Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-14

Taking up the events OF the night Of
her arrest, June Is, at Upton, Miss var
ney said keyes came to the back door
about 9 O'Clock after she had retired. he
asked for her and she went to tpe door
in her night clothing. He said he mad
come for his dog and after she had dress
ed went to the barn where Keyes said ne
was under arrest He told her not 10
talk. Coming back from the barn he said;
Harriet, am under arrest, and lnme-
diately added: "Gentlema1, this is Miss
Narney."
The witness said District Attorney
Katzmann told her he wautel to talk
with her. but at first she refused TO talk
remembering keyes warning. Later at
the request of Keyes she agreed to talk.
Under Influence of Reyes
"In this conversation with Mr.. katz-
mann you said you didn't go TO the
courthouse 10 look up the divorce pa
pers Why did you say that?" asked
Lawyer OConnelI.
Because keyes made a motion at me,
the witness answered.
You said YOU didn't write him let
ter Of coincidence, the lawyer continued.
why did you say that?"
| Because keyes motioned to me- she
answered.
why did you tell Mr.. Katzmann YOU
had never been to Brookhne?" she was
asked.
, Because keyes motioned to me-" she
answered once more.
/ Keyes. she explained. sat behind Mr..
katzmann.
The letter of coincidence she wrote
keyes when his wife was killed was sent
under seal to George II. Russ, a Boston
lawyer, to RENAL. She explained that
I this was done because she did not want a
! letter with an Upton postmark delivered
at Keyes' Boston office. She denied tina
she had ever said TO Reyes Get that
letter.
/ once more she was led back to tell in
cidents of the night she was arrested at
! her sisters home in Upton. 1t was not
until after her examination by District
Attorney katzmann that Keyes advised
her to get an attorney, she said.
Head on Reyes Shoulder
+ While she was being taken to Brook
her as far as Newton. Her head rest
/ ed on his shoulder almost all the way
! she testified and he held her hand.
I When he gave up his place in the au-
1 tonobile to Sergeant Rutherford of the
/ Brookline police department. Keyes
! pressed her hand, she testified, and at
| the same time gave her a bill and
/ told her to keep her mouth quiet The
, money. she told the court, was a one
dollar bill. When they reached Brook
/ line she gave the bill and ring to the
! sergeant.
I This ring she said keyes had Civ
en- her while they We're living at ho-
tel together. telling her 1t is Just as
/ sacred as if we had gone through a
, dozen ceremonies"
I referring TO other gifts from Neyes
she mentioned SO watch, a locket
and chain. These, she testified, she
! refused to keep after keyes had tele-
J phoned her ito keep them quiet as
they had been stolen from the White
Bear billiard ROOM
, Il told him." she said, II would not
! be receiver of stolen goods" batter.
she said, she saw Keyes throw away
,
she knew he had had the outer case
of the watch changed
When asked further concerning her
relations with Reyes. she said she had
! tried to avoid him, but that he would
not keep away from her. She was
/ una bic to. marry another man, she
! said because she could not tell her
/ people she was divorced from Keyes.
/ whom they believed to be her hus-
! band.
! Her answers to questions regariing
hypnotic influence were repudiatedly
objected to by the prosecution but in
/ the end she was permitted to say: at
IS impossible to explain Keyes' influ-
/ ence over me. I was afraid of him. He
had a gun"
| When Miss Narney was asked to
| tell why Keyes had beaten her. Sic
i said it was because she had refused
to go on the streets for him.
Denies the Murder
! Her direct testimony ended dramat-
! ically. Miss Varney." her counsel ask
er, did YOU on June 19, kill Pauline
! Keyes?"
| Holding her head erect and speaking
/ in a voice that carried to all parts of
/ the court room, she replied
4 Il did not
! 1t was late in the day when she was
turned over to District Attorney katz-
mann for cross-eXamination.
4 "Aren't you very tired?" he asked
7 her.
| Mr.. katzmann," she said YEARLY
( Il am very tired. but if you want |
| will an
| The district attorney, however. sue-
gested that it would be better to rest
at this point and court adjourned unit!
! tomorrow morning when Miss Narney
/ i'll take the stand for cross-eXamina =
/ ton,
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