The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-02-09

| will include the case of John a. Burl,e
of Jackman Us e. A. Piper Of Jaekman,
admin 4trator in the estate of the late
| Nelson W. BARLEY. to recover the
value of two notes for $500 and Sli00
! Handwriting expert \. H. Hamilton
resumed the stand. Thursday and the
analysis of the signatures of BARLEY
was again considered in various
| phase. relative to the genn.ness of
Bartley's ignatufe On the two notes
Mr. Hamilton remained on the stand
until late Thursday afternoon At
{ that iuncture the jury retired and the
/ attorneys discussed the adysability of
witnesses testifyng a. To having seen
! the notes prior to BartleYs death
| Atty pattangall wanted 10 prove the
! pos session of the nctes by Burke prior
to Bartley's death. A1iY. iittieield
| FOR the defense stated thai there was
no dispute that the papers existed so
! shat their existence prior u Bartley's
,lcath was not involved IN the issue
George ". Cover. with The return
OF the Jury to The panel. opened the
! defense and explained the law touch
| ing upon testimony i'll snils where one
! Of the parties IS deceased. Mr..
| Cover stated that the defense would
attempt to prove that hartley never
| signed the notes of $1,000 aud S14o0
| upon which trial WAS pending on May
| ID. 1919 and would also claim that
hartley was not in Jaekman when the
notes were said to have been executed.
| He also brot out the matter of the
notes being given for Illegal consider
! alton, hence the plaintiff not being
able to recover on the .,ame
Events of the trials which finally
resulted in the aeqnita Of John Burke
| for Bartley's murder, were then re
! viewed by Atty. Cover WHO re-told
| the following story in part Burke
was tax collector in Jaekman and
hartley, the hotel proprietor was
! bondsman for Burke an the eollee-
| tors bond. According 10 Burke's
| Testimony on October. 19iS. before the
notes in question bear date Burke
claims BARLEY solicited him To enter
within an arrangement To go into Can
ada to bring liquor into Iackman, then
| hold il and sell it for profit. that
! Burke said in substance that he didn't
have the money and that hartley sug-
| geSted that he CBurkel Use the tax
/ money; BARLEY prevailed upon him to
do so and he began To collect. On
! the 9th of November according to the
stery he and BARLEY agreed to meet
| in the Line House and then go thru
10 Quebec and buy the liquor and
have it brought back to Maint Atty.
| Cover stated that Burke had about
! $500 at that time, about $1,000 of
/ which belonged To Jackman Pit The
| story was then told of the purchase
Of liquor which Burke claims WAS
, attended to by hartley. of their sub
| aequcnt purchase Of liquor in Beauce-
yillc Canada Later in the story
continued by Mr.. Cover The liquor
wa supposed To have been brought To
! Jackman and left at the Roderick
farm. and placed in the ltoderck farm
, buildings Burke saw The bags sup
posed to have contained the liquor
there and later BARLEY told him that
| the liquor WIS gone. the two men
| agreed to keep quiet and finally Burke
went. to the assessors Of Jackman
! Plantation and his bondsmen made up
a net shortage OF about $1,000 Burke
| turned over an automobile. Green y
! Parsons holding mortgage on the
| same, and a note Tor $500 To the
| bond men. the bondsmen To take the
! car and 5000 and allow him for any
! thing more they could get on the car.
! Matters ran along until May 1919 AMI
/ Burke's ear WAS in the possession OF
| Mr. Bulmer and Burke gave Bulmer
/ an order to turn over the car to the
| town officials. On the Nth Of May
! Burke claims that Bartley SAW him.
/ incurred if his wife WIS coming home
| that day and agreed to FIX matters up.
! As result, according to the opening.
/ Hartley came 10 his house and said
/ that he didn't have tie nee sary
money and Burke wrote the notes on
! a typewriter. BARLEY signing them and
| Mrs Burke witnessing them. Burke
| claimed TO have told BARLEY that he
! owed him for several trips and they
! iigurcd ont that thr amount due Burke
/ was about S2400. hartley agreed 10
/ give The notes for 8l.,ae and Slle0 and
! also gave II receipt for 1900 to lac
! credited on the $la0a note given To
| Murtha and hartley rs b0ndsmen on
/ the tax shortage. ON Tie same day
/ May l4th. the defense claimed that
! Mr. hartley went into Croker Pond
/ fishing, Mr.. Bartle9s driver having
! been told To come back for him carly
+ the next morning The defence with
/ regard to the liquor claims that a
crew of men passing by the lfoderick
/ farm never saw the liquor there and
! didn't believe there WAS any there. In
vcstigations in Quebec. the attorney
, said failed to show that any liquor
had ever been purchased there by
! Bartlcy at the time claimed.
Attorney Hudson offered the admis-
sion of John Burke taken from 'cs-
timony given during the murder trial
which he read This consumed the
| balance of the day Thursday and Mr..
| IIudton resumed the reading OF the
same Friday morning This told Of
| the liquor transaction and the giving
of the questioned notes. The follow
ing witnesses for the defense were
called. Henry Gilbert. Louis Julian.
Fred Gilbert Ilermides Pooler. George
Burnell John \ Mooers Rudolph
LeClair. Josephine Gardclia, Charles
/