Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-03
Told Pastor That Heath Knew
Hiding Place Of Revolver.
Jury Completed, Sworn and In
structed During Forenoon.
Photographs Of Dodge Home Ex.
hibited-Throng in Courthouse.

Guildhall, VT. May 2.-That Mrs.
Florence NJ. Dodge of Lunenburg, who
is on trial here charged with the muir
der of William Heath, declared repeat
eddy on the day of the murder that
Heath shot himself. that she wished
someone had been there" and that
she didn't know it was loaded was
the testimony of the Rev. II. C. How
ard and his wife, who were the first to
arrive on the scene after the shooting.
today. Mrs. Dodge made the state
ment according to the minister's testi-
mony that she and Heath who was
employed in painting a room in her
house had been talking about burglars
and that Heath had remarked that
since his wife had had a diamond ring
he had kept a revolver in the house.
In reply Mrs. Dodge told Heath, it was
testified, that she also had a revolver
and kept in a drawer which she point
ed out.
Mr.. Howard, who is pastor of the
Congregational church and who resid-
ed next door to Mrs. Dodge, testified
that he was lying down when he heard
sounds which might have been shots
and that shortly afterward he heard
Mrs. Dodge calling for help and ask
ing someone to 90 for a doctor. He
went for a physician and on his re-
turn went into the room in the Dodge
house where Heath lay on his back on
the floor. In a talk with Mrs. Dodge.
she told him. the minister said, that
she had heard shots and that she ran
into the room where Heath had been
working and found him lying on the
floor on his face. She turned him
over gave him some brandy and then
tried to telephone but couldn't get CEN
trail. They'll blame me for it, for it
was my revolver" Mrs. Dodge said. ae-
cording to the minister's testimony.
Mrs. Howard testified to conversa-
ton with Mrs. Dodge. The latter, she
said, was very much excited and nerv-
Gus. Some of the EXPLANATIONS attrib-
uted TO Mrs. Dodge by Mrs. Howard
We're: Heath has shot himself" 1--WE
tried to telephone but couldn't get CEN
trail Something terrible has hap
pened." oh if there had only been
someone there II gave him some
brandy" "They will blame me because
it was my pistol. / didn't know it was
loaded" Get someone to help me"
Those remarks. Mrs, Howard said, took
place while her husband was calling a
physician. In response TO the attor-
ney's question. Mrs. Howard said that
Mrs, Dodge had repeated many times
that she wished someone had been
there" and that she didn't know it
was loaded" She was still on the stand
when court adjourned for the day.
Other witnesses called during the
afternoon were Abraham +. Quacken-
tos ard his wife of Wellesley, Mass.
They We're visiting in Lunenburg at the
time and We're sitting, they testified on
the steps Of the Congregational church
when they heard the shots. They placed
the tine about 11.40 A. NJ
Several more exhibits We're intro
fueed by the government when the
afternoon session opened, among them
being plaster casts showing the marks
of the bullets in the floor of the room
where Heath was found.
To the surprise of most of those
present in the courtroom, the jury to
try Mrs. Florence NJ. Dodge of Lunen-
burg, for the murder of William NJ
Heath of Dalton, n. H., at Mrs.
Dodges home in Lunenburg. was com
pleted this forenoon. 1t had been ex-
pected that considerable time would be
required for the selection OF jury in
as much as Essex county, in which the
alleged crime was committed and in
which the case is being tried, is
sparsely settled. and great interest in
the murder case has been manifested
by all the inhabitants.
OF the II men who will hear the evil
dence in the case of Mrs Dodge, eight
are farmers, one is a merchant, one a
blacksmith, another locomotive en-
gineer, and another is a mechanic. The
| jury is composed as follows A. w.
| Besworth, merchant. Brighton, fore
| man; l.. j. Pazeur, blacksmith, Brigh-
| ton; George II. Davis, farmer, Con-
cord; A. H. Williams, farmer Con-
cord; William II. Davis, farmer, Guild
hall; Eugene Rivers, farmer, Brighton
| Fred Frizzell, farmer. Canaan: Carl f.
Ball, farmer, East Haven c. d.
| Thurstpn, locomotive engineer, Brigh-
ton; Edward II. Bazin, mechanic, Con-
cord Alexander j. Smith. farmer
| CRANKY; Ola Buzzell farmer, Bloom
| field
AS soon as the jury mad been com.
pleted the jury was sworn and thel
Judge Hall of st. Adams, who is pre-.
| siding, instructed them regarding thei
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