Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-06
THE kEYES TRIAL.
Continued from Page one.)

fate. OF the respondent. All of the mel
responded 10 their names and the lonl
and tedious work OF empaneling thu
iurv was then commenced. Out of tn,
rrst II men examined. but two wer,
.,cceptcd. The first man called to be ex
amined was c. C.. Cloudman of LIE
want. MIR Cloudnan had formed a!
,a,inion such az no evidence could pos
slblv overcome. William r. Brown o
Carol. was Of the same opinion. And
So Il went on, man after man having
formed an opinion regarding the case
Horny Pierce of Hampden, was the
first man accepted.
e. II Sanford of Bradford. the 18th
man examined, WAS the second TO DC
ar,.pted. +, f.. Croker Of chester, was
IA, third man accepted, after pehls
cIoscly questioned by both the prose
,.,,tin, and defence. Howard w. Nealey
~ %ewburg, was accepted AFTER behIs
questioned for 20 minutes
x Gordon Of Midway, was the
nm i,rur accepted after being put
through a 3ovrre questioning ny me az
,,,,.ye M both sides out of % men
frve were chosen.
t'UlEt WAS llitI GbJ'NA'''
moan hour, the jurors selected being
carefully cautioned not 10 TAX oi Inv
case With any person IN the eih''iii' :,
AT the afternoon session the crow"
was If ANYTHING, larger than AT INV
foreman session. The seats were every
,,,e taken after which the doors were
Guarded by DEPUTIES and no one was
.'uov,d to stand within the room. The
s,ectarors were as in the morning
Uter;Ily sprnkled with members OF the
fcfnal" sex.
The sixth juror to be chosen was
John King Of Hampdcn. who had
neither formed an opinion or talked the
ease over The seventh man to ST. OH
Tie Jury was Elmer J. kenney OF Vt
ringtnn. This made seven selected OUT
Of a possible. 81 examined.
The alleged crime for which Elmer
l.. K.v.s is now being tried In the
supreme court was committed on the
night of the last Sunday in June OF
this year. Elmer l.. Reyes. the respon-
dent was station agent for the Maine
Central RaihoaI at Great Works. Ow-
ing IA some family difficulties his wife
isabel Nbll htSFS WIN WV
were making their home with Mrs
Keycs' sister. Mrs. IL. +. Sawyer az 20
Third street. Bangor.
on the Sunday Of the murder IL y
q matter Of common knowledge that
Mrs. keycs was absent from her board
ing place from early In tn" morning
until vel along in the evening. Inc
children were left at home In the al
ternoon Reyes having finished ms
l.bnrs AT the Great Works station came
Ia Bangor and to the Sawyer nome
presumably for the purpose OF seeing
his wife and children.
ON reaching the Sawyer home and
finding Mrs. Reyes gone ne waited TO:
Ter r"tdrn i'm the meantime playing
with the children. Late in the evening
rIrs. Epy.s accompanied, II Is alleged
hy Mrs. SAWYER returned home. She
kissed the children and greeted hel
l,usbari, after which they tMr and
Mrs. Kryes) went into her apartments
The children had also been PIT To bed
!. IN the rooms occupied rs. Mrs. Reyes
Mi and Mrs. Sawyer retired and af-
ter sometime had passed the other in
mates of the house were startled by ;
shot, evidently fired in the rooms oc-
cupicd by the Reyes family. Mrs. Saw
Yer with her husband rushed to The
door and opened it. Mrs. Reyes Will
blood streaming from bullet hole n
her breast fell into the arms of hr
sister. Mrs. Sawyer. Reyes rushed
from the room with 4 smoking reVolve
in his hand and turned the weapon oI
himself. the bullet entering just below
his chin.
Rcforr the arrival of either physi
clans or the police who had been sum
hIonrd Mrs. Reyes expired. Reyes wa
taken to the Eastern Maine Genera
hospital where for several weeks h
fingered between life and death, grad
ullly recovering. On recovering he ap
rcarei to have suffered a complete
lapse Of memory being unable 10 re
nrmb"r anything that happened on tn
fatal night. lie was finally formal.
arrested and ariaigned in the Bango
municipal court entering n plea of no
Euilty and another of insanity.
shortly afterward he was remove
to the Insane hospital at August
where observations as To his SAINT
were made by the physicians in Charg.
and has since been in Jail, awaitin
trial
one of the chief witnesses for tn
stat will be Mrs. II. f. sawyer siste
to the murdered woman. Mrs. SawyC
accompanied by one of the little Keye
girls was present in the court room
today Both woman ami girl wcr
dressed entirely in sombcr black New
Ithe,ess they watched anu listened In
trntiy 10 everything that was said dur
ing the first day of the trial.
Among the prominent men whoI
will testify at the trial may be men
TONED Dr. Rigelow r. Sanborn of Au
Eusta. DIR. Z. II. =. Vaughan. DIR. Gale
NJ " oudCock. DIR. Charles l.. MCCurd
Il EtnSor aud DIR. Addison s. Ihay,
cf Portland.
II 10 understood that there will /
about - witnesses in all.
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