Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-24
Afternoon Session.

SferiH Willis A. Pinkham, who was
under examination when the noon re-
cess was taken, resumed his place on
the stand, The witness continred- his
story Oh the interview which the coro-
Eer held with Mrs. Cooper on the night
of Northy's death and also Of his own
talk with The defendant.
Witness said Mrs. Cooper told him
that on the Sunday evening previous
she attended prayer meeting at Coop
crs Mills and saw young Northy there
She asked him if he was mad and he
answered: No. she said. She also
asked him to come over 10 her house
on the fullowing Tuesday, she said, as
she wanted TO talk ii over with him.
She referred 10 the constant visits
which he was paying to the Cooper
home, and which were creating some
gossip in :he neighbOrhOod. She said
that it was no place TO talk Gn the
church) and they said no more Of the
matter, but sat together during the
evening. Young Northy came over on
Tuesday afternoon, she said, and they
talked some more.
The rest Of the testimony Of this
witness was in confederation Of that
Of the coroner, who heard the. rest Of
Mrs. Cooper's story and who told of
its trend in his testimony, as reported
this morning.
The county attorney then asked the
witness to tell of the statement made
by Mrs. Cooper before Sheriff Ham
ard the county attorney. The witness
did so in Fart and quoted Mrs. Cooper
as saying that at one time young
Northy. asked her to go away with him
and she answered him by asking if il
would be right for her 10 leave her
husband and children. NOrthy said
that perhaps after all il would not be
right
Mrs. Cooper. according to the wit
ness. said that she kissed Charlie
NOithy when his mother died and again
when he was converted to religion.
Witness also remembered that Mrs.
Cooper had said in an interview with
the officers that she believed that
Charlie Northy was infatuated with
her and that perhaps she was infatu-
ated with him in way
Witness said that Mrs. Cooper con-
fessed to hiding the box Of cartridges
ard told him where they We're secret
ed in 4 drawer in the sideboard in the
dining room, when young Northy died
She said that she put the cartridges
III that place to keep them out of reach
of her little children. Witness took
possession Of the cartridges and de-
livered them to Coroner Plummer
Mrs. Cooper told witness that she
was willing to sign a statement COW
ering her admissions to him, and she
did so subsequently, and Pinkerton
Detective r. l.. w. Martin took this
statement, witness said.
The examination of witness occu-
pied nearly an hour and then Counsel
Heath began his cross -examina ton,
reviewing The testimony of the witness
which did not differ materially from
the testimony given in direct eXamina-
ton.
Witness said that Mrs. Cooper told
him that she went into Augusta on
the day before Charlie Northy came to
her house for the last time, and pur-
chased revolver in Water street
store. She said, according to the wit
ness, that there was q police officer in
the store when she went in, and stood
beside her while she examined re-
volver which she later bought.
Witness said that on one occasion
when the officers. including himself
and Detective Martin, took a statement
from Mrs. Cooper, the woman's hus-
band was not permitted to be present.
and later Mr. Cooper was interviewed
st perately. On another occasion the
offiparS hall nj NTH,
Cooper while she was lying in bed at
Henry Cooper's house on the verge Of
a nervous collapse.
Witness was released from cross
examination at $50 o'clock and the
State called Frank j. Ham, high sher-
iff of kennebec county, as its next
witness.
The county attorney asked the wit
ness to identify several exhibits in
.cluding the pistol with which it is al
legged Northy was shot, and the box
of cartridges. partly emptied. The
witness accomplished the desired iden-
tification.
The witness stated that there were
81 cartridges in the box when he had
first received it but that there were
but 90 remaining. He said that the
Z cartridges missing We're used in ex-
tperiments by Prof. Whittier of Bow
rdOin College.
Witness then told of the interviews
held between the officers and Mrs.
Cooper and his testimony was much
the same as that offered by Deputy
Sheriff Pinkham.
Mrs. Cooper told the witness that
she was very fond of Charlie Northy
land had gone around with him con-
[siderably, to church. on blueberrying
parties and hanging Maybaskets.
Mr.. Heath interrupted the witness
to object to the narrative form which
he employed in giving his testimony
regarding his interviews with Mr..
Cooper Proceeding the witness told
of the first questions which he asked
Mrs. Cooper but later returned 10 the
narrative style ana continued uninter-
rupted.
Witness said that Mrs. Cooper stat
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