Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-06

morning after she is alleged to have
been in Lewiston over night with Reed.
The sensation of the afternoon came
after the defence had rested and Mr..
Merrill put in George A. Macomber 0!
Augusta, insurance agent. who was the
complainant at the preliminary hear
ing of the respondent. He stated that
when he called on her in West New
Portland she said that she went 70
| Boston on the afternoon train, June
| 8, and arrived there on the following
hight. that she did not stop in Lewis
ton or Portland and could not rcmem-
| Der whether she went by the way of
Augusta or Lewiston.
| on TIE train she said that she had
Il faintinG spell and that when she re-
covered she found that she had lost
her purse containing SIS which was at
Itdched to Il cord around her neck. Size
also told him that she did not believe
Reed was guilty and that they had
had no trouble, their relations being
| friendly.
| Asked by the witness if She had
theory as to how the fire originated
she asked him if he thought it could
have caught from ashes in the stove.
! WITNESS replied that if all the stoves
We're or the ground floor of the hotel
| and there had been no fire in any OF
them for Il week and as the fire was
on the top floor he did not see how il
could.
| She thcE stated that there was just
one man in the world whom she
thought might have burned her build
| ngS ANA that Was 4 man in Mechanic
Falls. with whom she got into 4 scrape.
, Witness asked her what kind of
scrape i was and she replied: "A nasty
IsCraLe." She said that w. II. Newell
of the law firm of Newell & Shelton of
Lewiston. wrote the Mechanic Falls
man 4 letter and that in order TO husi;
up the matter he came to Lewiston and
paid $1,000. That as this man was very
angry at the time. she thought that he
might have gone to West New Port
land and set the fire.
All these allegations made by Mr..
Macomber were denied earlier in the
afterncon by the respondent, while be-
Iirg cross examined. Mr.. Macomber
also stated that while he was asking
Miss kirshner these questions she did
not appear to be nervou.
| That tho evidence in rcbuttal might
the court was necessary. Eight Wit
lnCSSeS were examined.
! \ sensation was caused when Mrs.
| Sarah. wife of Otis A. Reed. the self
| confessed frebug, took the stand. She
| testified that not one word had ever
been said to her by Merrill in regard to
| getting Otis to confess. 1t was Detec-
tive Odlin. not Merrill. she said, who
told her that if she would use her i'll
iuence with Otis to get him to confess.
it would help them and they would
| then help him.
| Otis A. Reed said that he remained
i'll the room all night with Miss kirsh-
ner. when they We're in Lewiston. Ihat
he never made any threat to shoot her
and that he had never had any trouble
with the man who is now her husband.
That when he passed the night with
her in room 30 at the Atwood hotel he
did not know that she was engaged to
| Hoyt.
do YOU mean to say, Mr. Reed,
| asked Attorney Goodwin. "that with
wife and two little children in the
| same village you remained all night
| with Miss kirshner?"
| MY wife was not i'll the same vii
| lage." replied Reed.
"She was in Sabattus. was she not?'
asked Mr.. Goodwin.
"She was" was the reply.
Then you may stand down. said
| RIr. Goodwin.
! Sheriff Smith swore that Hastings
| Hoyt said in his presence and in that
OF Reed, Mrs. Hoyt, Mr.. Goodwin, in
the Jail, that he. Mr.. Hoyt. did not be-
lieve that his wife went to Lewiston
| with Reed. Yet in his direct testimony
Hoyt swore that he knew all about his
wife. then Miss Kirshner. going to
Lewiston with Reed. This closed all
the testimony in rebuttal.
Judge Spear stated that he would al
low each attorney one hour for their
HEADINGS. tomorrow morning. Mr.. Mer-
rill asked for longer time. but was
| refused.
| "I want this case to go to the jury
NJ the forenoon session, tomorrow.
said His Honor
At The session, tonight the court
roor, was more crowded than at any
other time during the trial. II IS e.
necte1 that a jam will be present t"'