Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-01
Mrs. Bean was sick most Of tht
summer. Welch testified.
AFTERNOON SESSION


Der 6. The Bean house was in dark
ness when WEIGH went to get his car.
Mrs. Beams voice came out, she call
ing to him, wait, Herbie, until l get
my pocketbook and I'll go with YOU"
How many footprints did you
notice." Pattangall cross examined.
zone" Welch further testified lie
covered the footprint to protect II.
Mark looked as if it was made by
hob-nail shoe.
Otis Bean was about Welch's
height and build. six feet tall and
weighs ia pounds. From his store
WEIGH cannot see the Bean porch.
Much importance seemed to be at
tachcd to the testimony of the light
ing along the. OquossOc road. The
engine in the Welch car could easily
be heard at the Bean cottage.
How long was it from the time
YOU heard the shots and saw Mrs.
Beam" about three or fSur min
utes." When YOU spoke of turning
out the lights in your car sou were
| referring to the light in front of
your carr"
in the tonneau." what did Mrs.
Bean say and what was her manner
when You and your wife helped her
! to your house," she asked me first
! if | thought he suffered and then she
| asked why did they do it?' After
| wards she asked why didn't they take
| his body out of the rain"
| Did you notify her when she first
| got into the carr" Il din't notify any
thing. because she got into my car
| in hurry and of course l wasn't
| looking for anything" Il wouldn't
see anything that would lead me t.
! believe there was anything wrong.
| Referring 10 the relations between
! Mr.. and Mrs. Bean.
| He knew of Mrs. Bean doing nc
| hunting except what she had told
| him.
John G. Gcndron of Oquossoc, rail
{; road tracknlan and constable. testi-
| fled he was called out last oct. 6, t.
| look for two. men. He met AM
| stopped two men opposite the Cath
| Ole church trail.
At the Toothacher garage Gendror
| saw Welch ordering everyone to keel
! off the road. II saw three WDrnan's
! shoe tracks there. Cat the garage.)
Cross examined he said he did no
show The three tracks of the woma:
to anyone. He did not notice boards
were covering a mans footprints
That night he noticed two footprint:
OF a man.
did you ever call anyone's attan
ton 70 the woman's footprints? 2
"No Sir" "Where were they?'
standing near the road, not awfu
handy to the garage"
Were they in the automobile
track" NO. just outside"
The first woman's footprint was
! heel on road and foot on grass, tn,
! second was nearer the garage ant
the third nearer. Gcndron said HI
first told of the tracks about three
weeks ago.
Until last week he had told Onl,
! Herbert WEIGH about the Woman's
footprints.
Neil Mcpherson testified to goina
to Toothacher garage the night Bear
! was shot He described body wher
he first saw it.
B. l.. kimbal. owner of the revol-
YER said to have hammered out
Beams life oct. 6. examined the re-
volver. When he went away he left
his revolver hanging near his bee
loaded VITA L. NJ. G.. smolseIess
, shells. He guessed his wife made ar
engagements with Mrs. Bean to- water
the plants. Some apples and pic
| were lClt III the mouse.
The morning after a dance he wen,
to talk with Mr.. Bean, Kimhall saw
some sort of a rag on his porch. Mrs
| Bean came in the next morning ana
| identified the cloth as a piece of Otis
pajamas. kiVball testified he no
tjced no scratches on Beams face or
night before they went to n dance.
Did YOU see Mr.. and Mrs. Bear
that morning (Oct. G.? ?"
yes. | went ON the piazza and said
| Hi there Mr.. and Mrs. Bean We're
there. She was not sitting in his lap
as he started to open the door she
appeared to be getting out of his lap
She had on bathrobe over a night
dress, it appeared. / said it is time
YOU We're married long enough to get
over that Mr.. Kimball went away
the day of the murder, when he
| came home he noticed some dents
on his bed as If made by prints OF
| fingers. The key to the KimbalI
one could see it."
Mrs. Toothacher. Mrs Elsie Stew
| art and n fellow called Jack Peterson
We're in the auto with Bean and Kim
bali on the way 10 Pennington. Co
ing back Mrs. Tooth6cher sat in the
front seat.
! Mrs. 3. f. Kimhall of Haines
Landing said she asked Mrs. Bean
to water her plants. The key was Oh
the inside of the outside sill.
! She was not to water the plants
the morning the Kimballs left. In
regard to the pajama cloth. Mrs
Bean said Otis used those old cloths
! to wipe his shoes. Mrs Kimball tes-
titled the Beans always seemed to
get along alright She recalled see
ing very large dents on the Kimball
bed when she returned home after
\ the murder.
Nathaniel p. Stewart assistant
postmaster at Oquossoc, saw Wheat
on and Mawson the night of Oct. 6,
before and after their arrest
Jeremeth W. Wheaton, dark of
hair, firm of voice. ready of answer,
! described his journey from the
American Realty camp down to
. OquOssoc. He held conversation
: with a fellow at a car. At the store
he asked the way to Frank Burrills
camp. He went to Haines Landing.
4, where he had never been before
; At the hotel he saw two fellows at
a car, boy showed him how to get
| to BurrilFs camp. A fellow came in
with motor boat and Wheaton had
a conversation with him. He could
not estimate the conversation,
Wheaton got into the boat started
out. came back because it was so
rough. Mawson was with him when
! they came back they started towards
| Oquossoc. His partner CMawson.
! went down towards the light at the
garage, came out and started out
towards Oquossoc, he heard someone
boiler and a fellow turned q flash
light on him. After n converse ton