Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-08

stantially the same, about the Speeu
of the car and Of talking with Mrs.
Lawrence. She had started for the
cemetery however and after she had
gone a short distance she changed
her mind and returned to her mouse.
She did not see the accident.
On cross examination she said that
she had seen Charles Crossman go
into the Community House which is
lust across the road from her own
home, Just before the Lawrence car
came by her home. She had gotten
almost to her home, as she was re-
turning, when she saw him leave the
building.
Lawrence testified the same about
events until the car reached the
crossing. He said that he stopped
Il and blew his horn, and then start
ed across the tracks in low gear. He
saw the boy when the car was 40 or
50 feet from the track. He was APP
parently walking the tracks at the
time. He declared that there was
plenty of room for the car to go by
without hitting the boy and that he
did not hit the boy. He said that his
wife told him to stop after they were
about two car lengths from the cross
irg.
UPON CIOSS ny <hSeOA
ney Hinckley Of Portland. attorney
for the plaintiff, he declared that he
had never told George Holt that his
wife had said MY God Wallace, You
have hit some one" He had stated
that he did not hit the boy.
Attorney Hinckley questioned him
"And, your wife did say that if Bur-
CESS said you ran over the boy he
was a damned liar" To which the
witness in some confusion answered,
she said something of that kind
He testified that he did not ask
how the accident happened, and that
he had been to see the boy several
times as he did to see other boys
but never knew how the accident
happened. He did admit that he
had never been to the hospital to
see any boys until McPhee was taken
there.
Robert Wilder a young farmer or
South Gardiner was the next wit
ness to take the stand. He was up
after the mail and had walked as far
back as the crossing near which he
was standing waiting for a girl, when
the accident occurred. The Law
renee car was being driven slowly,
it stopped before reaching the cross
ing and the horn was blown. The
boy was near the end of the cross
ing and there was room enough for
two cars to pass him. When the
car passed the boy was three or four
feet away. After passing the boy
Mrs. Lawrence spoke to him and he
looked at the car, so did not see the
boy when he fell. He heard q cry
and Mrs. Lawrence told her husband
that some one had called to them and
the car stopped. Witness saw Ray
Holt near the boy but did not see
Burgess around. Holt picked the
boy up and carried him to the auto.
Ray Holt, formerly OF Gardiner
new of Rockland stated that he was
sitting on the Barber shon platform
and saw Ernest Burgess and George
, HOLT. They wee standing so that he
was between them and the crossing
and they were some little distance
from him. He heard the horn and
,, saw the car so over the crossing
very slowly. Young McPhee was
standing on the rail and planking at
the end of the crossing at the time.
He could see between the car and the
boy all the time and the car was
nearly by the boy when he fell back
ward. He Went over to the boy but
did not run and he thinks it was
Joseph Jackson the crossing tender
VINO picked the boy up. He (the
witness) carried young McPhee to
the car. The boy was not uncon-
scious, but was crying and looked as
if he might faint.
McPhce later came to his house
with Attorney Goodspeed and he
was sure that he told the LAWYER
that Lawrence did not hit the boy.
McPhee said to him at the time, IF
YOU say that the auto hit or, ran
over the boy, it means a good deal
to me-"
On cross examination Attorney
Hinckley confined himself to assail-
ing the witness character, and drew
admissions from him that he had
been accused of crimes ranging
from assault to larceny and deser-
ton of minor children.
Upon direct examination he adj.
mltted that he had been known to
drink and that when he did he some
times picked fight. He said that
me larceny case was when he was
10 years old and that since that time
ne hai committed no crimes unless
he was drunk.
Upon further cross-examination
lie admltted that in signed state
W 1i''' ttihCil SOHlc Llmc AFTER
the accident he had declared. II saw
the boy down but couldn't say
whether the car ran over him or
not" "a
Arthur Wilder. 16 years old a
brother of preceding witness. tes-
tihed that he had seen George Holt
ana Ernest burgess at some distance
from the scene of the accident. They
were gong toward Gardiner at the
time. He saw the accident and
could see that there was at least two
leet between the boy and the car
cross-eXamination developed the
iact that he had not testified at the
other trial as he was then recover
ing from an operation and he did
not think that Lawrence knew that
ne had any knowledge of the acci-
dent. 0 ''1ei-
Albert Hall. Murray Hall and Will
Dur Jordan all stated that thew had
seen burgess and George Holt at
some distance from the crossing at
about the time of the accident.
Frank johnson. son of the gate
tender. said that he was in tho bar
per snop but was not being shaved
then and hurried ont to the auto
mobile. He talked with Lawrence
until Lawrence got into the car
again and then he went to the post
office to do an errand for Lawrence.
The car went by as he entered the
post office and Crossm;,n had no OPP
portunity to talk to Lawrence while
he was there and only while he was
walking to the post office.
In the afternoon George Morang,
Lester i. Brown. Charles Bailey.
Harry z. Hamlin, Lewis Wilder,
Kenneth Harlow and Clarence Tay-