The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-02-17
DETAILS OF. EMDOEN
MURDER TRIAL
Stories Told by Brown
and Purcell in Court
Testimony OF Last Day of Case As
Related by the Different Witnesses

Related by the Dlnerent witnesses
The testimony of Thursday fore
noon in the Entreken murder case de-
veloped but very little Of real interest
Much time was spent in the determin-
ing the whereabouts Of Spurlock,
Brown and Purcell on the day of the
murder. Eddie Hebert of Embden,
son of George Hebert, who the day
previous had testified about seeing
the boys in the vicinity of his place
in Emblem, stated that he came to
the station with a load of wood at
night and talked with the station
agent about a car on the siding.
Harold C. Tuck of Bingham, Maine
Branch, saw no signal at the Embden
Station when he rode thru the same,
on the night Of the murder.
HEARD THE SHOUTS
Reuben Case, whose home Is about
thirty rods north of the Embden sta
ton, heard Entreken shouting, Get
out of here, get out Of here" and
heard three crashes of a club the
night of the murder. 1t was dark at
that time. He saw the train pass by
about that time. He believed that
Mr.. Entreken was speaking to dog
and as he had directed him when his
own dog went to the station to brush
him smartly, he supposed that Entire
ken was talking to his (Case) dog. He
went into his home and found that
his dog was there and decided to call
Entreken up over the telephone. He
was unable to get him and in about
fifteen minutes after he heard the
shouts. He went to the station ac-
companied by his son and saw blood
near the northwest window of the sta
ton building, found the window
was broken and saw cap and false
teeth which he believed belonged to
Entreken. He put his head to the
window and shouted to Entreken but
got no response. He told his son to
notify the sheriff and as the two men
started to return to the Case home to
telephone the offlcer, witness thought
he heard someone rustling thru the
stubbles near him.
TAKES A RUN WITH PURCELL
Harry Pippen Of Embden. who had
worked at the Treat, Palmer and He
pert IhTuln AL xIhuO0ohp WoS SNNeAAA6
wood during the day of the murder
above the Embden station. On his
way down to the Treat farm house
he reached the railroad crossing just
as the train went by. An auto pass
ed him and went up the hill and from
the lights on the machine he could
see legs moving. He afterwards
heard someone say that he didn't
think there was more than 100
bucks" Two men went by his on BIZ
cycles and then someone came along
running and passed him. This was
about 6.05. He Joined in a run with
the man whom he now recognizes as
James Purcell and Joined in with him
asking him If he could keep up with
the men on the bicycle. witness
then testified that the man, whom he
now recognizes as Purcell, told him
that he had been at kineo and was
going to Portland and that he and
the other fellows took turns in riding
on the bicycle. He left him at the
ward of the Treat farm. About twenty
minutes later he was notified of the
murder, placing the time by a state
ment from Mr.. Treat, who said he
was UHTu ulllhlu6 cal ~ 40 ~ "oo VIVA.
lust twenty-seven minutes of seven
o'clock He was with the officers
who took Purcell to the lookup In
North Arson. e. w. Scott OF North
Arson, a merchant and at that time
deputy sheriff was the next witness.
He left for the station after being In
formed that probable murder had
been committed at $50. When he got
mile and half from North Arson,
he saw two fellows with wheels going
toward North Arson. He made the
arrest of Purcell and had him. taken to
the North Arson lookup. He heard
Brown next morning when In the jail
ward say as that the club?' when he
was about to have his pictures taken.
He went to the office of Judge Sawyer
at North Arson with the officers the
evening of the murder where he saw
Brown and Spurlock, Purcell later be-
ing brought in. Charles c. Clark tes-
titled that he started up to the station
the night of the tragedy about .
o'clock and saw 2 bicycles beside the
road and took the bicycles back to
North Arson.
FINDS |. o. o. F. LODGE RECEIPT
John Bickford of North Arson,
common laborer, picked up a wallet
the day following the murder. 1t was
opened and receipt from the odd
Fellows Lodge to Asa Entreken was
visible. He stated that he did not
look the wallet thru but left 1t with
Mrs. Scott, wife of the deputy sherin.
Master Robert Gushing of North An
son, stated that he say two young men
going west at 7 o'clock. One OF theni
asked him the way to the railroad
track and then they started to walk
faster. Mrs. Avis Smith OF North
| Arson, whose home is near Anson
! Academy. saw two strangers coming
up the road and another on the side
walk on the afternoon of the murder
She saw one of the boys go into the
Academy about 3:15. She thought
they acted queerly for Academy boys
and saw two of them coming out with