Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-12-02
THE LAMBERT TRIAL
Is Now Expected to Go to the
Jury, Late Tuesday.
Lambert Charged With Having
Changed Name, but Denies It.
On The Whole Prisoner Said 10 Have Stood
Characterization Well.

"lurdcr trial is drawing 10 close. the
defence having rested. Saturday AZ
tcrnoon. and il is expected that the
case viii go to tn. jury not later than
Tuesday. Nearly iii" entire forenoon
session Of saturday, was .akon up in
he croSs~"Namination OF Lambert, tn
his own behalf, Friday Several Wit
nesses We're heard during the first houi
OF the afternoon session, ana AT 2.3t
the defence rested, The prosecution
thrn SwOrn 70 witnesses To testify in
rcbuttAI ana an of these had not been
beard when court adjourned.
Probably the greatest sensation 81
the trial came, Saturday morlinG,
When Attorney Gen. Soldiers closed his
cross examination At the expiration of
about ;ln hour. 1t had been generally
supposed that h. would occupy the m
ire forenoon and possibly some OF the
afternonr.
This was only secondary to Tho sen
satipn that was produced lay the attnr-
ucy generals first question. when he
began the discrimination. iit
arose and. in slo". impressive tones
said, his ayes being steadily fixed on
the Respondent. VI" stood upon m"
slat.,l. confident and even defiant
"ticnri Champn". when djd YOU
change your name 10 Lambert!
For All instant lambert hrsitIted.
He diti not lose his sclf-possrssion, hut
waited a, though a bit surprised. and
then said H. hal never changed his
Eamt.
III. REORGANIZATION Was very
brief Yet was fun Of important state
mentS Eelorc The defence finally n st
ca in tn" AFTERNOON. q letter wa put
On IL SHOW THAT !. Wesley Alien wrote
| - Henry Lambert. last winter, aINi--
| Ing him M surpris" people hy staying
in the woods All winter. Tn" letter
contained other local references that
caused considerable merrirneut n tn"
| court room and caused Sheriff ireland
10 rap for order freqUt ntly.
ma only evidence that Tho defence,
Saturday. put on outside Of Lambert :
own story To show that h came across
the &. T. Il. track on the fatal sunday
was the testimony Of Or. Ripellc Of
Greervile. who said that on that sun
la! night at about the time Lambert
says he reached the Indian Hill cross
ms. where he took the LAKE, road, hc
saw Il Well-dreSsed man coming along
! the railroad track towards the crossing
and about eight telegraph poles dis
tant. He did not recognize him as
I.ambert and could only say that he
Was we'll dressed.
Al the afternoon session tn. defence
pat on three witnesses tn show that d
strang" man stayed at the Foxcroft
Exchange in the latter part Of May
last. ana went away. without paying
his board. Just what connection this
has with the case did not develop up
t. the hour of adjournment.
When the defence rested Il" State put
on several witnesses to prove that Lam
bert was not on the lake road in tht. Night
# May I between thc hours Of aud
O'clock.
y. Y. Palmer attornny-at-law in Mon
son. testified to hearing Lambert tel
ilonrN Hudson on the rucS,uy following
The fire nn til" Allen place That ~ i.fI
his r4hbrrs 4, Shirley station,
In his testimony of Friday and Satur-
day. Lambert met nearly All the issues
in the cas". in many Instances ny tat
contradictions. in others 10y prompt ac-
krcwlrde"mcnt Of the truth nf a portion
N M oridrncc VI the witnesses fnr tn
state.
There is little dnrh; Lamb, 1T dreaded
thc crosses aminntinn. hut on thu Who'll.
h bore The ordeal fairly well. ~" Wiz
iu"lir"dw to be somewhat rash at iiIoc5
and occasionally showed traces of h.in-
irrita;ri at the STEADY How OF questions
directed az him ~ smoothly ana rcr.lst-
entity.
At times he lodged 4 Greet answer t,
several question. bit thcy were continue
ally repeated until .ittE.-ticn S"id,rs Sc
cured hi+ answer in some form
NJ noon. ,h- defence had examined MI
but on" Witness Of those il had intended
10 iut on IN me ulIrtt, ms on" not h"in-
stan" will occupy an cntir" d:iv In ~
huttai ANA tn. defence Il haIf dav Thi,
will bring the argument. Tuesday morn
ing. ANA il now seems profabi. HI. cas-,