Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-09

The Blondin wife murder trial after
a two days interval, WAS resumed.
Monday. Hon. John Fl. Morrison of
Lowell. senior counsel for the accused.
whose Illness necessitated an adjourn
ment of the case on Saturday morning.
was able 10 20 on Monday, the rest
having restored the lawyers physical
condition.
Blondin was in his place in the steel
cage when Mr. Morrison came in. When
Mr. Rlondih saw his senior counsel Il
broad smile spread over his face. He
shook hanIs warmly with Mr.. Morrison
and settled back in his chair with It
most satisfied expression.
After a brief conference between the
court ard counsel. Judge Bradley ar
nounced that the prisoner had required
this se+A 10 -AepoSat AZ Additi oiG,l Coun-
sci to conduct his defence in event ri
Mr. MORRISON being unable to continue
IT was suggested that James f. owen,
Esd of Lowell, he named as senior
counsel to succeed Mr.. Morrison if nee
essary To this the prisoner agreed
and the appointment was finally made
George E. Harrington, cashier OF
the Forbes Hayward Co, where Hon
din WAS employed during the winter of
1904 and 1891. was the first witness call
cd. Monday.
Mr. Harrington produced slips from
the time register of the company show
ing that while Blondin as a usual thing
entered a factory at 5.45 A. NJ, and re-
manned until $50 7. NJ. on April -
1901. he left the place at 3.59 p. NJ. The
Ia nrfn M ri
his regular Sunday duties in the fore
noon, which OCCUPIED = little more than
two hours rue next day he arrived al
until 1.2i r. NJ.
CroSS-eXamination revealed the fact
that a man could leave the building I'M
observed without passing the time reg
lister.
Charles f.. Bunam, who was in
charge of the time register, further de-
y scribed the system. He said that he
was frequent allied to other parts oi
the building, iea Ning the passageway
by the registvr clear He admitted on
discrimination that in Case an erl-
ploye did not register before leaving
the factory the fact would be investi-
gated at the office before wages f1i
that day would be paid. Butnam re-
membered that BIondin came to Tho
factory just before O'Clock. Wednes-
day. May /. and removed his tool chest
Frank Fl. Burnett. employed ut the
factory. told of inquirin,S about Mrs
EIondin. May >. and Blo0din told him
that she had gone to Providence Il
nurse sick sister.
When Burnett was cross-examined
by MIR. Morrison he admitted that II
was not until about week ago. after
many conversations with the state OIL
GERS and the district attorney, that he
recalled that this was May and not
April 2s.
John Shea, who described himself as
an intimate friend of Blondin, con-
firmed Burnett's story.
After the government had introduced
q certified copy of the certificate of
marriage of Wilfrid Blondin and EN-
( ma Riley. Mrs. Lucia Blondin. wife of
the defendant. was called. Through an
INTERPRETER the witness said that her
residence was Montreal. and that she
married the defendant in 1890 and lived
with him about 10 years. He left her
;fbputstwo years.
du Cross.examinatiOn Mrs. Blondin
dknied that she had ever lived under
any name other than Blondin's since
she was married. or that she had lived
with any other man.
Seth Pinkham, an expressman, told of
taking Blondins trunk from AZ Green
street to the North station, April so.
John Sullivan. an expressman. who
worked with Pinkham. went to the
Green street house after Blondins
trunk. He found three trunks and "A
vaiise. and after putting them in his
wagon drove down to Forbes, Hayward
& Cos. and got a tool chest. Blondin
then gave him card bearing the name
of secondhand dealer and then told
him to leave the two smaller trunks
and the tool chest at that address ard
to carry the larger trunk and the valise