The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-10-12

| ho lhteHlloH Oh shooting Mr.. Jotin
son. She siad she never suffered
such anguish as that night" and that
she did not aim at anything when she
fired. She stated that she didn't know,
who the officers were when she met
them and didn't know that they were
pursuing her; that when she found
out who they We're she was perfectly
willing to go back with them. She
denied throwing fiat iron at john
son before the officers and said she
was surprised at the statements made
| by the deputy in his testimony. She
denied that she drank strong liauor
| and when questioned in regard TO hav-
! ing put her arm around Leland Welch
neck as he had testified, Mrs. Farrell
stated that she never put her arm
around anyone's neck these DAYS. The
witness said she returned back to the
Johnson home because she was under
bonds for one thing that she had no
other place to go, that she broke her
arm soon after the trouble and hated
to seek for a new position. During
! Attorney Murray's argument, Mrs.
Farrell wept. Mrs. Farrell was SEN
fenced TO the State Reformatory for
| Women.
STATE VS.. ROBERT PACKARD
Owing to the jury being out on the
! Farrell case several talismen were
called in to complete the panel of
drawn jurors, the regular Jurors and
supernumeraries, some of them being
objected to. Carl Curtis. Ira A. Norton
and Bales Spaulding completed the
panel. An Indictment had been re-
turned against Mr.. Packard for main
tanning a nuisance. County Attor-
ney Thorne appeared for the state and
w, b. Brown for the respondent 1t
was claimed by the state that the
officers looked through a window of
the Packard home i'm Fairfield and saw
a woman empty pitcher twice. They
found no liquor in the house but
claimed that liquor was turned into
the sink and that kerosene was after
wards poured into the sink to deaden
the odor. Deputy Sheriff Croker of
Canaan told Of going to the Packard
place with Deputy Sheriff Hill and of
ilcer Joe Guerney and that when Pack
ard saw them he jumped up and went
into the house. Looking through
window he saw a woman hastily dump
something into the sink and when he
reached the sink found the pitcher and
the sink covered with kerosene, Dep
uty Sheriff Hill, offered similar testi-
mony to that of Deputy Crocker,
stating that when Packard went into
the mouse, he locked the door and
that he could see a woman at the
sink with a pitcher. The pitcher
smelled of kerosene and witness said
Mrs. Packard claimed to be washing
the dishes. Joseph Roy of Fairfield
a neighbor and owner of the house
where Packard lived said he had seen
men who had apparently been drink
ing go in and come out of the Packard
,house. w. b. Brown, attorney for
the defendant admitted that Packard
had served four months in jail
in connection with previous
case but claimed this was a restrain
ing force. Mr.. Packard claimed that
his place was raided shortly after
his return from the hospital and that
he didn't see the officers until they
raped at the door; that he went into
the house in response to a call from
his wife to care for frettng child;
that his wife used the pitcher seen
by the officers to fill the oil stove and
that she used oil for cleaning out the
sink. A verdict of not guilty was
returned and the prisoner was dis
charged
SENTENCES IMPOSED
The criminals were sentenced Fri
day and Saturday forenoon, where
sentence had not already been mpos-
cd Fred Mckay, Basil White and
Mahon White all three pleaded nolo
to assault cases and were given six
months each in the county jail. The
sentences were made lighter than oth-|
erwise because of their previous re-
cords. The rape charges against the
three men were mol pressed for lack
of evidence.
In the case of State VS.. Leslie Al
len in connection with the alleged
manufacture of intoxicating liquor, At
torney II. II. Thurlough of Pittslield.
appeared before the court asking for
suspension of sentence or Il contnu-
ance of the case so long as Allen
kept out of business. Judge Wilson
imposed sentence however, of twol
months in Jail and a fine of $1,000 and
costs and upon failure to pay fine
and costs Imprisonment until fine and
costs are paid.
jefferson Steward was found guilty
of larceny and his case was mol pros
sed as to breaking and entering. Hell
was given a sentence of six months.
A group of women from the State
Relormatory were in court Saturday
morning under the direction Of Parole
Matron. Mrs. Theda II. Mnnson. They
all pleaded guilty to escape from the
institution and were given one year at
the Refomatory. sentence to begin at
the expiration of the term for which
they were originally committed. In
cluded was Mabel Norwood who was
captured in Canada and brot back
to the institution. The others were
Alma Attinger Rose Curtis, Minnie
Hull, Flora Segan, Sadie Strickland.
Lucy futile and Elsie Wakefield.
Raymond f. Bill was sentenced to
not less than two years nor more than
Al. hn al .