Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-08-18
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
AGAINST GEORGE NONE,
Used Key Belonging to James Scott to Get Into
Room Of Man He Is Accused Of Numbering, County
Attorney Charges. ..-An0ther Man In the Case?

Livermore Falls, Me, Aug. 17.-(Spe-
ciaD.- Damaging evidence was brought
out by the State agains. George
alias Nicholas None, charged with the
murder o! James Scott, at the prelim-
mary hearing begun today in the dis
trict court here. County Attorney
Morey stated that, accompanied by a
Chisholm Mills shortly after the muir
der is supposed to have been commit
ted, and gained admission by means
Of a key. The door was fastened with
a Yale lock and to this there were but
two keys. one of which was in posses
sion of the landlord and the other of
which was SCOTS.
The county attorney said that he
could produce the woman and that she
would substantiate the statement he
had made. He said that None told her
to sell Scott's goods, which were stored
in the room, and even fixed the price
she was to get for them. The woman,
the county attorney further asserted
was afraid to dispose of the articles for
fear Scott would return and make
trouble about it, and when she told
None Of her fears ne is alleged to have
replied:
"You needn't be afraid, Scott is dead
and gone to HI
The hearing was not concluded TO-
day and it is expected that when ii
is continued tomorrow there Will be
still further startling developments III
the case. 1t is believed that the woman
reft rred 10 by the county attorney will
be present as Il witness and it is eX-
pected that more sensational evidence
will be brought out. 1t is not believed
that the county attorney will submit
any more evidence than is needed tC
hold the prisoner on the charge of muir
der while the attorney for the defence
is authority for the statement that M
effort will he spared to bring out ever!
bit of evidence the state has on Whlci
to base a charge of murder.
over 1000 people were at the dcpo
when the IL o'clock train arrived, will
the prisoner in charge of Marshal Gail
er Of Lewiston, arrived On the saln'
train came County Attorney Morcy, III
f.. Holmes of Lewiston. counsel for th'
defence, and q dozen or more noWspa
per men At 11.30 o'clock Munlclpa
Court Judge II. G. Boothby announced
that the hearing would be held at
O'Clock in the afternoon, in the Oper;
house. When the time for opening ar
rived the Opcra house was jainmed t.
the doors.
In opening the case for the Stat
County Attorney Morey outlined new
evidence which up to the present tlln'
he has jealousy guarded. saying ina
after the disappearance of James Scott
whom None is accused Of murdcrln'
and whose body was discovered Jul.
81 last on the Whittcmore place, tict
up with a rope and concealed beneath
the floor of a sheep pen. had disappear
ed. Mon" went to SCOTS room. as Sta'
ed above opened it with key Whlci
must have been one OF the olly wv
known to be in existence, and that a
one was in the possession of the land
lord the one used by None must nav
been taken from SCOTS pocket belor
he was thrown under the sheep pen
where. months aftcrward, his body wa
found
Mrs. Jennie Regin, daughter ol Jule
Gurney. who since Aug. l has been hei'
as a witness, was among those Wh
gave evidence at the hearing. Mrs
Begin before her marriage, was
sweetheart of Scott's. to whom Mon
was also attentive. She testified tina
one afternoon about Nov. Is. 1897, Mon
and Scott came together to her father
house and that later they left togethe
for the Whittcmore place, where Scot
had bought some apples and had tn
use of cellar for sorting and pack
ing them, preparatory to shipping. Sh
said that after he left the house tina
afternoon she never again saw or hear
from Scott, although up to that time n
had heen in the habit of calling he
up three or four times a day on tn
telephone.
New evidence, tending to bring int
the case q man whose identity Is nc
known. was given by James Putnam
the stable keeper of whom None hire
team on the day the murder is sur
posed to have been committed. Thl
new evidence is regarded as lmportan
as it was believed at the time of tn
discovery of the murder that whocVt
committed the crime must have ha
help. Scott was a rugged man and
was not thought that one man woul
have been able to tie him up in tt
manner in which the body was foun'
without assistance, unless ne We
drugged.