Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-04

married again. The claim was that
Mr.. Turner was not mentally respon-
sible for what he did at the time OF
the second marriage and in order t.
acouit him the State must try the
case. Rev. George Merriam OF the
Bethany Baptist church testified TO
the fact that he married Mr.. Turner
and Miss Whittemore on September
6. 1911 and knew that they Afterwards
lived together. Mrs. Turner testified
that she had lived with her husband
ND to 1917 and that neither she nor
her husband had been divorced. Rev.
C. II. Elhiney of the Federated church
testified that he married Turner AMI
Miss Georgia Bearce, June Ii, 1918.
Adam Simpson, town clerk exhibited
the marriage records. Mrs. c. r.
Whittemore, mother Of Mrs. Mildred
Whittemore Turner testified that she
was present at the marriage of her
daughter to Mr.. Whittemore and that
they afterwards lived on an adJoln-
ing farm. After going through an
other marriage ceremony with Mrs.
Bearce he brought her to the home
where he and her daughter had lived
in during their married life together.
After opening the defense. Attor-
ney S. w. Gould called several wit
nesses. Among them was DR.. J. d.
Ames, who had been connected with
the Bangor State hospital as an
assistant and had sharge of the de-
partment where Turner was confined.
He judged Turner to be insane and
he had been adjudged by the hospital
staff insane according to DR.. Ames.
He stated that he thought it was
very improbable If he ever recovered.
Attorney VIM. Folsom Merrill testi-
fed that he had known the respond
ent for six or seven years thought
from his appearance that he had been
insane. Sheriff Mooers also thought
that the man had been insane from
his appearance toward him. Turner
although not placed on the stand rose
to his feet and talked twice for a
short time. The jury after COMPARE
lively short deliberations returned q
verdict of mot guilty by reason of in
sanity" Turner was remanded to
the custody Of officer to await furth-
eF OlSpOSltlOl VI tHt Sdoc.
The second case on the criminal
docket was that of the State vs..
Charles White and Walter DOucettc.
1t is alleged that the two boys On
May 9th, 1919 broke into the barn #
Oregon Nichols at Shawmut and stole
James F. Nason's motorcycle with
side seat attachment valued at $3.50
from the building. 1t seems that
after being notified the next day Of
the disappearance of his vehicle Ma
son caused an advertisement to he
inserted in a paper telling of his loss.
The two men iE question applied to a
garage in Winslow for a key to un-
lock a motorcycle but were unwilling
to let the garage men go to the We
hicle to help them start it. The gar
age men became suspicious. Event
ualIy White and Doucette were cap
tured in Skowhegan, one Of them
having a revolver thrust in his trou-
sers leg. No knife could be found on
either of the boys who claim their
residence as Maiden, Mass, and Il
significant feature of the case Was
that the wheel was secreted in {,
spot and covered with bushes but
the bushes had all been broken ,ff
and none of them had been cut with
a knife. The boys at the time claimed
that they We're cut hunting for wool
chucks and found the motor cycle in
the bushes. Witness called for The
State were James Mason, Oregon
Nichols, Sheriff j. A Mooers, Deputy
Sheriff E. s. Arams. Chas Simpson,
Mavis Pomleau. Joseph Pomeleau and
Raymond Robinson.
The local association of the Maine
Sweet Corn Growers association will
meet at City building at 10 A. NJ. Sat
urday for the purpose of forming 4
county association. Following are
the locals represented: North Fair
field: st. Adams; North Arson; Nor
ridgewock; Skowhegan; Harmony
and Hartland.
MAIDEN, MASS, MEN
ADMIT CYCLE THRIFT