Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-14

uhstauee near the scene of Jacobson
cath at about O'Clock, the day it was
ound He went to the place later and
he ground looked as though it had been
ug over lie did not tell Edgar jacobson
hurn his fathers clothing. lie did not
&c any biz cd on the overeoat or under
oat when he first went to the place
here the body was found. Later he did
&c blood ON the coats. he testified.
He dil not inform Jacobson's daughter
f her fathers death at any time, and
stated he did not fix the date of the flu
eral as Il witness for the defence had
estided. Oleson oontradicted other tes-
imony for the defence He said it was
cry light, Sunday night. He was about
lis place at Il o'clock and saw his cows
or So rods away.
DIR. Victor E. Largerson testified that
drs. Jacobson stated that on Saturday
,vening Edgar and his father had some
words over a horse She said Edgar s
'ather did not want him to use the colt
IS an accident might destroy the colt
he testified that the notebook which has
,een admitted to be the book from which
he leaf was torn for the suicide note
was not the book found in jacobson
clothing when the body was found.
Other "Suieide" Notes.
Sheriff Bryson testified that when he
visited her a week after the shooting
Mrs jacobson had told him there had
| been other suicide notes about the
house County Attorney Brown also was
present. Mrs. Wirene, housekeeper for
| Emelius. said Mrs Jacobson had told her
| August had written several notes similar
| to the suicide note.
| Gustave jacobson saw Il young lady
| home, at IL O'Clock Sunday night. and it
was moonlight at that time. Deputy
| Sheriff Drake said all the clothing IN the
bag was given him by Mrs. jacobson.
| Mrs. Otto Jepson testified that Mrs.
| Emelius had told her Edgar and his faith
| er had quarreled. Belle told me that
| Edgar and his father had gone away to-
| gether," she stated, "and the boy was
| crying like baby. Mrs. jacobson said
| to me. Sunday, that Edgar and his father
had quarrelled and that August had said:
| If Edgar returns, there will be blood
| she'd"
| The letters written by Emelius to his
housekeeper and to II. w. Smith were
read, after which, at 2.15, the State closed
| and Attorney Ransford w. Shaw began
| his closing argument for the defence.
Closing Argument for Defence.
| AZ am going to charge that DR.. Boone,
| the State medical examiner, was care
less and that he was unaware of the re-
| sponsibility when he performed the au-
topsy on the body of C. August j acobson
| by the aid of searehlights,' declared At
torney Ransford w. Shaw in the closing
| argument for the defence. "He was care
less when he testified about it, and there
was no reason why the autopsy was not
performed in the day. He was careless
and he was wrong
Mr.. Shaw declared that the state had
not proven from the evidence submitted
that August jacobson had been murdered.
and he argued that the evidence did show
that it was possible for the wounds on
Jacobson's body to have been self-inflict-
I'd. at was not murder at ALL the at
torney exclaimed, and added; August
jacobson took his own life, and he had
a motive for taking his lie. Jacobson
had been unsuccessful in business. had a
morbid disposition and wasbia heavy
drinker."
Neither Mrs. jacobson, her son Edgar
nor Rev. Mr. Emelius had any motive
for the crime, the attorney argued. "As
August Jacobson took his own life, no
crime has been committed" he said.
Mr.. Shaw characterized as a mistake
the testimony of Mr.. and Mrs Hellstrom
that they saw Emelius on the road to the
Jacobson home on the morning of June
IL. 1911. when the State claims Jacobson
was murdered.
Attorney Shaw's argument was deiv-
cred late this Afternoon. At its conclu-
sion the argument for the State was
made as Judge Haley said he wanted
the arguments cleared up tonight so that
he might make his charge to the jury,
tomorrow morning.
Attorney General Pattangall, in
opening his closing argument for the
government, said the autopsy perform
ed by DR.. Boone made an investiga-
ton of August Jacobson's death a
necessity and that the arrest of the
three respondents was result of the
county officers investigation. The at
torney general argued that DR.. Boone
had no motive for giving false evil
dence.
He would be worse than murder
err, declared Mr. Pattangall, .'if he
/ SHOULD go On the StdHu anu teSll1y
, falsely about persons charged with
murder He testified only to what he
knew to be true
Attorney General PatIangall argued
that the medical testimony had
shown that it was impossible for Au-
gust Jacobson to have committed sui
eide. The medical experts for the de-
fence, he said, had testified that 1t
was impossible that Jacobson's
wounds had been self-innicted.
jacobson had no motive for suicide.
The fact that he had notes amounting
to S55 would not drive him to take his
own life," argued the attorney gen
eral. August Jacobson had become
as nothing in his household. He was
morbid, because he had become an
incumbrance in his home. He really
had no home, and since his death an
effort has been made to rob the dead
man of his reputation.
Whoever killed jacobson had ac-
cess to the suicide" note and no
stranger had acsess to that note.