Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-22


band and Will reeley were with he
when she came Jack. VIII Greeley hat
on fupper eoots', Mrs Raymond had oil
| low tan SHOES The contrast called wit
ness attenuo al to the shoes. They wer,
| going hsilln & to Dead Stream bridge
Witness ne ID heard the matter of wha
| kind of ST .oes Mrs. Raymond wore talked
over 900 times in his shop.
on G. .oss examination witness said he
| c ould not remember another woman be-
hdes. Mrs. Raymond who went by the
shop that afternoon.
Mrs. Raymond Was Running.
4 Mrs Arabine Masterman of Mon
mouth was living at Readheld at the
time of the Matte Haekett murder, on
| the South road. Witness saw Mrs.
! Raymond go by the house inside of =
| week before the murder. She was
4, running. Gertie Raymond, her hus-
| bands sister, not the girl who testi-
fled, was with her. She was 16 or II
at that time.
Did you notice what kind of shoes
| Mrs. Raymond had on"
; Il did not. if she had been bare
| footed | should have noticed it,
| The witness paused a moment and
, then asked Have you got done with
me-" Assured that counsel had no
further questions to ask her she
breathed a sigh of relief and left the
, stand.
George VIM. Tenant of Portland
travelling salesman was on the road
| in 1905 and during that summer visit
ed Readfield twice month. He
stopped at the Elmwood Hotel when
there. Was at the hotel on the night
of the Matte Hackett murder. Ar
rived on the noon train from Oakland.
III the afternoon drove out to Mt Yer
ron and Vienna with Carol Hopkins.
Left soon after dinner Had one seat
ed carriage. Went to Mt Vernon first
and at $50 went to Vienna to call
upon a man there. Was in Mt. Yer
non two hours Was selling a line
of groceries. From Vienna went di-
rectly back to Readfeld. as he re-
membered it. Hopkins was in wit
ness sight all the time until he drove
into the Elmwood Hotel. Did not go
through Kent's hill Was not at the
Hackett place until about a month
after the murder,
Witness got back to the Elmwood
either 10 minutes before or 10 min |
utes after 8 O'Clock. Heard of the |
murder the next day. Did not hear
that any suspicion was attached to |
Hopkins until he came to Readfield |
the next time. |
Hopkins had small bottle of |
whiskey on the ride. Both drank out |
of it but neither of them were in |
toxicated.
Drank Out of Bottle. /
How many times did Hopkins |
drink out of the bottle?" asked Mr.. |
McGillicuddy
I don't know"
Did either Of you drink any cider?"
mo sir
Witness admitted that Hopkins was |
out of his sight while he was in the |
stores at Mt. Vernon and Vienna.
Edgar A. Leman of Readfield Depot |
was in the stable business at Read |
held Depot at the time of the murder.
Knew Carroll Hopkins and George |
remnant. Saw Hopkins and Tenant |
together when they passed him at
West Mount Vernon. Got to Brad
leys about o'clock When he came
back from Irving Bradley's at Vienna
Where he had taken a man and wo-
man saw Hopkins at a store. When |
ne passed the Elmwood House saw |
hopkins putting up The team.
La Forrest Douse of Vienna. proc- |
efyman, was in trade there seven |
years ago. Learned of the Hackett |
murder the day after it happened
Saw Carroll Hopkins and Mr.. Tenant
at his store the day before. II was
between and 6 in the afternoon
Remembered the visit because be
heard afterwards that some suspicion
was directed to Carroll Hopkins
Experiments With the Cord.
waiter Nlckerson of Readfeld. chair
man OF the board of selectmen. was
liVins on the Nickerson place on the
hents Hill road at the time of the mur-
DER. FIRST learned of the murder throupb
Emery Hackett and Mrs Cole when thew
came to telephone on the night of tho
murder. They arrived about $40 Wit
ness went with them back to the spot
where the girl lay. Walked pretty fast
MI and Mrs Hackett and the children
were there
Matties body was lying with the head
from the house and feet towards tho
road. Did not especially notice the an
pearance of the clothing. Saw no |
marks of "a struggle about the body
Mattie.s body was picked up imme-
diately and carried to the house. Wit
ness cut the cord away from the cirIs
neck after it was found Witness at
the attorney generals request tied A
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