Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-23
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no one will be allowed to stand in the
courtroom during the progress of the
trial.
eAmong the spectators noticed dur
ing the afternoon inside the bar rail
We're United States Senator Obadiah
Gardner, Mrs. Frederick w Plaisted
Of attorneys from other counties, who
had business in the city, stopped at
1.-The courthouse at different times dur
ing the day. to hear portions of the
testimony
The temporary illness Of one of the
jurors. George w. Eastman of Ran
fore the opening of the morning SEES
sion, caused Chief Justice Whitehouse
to urge upon the sheriff the necessity
of seeing that the Jurors all had as
much exercise in walking, morning
and night and during the noon hour,
as was practicable. The forenoon and
afternoon reeesses We're also length
ened
The defence although calling large
number of witnesses, expects TO com
pIete it's testimony by tine adjourn
ment Of court, Saturday night,
but if the respondent and her
husband are kept on the stand for a
considerable time in cross-eXamina :
ton, il may not be possible 10 com-
plete their testimony before Monday.
Slight illness of Juror.
The report that George w, Eastman
of Randolph, one Of the jurors, was
stricken with an attack of AGATE indi
gestion st the breakfast table 1T Hotel
North, caused CONSERVATION at the
courthouse before the opening uf the
morning session, Mr. Eastman, how
eyer, quickly recovered and was able
to take his place ON the panel when
court opened at $50 4. NJ. An inter
ested spectator at the morning ses-
sion was Former Attorney General
Hannibal F.. Hamlen of Ellsworth
who conducted the Cooper trial for the
State. six wears ago. lie seated him
self beside Former County Attorney
Thomas Leigh, his associate in that
case.
More About the Tracks.
George NJ. Lane of Readfield was
recalled by the State 1T the opening OF
The morning session. He was shown
an enlarged plan of the territory about
the Haciett house, He pointed out a
We'll defined driveway from the nigh
way To the Nieserson field, not in the
smaller plan, and placed tacks at the
points where he found the tracks in
the cornfiefd, representing the general
direction of the tracks. From the To-
cation of tie tracks in the field only
the head of the person making them
could have been seen from the road
and the tracks in the road were made
in the gutter, said the witness. The
person making the tracks in the gut
9 Ter opposite the apple orchard woule
not be visible from the lower part OF
tile Nickerson house. The tracks OF
the Kant's Hill road were outside the
wheel tracks.
Witness on cross examination by At
torney Aiorey admitted that he found ar
old track made several days before or
the upper part of the corniield. Could
not tell the length of the tracks going
up the hill Witness had no recollection
of jokingly measuring the feet of sev-
z eral ladies' at Mr. Barrows' home and
remarking that one Of them htted the
+ tracks.
f. W. Brown. recalled by the State,
testified that the tracks were first
shown 10 him by MIR Lane and that he
afterwards found others. Mr. Lane
had represented the tracks accurately
ON tlle plan. Additional tracks found
by Brown upon the plan were indieat
cd by tacks of another color. These
tracks were at the lower end of the
cornfeId coming from the direction OF
the Hackett place. Compared these
tracks with the other tracks going ur
the hill and they appeared TO be made
by the same person. All were fresh
tracks.
Witness on cross examination by At
tornev McGilIicuddy admitted that he
had measured the tracks and lost the
measurements. The tracks were about
81 inches long.
Mrs. Raymond's shoes did not fit
these tracks,
.'No Sir. the shoes that She gave me
did not.
you could see by looking at them
that these shoes did not tit The
traeksB3o
=. Yes sir
Were these shoes LACED up when
yoa ,teSIl them from herr" asked the
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