Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-03
Raymonds Confident Of Out
come Of Investigation.
Speaker Of Maine House COun-
sci in the Case.
Rep. Percy Of Bath, Says He Was
Not Legally Summoned.

The story of the murder of Matte
Hackett, nearly seven years ago at
Kent's Hill was retold. Tuesday, be
hind closed doors in the Kennebec
grand jury rooms. The cord with
which the young woman was stransled
and all of the other gruesome exhibits.
of the case We're exhibited to the jury
by County Attorney Joseph William
son. as he presented the case. But
seven of the % witnesses summoned
were called. during the day, so thor
oughly is the case being gone into,
and it viii probably take all of the
day. Wednesday, to complete the evil
denee
Several members of the grand jury,
1t is said, at the January term ex-
pressed u great deal of interest in
the case and wished that the county
attorney might take it up at the next
session of the grand jury. None of
the members of the present grand jury
are from Readield. but two members
of that body are from Winthrop, F..
b. Martin and John Mitchell, and, as
Readfeld is an adjoining town, they
are more deeply interested in the
mysterious case than some OF the jury
county.
Henry f. Emery of Manchester is
foreman of the grand jury. which is
now considering the case. The other
members of this jury are \. II. Bail
ey of Sidney +. Walter Blackwell of
winslow, Walter Branch OF Water
vile, Harvey e. crimmins of Halo
we'll, james Dickey of Clinton, w. NJ.
of I'm II 1eArT Nf
Augusta w. f. Haskell of China,
Theodore Lemieux of Augusta. Free
man Littlefield OF Gardiner. L. b.
Martin and John Mitchell of Win
throp, Edwin d. Mosher of Rome
George NJ. Rogers Of Litehield, Her
bert b. Ware of Augusta and Henry
C. Williams of West Gardiner.
Bert Raymond of Mechanic Falls.
whose wife, Mrs. Elsie Hobbs Ray
mond, has been mentioned in connec-
ton with the case, was one of the
first witnesses summoned to arrive at
the courthouse, reaching there short
~ after A. NJ He passed the great
er part of the time before the grand
jury assembled in pacing up and down
the stone walk in front of the court
house. He is confident, however, that
of the case will be a complete exon
Grafton of his wife. Said he to a re-
porter: Il am not worrying in the
least about the outcome or the case"
Nathan Raymond, Bert Raymond S
brother, is equally optimistic in re-
gard to the final outcome of the case.
Said he: II shall be very glad if an
Indictment is found by the grand jury
hot hn ri al m
sister-in-la will certainly be acquit-
ted. That would dispose of the case
for good and ALL so far as she is con-
cerned."
Speaker Morey of the Maine House
of Representatives who is counsel fol-
the Raymonds. was at the courthouse
during the afternoon, and was in con-
ference with Bert Raymond. Mr.
Morey was unwilling to discuss any
of the features of the case, when ask
ed by the newspaper men if he hac
any statement to make in regard tc
the new investigation.
The witnesses called. Tuesday, were
Sheriff charles NJ Richardson, who
has been working up the new evidence
in the case, DR.. j. S. Milliken. II
whose home Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Ray
nofu once lINtu, Lew iid'htt', ti'
father of the murdered girl, w. A
Nickerson of Readfield. Mrs. j. S
Miliken. Mrs. Edmund Hobbs of Tur
ner. mother of Elsie Raymond. anC
Charles Il. stevens of Waterbury
Conn, who was proprietor of the Elm
wood Hotel at Readfeld when tn
tragedy occurred.
Other witnesses who have bee
N
Mount Vernon, his daughter, Cert
Raymond, now 16 years of age, VIII
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