Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-13
THE COOPER TRIAL.
Continued from Page One.)

the two staid to dinner.
Q--"Who waited on the table at din
ner?''
Any daughter-in-law.
Q-"Did you notice if the sleeve OIL
her dress was torn
| A-"No sir"
Q-"You would have noticed it II II
had been torn would you not
Ayes sir"
Q-"Werc you there when Charlie
Nolthy came that afternoon
/ A-"Yes sir" .,,,
| Witness was excused after IS"
more unilnportant questions anu
attorney general cross-examiheu.
ness did not remember OF ever s' ia .'-s
seen Charlie Northy and Mrs ooopei
away from the house.
O-"When you left that day. ulu so"
meet Mr.. ard Mrs. Morang!
| Witness said that he did. The cross
axaroi,,ation was confined to these TWO
n,estions and the witness was Nhailg
| excused.
Mrs Eliza A. Cooper. mother OF Ed
r,p; 7 cooper was the next witness.
/ Witness said that on the saturday
evening before Northy's death she was
at the home of her son IN South
| Windsor She said that there was
some talk that night about getting a
| tov watch for Ralph Cooper Witness
visited Augusta on the Monday follow
ing to dispose Of produce ard to 80
"bargain hunting" Witness saw Mrs.
Alice, Cooper on the street in this city.
She saw her twice in town that dav
and held some conversation with her
nh nEi N
question put by Mr.. Heath as to whether
she bought a "dumb-watch' that day.
The question was withdrawn. Witness
saw Mrs. Alice Cooper in a Water
street store inspecting crockeryware.
On the day Cf the tragedy witness
said ahe arrived with her husband At
the home Of Edwin j. Cooper at 1856
o'clock and i'll detail she COrrOb0ratrd
her husbands testimony. Witness was
in the kitchen when Charlie Northy
came in and he, sat down by the table
in that room.
Q-"Wh3t We're You doing"
Al was reading a paper
This paper was produced as an eX-
hiht for the defence and witness
identified it. Witness did not rrInem-
Der what time she left. Witness said
that She had a conversation with Mrs.
Alic" Cooper at that time. Mr. Heath
cnHuircd what it was and the county
attorney objected
The question was Withdrawn AT
his point the usual recess was taken.
The direct examination of Mrs. Coop
r was concluded and the attorney
general cross examined.
Q-"Did you see Mrs. Alice Cooper
ana Charlie Northy together very
much"
Q-"But you saw them at the house,
did you not ?''
Ayes. sir, while he was at work
there"
Q-"Rnt You never saw them outside
If that?'
A-"No, SIR
! Witness was required to go over
much of her testimony given in direct
/ witness thought that it was in the vi
Unity of 2 o'clock on the afternoon of
Oct. last that she saw Mrs. Cooper
in Augusta. She had several bundles
in her arms, witness said. -..
The cross examination was brief and
( the next witness was Mrs. Alma f.
Cooper. q daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Prank Cooper, and sister of the husband
of the. defendant The testimony Of this
witness was largely corroborative Of
the testimony given by Mrs. Frank
{ Cooper. Witness remembered first
I seeing Alice Cooper on the Monday af-
! ternoon referred to, on the upper end
of Water street. She saw her after
wards in a crOckery store on Water
street. In this place witness saw Mrs
\, Cooper examining dishes. The direct
/ examination was brief and the county
attorney croSs-cXamincd. The tcEti-
mony Of the witness was not altered
materially. Witness did not see Alice
Cooper from the day referred to un-
III a number of days after the shooting
of young Northy. Witness saw Alice
H Cooper several times subsequently ana
mad never had any conversa ton with
her regarding the meeting of the two
III Augusta on the day referred to.
The witness was very positive in her
assertion that she did not hold such a
conversation. The witness was excus-
ed ut II o'clock.
II n" next witness called was T.. A.
| 1iusscy, a hardware dealer Of Angus
~ 'i'''i S'iliitNtf'l Win -tnt fTDpkS
Hardware Co. Witness was asked if
ne knew the defendant and he said that
| he did as she had traded with him
for the past Is years. Witness rcmc1n-
| bered that Mrs. Cooper was in his
| store on the day before the shooting
Of Young Northy. Witness sail that
Mrs. Cooper bought Il quantity of nails
and inquired for revolver Witness
showed her a revolver but She did not
purchase it.
Q-"Why nOt?"
A-"She said it was too expensive"
The direct examination was brief
and the county attorney conducted
cross examination. The witness was
| finally excused
The next witness was II. J. Turner.
a crockery dealer of Augusta ana q
member of the firm of Swift & Turner.
| Water street. Mrs. Eliza Cooper was
asked to identify Mr.. Turner but She
was unable to do 50. The witness was
asked about the visit of "a lady" TO his
store last fall who Cooked at a set of
dlSheS. The county attorney object