Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-07-30
MR.. snrpEns FOR TIE srArr.

Soldiers In presenting the governments
case to the jury was an able and forceful
one, and, like that of Mr.. Fellows, was
listened to from start to finish with in
tensest interest. A summary follows.
This is one OF the most remarkable cases
that has ever been tried out In the State OF
years ago the coming September. There
have been many hearings on the case, but
the ghost OF Sarah Ware would not down
A demand has been persistently made that
this case should be tried out before COM
petent jury OF the body OF this county
1t has been the duty of the State officials
to present the case to the jury. The in
terest OF morals and good government has
required this, for there is nothing that
can so debauch and corrupt any commu-
nifty AS the covering up and ignoring OF
high crime.
The attorney general then discussed the
dual capacity OF State and county officers,
'pointing out that while they seek to pun
ish crime, they give to the respondent
every advantage enjoyed by the State, and
the law throws about the respondent the
mantle OF innocence. He discussed the
question OF reasonable doubt, explaining
clearly to the jury the meaning OF the
term, and then touched on circumstantiai
evidence, illustrating II by the binding to-
gether OF many strands, each of itself
small and weak, but when combined
forming a rope which will stand any
| strain.
Going to the matter of the accusation,
the encouragement showed how II Ia
that In cases OF high crime the evidence
presents itself. The great aecuser of
crime is not what men say, but what our
conscience says to us. Men may speak
falsely. and their statements are always
subject to examination, but in cases OF
high crime every man, woman and child
in sane condition, knows that the COM
mission OF the same Is wrong, for con-
science says so.
MIR. Soldiers then told the jury what is
necessary to be proven In order to con-
Wet OF murder. In the first place there Is
the corpus delicti-that is the death of
some person; secondly, that the body
found is that of the person claimed TO
have been murdered; third, that there was
a human agency, and that 1t was uniaw-
full, and lastly, that the person on trial was
that guilty party.
Applying that to present case he said
that 1t had been shown that dead hu-
man body, that OF a woman, was found
| a n III
seems TO be no question that the body
was that OF Sarah Ware. As to the third
point there would seem TO be no question,
taking the nature OF the wounds into con
sideration, that Sarah Ware came to her
death by human agency. And so 1t is
with the fourth and last point that we
have to deal with almost wholly In this
case 1t is this point which connects Will
liam I. Treworgy with this deed.
Mr.. Soldiers then commenced his analy
sis OF the evidence, sayipg that Sarah
left the Miles house the last time on the
evening of Sept II, 1895, going to Bulduc's
and then started on her return to Mrs,
Miles; that she was seen on her way there,
and on her return for part Of the way.
Taking up the evidence OF Mrs. Bolan,
Miss McInnis and Mrs. Hass in regard to
the outcries which they heard in the
neighborhood OF Mrs. Hass' house, sounds
hich to them seemed the muftied gurgle
of a choking voice. MIR. Seiders argued
that this OF itself removed from the case
the man on hom the defence has sought
to throw suspicion-George Viies. II has
been shown conclusively that yiles was
at his own home that night.
Then comes a gap OF two weeks, and
the finding OF the body on Oct. In
the lonely Nicholson pasture after sew
eral days search. The character Of the
place shows that beyond all question II
had been selected; it was not a place
which anyone could have driven in and
found by accident. Was 1t a stranger who
selected that place, or was II someone who
had been on the premises, and was famil-
lar with them? 1t was a place easily
reached from the road, yet screened from
observation. The alders, although APP
parently thick and serving well their pur-
pose Of a screen, yet were not thick enough
to prevent the passage of team.
1t is evident that the persons who chose
this spot to lay away the bruised and bat
tered body OF Sarah Ware had been over
the ground and found place of entrance
and exit. What was the condition of the
body? Was that the place where death
came TO the poor woman9 Or had the
body been moved to that place after the
awful deed was done? Clearly the crime
was not committed here In the Nicholson
pasture. There was no appearance oil
any struggle OF any kind. But there were
bruises on the alder bushes to the south
ward, marking distinct trail the width Of
wagon from the place where the body
was found through the opening below. NJ
implement was found that could. haze In.