Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-22

ness appeared on the verge OF COLLAPSE
| at this point but nerved herself for TIL
cross examination by Atty. Met 1Lili
| cuddy
Witness told Mr. McGillicuddy OF
| cross examination that she was 10 Year.
| old at the time of the murder. She wa.
! sure that it was after the murder tha
| her aunt burned the shoes. She ha6
| talked with Mrs. Poole about the milrde
| but not about the burning of the stllses
| She had told her father about it IL
did not remember telling any newspaper
| men. Did not remember Mr. Conner OF
the Lewiston Journal.
did you tell Mr. Conner about the
burning of the shoes?"
II didn't"
Witness on redirect said that she had
talked with Mr.. Morey about the shoes
but it was in the presence of her father.
The Afternoon Session
The court room was packed to suffo-
cation when the afternoon session
opened at 2.30 p. NJ.
Mrs. Sarah S. Stevens, wife of Charles
Stevens. testified in regard to events at
the Emwood hotel in Readfield at about
the time of the murder. Saw something
of Mrs. Raymond during the summer OF
1905. She used to come to the pump in
the yard for water. Did not remember.
her being in the hotel that summer.
did you notice what kind of a shoe
she wore?" asked the attorney general.
Yes, a tan Shoe
"High or low cut?
Low"
Did you ever notice her wearing any
other shoes when she came to the
pump?'
mo sir
Witness did hear about the shoes af-
ter the murder. Saw a pair of high.
black shoes. purporting to come from
Mrs. Raymond. lying on the table.
Couldn't say how soon it was after the
murder Was told the officers got the
shoes from Mrs. Raymond but never saw
Mrs Raymond wearing shoes similar to
them.
Witness recalled that Bert Raymond
was at the hotel inquiring for his wife
on the night of the murder. Saw him
in the hotel yard between T. and 73o
p NJ.
Where did you see him so at that
time?"
II saw him go home by the path past
the stable
"Did the path pass near by the apple
trees in the yard?''
''It did,
Witness thought he went by the house
more than once. Saw Bert again at go
when he took the team. Witness re-
called Tenant and Hopkins arriving at
the house that night at somewhere near
@ \,
before Hopkins came in. perhaps Is or
20 minutes. 1t was light at the time so
that witness could see Bert in the yard
from the kitchen window. This was
after witness had learned that Bert was
hunting for his wife.
Witness on cross examination was I'M
able to state what kind of shoes any
one else wore that came to the well.
Mrs. Raymond wore a short skirt SO that
witness noticed her shoes.
81 remember that Mrs. Simmons wore
a low cut slipper said witness in re-
Spouse to Mr.. McGillicuddy.s 81 might
remember some other peoples shoes if
/ wanted to-"
Witness said that it was within a few
days or a week of the murder that she
saw Mrs. Raymond wearing the tan
shoes She was sure that it was not
more than a week. She had fixed the
time in her mind.
Lived in Sedeley House.
Mrs. Viola Folsom was called. Witness
lived in the summer of 1905 at Readfield
with her husband and children in the
Sedgley house. Was at home on the
night Matte Hackett, was murdered.
Heard Mrs. DR.. Milliken tell her mother
that the doctor had been called and
that a murder had been committed at
i Kent's Hill. 1t was quarter of by the
clock Witness considered the clock kept
correct time.
Witness did not see Mrs. Raymond at
all that night.
"Did you notice what kind of shoes
Mrs Raymond wore that summer"
Eyes, low tan shoes
Ibid you see her prior to the murder
wear any other kind of shoes?"
81 do not remember that I did,
| Witness could not tell how near to the
! time of the murder she saw Mrs Ray
mond wearing tan shoes. Mrs. Ray
mond walked with long stride, which
witness had noticed more than once.
| Witness noticed in DIR. Milliken's shed,
! used in common with the Raymonds.
| many things lying about. Excelsior, old
clothes, Irvine.
Cord in the Shed.
"NNas there any cord similar to that2''
asked the attorney general, showing her
!, small, hemp cord.
There was cord something like that
| but smaller and harder witness re-
piled.
Attention of witness was called, Satur-
| day, by her son to something burning,
black smoke was coming from the
| chimney. what did it smell like"
| asked the attorney general. Like old
| Clothes" replied Mrs. Folsom
where did you find something was
burning?'
I'm Mrs. Raymond's tenement.
| Witness on cross examination by Atty.
McGillcuddy said that she smelled
leather and old rags. Should say that
\ the rags were wooden. Thought she
| could tell the difference between cotton
| and WOODEN rags There was a cobbleI