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

should have broken TIE -
r-rat,r Burke said ~ oidht -
,7or ihev couic cenrest him WITH u
,sande- =. Re was htEDea sDof u
,rs TIA. rsx1.- Burke tuS1e4 sre5
: reviewer to ssefs6 Efcef~.
Have yca .Le -.yetsvf ~fh rer
asked County Attorney AssTL-
Z I have"
NJ Merrill directed Sheriff Crve@-
- % ue;n. TIE reye,yer EI.zLe AVA
r-oru e~sryoos ard 20 o,>sa Z; -
-eo.eye tie c.ipz- sni see thai y Was
10 .oa6ei-
Burke leaned ever from the prs.
rs.e--s chair ard looked - the rsslS
Is Me-r,- Showed I. 70 Lesgh
We're there cry cartridges II re
cisps.-
There were
How many
SIX"
Tie p..:e. !. = s;ssa steel 2stS-
matte
e asked hin !. Ia. was .h< chg
sra be Lad; BE said yea said MI
Croker.
Burke ted crocxe. sas7 had lad
, trouble IA tie house aSo.-- some
notes -H,e- = conversation theT
&, wen. OF: !. re road as Burke
leaned over. BARLEY shoi him. Gf.
Crock,r said that Burse tod hna-
Croker sa1 Bnrke's Wound when
! il was dressed He saw powder
MARKS N inch AID half II diameter.
/ He saw Inc .eg dressed Oh SurdAE.
| the 1871 ~. he d.5n', ra- much at
! ,ention 20 =.
I Mr.. P2:tangau asked NJ Croker
how long the Other deputies stayed
! II .a- Burke touse Croker said
nos ot SATURDAY and the night
DC.!a- time you were there sou
. had considerable conversation With
john Burke asked ere attorney
! Yes"
o: course j. woulda. Dc possible
10. you 20 separate the 6:Cs-=a: con
versatioa"
! No; net q! Of them"
Tia. was made as:er Mrs. Bu.ke
, said something % sir. GipsoE Of
breaking The news gently"
After further explaining. Croeker
sid Burke dicr't say ,ha: until aft
I er explanation Mr.. Croker sa:d he
had rot heard where ;he body was
found Only :ha: Henry BARLEY lad
/ said re had found lis brother. and
: tie woods were no: mentioned. /.
vas not Until SUNDAY TIA. Croker
'ea7ned the BODY was found IN the
voods.
He identified The a-earrn he'd I'D
! y County Attorney Merrill as Is
! automatic. Croker told Of Burxe's
+ vis!: 20 the hotel. and he also told
Crocker that b. ard Barley had had
3 trouble about notes.
< Did he tel you how much the
notes amounted to-"
Iwenty-sevea hundred So;,ars."
Croker said Br:ke, when tie care
( him :he revolver. tod him II was
F. the only one he had.
After Burke gave you his reyosS-
. e. did &c AK YOU what kind Of a
rero!Te. BARLEY vas sho: With"
NO. sir."
The situation q. :l.!s po;n. In .se
tes.inoa: vas intensely interesting,
Burke appearing e much Concerned
, as anyone.
! Thomas n. Tuscan 9; Scion, sher-
II. was ne1t called. He had heard
. tia. Ba-t!eT's body had BEEN found.
but not where He went to Burke.s
house and found Burke 1. bed. Tus-
can repeated conversation OF GIBSON
with Burke
You are suspected ot nc crime"
: Why" You we're tie last enc see.
/ with him" Don't see how they can
suspec. ne with the crime: vas
shot after n.ae"
Tuscan related rha. B,.rse sait.
Burke said Re had cot been CD to
, armstrong Bars for come time, In
the daylight: bit he wen. I'D 20 the
edge q the woods tie Sunday BE-
, tore. 20 val: for Nelson BARLEY.
BARLEY didn's come, 80 Burke came
. home. Mr.. Mooers asked Burke II
re had notes asains. Ba-,:sv. He
said he had.
NJ Pattangal, cross examined Mr..
Tuscan. following County Attorney
Aerriifs Questioning Sir. Tuscan
SAID ne did not remember wha. John
said. after he heard the Lody va.
IN the woods. Burke told r..c.n
voluntarily that he was a. Su.zr
Berth woods 10 NEE. Nelson r..
le:.
But it remained fer the testimony
q Sheriff John A. Noce,s o. Show
hogan to furnish the real sensation,
OF the day in court, when he revealed
the most surprising details.
He first learned tina. Ra-tiey's body
had been found Saturday forenoon.
Oct IS He went to SuRarber.h
woods the following morning. The
roots had not been cut away when be
arrived there. He went all around
The blow-down before the roots haa
been cut down. He observed the
trees that formed the b!ow-down and
f.oHr far the trees were from the
ground.
How high from the ground vas
that northeriy tree where 1: left tie
ground?'
Y should judge tina. it vas abou. 20
inches"
Sheriff Mooers told Of picking I'd
specimens Of leaves. which ne gave
20 DR.. Whittier.
On Oct. ~ Mr.. Mooers saw Burke IN
his sleeping room and he related his
conversation with him. which was in
part IS follows: Went into Mr..
Rurke's room: shook hands with a,.u:
told him they had come for infofma-
ton. Burke was tod that Il was not
his duty and that he would not have
70 say anything. but II he did IT
would be used az evidence. Burke
told Sheriff Aoosrs the following: Ia
the fall Of 1913 Mr.. Bart!ey had an