The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-05
LOVED HIM
AS HER CHILD
Witness So Quotes Mrs.
| Cooper Of Young Northey.
|NEIGHBORs TELL STORY
She Had Talked With Accused About
Their Relations Anxious to Com
vert the Boy--Sat Nearly All
Night Talking Religion.
.NEIGHBORs TELL STORY

Augusta, Me, April 5.~The full story
Of the ioyer.likc relationship. between
Mrs. Alice F, Cooper and Charles D.
Northey, Jr., for whose alleged murder
she il on trial, was told yesterday in
the sworn statements III the friends and
neighbors Of the Coopers and Northcys,
who had noticed the demeanor Of the
couple. Mrs. Cooper heard il Ill with
composure.
The court room MAS packed In antici.
patton oil hearing about the bneberrying
trips Of the Young blacksmith and the
handsome married woman, how they had
sat together in hammocks and appeared
wrapped up IN each other at church and
other places. At times she smiled
Mrs. Alhertine Albce told this imy
how Mrs. Cooper had admitted to her
once that she had talked religion To
Charlie Northey until 3 o'clock in the
morning. An aged man, who was hard
81 hearing, noticed that Mrs. Cooper at
party sat 20 that her toe touched
Charles ankle When she left, hid said,
Charlie followed snug 10 her.' He
noticed, he said, because Charlie was
SO close to her.
Mrs. Cooper did no, appear to mind
the character OF the testimony brought
out yesterday. AT times She smiled ut
the trivial character IL the point (which
tI.e state attempted IL make. * great
deal al the misery thai marked fier face
during the earlier stages Of the case,
when the gruesome part Of the crime
was reached bad gone when she walked
into the court room yesterday.
Mrs. Goopcr's mother sat inside the
bar enclosure. She occupied the chair
that Mr.. Cooper usually has. while he
took another seat little farther away.
Mrs. John Drake, whose cross exaniina-
ton was interrupted by adjournment
Tuesday, resumed the stand.
Mr.. Heath questioned her about the
blueberrying trip and the hammock cpl
sodc Mrs. Drake said that while Mrs.
Cooper and Northey were in the ham
mock she and Mrs. Cooper's children
were in the immediate vicinity.
At the Sunday school picnic, she saw
Mrs. Cooper and Northey playing drop
the handkerchief" with others.
Witness admitted, with many bushes.
that when she ran out of her house at
the time the May basket was hung,
she wore kimona aud was In her stock
ing feet.
Shepherd Eldfedre, tho witness who
broke down some days ago, was in court
Yesterday and was next called for CON
tinued cross examination
Mr.. Heath said that he was unable
20 cross examine Eldredge nov. Mr..
Heath did not appear at all we'll yes
tefday, and explained that his lungs
were troubling him, and that II was
hard for him to talk. Eldredgs was
excused for the time being, and Mrs.
Albertine Albec was called.
The statement made by Alice +. Coop.
er a year age that she loved Charley
Northey as one Of her own children
was repeated at her trial yesterday by
Mrs. Albertine Alhee OF Windsor.
Mrs. Cooper's children were attending
the seven weeks term OF high school
at Windsor and stayed at my house
Mrs. Cooper came there cne Friday to
take them home. We had quite long
talk, at which my mother was pres
cnt.
We had been speaking Of the death
of Charley Northeys mother, and Mrs.
Cooper said 4 love Charley as one
Of my own children; can see no diff
ference.
She said she was interested In Char
ley and wanted him TO become a Chris
tian She said she had talked religion
TO him at one time until O'Clock in the
morning
Mrs. Albee said she saw Mrs. Cooper
and Northey at the Kings Daughters
apron sale. They sat near each other
and talked.
John Drake was called Mr.. Drake
is tall, erect, about sixty.iiye years old
and somewhat deaf. Both Mr.. Leigh
and Mr. Goddard were obliged TO shout
at him 20 make him understand. On
direct examination he said:
II attended Sabbath school at the
Methodist church every Sunday and al
most always saw Mrs. Cooper aud North
ey there. They we're together good
deal before the Sunday school eommenc.
ed. talking. saw dhcni at the prayer
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