Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-29
LAMBERT HELD
For the Grand Jury at Dover
for the AIIe., Murders.
Eleven Witnesses Examined and no
New Evidence Deemed Necessary.
Said That State Has More Evidence In Reserve
Against Prisoner.

Foxcroft, Me-, May 28.-Henry Lam
of j. Wesley Allen, wife and daughter
at Shirley, was, today, held by Judge
Smith to await the action of the grand
jury at the September term. No new
| evidence was brought out, yet IL wit
nesses were examined for the State.
| while no witnesses were put on the
stand by Lambert's counsel.
1t is claimed there is considerable
evidence not yet made public in the
! hands of the States attorneys to be
used later before the grand jury.
Lambert was removed to Jail to
aw ait the action of the higher tribunal.
The State opened the case with
general review of the murder. of the
finding of the bodies in the ashes of the
Allen homestead, etc, substantially as
/ already given in detail.
| The following witnesses were sworn:
! Charles Tibbetts, John Mitchell, Dora
: Mitchell, DR.. o. r. Emerson, d. j.
| Jackson. W. w. Sawtelle. Calvin Ar
mold. Telois Smith, Arthur Mardin.
Joseph and Alice Lemiux, II. E. Gil
| bert, Henry w. Davis. John Randall.
! A. c. Leonard, Joseph Davidson and
| Peter Barber.
Lambert, the respondent, made
| very good appearance, was neatly
| dressed and clean shaven and hardly
! looked Il criminal. He appeared per-
fectly unconccrncd while County At
, torney Durgin was making the accu-
! sation during the opening address ana
/ smiled several times when Mr.. Hud-
son made a good point during the
eros s-examination Of the first witness
County Attorney Durgin in his open
ing, made out the position OF the
State as follows:
| ION May II, as we say, during the
afternoon somewhere near O'Clock.
the farm buildings of ]. Wesley Allen
in Shirley were burned. Discovery was
made about o'clock the next MORN
ing, by Charles Tibbetts. Nothing re-
manned but few embers still smoking
and burning Tibbetts notified the
Incighbors near by and a little later 1T
was discovered by them that in the
ruins were the remains Of three human
bodies which later were demonstrated
to the satisfaction of all. | think, as
those Of the three members of the AL
len family.
| About two years ago a camp lying
east of the farm buildings was built
by Henry Lambert. At first it was
thought that Lambert was also dead.
but later this was found to be mis-
take. The people who assembled at
the ruins went to this camp and found
ii had been broken into the night be-
fore or previously. 1t was found that
some person had Travelled over the road
camp some time the night previous
and tracks were found at different
on the farm leading to the camp and
also from the camp.
| witnesses tell us that the person
making the tracks wore new rubbers.
It was later discovered that Lambert
on Friday night purchased pair OF
now rubbcrs in the store of Henry
| Nichols in Shirley and he afterwards
went 10 Grecnville and spent Friday
night. We shall show as nearly as pos
sihle the time he left Greenville. He
purchased liquor in a quart bottle ana
left about 80 Sunday. telling the
clerk that he was going to Moosehead
station. We have no knowledge or
Lambert being seen there later than
$50. The respondent might have gone
| from Greenville to the Smith or Allen
places by two ways He said that he
| came by the old stage road from
| Greenyillc to Monsoon. The other way
by which we say he came was by the
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