Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-20

road, and that later womans track
was found in Beane's meadow leading
toward a marsh and then skirting the
marsh back into the road again. II
will be noted that between the village
of Readfield and the Kents Hill region
the Dead Stream, the outlet of Greeley
pond, runs, which any person coming
from Hackett to Readield Corner
must cross by one of the bridges.
And it will further appear that about
nine o'clock at a point on the Nick
erson Hill road between the bridge
and the junction of the road leading
to South Wayne, a woman, whose APP
pearance will be described, was seen
rapidly walking toward the village.
From all this evidence, the details
of which | will not go into further at
this moment | think you may be
satisfied beyond any reasonable doubt
that this woman who was never ac-
counted for. who was seen ascending
, the hill so rapidly list before the
murder, the NDman who left her foot
prints along tho edge of the e0rnfeld
and in the road leading to the Haekett
farm, the woman whose voice was
heard to say, You dirty. nasty thingi''
| the woman whose footprints were
| found coming away from the body, the
woman who fastened through the door
yard of Charles Beane. shortly afte"
| the murder. and who left her foot
prints in his meadow. and the woman
who was seen fastening over the road
! leading To the bridge. was the person
who threw the moose about the neck
Of Matte Haeket as she turned from
| her 10 return to the house.
! If the evidence presented convinces
You that the murder was committed
by woman the question of what wo :
man had any motive for killing Mat
tie becomes important. Now the mo.
tive for the crime could not have beer
robbery for Matte had nothing which
anyone could steal and the watch
which she carried on her breast was
not taken. 1t eoMG not have been
| envy for her luck in life was not an
| enviable one.
Jealousy Motive for Crime
The only motive conceivable why i
/ woman should have killed Matte
| Hackett was that of jealousy and tho
inquiry at once presents itself, What
woman was jealous of Matte Hac-
kett2 In this connection il will be
necessary To trace the lives of the
murdered girl, of the respondent and
of the respondents husband so far as
they were connected with each other.
In The year 1905 the respondent, Their
| Miss Elsie Hobbs, came to Readfiel6
| to york IN the Hotel Elmwood. AT the
| same time her future husband, Bert
Raymond. worked at the same house
| as a hostler. In the summer of 1904
| Mr.. and airs. Raymond went to tht
! outlet and worked there for JOSEPH
| Emery Matte Hackett was also a
| tho Outlet working for a brother o
| Joseph Emery named Henry In tn,
/, eally summer of 1905 both Matte ant
Bert Raymond worked at the Elmwoot
Hotel With the other employees the,
| took their meals together in the kitch
! en-. except when, as occasionally hap
| pened Bert ate his at home.
During the summer. Mr. and Mr.!
, Raymond We're occupying the eastern
upstairs tenement of the Sedgle,
house. which sits upon a lot at tn,
north west corrier of Main street. a
the North road so called. The tene
ment directly beneath them was oc,
clipied nv DR. and Mrs. Millikcn, VIII,
also had one room upstairs, which
MAS occupied by DR.. Millikens mother
Tho whole of the western tenement
both up and down stairs except thi:
ere was occupied by Mr. and Mrs
Walter Folsom. The Raymond tene.
men, WAS reached by the front stairs
FpCn North street used in common Will
the I.i|lilenS and by a flight of bach
stairs upon the North side of the house
This house was about 200 feet distance
fHcin fhe hotel and path ran cross lot.
frcn tho Raymonds to the static wher,
Felt Raymond worked during tht
VI ele SUMMER until n day or TWO aftel
;he murder
Now the State viii not introduce evi
dence tending to show Mr. Raymond
| affections were ever actually engaged
by Matte Hackett, or hers by him. Fo
some years they We're good friends anl
while they worked ut the same place:
We're of course. thrown more or les
+ together. Bot the State will introduc,
!, evidence tending TO show that with o.
| without cause Mrs. Raymond wa.
jealous of the younger woman AS fan
hack rs 1909, during her engagement, il
will be shown that she expressed tn,
feeling and made threats that if Mat
! tie Hackett ever crossed her path she
! would kill her Later it will be shown
that Mrs. Raymond said that Matte
/ hated her because. as she said. Matte
had gone around with Bert before she
was married
Jealousy Alleged as Motive.
| 1t is commonly we'll known and al
undisputed medical fact. that a woman