Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-09
Q-"were games played on that occa-

A-"They played Chase the Squirrel
there"
Q-"Did you upon that evening go to
Charlie Northcy and ask him to play 4
glmc?"
A-"No. sir.
Q-"Did anybody go towards him."
AYES, sir; Ruby Doe and Rosy Cliff
ford.'
O-'Where were you them"
A-"Standing in the middle Of the floor. "
o-"Did Charlie Northey take any part
in the game"
Ar do not think he did
O-"Do you remember when Charlie
Nor;hey went to Massachusetts, with Mrs.
Cooper ana Mr.. Coopcr?''
Ayes. sir
Q-"How long ago was that Marion?"
A-"That was last summer
Q-"What MONTH"
A-"Jme'
Q-"How long was he gone?'
A-"Four days"
Q-"Do You know where they VENT"
Mr.. Heath objected to question.
A-"Now 1 suppose any personal knowl-
| edge YOU had as TO that particular place
was what you received from him.
Ayes. sir
! Q-"Did you receive at that time let
ter directed to Miss May Carey, Coopar's
Mills, Maine?'
| Ayes, sir, I did"
Q-"When was that
| A-"About a year ago this past NGvem-
ber.''
| D-"What became of that letter.
| Att was destroyed. burned"
| O-"Who destroyed it,"
Al did.
O-"Did you show that letter to Your
father and mother"
| Ayes, sir, / did"
| Q-"After they read its contents it waa
then destroyed?"
| Ayes. SIR
| o-"Now the government wants to show
the contents OF the letter, il the cour;
pleases."
The jury was ordered to retire at this
point and Mr. Heath argued as follows;
7 The evidence regarding the letters con-
nectod with the respondent is this:
That upon the morning Of the day
5 which would seem by the testimony Of
Mrs. Given to be about the 18th or 18th
=
daughter right past the letter hoX with
y out stopping. and that Miss Edith says
that coming down some inquiry was made
" las to where She got her mail.
{ THE evidence further shows that the
letter box had been there for three or
u four years on the road and Mrs. Cooper
h had constantly driven by and other peopl'
had driven by coming from the electric
ID cars to South Windsor Now the next
piece of testimony is that within very
1 few minutes, time may be fixed witt
III reasonable exactncss, the daughter. III
mother is not accurate, went int" tn
Of house and helped with the housework an
other things. Tho mother looked out o
lr the window. faclng the lawn ana theE
upon the hingway saw Mrs cooper drlN
Dr ing in the other direction, headed t"waro
Augusta, that road would carry htr Pr
49, ~o..,r,'e -,rri- way. AS Sf
came this way she passed out. of Mr.
~ Given's view
''The next piece Of testimony Is thr
Edith Givens then saw Mrs Cooper
team in motion headed towards Sout
n Windsor and continued to move until 81,
was ont Of sight. We then had the test
IL | mony Of the stage driver whose habit
was to collect any letters and to deNve
% and take out such mail when put in tha
- box and carry to appropriate post Office.
: 1t was his practice to put such mail
:" the box without stopping to haul up hi
q horse and move right along Miss Give
$ thought he had passed. She got the mai
'l the mother was a little more particula
II and thinks it was one or more newspa
IL perS and a couple Of letters. perhap
t. more, with this particular letter. whic
IL was ultimately carried to South Windso
e and mailed
L Here followed a rehearsal of the testi
mnny.
+ Following Mr.. Heath's argument re
gardirg the contents of the DESTROYED let
u ter, Judge Peabody said
]. That the evidence which has been pro
q duced and the testimony Of Miss Care
shows that the letter, which was rcceiy
d ed. and which is the one in controversy
: was destroyed, so that in that respect tn
contents of the letter would be Admissible
y in the same manner as the letter itself
e if produced. He further said that Their
is sufficient relevancy under the circum
:, stances that this letter be submitted Il
the jury for what it is worth and that 4
for them to determine, and it is only
/
is relevant ard has some bearing upor
| the issue.
Marion Carey was recalled to the stand
e Q-"What was the contents of this let.
ter addressed to Miss My Carey, Coop
ers Mills, Me-
A-"The part that l remember bega,
Dear May and the next said Mrs
Cooper and Charlie Northey were sitting
u up playing games after Mr.. Cooper had
| retired. That is all | remember of the
main part of the letter. 1t was signed a
Friend"
Objection by Mr.. Heath.
v Court allowed admission Of answer.
Q-'How long have YOU known Mrs
Cooper
? Al have known her for over a year. =
Q-"Your name is Marion Carey?"