Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-22
TREWORGY TRIAL,
The Defence Puts on Several
Strong Witnesses.
Jigger Couldn't Have Been Driven
Into the Nicholson Pasture.
Mrs. Miles Puts in Good Word for the
Mrs. Miles Puts in Good Word for the
Accused.

Ellsworth, Me-, July 21.-Interest in
the trial of William A. Treworgy, whd
is charged with the murder of Mrs
Sarah Ware, four years ago, is inten-
sified here, tonight, because of the evil
lence which developed in the defence
during the day. The court house was
crowded with people, many of whom
came from miles away to listen to the
testimony in this case which has agi-
tated this section of the State since
1898.
In the forenoon, the defence put on
witnesses to show that it would have
been impossible for Treworgy to have
driven a jigger with Sarah Wares
body into the Nicholson pasture where
Fogg claims he helped the accused
man carry it.
In the afternoon the most interesting
witness OF the trial was put on the
stand. This was Mrs. Elmira Miles
with whom Mrs. Ware had lived for
many years. After telling about Sarah
Wares disappearance Mrs. Miles told
of q mysterious man who had called at
her house before the body was found
and who claimed to be q detective. She
saw this man go into the Nicholson
pasture where the body was later dis
covered. She said that Treworgy's re-
lations with Sarah Ware had always
been friendly.
SeleCtman Hall testified relating to
Joe Fogg's retraction of the story he
had told which implicated Treworgy.
The morning session was taken up by
the defence in endeavoring to show
that it would have been impossible for
TrewOrgy to have driven jigger such
as Joseph Fogg says the body was
carried on into the Nicholson pasture
where the body was found.
The first witness of the morning was
George A. Eldridge of Bucksport, who
was on the stand when court adjourn
ed. Saturday. He testified that he went
up to the Nicholson pasture the day
the body was found and walked along
the fence dividing the Miles lane from
the pasture. He found that the fence
was intact along it's entire length ex-
cepting at one point. There it was
broken down to within 90 inches of the
about 10 feet wide.
Eldridge said that he stepped over
the fence and walked down through
the field to where the body was lying
He noticed no wheel tracks nor did he
see any scratches or marks on the elder
bushes or tree trunks to indicate that
q team of any description had been
driven into the pasture.
The defence at this point in Eldridge's
testimony brought into court a large
number of stumDs of trees and elder
bushes which had been cut down and
all carefully marked to show where
they had been taken from. The time
occupied in describing where all OF
these exhibits were taken from and in
direct examination Of this witness was
considerably more than an hour.
on cross-examination, Attorney General
Soldiers brought out the fact that there
was a space through the alder bushes
towards the place where Sarah Wares
body was found which was about 10 feet
wide This portion of the pasture FL
bridge admitted that he had not exam
ined very carefully.
titled that he was present in court IN
March. 1898, when Joseph Fogg admitted
that he had lleu WHGn ne Sttlu iHtt iie
worgy had hired him to help move Sdral
wares body. Fogg at that time said
that he had done TrewOrgy great wrong
and he wanted 10 right it. Fogg pleaded
guilty to perjury and was sent to jail.
Frank 6. Perkins and Frank {. Per
kins of Rucksport. testified to about the
same thing as had Eldridge. They both
said that they had gone to the Nicholson
rasture Oct. .. when the body was dis
covered and had noticed that the pasture
was covered with a heavy growth Of At
ders. They did not believe It possible
that a Tiger could have been driven IRON
the lane through these alders 10 the place
where the body was found. The roao
track over which the State claimed tha'
The digger had been driven was very
| rough and in some places there were &c
pre ssions three feet deep.
The last witness of the forenoon W.lS
| Fred A Williams, who gave 1t as ms
| opinion that it would have been 1mpos-
| sfhle to have driven a jlggcr through TINS
| pasture ...o.
one Of the most interesting witnesses
| of the trial came, this afternoon, whei
| Mrs Elmira Miles. aged 81. with wnon
| Sarah Ware lived for many years, Wa
| called to the stand. She was on th'
| stand for over two hours and was SupJ:ct'
| ed to a very searching cross-eXaIninitioh
| She said she had known Sarah Ware 10
| 10 years previous to the latters dlsap
| nee rnnPa and that the murdered woman