Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-28

with Woodbury. on the night the body
was found he said Woodbury. admitted
going to Bangor to hire a detective to
from Bangor TO FoXcroft with the ex-
pectation of catching his wife with
another man.
He testified that Woodbury. said
she had LETT him several times and
gave as a reason for not searching the
house that he believed she was with
relatives.
Detective Leader then related a story
told him by Woodbury. that he was
in the stable one day and hearing the
telephone bell ring listened, there be-
ing an extension set in the stable. He
said he heard man trying to make
an appointment with Mrs Woodbury.
for that night.
Detective Leader related the con-
versation as it was told him by the re-
spondent and said Woodbury. claimed
that as soon as the talking ceased he
went into the hotel, pointed to their
marriage certificate on the wall and
exclaimed:
Fol Gods sake, Maude, what are
you donG!"
Woodbury. told him they then had
some words. He did not state when
this took place.
He was questioned about the wad of
hair which he found on the body and
which wa; produced in court.
On crosS-eXamination as to how he
identified the hair he admitted that
no marks had been placed upon it nor
Cn tie envelope in which it was de-
POSTED when it was turned over to
the coroner. He identified it by the
fact that there was a small shaving in
the envelope with it.
Attorney Goodwin for the defence
was particularly severe in his cross
examination about the conversation
with Woodbury. as to what was said
over the telephone and witness finally
acknowledged that the man was Jo?-
scph W. Mountfort. the Portland
plumber, who was staying at the hotel
While at work here.
l.. a. Richards of Ellsworth the
final witness. said he occupied a room
at the hotel at the time Mrs Wood
bury disappeared, which was said to
be Monday, Nov. 4. He went to his
home Saturday night and returned
Monday night. Saturday morning he
paid Mrs. Woodbury. for his room rem
tai and that was the last time he saw
her alive. He stayed in his room Mon
day night and did not see Mr. Wood
bury. The Wednesday following nc
saw Woodbury. on a train for Portland,
where the latter was to visit his
daughter, who was in a hospital. He
said the respondent made no mention
of Mrs. Woodbury..
Tho arguments of Mr.. Goodwin for
the defence and County Attorney Bur
CESS for the State took up fully an
hour apiece and at their conclusion
Judge Smith ordered Woodbury. held
without bail for the next sitting of the
Piscataquis county grand jury, which
will sit next September. Mr.. Goodwin
announced that if Woodbury. be in
dicted before the grand jury he will
ask for a change of venue.
In his argument Mr.. Goodwin said
that the State had failed to make out
a case against Woodbury. and he NOV
cd for the discharge of the prisoner.
He claimed that no direct evidence had
been found to connect Woodbury. with
the crime He said that the suicide
theory was stronger than the murder
theory.
County Attorney Burgess took up
step by step the evidence that had been
prepared against Woodbury. and called
special attention to the medical testi-
mony to the effect, that. according to
the judgment of the physicians VINO
performed the autopsy, Mrs Woodbury.
could not have met death by hanging
from the door knob He claimed that
cause for the crime was found in
Woodbury's jealousy of his wife.
Woodbury. took Judge Smiths de-
cision against him philosophically, and
there was no demonstration in the
courtroom, which was crowded at the
time