Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-24

going out Of his camp, es he will tes-
+ tify. he saw Francis a. Vannah down
en- the lee walking ct rapid gait lie
Sles) called odt to Vannah and ask
cd Whats ell the shoetinST
Receiving TO response he called out
a second time, and still received no re-
ply. Again he called and no response
eeme, the enly thins that AIR, glas ne
i4lced being that Fannsh was quicken
ms his paoa. Not getting any inferne-
ION from Yannah Mr. slas WILL testify
that he ,Yent up to The Hardy camp,
listened q minute end then attempt
ed to SO In the door, He will also
tell you. sentlsmen. tles hs heard Mrs,
EIarey call OUT
Don't ehoot any more. Mr.. Van
nah. We aro both dylngi'
To this aIr. slas replied:
This ia not Vannah. but Charles.
As tho door at the entrance was
locked. Mr.. sias was obliged 20 climb
in tho window. through which the
shots were fired, he found Mr. end Mrs.
Hardy In the condition that | have
already described to you. He got Mr.,
Hardy come whiekey at his request
and after making the Hardys as COM
Portable as possible he went for help.
Upon reaching tho Thomaston road
lie saw team coming which proved
% be tho Washington stage driven By
Iavey Mooer. Mr.. sian called out to
air. Mopor and the two went to Charles
Jones house, where they telephoned
to the doctor and the authorities in
Augusta.
THE state will also attempt to prove
to you. gentlemen. that Yannah was
seen about the Home at different
times during the day Of March 20 but
that TO one saw him after o'clock in
the afternoon. Il will be shown in
testimony that Fred Perkins, who lives
on the Boynton place on the road to
the Hardy camp, was sitting by the
window in the house when he saw "a
man coming up the driveway which
resembled very much Francis A. Van
nah. Mr.. Perkins will testify that
this man had on rubber boots, an ov-
ercoat over his arm and an umbrella
over his head. that this man saw Per-
kins in the window and changed the
position of the umbrella in order to
obstruct the view OF his face. It will
be shown that the respondent was en-
gagged in extensive liquor business,
that he had on several occasions had
liquor delivered to him at the Thomas
ton road by the stage driver, Harvey
Mooers.
You, of course, gentlemen, will
wonder what motive this respondent
had for the shooting. 1t will be shown
to you clearly, l think, that Vannah
had intimated that Edward Hardy had
stolen his rum and that he had made
threats toward him.
1.-THE bullets which were extricated
from the body of the murdered man and
the one taken from Mrs. Hardy's neck
proved to be of the .32 calibre. The re-
volver with which the shooting was done
was not found, gentlemen, until the lat
ter part of November One of the old
veterans who was walking across from
the Home to the Thomaston road by
chance came across an umbrella and
nearby 80 calibre revolver was found,
coated with rust This, gentlemen, the
State will claim is the revolver that the
shooting was done with and also the
property of this respondent"
Archie Norcross was the first witness
called. Witness testified that on the
morning following the. murder he was
called to the Hardy camp to make a sur
vey of the surroundings. Plans of the
Hardy camp, both interior and exterior,
the National Home and the territory
surrounding were exhibited on the court
blackboard. Witness stated that it was
1850 feet from the Sias camp to the Boyn-
ton landing. From the Hardy camp to
Co. B barracks at the National Home
where the respondent lived it was 1863
feet or LAB miles, according to Mr. Nor
cross testimony. Witness found a we'll
defined path practically all the way from
the Hardy campo to the barracks. Wit
ness further stated that it was 1869 feet
from the center of the Thomaston road
to Co. B barracks. In making the meas
urements witness had taken the patch
that was evidently frequently travelled.
In going over the plan of the exterior
of the Hardy camp witness gave the di-
mensions of the window through which
the shots were fired, and was sure that
at the time he took the measurements
there were five bullet holes in the screen.
Witness stated that the distance from
| the center of the bullet hole of the en-
| trance of the lower bullet to the bottom
of the screen was 81 inches and that the
distance from the entrance of the top
bullet to the bottom of the screen was
81 inches. Witness stated that he should
say that all five of the bullet holes ex-
tended over a diameter of about five
inches. Court took a recess at this
point