Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-21
LEVI HACKETT OVERCOME AS HE
Tells OF FINDING DEATH MOOSE
Around Mattie's Neck After She Was Taken to the
House-Sarah Swan Testifies That Elsie Raymond
Threatened to Kill Matte if She Ever Crossed
HerPat1--S tateMay Complete Evidence, Today.

ing of the court was Williams Is. Get
chell of Augusta, civil engineer. Tho
witness testified in regard to two plans
made by him Aug. rs, 1905. of places
in Readfield, the plans being made at
the request of Former County Attor-
ney Leigh.
The HacSett house. the Nickerson
hill road, the North Wayne road, the
Sedgley house, the bridge across Dead
stream, the house occupied by Nathan
Raymond, the Charles Beane house
and other localities figuring in the
case were pointed out. Witness stat
ed that it was 744 feet from the south
east corner of the Hackett house to
the point "A" on the plan, where the
body of Matte Hackett was found.
From this point to the junction of the
Nickerson hill road 1t was So feet; to
the Nickerson house 1t WAS 1900 feet
across lots from the point "A" to the
Nickerson house it was approximately
500 feet: to the Charles Beane house
it was 2647 feet around by the road.
From the point where the body was
found to Nathan Raymond's house it
was 7150 feet and to the Four Cor
ners where the Sodgley house was To-
Gated it was 1850 feet, or $50 feet
less than two miles.
The second plan was an enlarged
plan of the Hackett premises, the
scale being one inch. to 20 feet The
point a. where Matte Haeketts
body was found, was located upon this
plan, also the relative position of the
travelled road, the Hackett house and
the barn.
A plan showing the SedgleJ house
and stable and the Elmwood hotel and
stable in detail, was also explained by
the witness. The three apple trees in
the Sedgley yard, under one of which
Mrs. RAYMOND claimed that She was
during the night of tragedy. were To-
Gated upon the plan.
The fourth plan shown was a
topographic map OF the Augusta sheet
in the Livermore quadrangle and upon
this map the relative position of the
principal localities upon the smaller
plans was plotted.
Is there any necessity of this
fourth plan?' asked Chief Justice
Whitehouse as Mr.. Getchell began to
explain it.
There is" replied the County At
torney and his witness went on to
give from the map the differences in
elevation between the ground about
Readfield Corners. the top Of Nicker-
son hill and the Hackett house.
Witness on cross examination by
Attorney Morey testified that when he
made the plans on Aug. rs, he noticed
many tracks about the point. A
There We're bushes some little distance
down the road from where the body
was found. Witness did not know
that there was an enclosed field in
cluded in the distance from the point
A to the Niekerson house. previously
testified to by him. The Nickerson
hill was steep and over one mile in
length. The point "a" where the
body was found was on the east side
of the road and from Ave to seven
feet from the edge of the travelled
part of the road.
The county attorney ordered Mr..
Getchell to prepare a profile plan
showing the relative elevations.
Attorney Morey and Attorney Cen
eral Pattangall at this point asked
any witnesses for the State and de-
Tense who were present to leave the
court room. Provision for retiring
room for these witnesses were made
! by the sheriff.
Chief Justice Whitehouse at this
point urged upon the counsel
promptitude in action and brevity in
the handling of witnesses. He said
that in cases coming to the law court
/, 1t. was generally found that one-h half
the words used might we'll have been
omitted
Archie G. Norcross of Augusta, civil
engineer, testified to additions he had
made upon one of the plans shown BIZ
Mr.. GetchelL. Witness located the
Cole house as $40 feet northeriy
from the south side of the Hackett
house The measurement was taken
to the front door of the Cole house.
Objects to Telling Hor Age.
! Sarah ]. Swan of Lewiston. former
ly employed at the Elmwood Hotel.
when examined as TO her age. at first
declined to answer and upon the court
telling her that she should answer re-
| piled Between SO and co.
Witness was employed at the Elm
wood hotel in 1903. Elsie Hobbs was
working there at the time and had
begun keeping company with Bert
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