obliged to temporarily with
lraW from the case. closely following
his came a telegram for one OF the
| ruv1uen stating that his son was ly-
Ing at the point of death and just as
fudge StrCut was telling the distracted
'atnar that the law would not permit
1in to visit his dying child. another
message came announcing that the
BON was dead The closing arguments
occupied within enc hour of tw" fun
ourt days.