Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-20
BURKE MURDER TRIAL

BURKE MURDER TRIAL
tcentUued frem Pass Eight
Mr.. BartIey went into the house and
got fashiisht- % you thise that he
would have taken this fashiisht over
to Burke to sign some no.es9 seme-
how Barley got behind that blow
down and was shot A substaatiai
pool of blood WAS found there The
sheriff made an investigation. II was
his duty to DO so. Nelson BARLEY
vas killed behind that blow down and
vas carried around into that cave
body dripping blood enough to leave
marks of trail. and tled in cave enough
to make spot four to six inches
s1aare- We don't know how much
had b,ed and soaked down. The, de-
Tense says he was killed outsider of
the blow down. let lay there . ccnsid-
cradle time 70 bleed The State claims
he was killed and placed Immediately
into the care He was bleeding free
~ after he was placed in the cave All
the doctors spoke of rigcr norris
Would he have bled enough in riKor
morris, when carried around int the
cave, to leave the trail? The theory
is entirely inconsistent the state
claims, as to what a man would do
under these conditions.
AT 20 minutes 10 Murtha met
Perley Crook at Holden light He
was there on his bicycle and at that
cuivert. He went up to the spruce
tree and he said he heard the shot.
Why On earth should Perley Crook
liee If Perley Crook stood alone il
might be some doubt But there is
another witness. l don't believe that
there is one of You gentleman ON the
panel that has the slightest doubt as
to the truthfulness Of Leonard Halls
testimony. You saw that little man:
You heard his testimony. He told you.
gentlemen here. that a car. a Ford. he
saw going fast and in between he
heard those two shots He said that
car went down about 9 o'clock. to the
best of his judgment / believe when
you weigh the facts you will see that
it the time there were two shots rang
out in Sugarbe-th woods around 2
o'clock.
There was hole in the back of his
head. caused by IS, and one in his
forehead. How long would il take a
Enan to take body and carry it into
the cave? Don't YOU suppose he did it
just as quick as he could? Did YOU
ever hear of anyone hanging around
after he had committed a crimes He
mad 2oo yards 10 run. Do you suppose
ne walked He started up his Ford and
it would take him four minutes to get to
Moore's. Manchester Moore said he
heard a car going by a little past 2.
You will find there is an extra Eve
minutes in those woods There was
no one saw that car on that road with
those people in it except Grace Has-
gan. David Matthew, Leonard Hall and
people who sit in the woods
1T was stopped so quickly that the
lights were not turned of at the
Boethman road. John Burke said they
went over to his house. Do you re-
member what those officers saido That
before they told him where the body
was found he said he didn't have time
to do il. as he didn't leave the hotel
until past 8. Nobody heard the quar-
rel in the road. He told you as he
leaned over to scratch a match that Mr..
BARLEY shot lirn. This river driver.
guide, powerful man who sat as un-
moved as Sphynx all during the long
trying days of the trial. couldn't saw
word never moved. nobbled over to
John Bulmsns. Dc you believe that >
DO You believe that man of Nelson
Bartley's type would Ere and rum He
would stay there until he finished il.
The bullet hole in his leg went in at
an angle of 80 degrees Perhaps +you
can explain how a man We uId ON nv
right shoot bullet into my right leg
like that. 1t shows better than any
thing else that is an absolute lie. I
doubt you even need the opinion of
anyone expert in gunshot wounds. 1t
mas been proved that there was a Bills
ter on his leg. Your own knowledge
will tell you that that wound was self
inflicted Any evidence that there was
on the right leg OF those drawers was
gone. as the Peg had been torn off in
the right crotch. What did he do in
the six or eight minutes after he was
shot? What did he do in the IS min
utes he was alone in his house, Do
you think he would leave that gun to
trace his crimee He said that BARLEY
wanted him TO &C into the rum bust
ness. The defense said he had no
money. II was spretty hazardous
thing to take 5000 OF the towns mon
ey and give it to man to 60 to Can
ada and buy liquor. He told you on
the stand ne didn't know how it was
transported: He told Piper he raid
two truck drivers for it. He told John
Mooers it was brought over by a Ca
madam on the first snow. He went to
the Roderick barn. never had been
there before. want right in. looked in
and saw it. Do you believe Nelson
BARLEY would out $4,000 or less into
liquor and put it into that harm?
Louis Julian didn't say they fed
the horses on that hay all winter No
one saw that liquor there but John
Burke. And because of that he called
on Nelson to make it up, settle with
the town. and vas brought into dis
grace. Do You remember that he got
couple of notes from Miss Newton >
Do you remember he got a form of
Chester Mills? He says he wrote out
the note and Mr.. BARLEY signed it.
He called the attention of Mr.. BARLEY
to the signing Of the note. which
should be with his full name wriffsn