Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-14

returning home from Somerset
Junction.
Is Henry BARLEY 3 brother Of
Nelson Barley
81 presume 4. ls."
Did you 81 anywhere next DAY
With Henry E;---rls.yo''
es, ! varr up the Canada roae
with him ! was n nv automobile
and NET Mn. and H. asked ne where
Was going. : 1nld HIN ! was going
up the road and ne wanted % knew
I ne could Il along With me. anG
saIG sure. He told me that Een-v
A-mstraOE WAS coming Up Z little
later
Just where were TpU going
! was going Up % ny CAMP"
did You see anything Of another
aurnmohle Il me vicinity Of Arm
strong bars"
Nc"
did you ACCOMPANY Henry snrt-
ley anywhere 30
y left III ca a. the Armstrong
ba-s and We went In1n Sasarner-h
woods. We Went down the road
looking around and ! saw 4 rock or
ne other side Of the ditch"
The COUNTY attorney offered &
large rock, which WAS marked for
Identification as number !. Inc first
exhibit which MS entered into the
rial Piper SAD he could not pos
sibIy Identity the rock. hut declared
L closely -esem ole6 the one ne So v
IN Lne road.
Piper san -hat the rock lay u top
hadn't be-- here long.
= caIe1 our 10 aenr- and sad.
Henri, ccule ders. this looks KIND
q funny
CoUuSs9 and cpUrr joined II warn
n I'd me wl-uess that he wa not
permitted - relate Conversations.
The COUNTY attorney asked Piper
conce-r-1g ! slnsequen. Visit 70 the
Suga-Der-h woods On SATURDAY.. Oct.
IS. the day or which the body was
recovered. Pipe said he went Up u
Lbe bi0w-dOwr and saw 4 hand and
arm. ne sad ne didn't stop 70 make
any examination. but went back
down town and talked about getting
: warrant. Piper said he went 10
he Moose River aouSsa and Saw Nh.
Eipson ana several other deputy
she~t@s here He next went down =
Webb Moo-e's. me uaderLAker's and
then wen- oacs n D.. Bootnhr's. Inc
medical examiners. and rom There
back 70 where the body was.
+ The prosecutor asked Piper for q
definition Of me blow-dcwn and nea--
ly everyone in the courtroom smiled
al the question. Then Piper aid
h that rms alcw-down was three FIR
trees. whose roots ran through only
I 20 sol which was made ID o. grass
and -lGss. which was on a hare
grove bottom. irco which the roots
6ic nor spread, - that there was
/ noCnlng tor them 10 hold t.
Piper then described the Lsn- which
was formed by the i-crs and grass,
saving that i made a regular cave
There was Eli opening on the narE
glce anC another on the east Size.
Y Mrs. BARLEY widow IF the mU-ds,
vlc-tm. VINO haa been ii constant at
tendance during The trial, was unable
F! 10 control her emotions during
Piper recital of the details attend
Ing the recovery Of her husband 8
BODY She sonhed audibly and hic
7. ne face Il q fur scarf Piper, II
response % County Attorney Mer-
~i--'s further questions. SAID tna, ne
wan sure at first that the body Il
the --ave was that Of Nelson Bart
le,- he saId the face was smeEred
WI mud and the eyes were plugged
with the same substance.
The body was removed II an auto
mobile trailer 70 the undertaking
wa-erooms n the village.
BY whose direction was that bOcy
removed
"5y order Of Or Boothb-"
Piper said mat ne went back 70
the biow-down SUNDAY, and that a
regular path mad been worn through
the E-aSss by lot Of people VINO had
been up there I'd view the scene. He
SAID ne saw small smuGges Of blood
and sew some blood WHICH ran out
t-pm the moss. and saw DR. BooCnby
lake sor1e samples
Mr.. Par-angau opened his CROSS
examination with an inquiry az I'd
the position IN which the body lay
when Piper first saw T. Piper hac
some difficulty Il describing.
Judge Dunn suggested that the
witness might be herrer able 70
demonstrate T he had a dummy, and
ne asked the sheriff L there was
someone who could be used for the
demonstration. Mr.. Merrill ,voiun-
Spectators court officials and wit
nesse.s rose from their seats and
moved forward To better see the IN
usual spectacle Of . district attorney
posing the corpus DELIGHT II a murder
trial which he was prosecuting
Considerable amusement was az
TordeC the jurors as the district at
wails stretched OUT On the floor Of
tine court room- Nj Pa-tangau ask
&c Piper If there were any Signs 10
Indicate that the body had been drag
ged INTO the cave and the witness
sale there were one OF TWO rwiES
which looked as Il they had been
crushed down by something being
dragged over them
The next State witness was Henry
?. Mckinney. who described himself
as a lumber man n winter. hotel
man in summer" McKsnney snic
he lived IN Jackman and knew Nel-
son Barley. He recalled the date Of
Oct Is, when Bartley's body was
found. and said that he went up the
Sugarnerth woods tn look at the
place.
here were you On Oct. It."