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

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later Barley came back They wen,
into Burss's house. They Lad = :ev
la-s- Eor1s. BARLEY was very an
gr-. They decided 20 go out -.
some reason. Thy were walking
down tte rad Burke STOPPED owe:
20 light mate. on 6 rock TO .iga;
cigarette He saw q fash and
hard pistol. Burke said he didn',
know he was slot
Burke saw BARLEY running = IL
-ection OF station and then he saw
leg was shot. He wen. 20 Boomers
Burke said e lad been s,ics IL
Barley. Burke vent home and Lad
water put O. store with hot water ~.
Dr. Bo-ot1h. Burke showed Newton
his right leg as lie lag n bed tha,
Thursday after
4 think by thu t1ole. Harry. :.
raist have been g" said Blke.
Burke said ie borrowed = = -e-ol-
fer from Ba--!ey Until he was a.!e
- get one Of his own sometime ac3,
/ and :.en n returned re -evo.~e.
% Bar:le..'. Burke told Newton IL
expected Earr.ey 20 ii. t:m bu, he
didn't expect him 70 SCOT.
Newton asked Burke VIA. .e vas
( going % do. Burke said = - could
see Bart,ey- = could * things up.
II ,.z5 4 million dollars wolii
give i 70 see Nelson Barriers "a =
coming through .hat DOR" Nelson
said Burke tod Lin, & relative of
Burile's il t5e raar &. he room.
made : s1ar.. Ejaculation q ..:s
poiG: AID Burke appeared SHY
IncvsG
BE-Le mad: shove statements IL
central par. q convcrsa ton. along
when he said ..e d:dn'. know VIA:
70 DO With BARLEY, Newton testified
How loEg has -ocr wife been one
q the telephone operator=2" asked
Ar. Leigh.
About = years
4 was home a., the eve..i... 3;
&c. =. Newton said His Wiz
came ADrne LAT Iisat after the !nor-
ing pictures were closed I.gh. IL
ne:gA1o:hcoa u 10. Iie cou.dr'. set
time because !.e didn't lool. E. watch.
He says he didn't know VIVA: sine
telephone Office closed tia. nigh:
amelia Chamberlain q Jack.nau
vas ns1. called. SIZE ii--es Z. the
corner Of Piper street and TIE Can
ada road. The crarc was referred
20 in .he placing OF her home Or
October Is she says she wa q. home.
she heard something sounded like q
shot gin She wGs in her bedroom.
EEich vas c.ose 10 Mr. Burke,s house.
What were you ding 81 the
lime asked Nr. Merrill
Sis didn't want 20 tell. BIZ. she
4naI, said she vas taking q bath
She heard sounds " running after
the slol was fir j.
Rosie Duga.l Q. JacEmaa was rex.
ce4.l"d- she SAID size heard the she.
On October - and she was in the
earn. She had heard 10 loud talk
ing betor" the shot. She heard no
running after the SHOT vas fred. The
barn door a. her house Is on the side
cooking toward tho station.
Mrs. Kate Wilson OF Jackman vas
rezt called. Sha said she saw Mr..
Burke take q revolver ou, OF his
pocket and she thought be put il.
In his desk.
L was silver co.ored. This vas
The last OF June. Mrs. Wilson was
hard OF hearing.
John Wilson o. Jackma,.. rex. vii.
ness. saw John Burke On the road
IL sugar Berth woods Tie SUNDAY
before BARLEY was killed. He no
ticed the spot by the now-famous
rock in the road. He tod OF going
70 Dukes house the las: Of June.
Frank l. Gipson Of bingham was
called He was in Jackrndrl The Sat
urday Nelson Ba-tley's ',ojy was
found. He identified the ,ocl, hi nded
70 him By Mr. Piper Is tie rock
found bnside the road. Upon learn
ing OF death Of Mr.. Bar,le- be vec.
p Burke's house Gipson said he
did not know where the BODY was o.
where it was found Dir. epson vent
into Mp. Burke's room. Said they
were o. unpleasant business, Bart
ley's body had been found; Burke
asked where body had 5een found.
but Gipson said he didn'.. know. Nr.
Burke didn't gay if he had heard be-
fore Of the body.
Court adjourned at 1915 after the
most exciting forenoon thus far in
the Burke trial.
) fire alarm sounded IT just that
time and added 10 the general excite.
ment of dismissal.
Afternoon Session
The next witness. II. T.. Croker, a
sheriff from Canaan, visited Burke's
house the morning after BARLEY was