Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-07
County Attorney Opens Case.

County Attorney Brown described
all the circumstances of the finding
OF the body in the garden, 120 yards
from the jacobson home. Certain
facts We're noted, which viii be of
Importance in the case he said.
About six feet from where the body
lay was a large pool of blood. No
blood appeared on the ground near or
around the body. The brains were
blown out but no blood appeared
about the head. There was an empty
shell in the rifle, two more were found
on the ground and fourth was pro-
duced by Edgar, the youngest of. the
respondents and only son of the de-
ceased, who said that he--found it
near the body Another blood spot
was seen on the grass, about 80 feet
from the body to the left of the path
leading from the house. The deceas-
ed was dressed in shirt, under shirt,
coat, trousers and overcoat. There
were no blood spots on the coat or
overcoat.
Suspicion Pointed to Family.
Suspicion pointed to the members
of his own family News got out that,
Saturday, the day preceding the
murder, he had quarreled with his
son, that his wife had spoken of him
as a wife should not speak of her hus-
band, that after his death. his son
had spoken i'll of him and that Mr.
Emelius, at the time affianced to his
daughter and afterwards her husband,
had spoken of him in light way aft
err he was dead. 1t was learned tina.
shortly before Jacobson's death Eme-
Illus was trying to borrow money, that
the widow had complained of her hus-
bands failure to provide for her and
that Jacobson carried $1,000 life in
surance which was PROMPTLY collect
ed after his decease."
Family Insists on Suicide.
Attorney Brown charged that 'in-
stead of attempting to ferret out the
murder, after it became apparent ia
cobson was murdered. the family re-
sented the actions of the officers in
their search, threatened witnesses, in
sisted on suicide and, indeed, com
ported themselves like anything but
the innocent relatives of murdered
man."
"Emelius never would have been
suspected" said Attorney Brown, had
he not been recognized by Mr.. and
Mrs Hellstrong as driving towards
the Jacobson house, at l o'clock in
the morning, at time, when he had
testified that he was in bed. Suspicion
turned toward Edgar partly because
of his quarrel with his father, but
largely because of his attempting 10
prove his presence at another place
widow of Jacobson because of her
house. Suspicion pointed towards the
when in fact he was at his fathers
contradictory stories of what occurred
at the Jacobson house on the night
of the murder and because of her evi
dent endeavor to shield Emelius and
Edgar
"The evidence against them is circum
stantial; that is, no man saw them o
either of them kill Jacobson. Murder i
not ordinarily committed in the light o
day before eye-witnesses. The evidenc
is eircumstantial. but it is clear. |
will come from the mouths of response
Bile. God-f fearing people with no desir
to bear false witness against their neigh
Dor. with no thoughts save TO tell tn
truth, with no hope to gain other rewar
than that which comes to those who d
their duty, and with no ambition excep
to aid justice and establish TRUTH
Two Witnesses Examined Before
Noon.
Two witnesses were examined befor