Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-27
The Trial of Wesley Chick.

The Trial of Wesley Chick.
/ Continued from hrst page.)
Lewis Thompson the week David wa
shot. The day David was shot wa
cutting wood until about O'Clock.
heard that my father was shot some
; time that night, from Charles Young.
/ saw Wes Chick at my homo Monday
morning, and again that night. Tha
night he paid me for some jewelry b.
bought about the first Of October. 81
paid me forty-nine cents, and ! saw hin
have ten and one besides. He sale
he could get thirty dollars, and q hun
dred II he wanted it. He was their
again Tuesday night.
did not know of Wesley Chick work
ing out anywhere through the summer
and fall. He was at the Hattie Doug
lass house quite often, and sometimes
stayed nights.
Wesley Chick had Hopkins & Aller
l2-gauge single-barrel shot gun last fall.
borrowed It of him for about two
weeks. l got my shells of Wesley.
Some of them were new, and some Of
them were reloaded. / know Wesley
reloaded his own shells. Some of the
shells I got of him was marked BIB
some was and some was 9.
A gun was produced and handed to
the witness. He would not state that II
was the Wesley Chick gun, but describ'
ed the details of it as the same as Chicks
gun.
Cross-examin..tion: 1t was four OF
five weeks before my father was shot
that saw his money. He was sitting
by the stove. / saw Wesley Chick at
the Hattie Douglass house Wednesday
evening.
James r. Virtue of Parsonsfeld testi-
fed: am a barber, and run shop at
Kezar Falls six half-days in the week.
On the 9th of December Wesley Chick
came into my shop at 10 minutes past
Is. He got hair cut and shave. l
noticed something around his eyes
which looked like coal dust, and black
spot on the back of his right ear. | ask
ed him if he had been shoveling coal,
and he said he must have got it off his
shoes. He wore black shoes, but they
had not been shined. He was in some
thing of hurry. He left at Is minutes
of6.
Characterization: The spot on his
ear was about the size of a finger mark.
There was nothing in his general ap-
pearance TO attract attention.
E. r. Bachelor of Kezar Falls testi-
fed | run hardware store. l saw
Wesley Chick in my store Dec. o, just
before 6 o'clock. He asked if had any
revolvers in stock. told him had not.
He bought some cheap cigars, and paid
me out of fve-dollar bill. He had
roll of bills, l saw a twenty, and there
we're Others, / don't know how many.
| af,erward saw him in the store of o.
l.. Stanley. Chick had on his old
clothes.
Cross-examination: My store is on
the Parsonsfeld side, about hundred
yards from the bridge. Chick had
sometimes before made purchases there,
and had had some money every time.
On redirect examination the witness
stated that Chicks trade with him was
probably not more than dollar and
half year.
Orman L. Stanley of Kezar Falls testi-
fed: l am postmaster and in the dry
goods business. l have known Wesley
Chick several years. He has traded
with me some, perhaps ten or twelve
dollars year.
The Tuesday before the murder he
came to the store and bought clothing
amounting to Sl0.15. This was in the
afternoon. After he had bought the
goods he asked TO Gave them till the
next day, as he had no money with him.
He came back about 8 o'clock Wednes-
day night. He then bought a ten-dollar
suit of clothes, hat, and shirt. The
total of the two purchases was S22 45.
he paid for them with twenty-dollar
bill, two-dollar bill, and one-dollar
bill.
While Mr.. Stanley was on the stand,
court adjourned for Wednesday night.
Thursday morning he resumed the stand.
Wesley Chick left the store about 6:l5.
A pair of ladies' boots, .rubbers, and
gloves, and handkerchief, were intro
duced, and were described as answering
the description of those sold to Chick.
He would not identify them positively as
the same.
Cross-examination: Mr.. Chick was in
my store about twenty minutes. He
came into the store about $50 or @
O'Clock. His purchases on Tuesday
were made about 2 o'clock. He had
never before purchased goods and asked
me to lay them one side till later. This
was not the first time l had sold him
suit. He had never asked me for credit.
Chick had on the same suit Wednes-
day that he wore the day before.
Frank Fl. Brooks of Porter testified:
| live in the first house on the Chapman
road, between Kezar Falls and the Var
ney place.
/ met Wesley Chick on the day of the
murder about half-past 9 p. NJ, on the
river road. was going toward Kezar
Falls. spoke to him, said, as that
you, Wes?" / can't give his exact an
swer. asked him "What about David?"
He replied, l can't give his exact words.
To the best of my recollection it was,
"Why? What?" Wesley was on foot,
and carried some packages.
Whether Wesley said anything then
and there as to David's being shot? Yes.
What did he say? He was asked, "He
is shot. Didn't you know it?" Icouldn't
give his exact words, but think it was
a negative answer. He said he was 60
ing up there.
Cross-examinatiOn: This was about
half-past 9. fix the time by the time l
left home. 1t is not quite mile from
my house where met Chick. This con-
versation took place in the road. We
stopped there very short time.
Herbert L. Ridlon, first selectman of
Porter at the time of the murder, testi-
fed: am a farmer. Live about mile
from Kezar Falls; about two and half
or three miles from the Varney place.
have known Wesley Chick four or
five years.
/ heard of the David Varney assault
about half past that day. Invent to see
DIR. Devereaux, made inquiries of other
people, then hired horse and started
for the Varney place. Met Frank Palm
or, the deputy sheriff, and We turned
about and put the horse up in his stable.
Left Kezar Falls later with Isaac Stan
iay Caoroo Waaks and Roland STANLEY