Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-06
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ing the defendant was at his work
promptly at the usual hour.
Mrs. Emma flanagan, who occupied
| the house at 43 Green street, told of
Blondin's coming to his house and en-
gaging room for himself and wife.
1t was large, square. back room on
the fourth floor. There was an ordi-
nary lock on the door. but Blondin put
on another, a Yale lock, she thought.
The first time she saw Mrs. Blondin
was Saturday, April L., 1901 She was
at work on the stairs when Mrs. Blon-
din came in, about 10 minutes before 4
o'clock. and went up stairs to her room.
Ter minutes later Blondin came in and
went up stairs, remaining about p
minutes. He then came down stairs
and left the house. When Mrs. Han
neSan went up stairs, 10 minutes after
RlOndin went out, she raped at the
doors Of his room, but sor no response.
In the meantime she had been ar work
in the halls on the stairway and in the
bath room. She saw no person go up
the stairs after Mrs. Blondin had enter
ed the house, nor did she see any per-
son go dow n before or Immediately af-
ter Blondin left the house.
Mrs HanneGan was engaged in
cleaning the stairs between the ground
floor and the fourth floor, as near as
she can judge, about half an hour. She
was on the top floor at work in the
room near the head of the stairs when
she heard a footstep in the ball. She
went to the door and saw Blondin
standing on the top step twirling his
moustache. He remained there about
two minutes and then went down the
stairs, and few minutes later Mrs.
Hannigan went to RlOndin'S room and
raped on the door. There was no re-
spouse. She never saw Mrs. Blondin
after she went up stairs, 10 minutes
before Blondin came in.
Mrs. Hennigen said positively that
Mrs. Blondin had not left the house at
the time the witness raped on Blon-
din's door and got no response.
The following day. Sunday, she went
to the Blondin's room and raped but
got no answer. Again. on Monday, she
went up with a letter addressed to Mrs.
Blondin and when no one answered her
knock she slipped the letter under the
door. That afternoon she saw Blondin
for the first time since Saturday. She
said to her: We are going to leave
you, Mrs. Hennigan. We are going to
Canada. I've got chance for both
myself and my wife to work on a vessel
and we're going to get SIS per month"
DO you think your wife will like
this?" Mrs. Hennigan inquired.
"Oh. she'll be all right said Blon- |
din. she went be back here any |
7 m h hay
sister good bye.
The following day Blondin came TO |
her house. She asked him if he had |
found the letter she had slipped under |
the door. He replied that he had found |
the letter and that it was all right. He |
said that his wife was at that time |
waiting for him at the railroad station. |
A short time later Blondin went out. |
He returned soon. after that with an |
expressman. She went up stairs with |
them and saw the trunk removed from
the room. She heard the eXpresSman |
say that one of the trunks was very |
heavy, and saw Blondin assist him in
taking it down stairs.
Blondin went out a few minutes
later and she did not see him again.
To Mr. Morrison. the witness denied
ever having told Mr.. Hamilton that
she was present when the expressman
came for the Blondin's baggage and
that she saw him carry three trunks
down the stairs. She also denied that |
she ever told newspaper reporter
that on the evening of April p she saw
Mrs. BlOndn go down stairs a few |
minutes after her husband had left the
house.
Mr. Morrison then closely questioned |
the witness as to whether a certain
woman who lodged in the house when
Blondin and his wife came there to live
had key to the room occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Blondin. with the evident in
tention of proving that it was because
of this fact that Blondin had the Yale
lock put on the door.
When the examination proceeded,
Mrs. Hennigan said she did not see any
blood upon Blondin when he came out |
of his room, Saturday afternoon. april
q, 190D, nor did she observe that he
was excited. While he remained in the
room she had heard no noise of any
kind, nor anything to arouse suspicion
that anything wrong was taking place
in the room. When she entered the
room several days later, after he had
removed his belongings, she saw no
marks of blood nor anything to indi-
cate that a struggle had taken place.
A question from Mr.. Morrison near
the end of the cross examination
brought out the fact that the county |
of Middlesex had purchased from Mrs.
Hennigan the carpet which had been
in the room occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Blondin.
The court then adjourned until to-
morrow.
TIE Criminal Court Of RodeZ /