Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-25

'A' iiVt CAcde,A AOl llit otdte 10 SNOW
that the respondent had assisted in
moving the body to convict him of
murder. but that it must show that he
killed the woman.
The charge was generally regarded
as favorable to the defence
AT midnight the jury was still out
and at this time the judge retired,
leaving word that if verdict was
reached that it be sealed and returned
to the court in the morning.
Mr.. Fellows, counsel for the defence.
concluded his argument, this morning,
speaking an hour and a half. He CEN
sured the State for not producing the
hammer and piece OF canvas which
figure in the case and for not bring
ing forward the report of the chemist
who examined the stains on these two
articles. He criticised the State for
presenting Sarah Wares skull as evil
dence, because he claimed it was not
in the same condition as it was when
found. The rest of his argument, Mr..
Fellows devoted to the arraignmenf
Of the witnesses for~the State and the
discussion of their evidence. He par
ticularly questioned the veracity Of
Fogg and Joe Mink.
Attorney General Seiders had not
| concluded his argument at the noon
| recess and he spoke until after 4
o'clock this afternoon. going into the
case at great length. He said in OPEN
| ing that it was a pleasure to try this
case because there had been so much
| talk about it and so much criticism
of the State for not trying it that
| it was q pleasure for him TO help clear
| it up and set the idle tongues at rest.
He then said that this murder was
committed four years ago in September
and there had been coroner's juries,
grand juries and the municipal court
pass upon it and nothing had resulted.
| The demand was for 4 thorough in
vestigation and this was why the State
was trying the case.
The attorney general then went in
| to the law on the case and then be-
gan an analysis of the evidence. He
said Sarah Ware had left the Miles
house to go to John Bulduc's place
and had been seen to go there and
leave there and was seen by some Wit
nesses when part way home. Then
the attorney general took up the evil
dence of Mrs. Bolin, Mrs. McGinnis
and Mrs. Hess. who testified to hear
| ing outcries that night near the Hess
house. This in itself removes all sus-
picion from George Viles, as it proves
beyond n doubt that the murder was
committed near the Hess house and
not where the body was afterwards
found.
Two weeks after this night the body
was discovered in the Nicholson pas
| ture. The character of the place was
| such that it proved it had been care
fully selected by some one who was
| familiar with the country and with
the approaches to this field. 1t is evil
dent that the person had been there
in the daytime and carefully picked
out his road. There was no appear
lance of there having been any strug-
gle at this place and there was ne
alder bushes growing in that place
that this man had driven through tt
reach the place where the body wa:
found.
| No implement had been found there
with which the wounds on the woman:
head had been committed. Under th'
hin had been found her hat and unde
her body n false switch of hair. ant
1.-The attorney general explained how
! these came to be there. me grass
was tro6den down around the foot o
the body. showing that the murdere
came there after depositing the bod-
in that place. drawn by that Irresistible
. attraction to look upon the features
. of the woman he had slain. And Their
he had deposited n stone near the bod.
, to give the impression that this ha'
, been used in doing the Staying
+ The attorney general took up JOSEPH
, Forg's testimony. saying that in som
, things he agreed with the defenc
. about it. Unsupported. this evidenc
, should not be considered. but h
claimed that every statement Fogg ha
made was supported by the evidence
So strong was the evidence in supper
! of Fogy's story that the jury must be
, iieve it to be true. He said there wa
!, no doubt that force had been brougn
to bear on Fogg and his wife to induc
. them to retract their stories. One thin
:, which proved that Fogg had nelpe
, move the body as he says he did wa
when he was told the body had bee
]. discovered he started right off for tn
!, Mace without being told where it ha
been found. Another thing which
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