Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-05
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TG3If 9ll1
Brought Out in Opening
Argument in Mullins Case.
Oe|orey's Confession Places
Blame Of Crime on Mantir.
State Has Mantir's BIood.stained
Sweater..-Jury Views Scene.

Cambridge. Mass, Nov. At did not
take long to show the jury which is
irving Peter Delorey and James Man.
tr for the murder of Annie Mullins
the scene of The crime today, for the
field in Arlington where the body was
discovered on the morning of March 30,
1903, is only mile or two from the
court house.
The IL men who began their duties
Yesterday afternoon and who have
therefore several connections with
their usual occupations and their
homes for a week or two, were taken
out to Arlington this forenoon in auto
mobiles, accompanied by court officers
and counsel.
After looking over the field, the jury
was driven down Massachusetts ave-
nue. to the home of Prof. JaSeman,
where Miss Mullins was employed as a
domestic. The court proceedings We're
delayed a few hours while the jury was
out making the view and the youthful
prisoners were kept in their cells in
the big Jail across the street until the
jury returned.
Owing to a breakdown of the au-
tomobiles which carried the jurors to
Arlington their return to the court
house was delayed until the middle of
the afternoon. They were then taken
to luncheon before court resumed
When court convened late in the
afternoon, Assistant District Attorney
Horace A. Hardy made the opening
argument for the state. Mr.. Hardy
brought out many of the facts in con-
nection with the arrest of Delorey
which never previously have been
made public.
After telling how Annie Mullins left
the home of Prof. II. c. Won JaSeman
where she was employed. on the night
of March 81, 1908, and how her body
was found on the following day, he
said that the state would show that
Deloray and Mantir came from De
lcrey's aunt's home in Billerica March
q to Boston and visited Cambridge and
Arlington.
The state he said, would Introduce
evidence to show that when Delorey
and Mantir returned to Billerica early
the next day, they told Delorey's aunt
that there had been a murder IN Ari-
| ington, in field near a house owned
! by the aunt. They told the aunt that
| they heard of it from a street car con-
ductor, Mr.. Hardy said. On that same
day Mantir was seen washing some
clothing, he continued. and the state
would introduce as evidence a sweater
| owned by Mantir which contained
blood spots.-
| Having learned these facts from the
aunt Mr. Hardy said, the police ar
rested the boys April 2. 1909. Delore!
| broke down under examination ano
made an alleged confession, accusing
Mantir of having killed the Mullins
| girl Delorey told the officers that they
came to Boston March 81, 1908; that
they separated during the day, and met
again in the evening. They went te
| Cambridge and in Porter square, neal
the Cambridge railroad station tneS
met Annie Mullins. At their Suggestion
she took walk with them out Massa-
| chusetts avenue as far as Arlington
| Center. They turned back and Whef
| thew reached Marathon street, neal
the line between Cambridge and Arl
ington. they turned off there and ther
| went out into the large field at ina
point.
| Dclorey said the girl wanted to &C
home and he got tired of trying tt
persuade her to walk farther Will
them. He turned back toward the ROAD
but Mantir pulled the girl along fur
Their and threw her to the ground. De-
lorey said he heard the girl scream
and then groan. Mantir came running
up to him with his hands dripping witt
| blond De1Orey said:
my God, what have you done?'
| Mantir replied: 81 have cut he'
throat
Mantr made him promise that nc
would tell no one of what had hap
pened, and the yreturned to Billerica.
Mr. Hardy said that when Delorc!
was made to repeat this story before
Mantir the latter declared that Delo
rev lied, but Delorey stuck to his story
and urged Mantir to 'speak up. Man
| tir then collapsed