Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16
The Forenoon Session.

The forenoon session Of the trial Of Mrs
Alice Cooper. charged with the murder
or Charles, Northy, Jr., opened at g3
O'Clock, the usual hour, and Mrs. Coopc,
resumed the stand. The direct cxamina-
ton of the witness by Senior Counsel
Heath was resumed
The witness was questioned about her
trip TO Augusta on the day before Ncrthy
was shot She said that she had planned
the trip OH the Friday evening previous
IN order to purchase some articles to com
plete Il dress which Mrs. +. f. Hussey
was making for her. The dress was in
tended to be used at IL Christian Endeav.
or affair to be given that week This
affair has been referred to in previous
testimony as a "nccktrc party"
Mrs. Cooper WIS To give Il recitation
called AN Incident of the War" thc
copy of which was written for hcr by
Edith Given. who testified for the State.
Q-"When did you first think of b1,yinc
this revolvcr?"
A-"Sunday night"
Q-''Why?"
A-"For the purpose Of protecting my
self"
Witness said that she was afraid that
Charles NorthY would net come on Tues
day as he agreed but might wait until
Saturday night when hcr husband was
not ut home, and she thought that sh"
needed some prot' Ction. Witness said that
if Chailie did not agree to what she said
about keeping away from tho house sh..
would show the revolver At this point
til" attorney general obiectcd
Witness said that on Monday morning
Sh" cooked 4 quantity of food for dinner
ht which i number Of those outside tn"
family wcr" entertained. Witness said
that she left home for Augusta at about
1.13 O'Clock that afternoon. She drove to
ToGus, whcr" she put her outfit in Smiths
livery stable ana completed the trir t.
the city by an electric car Witness
thought that the car left TocuS at .
o'clock. The first store visited III this
city WAS The Brooks Hardware 90.
where sh" bought 10 pounds of horse shoe
nails. Witness said she also looked at Il
revolver hut did not buy one
Q-"Why not
Ar don't know. but I think il was
because the rcvolvcrs there were too
large
Witness next went to Russell & Wcs-
tons dry goods store and purchased a
collar for her gown and other small arti-
cleS of dress. Witness next visited the
10 cent store" on Water street and
bought q toy watch for her little son
Ralph. Witness then went to "Cogan's."
hardware store. and inquired for a re-
vOlver. Placide Couilard who testified
for the government waited upon her.
Witness said she looked at n small rcvoI-
Yer and sail 81 guess that will do" The
clerk showed witness how to rsc the
gun and asked her if she did not wan.
to buy some cartridges to go with the
revolver. She said that she supposed she
would have to get some 50 bought a box
Of 70 cartridges She paid for these arti-
cles and left the store. Witness also told
of her visit to other stores whore She
crockerv. She said she met her hus-
bands mother. Mrs. Eliza Cooper and
Mrs. Alma Cooper on two occasions dur
ing the afternoon. Witness returned to
Togus on tho car leaving Water street al
o'clock and from Togus she completed
her return trip to South Windsor. Wit
ness said that on arriving nome her hus-
band took care of the horse and she went
into the house.
Q-"What did you do with the revol-
ver?"
Al put it under the lower stair in
the hail.
Q-"And the cartrdges?''
Al put them in a drawer in the side
board in the dining room
Q-"How many cartridges did you take
out of the box?"
A-"Quite a number
Q-"Why did you take them out?"
A-"So that the box would fit in this
place in the drawer"
Q-"And what did you do with those
you took out of the box?"
Al went behind the house and threw
them away
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