Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-21

crto tszs floor 5efe-F tAe -E-T stand
TIE sz-o-s u the hack ror stood in
.aas- SEATS % g.. better view Q. the
demonstration
The cc.. was re. s26essa. 30 hold
.s.e arm Il that position whsn Dr.
Z NGz.s ADJUSTED u. T-Soa's COAX
seeve a. COSBY as. possible as tss-
.feei 70 .. d. Boe.hb-. II vas ap-
pare.t from tire s-s. that The bal
4 lie q .he experts 1zs sn II ezZneS--
o.. NcGz.h declared ira. Dr.. t.
soc oid nc. Ibid the position
: -,s (. pcszii.e 20 tell K man
"a exerssr.S his II, pewe- over the
..usc.ee OF ..iz ARA asked M Ncr-
Ri.
Dr.. ldGrz.h Sad ie found thai Z
d;a5cu.: poin.- The state O. n1sc.e
tone &c lie and s1re- life
Nr. PSs.angau ASKED = he intend
q . indicate tie degree % tight
aes. as indicated = D.. Bcoshby 5
TESTIMONY.
d.. McGn.s answered res
/ John A. Eoaner Of JzcN.aa vas
tie nex, witness called He resides
nearly opposite John Burke IN the
Canada road On Oct. Is e The eve
rirg after Re a.e bis supper he tried
CO. q ca. en-. 90 Richard Holders
and cns hack t-ied OF another car
came back- Right around > O'Clock
81. Boomer said he vas q. hoce-
A. e1astiy s.19 he was winding his
vs.ch and then be heard q sEot. Re
keeps his watch intends 20 a. .a4s-
gather exact direction Of shc. but
thought {, was n re:ghroriiood
FROM 20 minutes later Burke
called 20 hin Saw Burke leaning
against telephone pole
i have ben shot" Burke tod
huu.
/; Burke w::h an oath said he had
beea sho. and calling someone vie
name. Boomer ~ho didn't Eaow
to whorn The v.ie name was applied
asked Burke Who shot him and
burke replied:
Nelson Eartley"
He hasn't got ne -e.y bad :
Burke told Boomer. He had both
Lands On ii. leg. Boomer said. IN
describing Bcrxe.
Witness sa:d he went 70 raov.rS
picture house. DR.. Boothbr vas not
there. Wen, back 20 Boothby's and
Ia3g the door beil.
! Boomer 'hen tod the sto-- 0. The
night Of October i az tod him By
Burke. He and Mr. Ba-.ley were
there having Dispute about sone
notes. Boomer said Re didn't remsrn-
be- who owed notes 20 who. During
coa-srsat;or Burke later said notes
we're due him from BARLEY: Buras
. said they had chewing matcl:
Bart,ey had paid sie0 CT notes and
t..a. the wsra going back 10 the
note. 20 &c. more money and cLey
sias;ed- Burke leaned over - Ugh.
match and Ba-tier fred az him
Tie sho, did no. knock him doxr.
EoorEs- understood from Burke
Thomas Leigh Cross examined
Boomer. Re ASKED abou. Burke BE-
:aS employed - Boomer.
''Voa said about s o. . minutes ..ai
called % YOU
!. Yes"
Boomer said he was c,.ere Fat
house, before DR.. Bosthb- got there.
STAYING with Burke abou. three quar-
/. tiers u an hour. Burke sat b. cfe
si:.k when Or. Boothby CANE III.
+! Rooner we,+ TO his home somewhere
n the neietborhcol of io.I5 p. u.
. "On tia: evening after Or. Both
81 came I went Hume 70 &c. a.cos.ol.
another time t. gs. gauzs. Oh oa,s: II
| times saw automobile going north al
cry rapid rate OK sosed. could no.
sa!- for certain Oh which trip :. Was-"
DID sou notice condition Of III.
Burke's clothing asked Mr. leigh
: They were in good condition as ta:'
rs he could see. Boomer said. He Oh
! served no Mud on the shoes
Did you observe The xou,.u IT 81.
! Eurke's Leg asked Nr. Merrill.
! I did"
/ There were Apparently black
specis around the wound. covering
area Of. American si!-er dollar.
: abort" Mr. Boomer replied % 2lr.
! de-riifs question a. 10 condition o.
: flesh around wound
! Did the Ford automobile yo: s4~
f; gong north rapidly haze top up.."
: asked Leigh.
, les
/ Ar. Newton said Ae vas near
Burke home. He didn't observe how
; many people we're in car because l..
paid &c particular attention. He
| didn't believe . car eou.o 50
rapidly that one can't observe .iow
many people are in Il. "A Ford. any
way" Boomer added.
! Car. Il. Boomer OF Jackman who
has camp on the pond on Booth
man road was next called. .cok
| meals at hotel. Moose River House;
| lie had supper that evening there: he
! is general !aborer: he went TO sup
per that night about s.29 p. A.: saw
| clock in office: Nelson Bart.e- was
. Just about to leave the table as Carl
! entered. after supper Boomer went
; 70 tie Jackman drug store. John
Burke was going east on the Can6d-
| ian road from home towards station.
Boomer went into Jackson's drug
store poo'room. then to drugstore
part and then up to moving y.cture
i.an. He was there only a few min
utes and then started fer home. He
went down Bcothman road. He heard
one shot when he was about 80 feet
down the road. little below the gar
age. Tree had fallen across pathway
and he was going over il when he
heard the shot.
The shot sounded back Of him. The
telephone Office on the Piper road was
closed vixen he went by it. couldn't
have been far after 9 O'Clock.
Boomer answered NO" 10 ques-
tons: il he noticed anything unusual