Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-22

South Paris, Me, Oct. 21.-The case
Of Wallace G. Everett, who is charged
with the murder of Edgar I. Radcliffe.
at the Crocker Hill mine on June 13.
will be given to the jury tomorrow
morning. Today the evidence for the
defence and the rebuttal for the State
were completed and arguments We're
made for both sides. Tomorrow
morning Judge Sewell c. Strout Of
Portland. the presiding justice. will
deliver his charge to the jury at the
opening Of the court session and it Is
expected that the jury will retire be-
fore noon to consider its verdict.
The cross examination uf Everest.
the respondent, which was begun Sat
urtiay afternoon, was finished this
morning without bringing out any new
feature Of Importance. In rebuttal Of
the evidence introduced By the defence.
-ahss-- ater7recalled Prof. Franklin c.
Robinson of BOwdoin College, who
composition of dynamite and his own
analysis of it and experiments with it.
This closed the evidence and the court
took q recess until o'clock when At
tOrney Swasey began argument Tor the
defence. Mr. Swasey was handicapped
by the fact that he was suffering from
q severe cold, and said that ne was not
physically fit for the task before him.
After he had completed his argument
he retired to his room in hotel APP
parcntly in state Of exhaustion.
In opening Attorney Swascy de
voted some time to telling Of the early
life of the respondent, Everett and of
his friendship with Radcliffe and
challenged the State to show that there
had been any break in that friendship
up to the time the sun went down on
the evening of June IS. the day Of Rad
cliffe's death Everett. said Mr.. SWaScy,
might not be a saint, but he was a
hard working and industrious man. and
his employer had advanced him within
year to the responsible position OF
sole guardian of the valuable mine
property.
Continuing, Mr.. Swasey complained
that newspaper reporters went to work
on the mystery. and caught every
story in the air and every story of
every old woman in Oxford county.
until l say that the editors of the
newspapers should be brought in here
and judged for contempt Of court for
pre- judging this man guilty of muir
DER"
Mr., Swasey criticised County Attor-
ney Barnes for cutting his opening
argument short and not revealing the
States theory of the murder, and said
he had come to the conclusion that the
State did not at that time have any
theory, and that they have since had
two.
What did they do" continued Mr..
Swasey. "They secuted around and
sent this young Sherlock Holmes,
Charles Howe. up there. He made
notes and found the padlocks. Super
intendent Brown of the mine says only
enc of the locks could possibly have
been on the door. and Everett on the
stand described the key that fitted that
lock When the key ring that he had
not seen since he was arrested. was
shown him. he picked out the key and
it would not lit single one OF tHe
| locks found in his stable.
Il would like to know the mystery
! of that fuse found at the mine. l would
| like to see the man that put this piece
| of fuse in the road and then laid d
| stone on it. Was it put there by thai
| little Sherlock Holmes. Howe, to con-
| Wet this man?
| For u motive the State has brough
up the we'll story. Is it fair to go ava!
hack to that case when Everett was no
| indicted by the grand jury? Radcliffe
testified before that grand jury and III
went away under suspicion. What kin
of n motive is that for this damnabl
| crime?
THE State brings forward anothe
motive in the $500 insurance on Rad
cliffe':s life running to Wallace G. Ever
EFT. 1t was assigned to him for secur!
ty for the money he had advanced Ii
payment of premiums. He did this t
encourage the boy and all he was go
ing to claim from the policies was wh:,
he put into them. The rest was goin
to the boys mother and sister. Mrs
Radcliffe. the mother, says She di
not say anything to Everett about tn
insurance. but do not believe her, he