Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-21
THE COOPER TRIAL.
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my friend, the attorney general, asked
Mrs. Cooper why she went for that re-
yolver, he opened the door and at last
we could get at the truth. She told
you why and the truth shone out clear
and unmiStakable. The answer was
objected TO and the learned court ruled
that the answer might be allowed. The
honored attorney general did not open
that door through ignorance of the
law. He knew it well enough but his
honest heart overcame him and he
yielded to its impulse. But, then the
lawyer overcame the man, and the at
torney general. again sensible to what
he believed to be his duty, withdrew
his question and the door was closed.
Ah, it was too bad! We must have
rules of evidence-they are very nee
essary-but it was too bad that the
door was closed by him who opened it
and the white light of truth was shut
out once more.
THE State says that this woman
was mad with jealousy of Marion Ca
rey and that this boy was going to
throw her over. Oh, the folly of this
impossible and improbable theory can
so easily be proven. To think of this
fine, intelligent woman being jealous
of Marion Carey. No, such a thing
would not be possible; a grown woman
jealous of the little childish affairs of
a boy and a girl. Charlie Northy new
er loved this little girl as you and
know what love is. And when the
county attorney realized the fallacy
of his theory that these two young
people loved each other. he said to you
that you might find that some degree
of affection existed between the two.
Think Of the party where that game
Of "Chase the Squirrel was played
Did not Charlie Northy. so infatuated
with Alice Cooper that he sat beside
her all the evening. openly insult this
little girl. Marion Carey. by refusing
to join in the games and compelling
her to play the part Of the boy?
Now the matter of the Marion Ca
rey letter. we do not propose to go in
to. Marion Carey may not have known
anything about that letter as shown
She is good little girl and one that
her father and mother may be proud
of. That letter was only the prank of
school girl-just a teasing letter.
From this on the case rests largely
She contradicts but few of the 50 wit
nesscs who were called to testify to
her whole life. II is wonderful, and l
have known nothing like it in court.
She contradicts a few One of them is
Dugey-this person who went sneak
ing through the woods and it is pos
sible that he did see Charlie Northy
and Alice Cooper i'm that field. He may
not be a liar.
"Who else does she Contradicted? She
contradicts that George Robbins, the
man whom my brother Goddard cross
examined with so much consideration
For he was considerable
The counsel referred to Mrs. John
Drake. "Whom do you believe? These
two innocent little children. Lore and
Velma Cooper. whom this prisoner
taught to pray-or this Mrs. Drake?"
he said.
Mr.. Heath rehearSed the details Of
the struggle between Northy and Alice
Cooper as given in the testimony. The
violence Of this struggle counsel sought
to prove by the tears upon the waist
worn by Mrs. Cooper.
Referring to the method of investiga-
tiCn pursued by Detective Martin, Mr..
Heath said that the detective in TAX
ing the statement of Mrs. Cooper did
not use the third degree" but some
thing that closely reSembed it. He said
that the examination was very unfair.
but that Mrs. Cooper's story was not
changed. "She told him five different
times how the shots We're fired as she
remembered thin. These answers of
hers are now borne out grandly by
these measurements which you have
seen"
Mr.. Heath brought forward several
of the plans which have been used in
evidence. to illustrate the points con-
tained In his line Of argument. He at
tempted to show that Mrs. Cooper was
i'm danger of being shot by the second
shot fired from the revolver i'm Northy's
hands when she ran through the kitch-
en- and escaped through the entry door.
Considerable time was consumed bv
Mr.. Heath i'm exploiting his theory as
to the self-destruction of young
NOrthy. Overcome by remorse at his
betrayal Of the trust of his friend. Ed
win Cooper, lost in the maze of hor-
ror at the magnitude of the insult he
had heapcd upon the woman who led
him first to God. and hearing her terri
fed screams as she rushed out of the
house toward her husband with con-
fession of his behavior upon her lips.
and fearful that the first or second shot
fired had injured her. perhaps fatally.
he turned the cleaning weapon to his
own head and the third bullet hustled
its way through the poor fevered brain
OF the unfortunate. love-sick. passion
ridden boy. This occurred while Northy
was standing i'm the dining room near
the sideboard. The boy looked out of
the window and saw Alice Cooper run
ming toward her husband. She fell upon
the lawn and her husband bent over
her Such was the story of Charles
NortEy's death as theorized by Mr..
Heath
A recess was taken at 1850 o'clock.
Mr. Heath continued his argument.
The picture of Northy peering through
the dining room window was presented.
Thinking of the terrible consequences
that would follow his rash act. the boy
raised the still-smoking revolver, which
he held in his hand. to his head and