Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-16

arm around her waist. In the passage
leading to the kitchen Northy dropped his
arm and he felt the revolver in witness
pocket. He put his left arm about her
and with his other hand and pulled the
revolver from her pocket. She grasped
his wrist and the two struggled to get
possession Of the revolver. Witness turn
ed around and the pistol was exploded
once, she hearing the bullet whiZ past the
right side of her head The struggle con-
tinued and she broke her hold and ran
out of the room and from the house.
Q-"And that is the last you know of
him."
Ayes"
Q-"And did you hear another shot?''
Ayes"
Q-"Where were you then?'
A-"Near the entry door"
Q-"How fast did you go out?''
A-"As fast as 1 could"
Q-"Did you close the door behind
you?"
Ayes, SIR
Q-"And then where did you go?"
Al ran towards the shop"
Q-"And saw your husband?"
Ayes, sir
Witness then told of the incidents that
followed in somewhat the same manner
as given by her husband who testified
earlier in the trial Her recollection Of
the occurrences following her exit from
the house was not very coherent or dis.
tinct. Witness told of her going to the
home of Mrs. Henry Cooper, where she
remained over night She said that when
said: Il shall never say anything against
Charlie She said that on the evening
that Northy died she was interviewed by
the coroner Mr. Plummer) and she gave
him her statement of the affair. The re-
main1er of the testimony, covering the
incidents of the days from that time un-
til she was arrested and taken to Jail.
was very much the same as has been
given by :; number of witnesses previous
ly examined. Witness told of her arrest
on the Friday following the shooting and
of her incarcC ration in jail. and the sub
sequent hearing held before Judge An
draTS.
Q-"Were you in your house from the
time you ran out of it and the time ycu
went home after teing released from
jail?"
A-"No sir
Witness remembered speaking of a
white mark in the kitchen but she did
not know that it was a bullet hole until
later informed. Witness said that in all
ory as to a third shot.
Q-"Have Won now"
A-"No sir"
"
third shot"
A-'No. sir"
Q-"When YOU bought this revolver did
YOU have any intent to kill Charlie
Northy9"
A-"No, sir
Q-"And do you know anything more
about his death than you have here tes-
tilted to-"
A-"NO sir
The direct examination was concluded
with this question at 12.1O o'clock and
the cross examination was begun by At
torney General Hamlin.
Under crosS-eXamination witness said
that her maiden name was Alice Spencer.
She lived with her parents in South Car
diner where she was educated in the
public schools. leaving the latter ut the
age of 13 When 16 witness went with
her parents to Readfeld, where she re-
sided until IS, when she was married and
went to Hallowell to live, moving from
there four months after tc her present
home. where she has since lived. Witness
said that she went to BrOckton, Mass,
to See her sister on three occasions and
went visiting elsewhere on very nfre-
quent occasions. Witness said that her
most intimate women friends at South
Windsor We're Mrs. Henry Cooper and n
Mrs. Kehoe. The latter lived in South
Windsor only four years and died there
last winter. witness was required to go
over much of the testimony given In di-
rect examination, especially that pertain
ing to her acquaintance and subsequent
intimacy with Charlie Northy. Witness
sad that she had never written any let
ters to Northy but had written him two
or three notes in May last. She also wrote
him postal card in September after the
Windsor fair. This postal contained an
invitation to Northy to come to supper