The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-02-26
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FOLLOWS BURKE IN CHAIR

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FOLLOWS BURKE IN CHAIR
He testified that the night of the
murder he was in the Blair barber
shop and sat in the chair following
Burke. They had been talking and
continued to talk for time after he
(Col. Marston) had taken the chair.
When Col. Marston had left the chair
he noted that it was 10 minutes OF 9
o'clock.
Edgard Heagan of Jackman testi-
fed to being in the barber shop the
night of the murder, going in about
quarter of eight Burke was in the
shop at that time. He got into the
chair in five or ten minutes. He
was shaved and when he got out of
the chair ten or fifteen minutes later
Burke got into the chair. George A,
Blair. the barber, testified that Burke
was in his shop that night and that
he shaved him following the per
Torrance Of the same duties upon
Edward Heagan. Ernest Pierce, told
of taking an auto ride the night OF
the murder having left the camps
with Mrs. Henderson and Mrs Cooper
he thought about 8 o'clock or between
and $50 They drove through the
Sugar Berth woods up to the George
BARLEY place and on their return
saw an automobile facing south at the
Armstrong bars. After his arrival
back at the camp he heard a shot, he
met Perley Crook in the Sugar Berth
woods. Mrs. Henderson and Mrs.
Agnes Cooper testified in substance
as did Pierce only that Mrs. Hender-
son heard no shot, but Mrs. Cooper
did O. S. Patterson. deputy collec-
tor of customs, at Jackman for five
years, called upon Burke the day after
he was shot and found Harry Newton
there. He didn't hear Burke say
that he would give million dollars
to see BARLEY coming through his
door, but Newton was there prior to
the arrival Of Patterson. This evil
dence was brought out in an attempt
to disprove the statement made by
Newton for the state that he had heard
Burke say he would give million
dollars to see BARLEY coming in
through the door of his room.
NIECE OF MRS. BURKE HEARD
CONVERSATION
Miss Ida Moore of Jackman, a niece
of Mrs. Burke and likewise a niece
of Mrs. Bartley, stated that she slept
on a cot in the same room with Mr..
and Mrs. Burke the night of the acct
dent and that she did not sleep much.
She knew that Mr.. Burke did not leave
the room that night. She stated that
she was in the bathroom adjoining
Burkes room the morning that Harry
Newton called and heard the entire
conversation. She testified also that
Burke did not tell Newton that he
would give million dollars to see
hartley coming through the door.
Henry Pelot. n woodsman of Moose
River, testified through DR. GAIA as
Interpreter, that he went through the
Sugar Berth woods about 7.30 and saw
a car at the Armstrong bars. His
father-in-l law, John Vigue, gave sim
liar evidence as to time and seeing
an automobile in the woods. Allen
Tewksbury, superintendent of the
Light and Power Company's plant at
Jackman, stated that there were thir-
ty-six electric lights between the
Jackman Station and Richard Hold !
ems residence of about twenty-five
He visited the scene of the tragedy
Sunday after the murder and helped
to bail out water AID blood taken
from the pool near the cave. They
threw ii back from the cave.
SAW hartley SEARCH FOR CAR
RIDGES
Mrs Lepha Moore of Jackman, a
sister-in-law of Mrs. Bartley and sis
ter Of Mrs. Burke, was in the private
apartments of the Bartleys at the
Moose River house the night of the
murder and saw BARLEY looking for
what he said was cart ridges that he
thought had been there all summer.
Edmund Henderson Of Jackman
spoke of being at the cave the Sun
day after the murder and gave testi-
mony as to spots of blood found there.
Erma Williams, a Portland stenog-
rapher and a niece of Mrs. Burke,
was in Jackman at two time of the
murder and left her home at S.15 that
night She told of Il call of about
five or ten minutes at the Gideon Ran
court home and upon her return saw
an auto near the Boothman road and
noted lights in the Burke home She
heard a shot fired after her retire
ment. Her mother, Mrs. Nesta Will
liams teacher in the schools OF
Jackman, examined her clock to see
If the time was right and noted that
it was a quarter of nine Her daugh-
ter, Erma, had just come in not more
than five minutes before then. She
retired and heard the clock strike
nine and shortly afterwards heard a
shot fired
EFFORT MADE TO BRING OUT
TESTIMONY RELATIVE TO AL
LEGGED FORGERY
Effort was made by the defense to
hrinr out evidanca tn show that Mrs |