Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-23

/ house to The Hackett house the dis
| lance is 200 ar 300 feet. over two
riles from MIR. Coles house to the
| point A tile distance is little rsns
| 100 tcet across the field to The Kicker
! son house, 4 little over loco feet. the
| defeiices testimony Will eorroborate
| the testimony of two of the States Wit
! neeses that the killing must have taken
| place ut 10 minutes before O'Clock.
i~It viii also be shown that Mrs. Ray
/ rlonl left her home at a quarter OF 8
| O'clock The time of the commission OF
! this murder makes il a physical, ab-
| sclntt impossibilitv to connect the re-
| spondent with it.
| II will be shown that Mrs Raymond
| went out and sat under the tree after
| a disagreement with her husband, fol-
| loving a request by her for some
/ money to get the necessary garments
| Tor che arrival Of the little stranger.
| He did speak to Mr.. Stevens, mis- en-
| pl9yor about il, but didn't get the
| money Until later IN the evening. Talk
was made about this matter at the
| supper table and Bert Raymond went
ont of his house at TBS, which will be
iixed by the whistle of the train at
] Raadfleld Depot
Mrs Raymond with a sofa pillow in
! her nand started out into the orchard
! at quarter of g. The evidence will
! show that about o'clock q man saw
| sitting under a tree in that orchard. q
| woman: he cannot, however, identify
| her as Mrs. Raymond. II Will be
| shown, it is expected, that neiglbor
also saw Mrs. Raymond sitting under
| these trees. Perhaps Bert had spoken
a little too hastily to his Wife aboul
| the money and it made her feel badly
| Size will state her motive for staying
| there and coming back later in the
| evening with her husband and his
brother.
:, 1t is admitted that Mrs. Raymond
had a pair Of tan shoes. 1t is a gem
er9l custom TO burn up refuse shoes.
| II is true that those shoes were not
burned after the murder. it is true
that they fitted her feet and the size
she had always worn, Al. Evidence
viii snow that whoever killed Matte
Hackett must have peen possessed of
/ great physical strength. The black
and blue marks upon the arms OF
Matte Hackett show there must have
been two persons involved, while the
State does not try to show that there
was more than one person connected
with the crime.
Tie defence viii show that on that
night on the road from the, postefflce
30 the Hackett home were three
framrs. An eye witness who saw
them will testify. A elump of lilaes
and rose bushes across from the Hack
EFT house We're seen at the view ane
the evidence will show that STANDING
behind these bushes in plain view o
the Cole house two men We're seer
standing. gazing intently at the Hack,
II EFT homestead. An occurrence will b'
related which took place near thi
sret and within short time Of TIN
murder
a Strangers Knot.
Tho question of the knot and th'
States attempts TO prove what methof
/ WAS used to lie the Knot WAS discuss
eA by Mr.. Morey, who alluded to it q
Il strangiers knot.
The first thing Matte Haellett woult
have done would have been the claw
!. ing OF ner throat when that screecl
went UP. if the knot had been a fixet
Knot and someone was holding her, n
eontended.
The evidence will afford an entirely
different view of the way in which tn.
cord was placed about her neck. An
expert will show that there is a knot
known as the strangers knot,
/. which causes and has caused death in
several cases. 1t is n knot with an
end out and that when placed around
the neck and drawn the throat is
lstopped. If wished the victim should
die, the two knots. as found on the
Shack Of Mattie's neck, are tied For
= country girl To make a knot of that
kind WAS impossible whom Il deputy
sheriff, after 4 weeks trial, testified
that he made one but il wouldn't work.
A Confession Suggested.
The sensational point in Attorney
Morey's argument was reached when
he limited that the defence would seek
to put in confession. we shall seek
to put in evidence concession said
he, "of the nature of which ! shall
state nothing further until we offer the
evidence
The respondent AT the bar is as in
noccnt as any one of YOU declared
Mr.. Morey in closing, making a touch
ing Plea for the respondent and her
little child.
Of his argument. Mrs. Raymond be-
gan to sob and tears were running
freely down her cheeks when ne had
finished. Many of the spectators We're
also powerfully moved by his argu-
ment and the jurors followed him with
the closest attention
Witnesses for the Defence.
The following witnesses were sworn
by Attorney Alorey for the defence:
Mr.. Carey. Mr.. Kicker, Miss Jones, Mr.
Dresser, Mr.. and Mrs Dwtlley. Mr.
Judkins. Mr. Bradford, Mr. Prince,
+ Warren Raymond. Everett Dresser,
Herbert Raymond, Bert Raymond. Mrs.
I Sylvester, Miss Kilbreth Mr.. Hanker-
son, Ms. Cole, Mr.. Cole. Mrs. Sylves-
ter. Mr. Daicey. Mr.. Judkins MIR. Merle
Hartman, Bert Leighton. Mr.. Miller,
/ Charles c. Beane Mrs. Nathan Ray
mond, Nathan Raymond, Mr.. Peacock,
MIR. Sedsley. Mr. Eaton, Mr.. Springer,
Mr.. Chick, Mr.. Woodward, Mrs. Dol
ley. Mrs. Lowell, Mrs. GIBSON, f. Fl.
Homes William b. Bradford Frank w