Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-04
WING AND BURNHAM.
Captured at Latter's Home II
Leeds, Wednesday.
Wanted for Shooting Of Albert Tripr
at New Gloucester.
'r'pP Says Durham Fired Shot
Trip Will Die.

L
voted to preliminaries, the machinery
of the law settled down to smooth run
ming in the BlOndin wife murder trial
here. today. The taking of evidence
was begun, yesterday afternoon, and
before adjournment some evidence as
to the finding of the decaoitated boiy
of Mrs. Blondin under a brush heap in
the woods at Chelmsford had been sub
mitted. Further details regarding this
discovery was heard at the opening Of
the proceedings, today.
The cross-examination of George NJ
Wright, the town constable who was
on the stand at the adjournment of
court. last night. was delayed because
a transcript of yesterdays testimony
was not available but a suggestion OF
| the court that to avoid loss of time
another witness be called and the cross
examination of Mr.. Wright be complet-
ed later. was accepted by counsel and
Mervin Walker. a constable of Chelms-
ford, was called.
Constable Walker was notified of the
finding of the body by Supt. Elmer T.
iildreth of the town farm, VINO made
the discovery and who drove to the viii
lage to notify the town authorities Mr.
dreth and Wright to the pasture and
saw the body partly concealed by the
brush. When the bushes which conceal
ed the upper portions of the body were
| removed it was seen that the head had
been removed. The body was only
partly dressed. No extensive examina-
ton was made aud witness was left to
watch over the body with another per
/ stable Wright went to find the medical
examiner. 1t was nearly an hour and
a half before Constable Wright and the
medical examiner returned and during
that interval Walker searched for the
missing head.
When the medical examiner returned
and a more critical examination was
made it became evident that the body
| was badly decomDosed. On visit to
the place several days later, Consta-
| bic Wright noticed that there was
discolored SPOT i'm the earth where the
neck lay six or eight inches in circunI-
| ference.
The gruesome story of the conclusion
of the long search for the severed
head was told by Harry c. Green. who
found the head wrapped in cloth and
| II
a bridge He told of raising the bun
die and opening it far enough to find
out what it contained. He took it t"
his home and notified the officers. He
| identified q set of false teeth and said
that attached to the stone to which the
head was fastened was a pair of over
alls. Several days later necktiA was
found some distance from the bridge.
1 -..-yFa fslIp q N
pressed the witness as to his unusual
| interest in the case and asked MN IL ne
did not conceal the knowledge of find
ing of the head until after he made at
tennis to sell a story to a Lowell news
paper. Green denied the imputatioii
and also that he has any Knowledge
that his attorney attempted to sell or
did sell the story.
| Mr.. Morrison appeared to blame the
witness for not mentioning some things
besides the articles which ne had oe-
scribed which were found in the brook.
..Oh. you mean that old axe! askeo
the witness.
ed Mr.. Morrison.
Il didn't consider that or any iii
portance," remarked Green.
Didn't you think it of any impor
Itance after finding a severed head In
the brook to find nearby an Implement
with which the job could have been
done" asked Lawyer MORRISON WIFI
emphasis.
Reply by the witness was cut OH ps
On obiection from the attorney general
Mr.. Parker called the attention vi '"t
court to what he termed an objectioia
| mpthOu
cross-examination in that he constant
lly conveyed the Inference. either W
word mr. infection, that certain points
were particularly important. me ques
, tim was not pressed by Mr.. MORRISON
The witness admitted that the AK
, found bore the name of Russell upoi
one side. He did not make any ~
$ lquiries because '"e
9 ldead." ..-
Mr. Morrison then piled the witness
,,.i,t Questions concerning Mr. Scholtz
Who operated the old Russell nome
-, &c a boarding house. and brough
. a,,t tho information that Scholtz nous
,.,s;n,, tho simmer had both male ant
fa,n,Ia boarders. some times as man.
: as 40 being in the place at on ~
z. lTha fact that the stone attached TO III
:.
o .,ones used i'm the construction OF
r. III na.r the Russell house also wa
4 aa,a,onea Witness said the axe wne
t. ,aran from the water had nearly TN
II ,ar,a general appearance as at presen
e r,,, that now the rust spots We're ho
: so well defined. ..,a r,n
E. One neculiar feature about the roi'
\. ,,h;ob secured the clothes ABOUT l"
n nd and the overalls to the stone wa
" that the knots, of which there We
sayer,, were all of an unusuai io'
and almost exactly alike. he coui
not satisfy Mr. Morrison as 10 wa
narticulor feature of the knot was ~
IS cu,;ar" and the witness was perh'''e
10 illustrate to the jury -,;e
That the pile of wood BEHIND mn's :
lie tho body was found was In piace
- -, &C AnriI IL. 1901, and was rehio'