davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-11-11

for him. Mr. Piper in his testimony
told of the condition of the cave and
of seeing Bartleys body therein de-
scribing with particular emphasis the
left arm which was bent back crossing
the chest about halfway with the fin
ger tips just touching the shirt which
was slightly pulled up. The position
OF this arm formed an important
phase OF the "Rigor Mortis" claim
which was so pronounced in the hear
ing last winter. He stated that there
I was $20214 on Bartleys person when
the body was at the undertaker's. He
described the blood conditions about
the cave and again told of bailing
the water out of the cave and Of the
block seeking thru from the back Of
the cave. Under cross examination
Mr.. Piper said he saw nothing sup
porting the arm which came across
the body to about the center of the
chest. He didn't notice any roots in
contact with the arm, but was not in
position to see if there were. Thot
upper shoulder was against the side
of the cave, but saw nothing holding
it up.
UNABLE TO FIND WITNESS
The next witness called could not
be found in the court room and this
led to Judge Wilson ordering all wit
nessees to remain nearby and be ready
when called to testify. Henry p.
Nick enney was located and took the
stand. He stated that he was lum-
herman and was connected with the
Jackman bank He helped to remove
the dead hotel keeper from the cave
and saw it as it lay within the same.
He described the position of the body,
the right leg being drawn up with the
heel in pool of water. He said the
left shoulder was against the east side
of the cave. with the outer arm at
somewhat of a right angle from the
body and with the hand bent down
ward to the breast, the forearm not
resting against the body from elbow
to finger tips. From elbow to should
er the arm was against one side of
the cave. Evidently the attorneys
are bearing rigor mortis in mind. Mr..
/ McKenney was the last witness be-
fore the noon recess.
MOt6oEhED MAN . DIM 1lIJIN AAN
COURT ROOM
Saturday forenoon Henry BARLEY
of Greenville. brother of the murder
ed man, and one of the discoveries
of his body in the cave, was in court
Saturday for the first time.
EX-DRUGGIST NOW A LUMBER
MAN
Charles A. Jackson. the former
druggist at Jackman and at present a
lumberman there, testified after the
midday recess Saturday. He saw
Bartley's body In the cave and de-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-11-11

the night of the murder he went thru
the Sugar Berth woods on his return
from the mill There were no lights
on his bicycle and 1t was after dark
He met two cars, not very far apart
going south, and near the culvert
When he reached the Armstrong Bars
he did not notice car He was rid
ing on the right side of the road, and
as the night was dark, he was Obliged
to watch the road closely.
What was the noise that you
heard?" asked County Attorney Mer-
rill,
shots" In further testifying
Crook said, the noise came from be-
hind, as he was In the north end OF
the Sugar Berth woods. He heard
two or more shots, but he could not
tell to certainty how many there
were.
Upon examination Mr.. Crook re-
called going down through the Sugar
Berth woods on the Sunday afternoon
before with his chum Everett Steward
He said he met John Burke there In
the woods, and they stopped to talk
He saw Manchester Moore Ga brother
of Mrs Bartley) and Ira McDaniels
pass while he was lingering by the
roadside.
Everett Steward of Jackman, the
chum referred to by Perley Crook az
having been with him in the Sugar
Berth woods, the Sunday prior to the
murder, offered testimony similar tt
Crook relative to the meeting o.
Burke in the woods on the day JUS
mentioned. He located the place II
the highway as being north of a gu,
wire which he had helped to string
He was the last witness of the after
noon.
SATURDAY FORENOON
Earle Hughey of Jackman was thu
first witness called Saturday forenoon
He was at the time OF the murdel
STAYING at Head Pond north OF thu
Sugar Berth woods. He saw Johr
Burke on the highway in the woods
walking towards Jackman the Sunda,
before the murder. He and an &C
uuaintance took Burke into their au
tomobile. They asked him (Burke)
where he had been and he said hi
had been to the Armstrong Bars
Burke went to the Jackson Drug
Store. 1t will be recalled in connec.
ton with this evidence that previous
testimony indicated that Burke had
his car with him according to Perley
Crook. Mr.. Hughey was not cross
examined by Atty. Pattangall.
Ellsworth A. Piper, a man promi-
nent in town affairs at Jackman, was
the second Witness called. Mr.. Pip
err was away at the time of the
tragedy. but returning shortly after
wards and before Bartley's body was
found, went with Henry BARLEY, a
brother of the dead man to search
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-11-11

both of these witnesses. Wallace L.
Barney, proprietor of drug store in
Jackman saw Mr.. BARLEY in his store
the night of the murder and recalled
that he sold him two small measures
of sailed peanuts. At the conclusion
of his testimony Mr.. Barney was final
ly excused. F. l.. Gardner, Augusta,
of the Securities Department, Central
Maine Power Co, who was at the
Moose River House the night the muir
der occurred was the next witness.
He saw BARLEY and the accused man,
Burke on the piazza talking earnestly
with more or less motion OF their
hands that night after supper and at
the time he retired while winding his
watch heard a gun shot. His watch
at that time said 9:12. Grace Hag-
gan of Jackman who was riding with
James Mason on the evening OF Octo-
Der Is testified to seeing BARLEY on
that evening.
She saw an automobile stationary
on the west side Of the Canada road
near the Armstrong bars headed
south, as she and Mr.. Mason were
driving north. They rode up to the
Dennistown schoolhouse and return
ed to Jackman and she did not notice
any car on the way back. She noticed
car at the Boothman road, headed
toward the station.
James Mason of Greenville, employ
ment agent for Hollingsworth &
Whitney. was at the Moose River
House on Oct. Is. He went to Long
Pond, he answered, that night with
Grace Haggan in her automobile.
Seeing the Ford automobile near the
Armstrong bars. was also recalled by
Mr.. Mason. When he walked back
from Miss Haggan's he noticed the
Ford car still at the Boothman road.
AFTERNOON SESSION
James Mason was recalled to the
stand. Armstrong bars were first
pointed out to him by their name, he
said, when, on the night of October
Is, his companion Miss Haggan, call
ed his attention to the Ford car which
stood there.
James H. Murtha of Jackman tes-
titled that he saw an automobile about
200 feet south OF the bars, on the
night of Oct. Is. This was about
$40 p. m. Murtha said 1t was a
common sight to see cars in the even
Ing near this place, standing by the
road.
Zemma Murtha, wife OF James
was so low-voiced, when she took the
stand Friday afternoon, that the
Judge urged her to stand. Her story
was practically the same as her hus-
bands.
Perley Crook. now of Bangor, was
sworn in and took the stand for the
State. He testified that he was living
with Ernest Henderson, north OF the
Sugar Berth woods, in Oct 1919. On
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-11-11

Mr.. Pattangall said the plan of the
blow down looked like a rocking chair
and was not much use to him.
DO you know any reason for Bart
ley calling on your" asked Mr.. Pat
tangall This was in reference to
BARLEY saying he was going to see
Will Elliott on Oct IS.
No"
The Elliott house had been closed
sometime except for the family OF
Horace Briggs occupying the down
stairs rent. He said he did not think
hartley knew Briggs and that BARLEY
knew the Elliotts were away.
THE UNDERWRITERS STORY
Webster Moore of Jackman, an I'M
dertaker' recalled the position of Bart
ley left arm, corroborating other
testimony which was given, and stat
ing that the murdered mans body was
in good condition when exhumed for
the second autopsy.
Henry Armstrong, a deputy sheriff
at that time, was present. he said, at
the time Bartley's body was taken
from the cave. the right foot of the
corpse was in water.
The concluding witness of the day.
and one of the most important in the
eyes OF the State. was Manchester H.
Moore of Jackman.
Moore said he saw Burke in the
Sugar Berth woods and that he took
him part way" Moore, it appears,
was on his way to the Canada line.
He said that Burke was talking to
Everett Stewart and Perley Crook.
who were half way through Sugar
Berth woods. short distance from
the place where Bartley's body was
found.
On the night that BARLEY disap-
peared Moore was at his home in the
sitting room. He heard a car passing
rapidly, and glancing out, saw that
the person at the wheel was the only
occupant. The top was up and the
machine was going south in the direc-
ton of the railway station. He said
he could not identify the man in the
car, but recalled that it passed at ex-
actly 9 o'clock, as his clock on which
he relied as timekeeper, struck the
hour at that moment.
Among the interested spectators in
the Court Room on Saturday was Miss
Elizabeth Leigh. the charming daugh-
ter OF Thomas Leigh, one of the at
torneys for Mr.. Burke. Miss Leigh
sat within the bar with Mrs. Burke.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T. Smythe of Bangor
were also visitors In the Court room,
Saturday. Mr.. Smythe is city editor
OF the Bangor Daily News.
MONDAY MORNING AND DIR.
BOOTHBY
Court came in Monday morning at
$50 with only a scattering number
of spectators. The jurors who are
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-11-11

scribed it. He stated that the right
arm was fully extended and away
from the body, the hand probably be-
ing a little under IL inches from
the body. The right knee was drawn
up. The left forearm did not rest on
the body. He stated that Bartley's
coat was pulled up at the back max
ing a pillow like effect, the bunch
coming under the shoulders and back
of the neck. He thought the head
was near the cave and thought the
shoulder was touching one side of the
cave. There was something of de
parture from the usual method of
questioning under cross examination
in which the handwriting phase of
the case became significant. A book
apparently a ledger o. account book
was introduced and the signatures of
both BARLEY and Burke exhibited
therein, were admitted by both sides.
Levi II. Kennedy of Moose River
was the next witness. He declared
that he saw Burke In drug store on
the Sunday before the murder, and
shot the heads off two cartridges with
IL plSlOl. no HdQ tut gun Will lin
which was an automatic Mauser.
HUSBAND OF BARTLEY'S TWIN
SISTER
William Elliott the husband of
Bartley's twin sister and a trapper
and guide, as we'll as sporting camp
proprietor, testified that he was at
Penobscot Lake, thirty miles away,
when he heard of the murder. This
was Saturday the day of the discov-
cry.
On the following morning Elliott
visited the blowdown and observed the
location. He said the blowdown was
a recent one. The sides of the blow
down had been cut away. He dis
covered water In the center of the
cave, nearer the roots.
Was that water bailed out there?"
at was"
Was there any indication of blood
in the water before it was bailed out"
No"
Elliott said he stood up on top of
the trees and took the pals full of
water and threw the water out back
no VIC wafer WAS Ddlieu Out SOIucouo
said there was blood there. DR.. GAIA
said 1t had settled there.
Where was the blood discovered"
"At the back of the blow down."
and Mr.. Elliott indicated the spot on
the chart between the two large trees.
Other indications of blood were found
at the north end of the blowdown on
leaves and ferns. 1t seemed as IL
something had rubbed them, Qeaves
and ferns). No more water was
bailed out after the blood was discov-
cred, according to testimony by Elliott
upon cross examination.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-11-11

Bangor Commercial Ito nav sab
scribers) soc year II you take the
Observation-Disclosures.
We take orders for rubber print
ing stamps Of all kinds.
INDEPENDENTS co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-17


THROUGH the coal crisis last winter not factory
territory down machine result OF
the power shortage They need never shut down be-
Central Maine by developing needed can be
free forever from the coal famine 1t
this situation into dollars
The coal Names favorable hydro
should prosperity
for the factories Central Maine in competition with
those which have to burn $40 COAL
Imusm that swilu Ultimately
section where they must depend dwndling and
interrupted coal supply and where they get
hydrOelectic
ION inessh bea notion toget
dusties today but to keep right getting them
provldlng available
great need Central Maine today build stations
Central Maine Power Company and
because it's customers friends
investing their money n finances
this development
money better advantag yourself
than by becoming Central
Company through the purchase of it's TX Cumulative
Preferred Stock which is financing the of
power? Can you hope for better dividends %and
prospiyprospertyfor home andyo home
terrtoryfor yourself?
The prices of our preferred stock OK net
ntral Maine Power Co. %: ;
Augusta -.~'" "''<~."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-17

'The worst coal crisis in New England's history" tn
governors of New England have been informed "ca
force New England factories to run half time"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-07-17

COUPON
Central Maine Power Company Augusta, Maine
Please send me information about your rr..,
stock as an investment for Maine people,
A-'Aeo0 20 ta<~ |.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

with the man desiring TO be loyal TO his country.
II Is only when that wish is transated into vigOr-
militant loyalty to the responsible agencies OF
government that his loyalty is worth while
No can be loyal and neutral IN a moment"
wrote the gard OF Avon. Men who carry water
both shoulders who inslncere and super
agreeable in their daily conversations can never
hope 70 command respect or carry conviction in the
tests OF life The who is frankly loyal those
institutions which ne believes and to those per-
with whom he Is allied. IS the who IS ad-
mired, even by his enemies.
For the who is discouraged, downhearted
by the rush OF events, oppressed by petty failures
there Is stmulant like the compelling power OF
intensive loyalty. Let the man who is not MAX
ing good in his work dedicate himself to a new
OF allegiance to those with whom and for
whom he abors. Out OF vigorous loyalty to his
fellow workers and his employer will the
spirit OF which is forged Let the man whose
life dull and sordid find a loyalty--a loyalty
TO his home. perhaps to his city. to his college
and life will be transformed for him the CLEAN
of purpose dispels the clouds OF cynicism and mis-
Out OF loyalty others will that greater
loyalty to self that transmutes person into per-
sonality slave into servant and a human into
a man.
More Of this and there will be less unrest: less
foolish, rambling philosophizing; sss subservency
to the demagogue and political pettifogger, and
less hypocrisy. bolshevism. pharisaism, whatso-
ever serves to keep the world in Its turmoil. Every
thing. mind you. with the Individual.
whole is but the sum OF all It's parts
Practice being loyal something: and, II you
have It in YOU make II something worth the while.
II can't do any better learn a lesson from your
dog
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21
THE ARMENIAN ARMISTICE.

THE Christian world cannot but rejoice the
signing of the armistice between Armenia and
Turkey II this is TO the cessation OF warfare
between the crescent and the it is a mark of
progress For It is time that religious differences
were no longer made or excuse FOR the
fighting OF nations
Armenia and her sufferings have been the sub
jects Of widespread sympathy throughout America.
This Christian nation In Asia, set down in the
midst OF Moslems. for many centuries has kept the
faith without wavering. Now peace shines, and the
world be glad for Armenia. 1t be glad too.
for Turkey, that old reprobate among nations that
has recently been about excluded from Europe
and finds itself with dwindng power in Asia
Minor.
Those who would eliminate the Turkish nation
speak perhaps without calm consideration of the
problems OF the near east. Mohammedans form a
body religious of some 2O0,OOO.OOO. Their tradition
al history is built about Turkey. It may be good.
It may be bad. In any they entitled to It.
Let US be fair In dealing with Turkey. But let us
also keep her we'll in hand in the treatment that
she gives TO the Armenians.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21
LOYALTY The TEST.

DEOPLE with whom the actions and reactions Of
/ hysterla constitute their mode OF life. render
ing them enthusiasts for most anything minute.
and exactly the reverse the next, will find very
effective antdote. In the cultivation Of an ideal
end then becoming oval TO A.
The absence OF this is responsible for the pres
,nt world unrest Patriotism has degenerated into
81 thing 20 be adhered to only in times. under
pressure perhaps Of apprehensions OF danger.
maybe sense OF shame at not coinciding with the
majority Then when the war IS over. reaction sets
in and everybody gets sore. and wants to punish
everyone that had anything to DO with the condi-
lions that impelied them TO be patriotic for
son.
ON the other hand there are people who have
in them those elements Of steadfastness and con-
,cton 10 which applied loyalty gives visible form,
end with whom such unusual things war
cloud is only an incident, and the conditions be-
hind it a thing TO be met. merely as the solution
OF a problem They are the balance wheels OF the
world
IL IS indeed difficult TO conceive Of any con-
uuuous pleasure in an existence not motiyated and
spiriruaIized by unvaveriug allegiance 20 certain
fundamental tenes OF established truth But loyalty
90 the general the abstract proposition is likely
10 be ineaective-Lrobaby as IN influence upon
ones ser and most certainly as an influence upon
o,hers-uness it is ,isualized in !oyalty the
crete issue the definite Institution the living per
sen
Every mar perhaps is conscious of a desire 10
10 loyal 20 his God but il is only when he trans
a.es tha, fidelity into a loyalty heavens cause,
doing WORK Tor humanity. helping his fellows. and
concentrating his purpose. that It comes 70 have
real meaning. he may do it in or outside the
ehurch Loyalty 90 truth. iustice and right and
This applied. IL he thing that counts Likewise
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

6f24-The Skaters WaltZ-Me-
tropolitan Opera House
Orchestra
6O2S-Keep the Home Fires
Burning-Oscar Seaglc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21
Restoring Art
Treasures MezO
Brussels Idea
BY wv IL ALRIRN

Belgium has recently had restore
10 her a great painting by Va.
Eyck. originally made Tor the sl-.-
OF ~. bavon in Client. This was a.
cause OF great rejoicing 90 Be,gis
art lover. In fact. the satisfactig.
was SO general that IL has been de-
cided TO restore 20 Italy a Neronee.
painting which belonged orizinaT
In the palace OF the Doges in Neuic.
Venice Is delighted 10 have this pic
ture. which has been for a long time
IN the Brussels museum.
In returning this picture. the Bel
gian authorities assert that works Of
art ought 20 be kept in the places
for which they were intended. This
is a sound idea I'm theory. In Dral-
tice, one wonders how 81 could
ever be worked out in regard 20 the
art of the past If an attempt were
made TO sort out the art treasure
Of the world and 10 restore them aII
20 the places for which they were
intended. the world would see such
moving day as passes the power Or
imagination. And how America
would suffer-
However impossible the complete
restoration OF the worlds art oh
jects % their former haunts may be
such acts OF gracious courtesy and
honesty as that Of Belgium's are
well worth encouraging. both Tor
the good VIII they show and for The
future safety OF great works OF art.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21
DRESSING LIKE EVE.

WHEN smart aleck laughs at the old Bible
w story OF Adam and Eve in the garden Of
Eden, just you laugh right back 1t is easy enough
to ridcule. 1t Is pretty hard to prove.
But the side OF the story evidence has been
found that Adam and Eve very likely did wear
fig leaves clothes. For in India live the Juangs.
1900 OF them, and that's just what they dress IN.
So there now, Mister Skeptic..
The ancestry OF the Juangs has been unmixed
since their first ancestors emerged from the ami
NAL life of the jungle. They near being
apes any human being can. and still call Adam
grandpa.
The costume-frOm which, by the way the tribe
got its name-consists OF two punches Of leaves
in front and in back. thrust into belt
of string decorated with clay stems. The dress -
changed each day, and a result the outskirts of
Juang villages ankle deep in the discarded
hnery
Emerging from her home in the rocks, the god
6ess OF the BaturLi river. the legend goes once
several OF the Juang dancing with
out anything to speak Of She was outraged.
and ordered the leaf dress. with the threat that
should the tribe abandon It the OF death would
fall the women and the tribe would be exter-
minated.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21
RED PEPPER FOR
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Concentrated Heat PenctrateS In
stantly and BRINGS Quickest
Relief Known.

Rheumatism. lumbago. neuritis,
baCkache. stiff neck, sore muscles.
strains aching joints. When you are
suffering so you can hardly get
around, Just try Red Pepper Rub"
and you will have the quickest re-
lief known.
Nothing has such concentrated,
penetrating heat as red peppers. In
slant relief. Just as soon as you ap-
ply Red Pepper Rub you feel the
tingling heat. In three minutes, il
warns the sore spot through and
through. Frees the blood circula-
ton. breaks up the congestion-and
pain IL gone.
Rowles Red Pepper Rub. made
from red peppers. costs little at any
drug store. Get a jar at once. Al
most instant relief await syou. Use
II for colds in chest No matter
what you have used for pain or con-
jestion, don't fan to try Red Pepper
Rub. Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21
THE MURDER RATE.

The United States. with all its virtues has long
been noted among nations for evil emnence in the
murder rate It may not be we'll to harp much on
that string Just now, when invidous comparisons
with foreign nations are particularly unwelcome.
Il is interesting and instructive however, to learn
how American cities compare with each other.
Memphis Tenn, n the latest figures, still heads
the shameful list with a record OF 55.s cases of
homicide PEI 100000 people for the year 1919.
Savannah Ca. comes next with AZ. Then in order
come Atlanta Charleston. Nashville New Orleans
and St Louis. The south certainly has nothing to
brag Of IN the matter OF illegal killings.
The west and middle west shine by comparison.
san Francisco has - murders per 100000, Chicago
116. Cleveland ILL., Los Angeles s.5 indianapolis
81.
The east. contrary 70 the common opinion, has
still fewer murders per CAPITA. Pittsburg's figure Is
SO. Philadelphia's GO. and Bosions ST. New York
has been attracting attention by her total OF
homicides but the there for last year is only
hve per 100000.
At the bottom Of the list, be It noted, stands Mil
vaukee with the proud figure OF 25. Milwaukee.
obviously has certain virtues for which she has not
been given due credit This table should be nvert-
Cd placing her probably the top in honorable
regard for human life.
Every dog has his day. but thank goodness, il s
not as definitely established the turkeys.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

57O9-Sextette from Lucia-Co-
lumbia Opera SeXtette.
6f45-Molly on the Shore-Pi-
ano SolO-Percy Granger.
6144-Old Black Joe-Barbara
Mural and Chorus.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

5937-Listen to the Mocking
Bird-Lucy Gates.
6135-Turkish March-Philhar-
monte Orchestra OF New
York.