Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-23

win Marion carey. He described the
appearance of the dining room of the
Cooper home in much the same man.
Eer as the preceding witnesses and
his testimony in this particular was
not material.
The direct examination of the wit
ness occupied 20 minutes and Mr.
Heath oegan cross examination. Wit
ness said he saw Charlie Northy and
Mrs. Cooper out driving on two oc-
casiOns last July and he had also
seen the couple playing croquet last
summer. On another occasion he went
to Charlie Northy's blacksmith shop
t. have some work done and Mrs.
Cooper was present. Witness was ex-
cused from further examination at
$50 o'clock.
The next witness called was Mar
cellus f. Partridge of North White
field, who testified that he went to the
Cooper house on the afternoon of the
shooting and described the conditions
iii the dining room in a manner SINH
lar to that employed by the proceed
ing witnesses. Witness never saw
Charlie Northy and Mrs. Cooper to-
gether but once and that was when
they drove past his house in a car
rlaSe, one evening last summer Di-
lcct examination of this witness oc-
cupicd but 10 minutes and the CROSSE
examination did not bring out any
material evidence.
Mr.. Doyle was recalled by the coun-
" attorney to answer one or two
questions of minor Importance.
Charles f. horn, proprietor Of Il
general store at tOopCrS Mills, was
the next witness. He testified that he
went to the Cooper home or the after
neon of the shooting and SAW several
men there. some of whom were wit
nesSeS that had preceded him on the
stand. Witness SIN young Northy
lying upon the floor Of the dining room.
but did not notice the rocking chair
HIS testimony was of no importance
and he was soon excused
The next witness to take the stand
was George ~ Dunton of Whitetield
whose testimony WIS very similar to
that of Mr. Achorr'S in some ways
Nj. Dunton testified that he was an
undcrt%kcr ana had charge of the fun
eral and burial of young Northy. He
testified that the body was turned
over TO him after the autopsy had been
performed, the day after the young
mans death. He received the body,
which was nude. ana took it to the
home of Mr.. Northy. ST., and there
prepared it for burial.
Mr.. Heath in his ross-eXImination
of the witness brought out all the
81 i'm and grueSome de,alS of the pre-
paration of the body of the young man
for burial, and during the recital Mrs
Cooper was overcome by motion, and
Wtpt. supporting her head on the bar
enclosure rail.
The witness was excused, and the
last witness of the day was called in
the person of Henry w. PIummer of
Augusta who after being sworn, tes-
titled that he was a coroner in Ken
nebec county. He said that he was
notified of the shooting of Northy at
AS o'clock on the evening of the same
day of the affair. and that in company
with Deputy Sheriff w. f. Pinkham
of Windsor. drove to South Windsor
that evening.
Upon arriving at the Cooper home,
witness said, he was shown the body
of young Northy which was then lying
upon mattress in the dining room.
He viewed the body and took possess
sion of the pistol which was found be-
side Northy by Jasper Gray. This in
strument, together with the box of
cartridges found the next day. were
turned over to the sheriff, Frank j.
Ham.
Witness said that after viewing the
body, he left the house and went to
the home of Henry Cooper, located
over the general store run by Mr.
Cooper at the Four Corners, Il short
distance away. There he found Mrs
Alice Cooper, and he held long in
terview with her and with her hus-
band. who was also present. He or
dered Mrs. Rosie Cooper to remove the
clothing worn by Mrs. Alice Cooper,
ard she did so, and the witness said
| that he took possession of the cloth
ing as well as the clothing found up
on young Northy.
The clothing was produced in court,
and Mrs. Cooper's wearing apparel
was shown to the jury by the witness
When the defendant saw the blue
stripped dress which she wore on the
fatal day, her cheeks paled perccpti-
bly, and she leaned heavily upon the
bar enclosure rail by her side in utter
WEAKNESS. The clothing was handed
to the court reporter and marked as
| exhibits and then given into the GUS
| tody of Clerk of Courts c. w. Jones.
The exhibition of Mrs. Cooper's
clothing included the skirt and waist
of the blue and white dress. and the
pistol pocket in the former was ex
hibited to the jury. 1t was in this
pocket, it is alleged. that the pistol
which fired the shot that killed Young
Northy was concealed by the defen-
dant. She was visibly affected at the
sight. The other clothing consisted
Of several pieces of underwear which
were labelled and which will probably
be exhibited in court Friday whom
Coroner Plummer will resume the
stand.
Court adjourned at 5 O'clock Until
$50 o'clock Friday morning.
me department of justice will take
o'hclal notice of the lynching at Chat
tanoosa, Tenn, of the negro johnson
I'm whose case the S,,pra,,,o oo,,..