Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-07

oiit ot the house. In looking doWr
me iale, witness said. she observed the
'''erboX at the head of the narrow
avenue and near the ietterboX she
'"" MRS. Cooper, who stood as though
SIG hau just turned away or turned
"IuaIc ABOUT. Mrs. Cooper then drove
Oh towards her own home, according
TO the witness.
Inc testimony OF the witness was not
materially altered by cross-cxamina-
ton.
witness said that she had heard OF
,iie Necktic party which was t" have
peeii gwen on the day after Northy' =
uea'l ana she assisted in the prepara
tloh ol certain things for that affair.
NiosS-eNaminatiOn was concluded a
DIV CLOCK and the witness was cX-
tused alter short session Of redirect
examination by the county attorney.
MIS-. Lillian G. Kimball, who was on
lhe stand Wednesday was recalled.
lhiS witness gave some testimony b. :
ing upon the Nccktie party. Witness
vas excused after brief examination.
Dr. \. II. Sturtcvant, the first cf the
governments medical expert witness
was recalled at the request of the d..
fence. Mr.. Heath asked him to iGent fy
his signature when a typewriter docu-
ment of liz pages. The witness replied
that the signature was his own. Mr..
Heath said:
That purportS to be the full report Of
your testimony given before Judge
Andrews. How long did it remain in
your possession before you gave il
back to Mr. Lcc?"
Al don't remember"
Q-"On page 146. who wrote the word
''corrcction?"
Al did"
Q-"And then signed it and returned
it to him."
Al did-yes. sir"
Witness was excused until later
The government recalled Percy
French, vino was under examination
Thursday. Witness was cross-eXamin-
ed by Mr.. Heath. Witness was asked
about the ice cream party. Witness
was asked about 20 questions and to
each his answer was II don't remcm-
ber' or something on that order. Mr..
Heath said: Your memory is not
very good. is it?
A--'No sir"
Q-"ln fact your memory is never
very good for questions for the de-
fence. is it?'
A" Yes. sir
A number of spectators laughed aud
IDLY 1T this reply and were cautioned
by the deputies.
Coroner W. III. Plummcr. who tceti-
fed during the early part of the trial
was recalled. Witness was shown Z
pair Of shoes, worn by young Northy
at the time Of his death. Witness
identified the shoes and he was asked
to measure the heels of the shoes. Mr.
Leigh objected and said that the meas
urement should be taken by an engineer
and MIR. Plummcr was excused. after
tcstifying that young Charles NOrthy
was buried in his stocking feet.
At this point the usual recess was
taken.
Dr.. Sturtcvant was rc-callcd to the
stand by the county attorney. MI
Heath ross-CXamincd the witness
about the report of testimony given at
the preliminary hearing. Several cor
rcctionS We're noted in this transcript
and the corrections were made after the
completion of the report. Mr. Heath
asked witness if he made the corr; :
tions. In several instances witness
would not admit that he In&dr these
corrections The county attorney ask
cd the witness:
How many corrections do you find
that you do not rcncmbor:'
A--"Tcn in all. | made one of them.
Q-"And you did not authorize amy
others
A-"Eo. Si" not that | rcmcmbrr.'
After 35 minutes on the stand. Wit
moss was excused and the government
called Mrs. sylvia Givens. the mother
of the Miss Givcns. who testified earlier
Witness remembered her daughters
visit to the home of Edwin Cooper in
November, 1904, and she offered tcsti
mony largely corroborativc Of her
daughters story. Witness saw her
daughter and Mrs. Cooper on the day
following this occurrancc.
Q-"Did you see Mrs. Cooper turn
around?'
Al did not
O-"Edith came right into tn" house
did she not?"
Ayes, sir
Q-"hnd then went out again
Ayes, sir. when She returned tho
second time she had some mail in HEY
hand. There was a letter also direct
ed to Miss May Carey, Coopers Mills,
Me"
@" How does your mail come"'
A-"By the Washington stage driver"
Witness cOrroborated testimony Of
her daughter in many details. The di-
rect examination was brief and Mr.
Heath cross examined. Witness said
she saw Mrs. Cooper passing UP the
road on this day Witness was 1T
work in one of the rooms in her home.
The witness was excused a few minutes
after o'clock.
Harvey Moore VAS called t" tn"
stand Witness said that hc was
driver Of the Washington stage in
November 1904. He testified e. leav-
ing mai! at the Givens place. Said he
never placed Il letter Hddres-",; -