Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-21
STUBBORN DEFENCE
10 Be Made for Lambert, Al
legged Shirley Murderer.
Murder Not Admitted, Nor That
Bones Found Were Human.
taking Of Evidence Commences Story OF Find
ing Of the Remains.

'i''e NeS''fuaH' charged
with the murder of J. Wesley Allen.
will oppose the conventions of ,b.. n,oe
ccutjon ON eva,x b.,,,d ,,..s. x,.,.. ;
,lan, ..,,a. .,.,.
ISL "''''e9S WAS
N"''e"'
The witness, a civil engineer. in ex-
planning plans he had made of the Al
len premises after the murder pointad
to 4 cross as indicatino. tba nloce c.I,a,.o
,he '.renains'' were fornd N. rJ,,d-
son. L.amb4rt's counsel nIiactad .,i,--
ing ~ his reason mar HI aafanc. did
not ad1,it 1ha, mnrda,. MA MAI, ,.or,-
mitt.l ~ +b.t IVA bo,,-, f,,,,.5 Il, ,I,,
minis vern those III hnn,an haino.
rra .,rrt r,,I.d ,h9r fI,n ,,a,.,1 ..ra
mains" might aupIv III no,tions nf tbr
dead body Of an animal Al wen ~ ot
Il human being. ana the objection was
oyrrruled. A few minutes later. how
ever. when Mr.. Hudson objected IA tho
usa ~ IN. terms arms ana "leps'' in
connection with n. homes tonna IN tbn
,.uir.. ia oi,ia.rinn v-as s,,ytainsl
When court convened. this morning.
- witnesses were called hy the prose-
curiop and sworn. The forenoon see-
sion was largely taken up in the i,icn-
titic.1ion and exclamation Of mans and
maps of the Allen house and surround
mos ,rd tho ,-arious reads leading
'9 C,--,.,.;,t
FROM that place 10 hFeenNlile
AlonZO l.. Ne Is uSiCk. 4 GullIGid ClN l..
,ro;o.ar i6epritied - rlan showing the
eliS''-iS i'' '4'o>' :,
building on the Allen farm. ana e.
DIaiu4d certain marks as indicating
.,. ,b,,, tho urar,isas which "
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llsu'' Pi'''iiie''.'' ~ '''' '''''
his statement that certain cross OF
tho ulan Indicated where the remains
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q oI!e - ''I ~
family was louhd tIat l"Iceu 'iie
fence to show its hand 50 early IN the
tr;oi
William I. oakes q roNcf"l'' " sl''
vcyor, was called to explain map
made by him showing the different
Hill f,, craan,ifIe ~ tha
r"duS ieS-''i'IS ii'''' III
Allen home. lne Witness tAlIdliieu r.
-rrpar length the various lines on thr
p,.;r piying tie distances between in
map ~ 'i7 .,, ,.,1 ,bA
numelabl" points ol '''
routes they traVerSed, ana IndllA IHt
: l;.+,p.a bnt\ypnn t;rcunViile and
,,I.,, bc,,a There V-oe h difference
IN" Nileli hoilr' ~ 3:r.,,,,...
,f n,,I, .no rods in the whole dlStdH't
4, ~. tv-n roads.
na,-.... VOC stirI ON the stand
-, ,l;.,,rpr,,ant was taken.
Th. examination of MI OaFeS was M
ished a few minutes after tnt oltt''iiG
tht. afternoon session ahd ntl"i" ~, -
nesscs had been "X'tInlueH: ...,i.,c.r
Arthur knowles of Shrie?' tSNtl''t - t'
that he spent SUNDAY 'lt ud. o,, " vi, -
tho murder took Pldr'' ~ ,pit'l.r,''' l,,fIr
Gariteld ll"'Ttt9' ..,,,|.,,l, H., nHsspI tie
Allen holntStGl' .h a,,o,. maj rime ana
W. siSre Of any intruder- were seen ny
AIr. knowles. tipihs en- " his nrigbbols
AZ th1 hwuS'm ,..,a.b bis Nm home until be
ana dlu hot Fe', ,inrl Questioned, uit
tween "Ili i. III !, HI, III th,. Allen
nc-S SaM ."
Il"!i.vSi, rihbatts Garfield g fathcr, neNt
,,'.ii H.. stand He corroboratrd the tts-
titlo.N N s'' ;rr.51t. tha ruins of the Al
,li MI" n1..st..,d ."1oa iii Monday morning. HIS
Hill Hill, Lnn,yi, dce III the tragedy which had
HI III 1N TIL. t,,,. when hc discovered that
taken pidct ta4tn, L. i haa,, ipstruvel by fire.
tilt ilollltNtt i.;r, III III. rbiIdren tn school
liz II MIN I'LL did hot stop 10 maxi
I'LL" .aytirl7inn w INT proceeded on y
Shirley Corner ana ialrr @ lt'ui HIT I," ,,'in4
II NtldL H. i;,i.r tla scene several persons
pr' XII annaaed in overhauling IN" runs;
Zones ana pools Of blood had beth ~ i".t''' can
cIuSion that a murder Hdi p''i'
Ia =,
oeetts did not DsG 60 in into regsrd as4di1 10 h~
""S 49, NI"n' = of his son Garfield. and "s-
naSi12 mSyGSP5 phosS which he mad on the day
of the murntr- re ,rning from a :lshin-
youns man liter atter 'T;nai KnnMles. remained in
iFI "Trip h%H3e %i5n a's snort time and then retired
t'4N
before ,6Grch o e,"Jh Of Shirley. testified that
John Gnu OhprtH of ,pn Ua men ,, Who had accom-
he was one TiDSettS Of tne s back to to the Allen
house, osn ai.riost@ @a'er l@fGo%ht'" 3o fhem u
'Tgn Tn the pl'e ell of the house he found j hsan
bones and das neaPS from pfsein ihs nSass OF 9a'f @
a%P aa4b he !" 5S95 II ne 5n%w rSSsT s5SsFei
tracks evidently na No" frnm The barn two
ana short d5Star6e nee iiair larger r. spot was
foot across. ->''ii ''to