Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-28
CANNOT IDENTIFY.
Jesse Bardon Cannot Say
Who Fired at Him
But Ethel Sturteyant, His For.
mer Love, Is Bound Over.
Judge Say He Sees Reason, But Allows
Release on Bail.

Uauoycr, \. H., May 27.-Ethel Stur-
tcvont the pretty little 16-ycar-old
da;!rltcr of Joshua SturtcVant of East
Lebanon. charged with the shooting of
I.sso Pardon May 3. near the Sturtc-
want home, was Saturday bound over
for trial by the grand jury in Woods
willie i'll September.
Thu. hearing took place in the 1ianO-
var ,.nlicc court before Judge T. w.
d. ENorthcn, who declared in closing
III, session that there is sufficient
rc;sou 70 have this case tried by SUI
rorinr court ana | consider it a case
that Il bailahlc" Pail was fixed at $1,000
ana VIII BE- furnished by the father of
the defendant.
Precinct hall. the place Of the hear
ina. was hacked by 500 men, women ana
students SPECTATORS even pcrched up
on the window stills during the four
hours of the hearing. NJ. ID. Cobleigh.
county solicitor of Lebanon, appeared
| for the state, and Scott Sloane at LED
| anon and John G"oGan of Whitman,
| Mass, for the defence.
| It was the story of two men who had
| been paying attention to the same Siri.
Jesse I;ar,lon who was placed upon the
| stand first. testified that he had Kept
| company with Ethel from last Jun" to
| December. His brother John in his tcs-
| tinony said that he had been used to
| going over 10 see Miss Ethel IRON
| about December tn March.
| jesse further testified that he had re-
| ccivcd about the first of May the fol
! lowing letter from Ethel Sturtevant
| .n,,t
| over at my place "Wednesday or llurs'
| day night. Yours truly, Ethel Sturte
| want
Il went over Thursday night. sai'
| Pardon, "and met her at her place. W.
sat down Nv the roadside near her house
She sat on my right little higher tha'
| T was. I heard voices uD the road an'
! turned to the left Then | heard plst0
shut and jumped up and ran. IN
smoke came up in my face and | couidn
see the girl for smoke when | was tw'
rods away from her" ON cross-cNami
nation by Mr.. Sloane. pardon was asked
ado YOU know who shot YOU?
sNo, not positively" he replied.
"Dia Won see Ethel Sturtcvant have
revolver"
mo" replied Rardon.
",vhat kind of a night was it," he wa
asked.
.'Clcar. moonlight night"
There was no disagreement hctwe"
Miss Sturtcvant ana Pardon that nigh
and the latter saw no motive that woui
cause her to harm him.
III Hawar. Store whom Pardon met T"
the roid. told how Eardon had hallc
him with "Shc shot me- and when ASK
cd who shot him. replied, Ethel Sturto
WANT" Stone remembers saying h" dldn
sec how Ethel Stmtcvant could have she
PARDON, as there WAS no powder marx
on his face or coat. lie saw no Smok
in the road
III II was the opinion of Sheriff Stearn'
who examined the revolver given him p
|, Mrs. Sturtcvant that it had not bee
uIdischargcd recently
The defence attempted to SHOW tha
q II icaInusv existed between the Bard"
brothers. which might be q possible M
tive for the shooting of Jesse by JONI
who was then up tho road.
III Miss; Sturtcvant did not take the stan
ot all the defence rcscrviug ftS Witn' SSt
for the trial in September.