The Somerset reporter., 1905-10-12
"Not Guilty"
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guilty could be returned aid the defend
mt must raise only reasonable d0ut
IN order that verdict II Lot Ruilh
should he brought In. As 10 the cor
fession made by Red, the iunRe ststec
hat a confession made viii Out induce
ment WAS valuable. but that lts VAlu,
depended upon how 1t was obtained
The jury Was out only about half A.
hour. When Foreman Gould epoke lh
words mot guilty." Mrs. Hoyt fell int
a chair and across the IA ling which sep
arated her from the bar Enclosure. Hei
sister rushed 10 her and kissed her Hel
husband and other relatives burst int
tears. Her aged mother WIS not |,
court. No one expected that The jurs
would arrive ar decision so quickly ard
but few spectators were in the cout
room.
THURSDAYS SESSION
The first witness was Carlton l.. Luce OF
West New Portland. who said lat he vas IN
the hotel a few days before tie are and So far
as he could SEE everything was the same as il
had been before. Cross-eXauued he said
that after having he never head the respon-
dent say that # she got clear Sic would make
II hot for them in New Portland He never
saw her dressed IN mourning before two
weeks ago.
Miss Annie Brown, trained nurse from
Iayerhill, Mass, testified that while attend
ny the respondent in West New Portland
She heard Otis \. Reed tell Mss kirshner
that if She married Hastings H. Hoyt, he
would ruin them both. Once heard Reed say
that he hated IIoyt.
Annie Fuller of West New Portland testi-
he'd that on the night of teb. a. last, she
was at an entertainment IN that town. That
the respondent never said that She would
give them a hot time in New Portland as
soon as she got her feet placed. This was
alleged by the state and testified to, Wednes-
day, by Mrs. Al Hoyt.
Herbert Hastings IIoyt was the last and
the star witness of the forenoon session. He
is the young man who married the respond
ent soon after the arrest of Reed. He is ii
years old and his vile is IS. He became en-
gagged to "Cappy,' the pet name Of his wife,
last February. When Reed left they were
mol on good terms. He knew that the re-
spondent went to Lewiston to see Reed and
was also aware Of the reason why she went.
Their marriage intentions were published,
June b, the fire occurred June IS, and they
were married in Skowhegan June II.
On cross examination he said that he never
told anybody that he knew that Miss kirsh-
ner was guilty but that he was going to pro-
tect her the best he knew how. said that he
called on Reed once in Jail and told him 10
keep good courage, but did not tell him that
he would help him. In regard to the truck
ing Of the supplies used on the repairs of the
burned hotel, his memory failed him and he
could tell but little.
At the afternoon session. which opened at
O'Clock. the respondent was called to the
stand, where for three hours she answere d
the questions of her attorney and the cross
examination Of the prosecution. She denied
all of the allegations made, but at times her
memory proved very treacherous Partcu-
lary was this SO when she stated that two
receipts, which she held from Pennington
furniture dealer, were in her trunk when she
was in Boston, last June.
BY the suggestion Of the court the sheriff
telephoned to Pennington to the furniture
dealer and the answer was that the respond
ent was gwen the receipts about two weeks
ago. This was pretty good evidence that she
could not have had them in her trunk last
June She denied that Reed passed the
night with her in the Lewiston hotel, Iunc s,
but that she stayed there alone
Two very "mushy' letters, which the re-
spondent claims to have written to Mr. lloyt
before their marriage, were read to the Jury.
One was addressed II "My Own Darling"
the other to "My Darling Sweetheart"
They closed with love and kisses to her darl-
ing bot. She expressed great affection for
IIoyt in them and regretted that the train
was bearing her away from her dear one. in
stead of 10 him one was alleged to have
been written on the train between Lewiston
and Portland, the morning after she is al
legged To have been in Lewiston over night
with Reed
The sensation Of the afternoon came after
the defense had rested and Mr.. Merrill put
in George \. Maeember Of Augusta. insur-
ance agent, who vas the complainant at the
preliminary hearing OF the respondent He
stated that when he called ON her in West
New Portland she said that she went to Bos-
ton on the afternoon train. June 8, and ar
rived there on the following night that she
did not stop in Lewiston or Portland and
could not remember whether she went by the
way Of augusta OF Lewiston.
On the tram she SAID that she had a faint
ing spell and that when she recovered She
found that she had lost her purse containing
SIS which was attached 10 a cord around her
neck She 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 # she had a theory as
to how the 6re originate /, she asked him if
he thought II could have caught from ashes
in the stove. Witness replied that if all the
stoves were ON the ground floor of the hotel
and there had been no hre in any of them for