The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-02-19


said that his companion was the first
to address Burke, saying, Hello John
where are you going21
Didn't Like TO Ask Where Gun Was
Crooks companion. Everett Steward
was next called 10 testify for the state
He told substantially the same story
as Crook He testified that Burke
said he had gotten on OF his car and
zone into the woods after some birds.
lie had started 10 ask Burke where
his gun was but didn't finish because
I wouldn't want anybody 70 ask me
that question Sunday" Il testified
that he didn't see anything of any
gun about Burke's person neither did
Ae sec any car there
Brother OF Mr.. BARLEY Takes the
Stand.
Manchester Il Moore ~ 3a"h#an,
brother Of Mrs Nelson Y Nant-e}
Who lYes north of the hf#.es eza=s-
rig Moose River testified t5at #aefe
va ~ eloctsie 'ehf uana-'te MS
home. lie ~aw John Burk# on SIM
dav before the murder he le-t1cd go
ing bv and had called To- him asking
where he wa goirg. Burke Mad re-
spondcd that h. was going up on the
hill aud he had taken him up as far
as the Richard Holden estate. Burke
got out at that point but didn't tell
him where he was going he sad
Shortly afterwards he and his family,
his mother and John Wilson took an
auto ride to the Line and he saw
Burke in the Sugar Berth Woods
talking to Crook and Steward. Mr..
Moore testified that he was at home
the night Mr.. BARLEY disappeared and
sat in his front room reading. He saw
a car go by about 8 o'clock which was
being rapidly driven. He fixed the
time by having heard the clock strike
He stated that his brothers wife was
a sister to Mrs John Burke. Under
cross examination he said that many
cars were running day and night by
his home.
!, Earl p. Hughey of Jackman on his
way down from the Head Pond
Camps the Sunday that Crook and
Steward had supposedly met Burke
, and talked with him in the Sugar
Berth Woods He had overtaker
, Burke south of the Armstrong Bars
, in the woods going toward Jackmar
and we'll down to the edge OF the
woods. He had stopped and asked
; Burke to ride and Burke had made nc
reply but got in. He told him. ht
: testified, that he (Burke) had been tt
d, the Armstrong Bars. He got out neal
the Jackman Drug store and Hughey
, went in later and Burke was there
He saw no signs of Burke having
, partridge he said in response to the
. query put by the County Attorney
This question was explained by recall
, ing Levi Kennedy who said that
Burke stated at the drug store the
Sunday prior to the murder that he
. had been up the road and shot the
heads OF two cartridges off with a
revolver which he exhibited Rogue
Gilman of Jackman said he lived north
, OF the Moose River Bridge On the
, evening OF October Is, he heard an
, automobile go by his home. He was
sick in bed at the time. Thot the car
he heard was Ford going very rap
idly. He stated under cross examina-
ton that he heard no other cars &c
by very rapidly that night.
Chas w. Jackson, proprietor of the
} Jackman drug store, was one OF the
men to visit the scene Of the tragedy
before the body was removed from
the cave He didn't think the cave
or blowdown where the body lay was
, visible from the highway. Mr.. Jack
son told how the body lay in the cave
3 and conditions surrounding 1t, Under
cross examination his description as
T to how the body was found differed
: somewhat as to other descriptions
testified to, with regard to distance
e from the side of the cave, etc.
Webster Moore, the undertaken in
charge of the body who was away at
the time of the finding of the body
: returned late at night or early the
following morning and cared for the
body. He related the conditions OF it
and of the necessity of breaking down
the right leg and left arm in preparing
it for burial the latter being told
under cross examination. He told of
the autopsy being performed with DR..
Sawyer of Madison, DR.. GAIA of Show
hogan and DR.. Boothby of Jackman
in attendance. Later he testified, DR..
McGrath performed an autopsy.
/ DR.. John M. Boothby OF Jackman,
who had been there for - years but
spends part of each year in New
York city doing post graduate work,
took the stand. He was graduated
from the Maine Medical Eclectic
School of Lewiston in 1884 He was
called to view the remains and quot
ed actual measurements he had made
with regard to the position of the
body. The right hand was lying out
from the body fifteen inches, one knee
was drawn up about eight inches from
the ground and the other arm which
was bent toward the middle of the
breast, was ont or up from the body
about 21a inches. Bartleys hat was
about / y feet from the mouth of the
cave He found papers near the hat
/ These were for the most part business
/ letters and receipts When ques-
toned as to going over the body to
find what was in the pockets, DR.
/ Boothby replied that there was
something we didn't find but said
that he and Mr.. Piper did find letters
handkerchief and a pocket knife on
/ the body.
There Was 5000 on the Body II Seems
When questioned as to what he
meant in his laughing statement as
to what they didn't find, with the con-
sent of the Mr.. Pattangall for the de-
Tense he said that they didn't find the
5000 in money nor the sailed peanuts