Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-18
BILLIARDS. TRIAL
For Alleged Murder. Of Martin
Stanton, Last Year,
Begins at Dover-A Jury Secured
tuesday, Without Difficulty.
State Has 81 Witnesses, With OnI,
Four for Defence.

Dover. Me. March 11.-With Associ-
ate Justice Frederick Powers presiding,
alleged murder of Martin Stanton on
the Eagle Lake road, 80 miles from
Patten, Oct. II, began in the supreme
judicial court, today. a jury was
formed without difficulty. consisting of
Alton l.. Carr, foreman, NJ. G. Ladd, A.
S. Merrill, w. 3. Lyford, Charles A.
Littlefeld, Wilbur A. Mill Andrew l..
Bates. Benjamin S. Aver, Fred II. Ora
per, Charles Il. Packard, Luther NJ.
Averill and S. l.. Greedy.
Attorney General Seiders of Port
land, and County Attorney Durgin of
Milo, are conducting the case for the
State, While Ballard is defended by
Judge George w. Howe of Milo, and
Henry Hudson, Esq, of Guilford
The forenoon session was occupied
with County Attorney Durgin's OPEN
ing, which gave resume of the evil
dence brought out ut the coroner'S in
quest and the preliminary hearing, but
did not show any new developments.
The State has on hand q witnesses,
and the defence at present only four.
The first witness was Frank Norman
of Bangor, a clerk in the firm of II. w.
Marsh & Co. of that city, who stated
that he saw Stanton, Oct. ., two days
before the murder, at Tramway camp.
on the west shore of Eagle lake. He
gave Stanton Il check for $7205 and
also made a settlement with Ballard.
When he paid Stanton the money, Nor
man said that he knew that he had
considerable more by him, but how
much he did not know.
Vincent McKinnon, a teamster of
Fort Kent saw Stanton and Ballard
come to the depot camp, so called, Oct.
10. and leave for Patten by way of
Eagle Lake road.
Perley George of NorridgeWock, saw
the pair ON the Eagle Lake road the
following day. Ballard wanted to sell
the witness Il large 45-calibre revolver
and lin examining it witness noticed ii
was loaded. After having breakfasted,
the two men continued on their way,
taking caps and fuses to be delivered to
Mr.. Robbins, who was using explosives
in repairing the road.
Frank j. Crommett saw Ballard and
an older man pass Browns camp about
carrying q large revolver and a paste
board box. After the murder was dis
covered. witness identified the body as
that of he old man who was with Bal
lard.
Samuel !. Robbins stated that Bal
| lard came 10 his camp after supper on
oct II, and remained over night. He
said an old man who had been walk
ing with him, when about three-quar-
tiers of 4 mile from the Brown camp.
left the road. When Ballard asked him
where he was going, the old man re-
piled Il am going to h"
The following Saturday. Robbins be-
gan searching for the old man and the
next day found the body threequar-
tiers of Il mile from the Brown camp.
Sheriff +. S. Ireland described the
position of the wounds found on the
body, while Dr. l.. G. Ford of Milo, al
so testified regarding the wounds and
stated that their position indicated that
Stanton had been shot from behind.
After several other witnesses had
been called who had identified the
body as that of Stanton, the court ad-
journed until tomorrow.