The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-02-17

was next to the eldest He mad at
tended high school one and one-half
years and then had gone to work in
a mill, his father having died James
brought his pay slips home to her
and had never given her cause for
trouble. She said he didn't stay out
nights and had never been before the
new Bedford Courts She and her
late husband had tried to teach him
what was right.
Judge Elmer w. Sawyer OF North
Arson took the stand In a brief re-
buttal for the state. telling of the in
cidents in his Office the night the con-
LESSONS were signed.
During the recess which followed
the completion of the testimony. Geo.
Halves. son OF the attorney for the de-
Tense was introduced to Mrs Purcell
by Mrs. Halves. who was her COM
panion within the bar enclosure much
of the time during the trial and Mrs.
Purcell introduced him In turn to her
son
CHARGES TO THE JURY
Attorney Halves in his charge to
the jury referred to the case as one of
considerable emphasis the matter Of
reasonable doubt and what it really
was. He explained actual malice and
implied malice as important elements
in murder trial. He reminded the
jurors that there were other laws be-
side man-written laws, there is such
are such things as heart" added at
torney Halves. Attention was called
to the three respondents and emphas-
Is was placed upon the degree In
which he considered them guilty. Con-
sideration was asked for the youth
fulness of the prisoners. Mr.. Halves
believed that il car fares had been
given the boys, by the up-river con-
Germ by whom they were employed,
Entreken would be alive today Spe-
cial attention was called to the rob-
berry motive instead Of murder motive
and the action of the boys in the
broad daylight. as not indicating
murder. A plea to the jurymen as
fathers was voiced by the attorney
who urged in closing that they give
them advantage of an honest doubt
that would tend toward their inno-
cence."
Attorney General Ransford w.
Shaw charged the jurors for the state
and as he said made such observa-
tions as duty requires" He did not
think it necessary to answer the ar
guments Of the defending attorney.
The elimination OF the bad man Is
the great problem before our people"
said the attorney General adding, "the
story of this defense is sufficient to
isolate the men at the bar, because of
the cowardly murder" He consi-
dered that there was no difference in
the acts of the three men, as all were
equally guilty. He referred to Brown
as having no moral sense whatever;
to Spurlock's part as told by the 9TH
ers, as apparently the one who used
the club, being nothing short of brutal
and to Purcell, that he must be held
to the highest degree OF responsibility.
The attorney general made touching
plea in memory OF Asa Entreken, aged
and infirm. Gin the name Of the old
men of the country"
CHIEF JUSTICE CHARGES
At the conclusion of the two charges
court was adjourned until Friday
morning and at that time Chief Jus
tice Cornish delivered his charge to
the jury He congratulated the
gentlemen in the closing of the case.
He said that the trial had progressed
with remarkable rapidity, that the
counsel had kept to the main road and
tried with thoroughness. Incidents
of the murder were reviewed and the
law of manslaughter and law of muir
der were defined. large part of
the Judges charge was contend to ex-
planning law to the jurors as regard
ing cases of such a nature. He stat
ed that tho the state did not. claim
the boys went TO Embden Station to
kill Entreken but to rob. that robbery
is felony and if that is true and in
due course they killed Entreken, then
they are guilty as though they had
planned it. Twenty-seven witnesses
were introduced by the state and in
referring to this the chief justice said
that rare diligence had been shown by
the County Attorney and officers In
getting together these facts. He
then related the chain of circumstan-
ces presented by the state. ut mat
| ters not who struck the blow, 1t is
all a part of one plan. II Purcell
| was present with them aiding and
abetting, he was just as guilty as they
| were. The charge was ended at
1870 and the jury retired. Once
| they returned to the court room ask
ing instructions relative to the re-