Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-18

hes and your lies have caused all this
trouble"
Inc district attorney then attacked
MISS Varney's alibi of June 1g. The
deIendant claimed that she was in the
Back bay railroad station at the time
OF the murder. Mr.. Katzmann said
That even if she was there an hou-
peIore the crime she could easily have
reached the Reyes home by trolley or
by taxicab.
ne SAID MISS Narney went to Brookline
on June IL "on an exploring expedition, :"
ana that she went there again on June ~
The mail carrier who saw the shadow of
woman through the window OF the
Reyes door saw Mrs. keyes, the district
attorney said. Mrs. Reyes was too busy
taking with someone TO step to the door
ior the parcel post package. Mr. Katz-
mann declared. He explained the suicide
note found on the table near Mrs. Keyes'
BODY as having been written from infor-
nation furnished either by "Keves or
Miss Varney." He believed that il was
Miss Narney who gave the informal ton to
Mrs. Keyes.
MI katzmann argued for two hours
and twenty-three minutes For the most
part Miss Farney sat calmly %.lrough it
all. but several times she WINGED under
the district attorneys scathing words.
Charge to Jury
After Mr.. katzmann concluded, Judge
OConnell began his charge to the jury.
In his charge Judge O'Connell dwelt at
length on reasonable doubt "
bo
guilty beyond certainty of reasonable
doubt he said, you ought not to de-
clare her guilty If she has been, then
your duty is to find her guilty"
Referring to circumstantial evidence.
Judge OConnell said the "circumsta ncrs
must be proven beyond reasonable
doubt"
lie warned the Jury TO Judge the case
on their recollection of the evidence pre-
scented and not on the recollection Of coun-
sci.
On the question Of the alhi of Miss
Farney on the day Of the crime Judge
. Council said the burden Of proof rested
on the state. 1T is upon the common
wealth, he said, TO prove that this de
PENDANT was in that house on June 10. Il
must prove this beyond a reasonable
doubt
Then the state must prove that the de
PENDANT took the life OF Mrs Reyes, he
said
The burden of proof was on the state
he continued, to show that Mrs keyes'
death was not due to suicide. And the
state must satisfy the jury that Miss
N1rnpN did INV a.
the crime was committed, he continued
There We're three possible verdcts.
Judge Council explained: Murder in the
first degree. which he designated as muir
der with malicious intent: murder in the
second degree. which ne defined as MUIR
der without malice; and third, not guilty
The jury, which had eaten its supper
during a recess, retired To deliberate at
%.23 =. NJ.
History Of the Case
The Narney case attracted Widespread
interest because of its elements Of mys-
terry and its unusual and dramatic cir
cumstances. Mrs. Pauline Reyes, a bride
of 10 months, was found dead at the din
ing table IN her Brookline home on June
~. alter tiremen had been called to the
house to put out "A blaze caused BY a ke,
tie of burning fat in the kitchen. Near
her lay a revolver and a note indicating
that she had planned to commit suicide
because of her husbands ntidelt% The
medical examiner gave it as his opinion
that Mrs Reyes had taken her own life,
but later changed his opinion and a police
investigation was begun.
About "A week Ia Nisc
arrested at the home Of her sister in
West Upton. keyes was the chief wit
ness against her. The state claimed that
Miss Narney shot Mrs. Reyes because she
was jealous of the wife
Testimony at the trial disclosed thar
Miss Narney had lived with. Keyes as man
and wife. that she failed in an attempt 10
see Mrs. keyes on June u, and that she
was in Boston on the day of the crime.
A providence secondhand dealer testi-
ned that he thought Miss Varney was the
woman who bought a revolver of him on
March 10. Miss Narney sprang to her
feet to deny the Providence mans asser-
tons. Later it developed she was on
duty at a hospital in Howard. r. L. on
that day. The defendant took the stand
- i'Si oNi DSIttill anu TeNtdleu the whole
story of her life.
She claimed that she first met keyes
in Providence when she was 20 wears
old. She was working in a mill in Oh
reyville, at the time. She claimed that
the second time she saw Keyes he drug
ged the lemonade she was drinking in
a Providence restaurant and that she
regained consciousness in his room at
hotel. Subsequently she lived with
him In New York and Winthrop. He
lad given her a ring. she said, which
he told her was as sacred as mar
riage ceremony. She declared that
Keyes beat her and ill-treated her Of
ten but that he exercised IAN infiuerc ;"
over her.
When she discovered Keyes was
married. Miss Varney said she deter
mined to tell the whole story to his
wife. The defendant admitted that she
went to Brookline to see Mrs Keyes
on June -. but the latter was attend
ing q dog show in Lowell Miss Varney
said she thought Mrs. keyes was
been divorced, but it was brought cut
Keyes first wife from whom he had
that Keyes had been married twice and
that his second wife was formerly a
stenographer in his real estate office