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

he thought il was man that killed
| Mattie was read and Hankerson re-
/ marked: IF / said that it was not
true, not at that time.
/ Witness said it was little past sew
en-. rather than 80, that he saw a wo-
| man go ny tie window. He said to his
aunt: See her go!"
So much amusement was afforded to
! the spectators by Hankersons testi-
mony that the court ordered the sher-
! fn to request the spectators to main
tain order.
Charles G Beane who lived below
| the MiIliken house, testified that he
arrived home at 80 on the night of
the murder. Saw a person GO up the
road about quarter of 8. Was beside
the road and had a lamp in his hand.
1t vas l. or Is feet from the trav-
eled part of the road. His daughter,
now Mis-. Stating. was with him.
Tie person was small. dressed in
dark clothing some long garment Was
about feet, l or inches. Saw no
other person go by. Do not know who
il Was The person seemed to be stoop
ms forward or walking very fast. The
next afternoon witness and Leon
Hawkes. inspected some tracks in the
meadow and stuck some sticks up So
as te find them again. The tracks We're
made in four different places on the
muck ground. They were the same
tracks and made by and 612 shoe
with a Common sense" heel rather
square. Could not tell whether it was
made by u mans or a womans shoe.
ON cross examination witness said
he could not tell whether the person
was dressed as a man or a woman.
Hankerson told witness that Haekett
told HIM on the morning after the
murder that he saw man go over the
s[oneWall. Was with Henderson on the
morning after the murder at Hackett's.
however, and heard no such converse
ton as that. Witness measured the
tracks ard gave measurements to de-
,tectiye Martin, now dead Heard a
noise of someone passing through the
driveway on the night of the murder.
He went to the door, thought at first
it was Il team, but no team was seen.
II person had gone through the
driveway they would have reached the |
point in the swamp where the tracks |
were similar to those in the Nickerson
field. 1t was as late as quarter past
s. when the footsteps were heard.
on redirect witness said that it was
some time the middle OF the summer
of tire present year that Hankerson |
told MIN that Hackett had said on the
morning after the murder that he saw |
a man go over the stone wall.
The Three Tramps.
Everett Decker of Portland, 20 years |
of age, was the next witness. Lived at |
Kents Hill over the post office. at the |
time of the murder, about a mile to !
the eastward of Mr.. Hackett's. Witness |
ana brother went after cows on the |
night OF the murder. towards Read |
field. When going for the cows saw
three tramps going up the Hackeit |
road in the direction of the Hackett |
home between and o'clock. They |
were shabby looking fellows. we |
didn't like the looks of them and ran
down the read" said witness. Was
taken 10 Pennington by Deputy Sher
if Brown to identify three tramps in
jail there.
Witness on cross-examination said
he thought the tramps when he saw
them We're within about five-minutes
walk of the Haekett place. 1t was
about $50 when he saw the tramps. |
Told parents first of seeing tramps |
and after that told the officers.
Thought he recognized tramps as the |
same that he saw on the highway. Had |
never seen Johnson, the tramp at the |
Haekatt house, since the murder. Re-
membered playing with the Hackett
girls at the post office on return with
the COWS. 1t was after dark. Did not
recall that any one went with them
Court adjourned for the day at 5.42
P. Nj. Just before adjournment Chief
Justice Whitehouse ordered the sher
if 10 close the court room to specta
tors. saturday. after all the seats We're
filled.