Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-03-07


Hosea Stevens, his neighbor, at Rome,
last November. The malice afore-
thought" part of the indictment was
mol pressed on recommendation of
County Attorney Leigh, so that the
charge remained as manslaughtcr.
Blomiley took the sentence with calm
less. but his wife piteously wept He
ill be taken to Thomaston sometime
his week. Harvey d. Eaton, Esq, Of
Vatervillc, appeared for the respond
nt
County Attorney Leigh called four
illnesses, Stnborn u. MoShcr. Isaac
Iosher. Fred w. Mosher and Millard
:. Stevens.
Sauborn d. MOshcr. being first
lllei to the stand. testified that he
-vcd at jamaica Point in the town &C
ONE, about one-half mile from the
ONE of Hosea Stevens. On the 18th
{ last November, he went to the Ste
nns home, with Isaac Mosher, AMI
:ert Foster was also there. They had
.een there about onc-half hour when
iosc2 Stevens arrived at his home
it'll Millard Stevens. his nephew. They
len began making cider. About one
alf hour later John Blomiley came
I'd wanted to borrow a rifle. Isaac
!oshcr said he had none.
Blomiey then went down the road
nd Stevens went up the road. ani
tught his hogs and put them in the
IN iE the yard. He had just locked
lem up i'll the pen when Blomiley
,me back down the road with n shot
III. Hosea said: What are you go
z to shoot Blomiley replied: 'H!
i'll shoot anything. l don't care what
shoot"
"Thcn." said the Witness "Blomiley
ought the gun to his shoulder. Ho-
n pat UP his hands. saying. Look
oys, he is going to shoot me- Off
'ent the gun. and down went Hosea
nd that's all 1 know about it."
Witness also testified that at the
;me Off the shooting Blomilcy was
rom 25 to 80 feet away out in the
Dad. AS soon as the shooting wds
one Blomiley went off.
Witness WAS asked how long he had
nosxn Hosea Stevens and he said he
ad known him Il very long time. He
yas asked if he knew anything of Ste
ems character. County Attorney
.eigh objected to this question. but
he court stated that he should admit
violence on this point.
Witness was asked what kind of Il
nan Stevens was in his relations with
is neighborS, to which MOsher re-
lied: "In some things he was IL good
ind of a.inan, and in other things he
How d. you mcan?" asked Attorney
.aton.
A.-WclI. he was the kind of a man
Who would get a dollar out of a man
{ he had to.
Q.--iIoW.
Al don't know. but he would get it.
Q.-Was he a truthful man?
To this the county attorney object
Il. but the court allowed the witness
% reply, and witness said: mo, he
wasn't
Q-Was he peaceful in the neighbor-
iood?
Al should say he was not all the
imc.
Witness testified that he went away
| within one-half minute after the shot
vas fired and supposed that Stevens
vas dead. Seeing that he did not move
,e took this for granted.
| Isaac Mosher being called to the
! tand. corroborated with almost abso-
| ute fidelity and supported the testi-
| nony of the first witness in regard to
| Blomilcys arrival and in regard to the
| words that passed between him and
| stevens. He said that Stevens spoke
| o Blomilcy merely in a soft tone Of
| .oicc.
SanbOrn Mosher being recalled also
remembered that the tone of Hosea S
voice was soft.
Fred W. Mosher was called and tcs-
titled that the rifle Blomiley borrowed
was his, but that he was not present at
the time it was lent.
Millard X. Stevens of North Belgrade,
who was at Hosea Stevens house the
night before the tragedy, testified that
he arrived at the house with his uncle.
Hosea about 1 or LIS. He cOrrOborat-
ed the testimony of the preceding wit
ness in regard to what took place be-
tween Stevens and Blomiley. using the
identical words of the preceding wit
ness.
On cross-eXamfnation he said that
| when the shot was fired he lodged into
| the house and as soon as Blomiley had
gone he went over the wall, down to
| the lake. got into his boat and rowed
| home: after which he went to Oakland
| and informed the officers of the trag-
| edy.
He said that when he left the home of
| Hosea Stevens there was only Mrs.
Stevens and an old man in the house.
Urban L. Charles, constable of the
town of Rome. was the fifth and last
| witness of the State. He testified in
regard to Blomily's giving himself up
saying that he had shot Hosea Stevens
and killed him dead: that he was very
sorry for il, but that it could not b,