Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-11

teese Gilbert who IL now dead. lived
OH the adjoining farm. In the win
| ter or 1918 1919, Mash said he had
| occasion to De at that place, being
snpefintehdent OF the Iackman Lum-
her Co. Gilbert was conducting q
lumber business just north of the
camps and had u men there. The
horses which Gilbert used In his
business were kept in the BARLEY
barn. entrance being on the north.
Nash did not know what was In the
southern section Of the building.
The path that the men used when
going to work lead over the brook
and between the house and the barn
where the horses were kept on the
BARLEY place.
Did you know that BARLEY stored
hay in that barn." asked Mr.. Pat
tangall.
Eyes"
did you know he hauled hay into
town from time to timer"
* don't know IL he did"
How late did you stop working in
that place."
1.-THE last part Of January,
N"Is that the last you saw OF that
placer"
II have been there twice this sum-
mer"
THAT would be in a year and a
haif?"
Yes, SIR
Were the buildings in the same
state OF repair"
Yes. sir" ... J.
William L. Corson of watervilie. a
photographer for p years, testified
he went to Jackman at the request
Of County Attorney Merrill and took
pictures which were offered as State
exhibits. AS Mr.. Corson designated or
the map from where each picture
was taken the photographs passed to
the jury.
Leonard Hall was recalled to the
stand upon the request of Attorney
Pattangall. Under cross examina-
ton Leonard said that he told Mr.
Piper and Mr.. Mooers that he heard
two shots or two mufflers on the
night Of Oct. Is.
1T wasn't until after you talked
with Mr.. Piper that you decided they
were shpts?"
Eyes. SIR
Yesterday, when Mr. Merrill
asked you, you said the top was up?'
(meaning the top of the automo-
bile.)
Eyes, sir"
! But you told Mr.. Mooers you
| weren't sure?"
Yes sir. but after thought it ovel
I decided it was up"
You gave the information just as
you remembered it?"
Yes sir" \
, County Attorney Merrill asked the
boy, as he said the jurors were no,
familiar with the noise whether OF
/. not the sound of a muff1er sounds like
shot," and the boy replied, Yes sir. >
| Henry L. Gilbert Of Jackman, age
Is. son of the late Joseph Gilbert, tes-
titled he lived on a farm next to the
BARLEY Roderick place. The BARLEY
house was on the north side of the
road and the Gilbert place was on the
south side. The crew employed in
Gilbert's numbering camps were quar-
! tered in the larger camps, farther
away from the BARLEY place. Bizier
lived in the camp nearer.
Attack Burke's Liquor Story
Gilbert's pigs were kept in Nelson's
barn under the same roof with the
horses. In the barn where BARLEY
stored his hay Henry Gilbert said he
/: often. hunted eggs. The hens would
hide their nests and his search led
/ him all over the place. In the other
/ barn he fed the pigs every day.
"All the time you were there, did
you ever see any large quantity of
liquor stored there?"
mo sir"
The boy said he did not see John
Burke or Nelson BARLEY at that place
| at any time.
| On cross examination Henry said he
was going to school. starting at in
! the morning. and getting home at 4
o'clock in the afternoon. This was
at the time the liquor was alleged to
| have been stored in the barn. He
| saw a man go into the Nelson BARLEY
hay.
! Louis Julian of Jackman, who lived
in the mems lodging house at the
Gilbert logging camps in the winter
| of 191S-1919, testified he went to that
! place in December and stayed there
until the last of February. Julian
knew nothing of liquor being stored
| there. He said he never had seen
BARLEY or Burke there; neither had
he seen anyone hauling anything to
, that place.
When cross examined by Mr.. Pat
tangall Julian said he did not notice