Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16
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Frank Cooper. parents of her husband.
arrived at her house and they remained
to dinner. The dress worn by Mrs.
Cooper on that day was produced and
witness identified it as the Cne which she
wore that day.
Q-"Was this dress torn like this that
day at dinner timc?"
A-"No. sir"
Witness said that on that morning she
sewed in a pocket in the right side OF
the skirt and when it was shown to her.
she identified it. The pocket was made
of a salt bag and laid under the
first seam. This, the witness said, sha
did after she got back from carrying the
scholars.
Q-''Why did you do it?''
A-"For the revolver"
Q-''When did Charlie Northy Gomez"
A-"About l o'clock"
Q-"What did he do?'
Ale came in through the Kitchen
and hung his cap UP in the hail.
Q-"Where did he sit down."
Ain the kitchen near the table"
Q-"Was your husband thcre?"
A-"No. sir"
u w no was.
Any husbands mother"
ON the kitchcn?"
Ayes. sir"
4 plan of the main floor of the Cooper
home, with the location of the furniture
of the dining room and kitchen was offer
ed by Mr.. Heath as evidence. The furni-
turc was shown on this plan as it was
on the day of the tragedy. and was drawn
by Civil Engineer w. 3. Getchell with
the assistance of Mrs. Cooper. who locat-
ed all of the movable objects.
Tho States attorneys offered some oh
lection to the admission of this plan as
evidence One point of the objection was
based upon the presence of lines show
ing supposed course of bullets between
the dining room and the kitchen.
To permit counsel to argue the point,
the jury was retired from the room.
Tho court ruled that the chart was in
admissible as evidence and Mr.. Heath
asked that he be allowed exceptions.
At II O'Clock n short recess was taken.
Continuing his direct examination Of
Mrs. Cooper, Mr. Heath required her to
hold up the skirt containing the pistol
sition about her form. Witness then pro-
ceeded with her description Of incidents
attendant upon Northy's last visit to her
home
Witness said that after sitting in the
kitchen for a short time Northy went into
the dining room where he remained until
after the witness mother-In-law left the
house. The witness was required to de-
scribe in detail the manner in which the
dining room was furnished. She descrih-
ed the relative positions of the side
board to the east window and the door
leading to the kitchen passage. Witness
said that she had some talk with Northy
In the dining room after the departure
of Mrs. Frank Cooper, her husband 5
mother. Northy sat down in the rocking
chair near the east window and witness
sat in one of the chairs placed about the
dining table. The rocking chair referred
to is the one which has been introduced
previously as an exhibit. Witness said
that the shade curtains on the east win
dow were about half way down.
O-"Were the outside blinds open?"
Alone was-the other was closed"
Q-'Why was it closed?"
Awe could never get it open. There
was something the matter with it"
Q-"How about the bay Window
Awe have blinds on the inside on
those windows
Q-"And how were they"
A-"All closed but two in the middle
lower window
Q-"Did you have any talk with Char
lie in the kitchen before you went into
the dining room?"
Ayes, sir
Q-"What was it?"
Witness said that Northy said You
don't know what n week l have put in. -
She replied that she guessed she had
put i'm as hard week as he had.
The rest of the talk witness could not re
| member. Witness said that they then
went into the dining room and talked
iurther Witness said tina. she made in
| uuiries or Northy as to where he had
| peen on the night before and where he
intended to go that evening Witness
was asked if she made these injuries in
resard 10 Marion Carey The cavern
menus counsel objected and the cour.
u.eo tnat the question be excluded.
l " w ere YOU then iealoa,s