The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-02-10

New Bedford and John Brown of Bos
ton, three youths are on trial at tht
County Court House before Chief Jus
tice Cornish for the alleged murder
OF Asa Entreken, the humble station
agent at Embden. The trial will prob
ably not be coscluded before tomor
row altho good progress was mad,
yesterday when the jury of twelve
men was selected out OF thirty-foul
talismen examined. The State is be
ing represented by Attorney Genera
k. w. Shaw and County Attorney
James H. ThoTne with w. II. Hawes
representing the accused men. Mrs
Purcelle of New Bedford, the mother
OF James, was present in the court
room and at intervals wept bitterly
her sorrow being especially noticeable
when her son, only boy, was shackl-
ed 10 another of the men and marched
from the court room TO the county
jail during the noon recess. This is
the last case of the term and it is ex-
pected that others convicted on vari-
Gus counts will receive their sentences
when this case is ended.
W. b. Goodrich of Bingham was the
first man examined for jury duty. He
Is merchant and was excused be-
cause he had formed we'll grounded
opinions on the case Frank Friend
or Norridgewock a retail merchant
was excused. Ralph Mozier of Smith
field was challenged by the defense /;
Fred Nelson of Canaan. formerly of
SOTnaruiIlo aho1 nv,
the state; John Nelson OF Canaan was
challenged by the state; w. L. Eaton
of North Anson. challenged by the de-
tense; Lyndon Emmons, Norridgewock
challenged; A. L. Henderson of North
New Portland, saw mill proprietor and
grocer. challenged;. Carl E. Duren of
Fairfield, challenged; Fred knights,
Norridgewoek, farmer. challenged by
defense; A. j. Hall of Athens. farmer,
excused; A. S. Burke of Fairfield,
manufacturer of soft drinks, excused
because of sickness; c. A. Frost of
Pittsfield challenged by defense; !;
Ralph c. Dexter of Lexington. farmer,
challenged by defense; John F. Moody.
Skowhegan, farmer, challenged by
State; II. H. Hubbard of Palmyra.
lacksmith, challenged A. S. Dobson
Pittsfield. excused; Merton G. Foss,
Athens. farmer. challenged; G. w. FL
liot of Pittsfield, excused because OF
deafness; Oscar Lockwood, Norridge-
wock, retail grocer, excused; NJ. A.
Harlow. Mercer. farmer and lumber
man, excused: r. B. Simpson, Skow-
hogan, excused; Carroll Tracy, Hart
land. challenged by defense; E. R.
Ward of Athens. excused Atwood
Frederick. Norridgewock. excused A.
f. Reynolds of Fairfield was accepted
as the second juror, was excused, and
Wellington Adams of Madison, mill
wright was accepted in his place.
A H. Ward, a farmer and broom
maker of Madison, was appointed
foreman of the jury with the follow
ing men completing the list: Wei
lington Adams. Madison, millwright;
John Redmond. Bingham, farmer;
Melvin A. Tilton, canaan, farmers E.
A. Sampson. Dead River. farmer;
Willis <. Porter. Skowhegan, insur-
ance; F. s. Morrill,, Skowhegan, mill
hand; Frank VanAuken Canaan, far
mer; George L. Bither, Fairfield,
painter; J. S. Heseltine, Pittsfield,
heating and plumbing: c. E. Danforth,
Fairfield, insurance; A. f. MacMahon,
Mercer, farmer and cream gatherer-
County Attorney James H. Thorne
outlined the events in opening the case
for the State, of the night OF the
tragedy, relating incidents Of the find
ing the body, detection of the accused
men by Sheriff Mooers and his officers,
action of the men on the day OF the
murder as seen by people in the END
den section and told of the alleged
confessions to the officers, by the men
as having murdered Entreken. Ihe
County Attorney laid particular stress
on the fact that the men were proper
" warned before their ADMISSIONS
we're made to the officers. We'll dog
the footsteps of these men from klneo
to North Arson and back to Empdeh
Well follow the men every minute
from Kineo to the Skowhegan jail,
,aid the County Attorney, just before
called the following list OF W
esses, "a in number. for the State
lillian Corson, DR.. w. S. Stinchfeld
II. w. G. Sawyer. B. X. Edwards
/. G.. Palmer. Mrs. l.. ID. Whitten
]. Cote, Mrs. Henry Treat, Mrs
dmund Gilman, j. f. Shaw, Clarence
arr. Avis Smith. Raymond Gilman
enry Treat. Mrs. G. G. Palmer
rthur Palmer, George Hebert, Eddi
ebert, H. C. Tuck, Reuben Case
oy Case. Harry Pippen. f. W. Scott
iiford Clark, Alfred Holbrook. JON
ickford, r. H. Tuscan, Sheril
'ooers, Judge E. w. Sawyer. william
olson Merrill. f. F, Merrill. Georg
ash. ]. W. Stobie, and Robert Cush
lg.
The first witness was William Coz
On of Waterville, a photograph
alled to Embden station to TAX
Jews OF the same. DR.. W. s. Stncf
eld. a medical examiner foliowe
4 ling of his observation when ne al
we'd on the scene of the murder.
I'D of finding the dead man in IN
/ nix room in the station building wit
is head covered with white bee
bread and an outing flannel blanke
described the wounds and the r.
Its revealed by the autopsy and d
eve that Entreken might have live
We or ten minutes after the bio
hich caused his death. The Count
ttorDov ventured an iDnuirV relati,