Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-07

could hear swearing and clearly recog-
niZed Jim's voice aid the woman's
voice also"
You heard the wOman's voice, you
say, at o'clock in the morning.
Yes, sir. heard Jakes wife's voice
and the old mans. He was swearing
pretty hard. l could hear no other
voices but those two. Then l heard
nothing more till morning. Mr.. Mar
rlner found the body before l was up.
Il knew her voice all right. They
have had these rows every Saturday
night all summer long
David Mariner was seen by the
Journal. In answer to questions he
said:
Il worked until after II o'clock, last
night. When l got home everything
was quiet along the street. l got up
early. this morning, to go after a doc
tor for my sick children. When 1 was
going up the hill l saw the body. 1t
was 20 minutes to when 1 left my
house few steps below. l felt the
body and found the heart did not beat.
The hands were cold and so was the
head. l then went down to Mr.. Breen S
house and told him about the body. He
came back with me and saw that it
was Sinner HeseltOn. l heard no out
cry or noise during the night"
When DIR. SturteVant saw the body,
early yesterday morning, he made an
examination of the wound. He found
the cut was located two and n half
inches from the middle of the breast
bone and two and one-fourth inches
below the left nipple. The cut was
exactly five-eighths of an inch wide.
When probed the cut held its width
to the depth of two inches. Then it
became narrow and the probe passed
through small opening, taking an up
per and inner direction for six inches.
The face was covered with mud. At
ter being cleaned there was found a
slight bruise at the right side of the
nose on the cheek.
DIR. Sturtevant also found the initials
"A. L. H." tattooed on the inside of
the right forearm.
At the time DIR. Sturtevant made
this examination, which was about 6
o'clock, Sunday morning, he found
that the neck, ankles and wrist were
cold, but the chest, abdomen and thighs
"NAS wal IAlo oI'ihiolI "do llluI llIc
man had been dead from one and a
half to two hours before he was found.
Inter the direction of County At
torney Leigh a post-mortem examina-
ton was made, at ~ o'clock yesterday
noon. by DIR. Sturtevant and DR..
Croker. The chest cavity was ex-
plored. 1t was found that the cover
ings of the heart were perforated by
continuation of the external wound.
The apex of the heart was perforated,
with small opening into apex of left
ventricle. The left chest cavity was
filled with blood and the left lung was
congested, but no wound was found.
After Granger told about the pigs
head which ne claimed to have cut up
with his jackknife, the Journal man
Gage street In response to queries,
Mr.. Locke said:
Granger did buy a pigs head of me,
Friday, and l think l trusted him for
it. He buys quite lot of goods Of me,
and / let him have the head on his
promise to pay me, Saturday night. The
price as l remember it was to be As
cents. 1 think that the head he got
was pretty full of blood. We got three
pigs in, Tuesday, and all the heads
were pretty bloody. The blood was
very black, however. not like human
blood, 1 should say
A visit to the house was then made
and the stone jar in which Granger
said his daughter-in-law had sailed the
pigs head was shown the Journal man.
The meat was there, as described, but
the blood was not very dark colored.
In fact, it was quite red.
Mrs. Phelps. wife of the principal
witness for the prosecution, was seen.
She said that her husband came home
somewhere between 11.30 and IL o'clock
She is certain of the time because one
of her children woke her up at II
o'clock, as she noticed by the clock,
and it was only a short time afterward
that Joseph made his appearance and
she opened the door for him. She had
not been asleep meanwhile. She no
ticed he had been drinking, but he was
not very much intoxicated. He had
his hat on when he came home.
The cOroner's jury will meet at 9
o'clock. this morning. Several Witness
es have been summoned to appear and
give in their testimony. Should the
jury decide that Albert l.. Heselton
came to his death at the hands of
James Granger, the latter will be i'm
mediately arraigned before Judge An
drews on the charge of murder. He
Will then be held for the action of the
grand jury in September.
Williamson & Burleigh will appear
for Granger when arraigned and will
defend him in case he is indicted.
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