Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-27
NUMBER I3.

house Wednesday evening, and stated
that he did see such q man, but his at.
tention being distracted by fractions
horse, he lost sight Of him.. This was
about 8 o'clock.
David Varney did not have shot gun.
CrOss-examined: 1t was about TWEEN.
ty-one rods from the place whore / was
at work to the Varnsy barn. The tie-up
is 13 feet wide, the crib being 3 feet Of
this. The height of the tie-up to tho
flooring overhead Is about 6 IL feet.
The flooring timbers are about 3x4
inches. The door to the barn floor is 2
feet wide, and little higher than my
head. The man l saw down the road
was coming from the direction Of Kezar
Falls.
Asked regarding the number of visit
ors at the Varney place that evening,
he stated that there were perhaps
dozen, some of whom came on foot.
DR.. Frank G. Devereaux of Kezar
Falls, physician, testified: l have
been in practice in Porter and Parsons
field for twenty-six years. Knew David
Varney all the time. called at Bert
FOx's on the afternoon of Dec. 9th.
Answered the alarm from the Varney
place about o'clock. Went there soon
after Mr.. Fox did.
Witness described the position of
David Varney on the tie.up floor lying
on his back. His coat was thrown wide
open.
The doctor then described the treat
ment of the wound on the head of David
Varney, when he discovered that he had
been shot. The space covered by the
shot was about six inches by foaf, back
of the ear.
After got through with the wound I
went out to the barn again. Saw the
doors open there. About pint of
blood was on the floor of the tie-up.
l performed the autopsy with DR..
Bradbury. We found forty-three holes
in the scalp. Between the scalp and the
bone we found about two ounces of
brain matter, and some shot. In the
skull We found ragged hole which
would admit the ends of four fingers.
A portion of the brain was gone, about
the size of a walnut. In the lower
angle of the wound we found imbedded
shot and splintered bone. We examin-
ed the other vital organs of the body,
and found them all in good condition.
In my opinion the shot wound, and that
alone, caused his death. The shot were
BIB.
On crosS-examination, the doctor stat
ed that the direction of the shot holes in
the scalp was downward and forward.
He also said that in his judgment the
gun when fired was from ten to twenty
feet from Mr.. Varney's head.
Asked to fix the time he went to the
Varney place, he said 1t was about ten
minutes past four, and in his opinion the
wound had been received some ten min
ltes before.
DR.. B. F. Bradbury of Norway testi-
fed that he had been in practice twenty.
'our years. DR.. Bradbury performed
he autopsy, with DR.. Devereaux, and
described the wound and condition of
he body, substantially as DR.. Devereaux
lad done, and produced II shot and
pieces of bone which were taken from
The interior of the skull. These were 10
vial, and were admitted as evidence.
Also another vial, containing 10 shot
lni several pieces Of bone taken from
outside the skull.
Preston Stanley of Porter testified:
i've at Albert Holmes. about five min
ites' walk from the Varney place. On
he 9th of December was butchering in
he forenoon. In the afternoon | was
.etting hemlCck for banking until about
iaf-past three. was in the yard with
Charles Holmes and Guy Smith when
We heard gun shot about 4 o'clock.
vent to the Varney place about twenty
minutes later. Mr.. Varney was then on
,he bed. unbuttoned the top button
If Mr.. Varney's shirt and found the
pocket as it is now, partially torn of.
knew that Mr.. Varney kept his money
n that pocket. No pocketbook or
money was found.
Cross examination was devoted large
v to fixing the time of the shot and
,ther incidents, without material result.
John S. Smith of Porter testified:
i've a short distance from the Varney
,lace, and in sight of the house, and
rave known David Varney about four
cen years. | knew he had q pension.
David Varuey was not an educated man.
lie and | were on friendly terms. |
iave seen in his possession, since the
,attle were sold, roll of money which
le claimed to be his. The day he sold
he cattle he brought the money to me
o count, SlGO Besides that he had $50
,ther money. He was carrying his
money in an old pocket-book, and
,old him one that day to carry his
money in. "a leather wallet was here
introduced and identified by the witness
IS the one he sold Varney.)
When I counted the $3.50 there was
me gold-back fifty-dollar bill and one
,reenback fifty. 1.-TWO bills were here
produced and declared by the witness
@ resemble those shown him by David
varney.)
Cross-examination: | should say 1t
was about the 18th Of June that he sold
lis oxen.
Edgar Bickford testified: live in
Porter. Am farmer and trader, and
i've about a mile from the Varney place.
David Varney asked me to change bill
'or him once some weeks before the
and saw his money. l saw
.wo fifties, and one or more twenties,
besides other bills. Ono of the fifties
vas a gold certificate, the other was not
NY house is on the direct route from
,tillman Chicks to David Varney's.
lave seen Wesley Chick pass my house
at all times of day. did
lot see him at work, during the six
months preceding Mr.. Varney's death.
Ernest varney of Porter, son OF
David Varney, was called: lived In
David Varney's home when young boy,
md five or six years ago went to live
With my mother, in the Hattie Doug
ass house.
| worked for David Varney on the
wood, while in the fall. Wesley Chick
worked there part of the time.
| saw David's roll of bills few weeks
before he was shot. He had two fifty
lollar bills, and he wanted me TO see II
hey was tifties. One was yellow, and
he other wasn't. / was working for
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