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V The r^lint otfer whldli 'the met! tell wii about /two feet high and theeritire; distaitce to the^ ground;r7fa#; * abbuty rIO' incbeemore, .£-^.Vi; riViV:-l i*1 ~ toy th e r mefirftfterthe fall/Tracywas oh hfs-fcnees to the left “ of-Jameson, who ~was lying o :-«x^ ■tended- on Ws -baek ^tbhls head-to the tailing.JameSon.waa cbnseiptiist: Ttacy, gdt. up and1, walked1 awa y :at -tMlce/and did hot returh. Mr. Page thwght Tfaey wa^. fbibewh^tf bhder the influeb^0* liquor^ * purlrig the . five ' wjee^h. Ijv. Page had .lived at , the. Jatnesoii house, he had' .seen Jameson, d rl nk occasionally. ;: ••;■•'Jameson was carried to the house and cared..foK •• and '‘numb” was’’ the, only yror4 ;; he beard- the: unfortunate man speak after the flL .-. :., ;Page thought that Tracy's ^ger wa* directed to .him- alone and not to Jameson 'in A certalii sense ,lt was' a: hostile scuffle, 6ut he ea^v ho effort ^ :*frkcytrS part to‘ push;: Jameson., over;, tbie .rail Tra6y weht over the 'rail ■' first/- and Jameson turned completely over , in tils fall. Mr. Page thought Jameson appeared to be the aggressor in the .scuffle.- ; /..• . '.Robert JfclAren testified that he boarded at the Jameson house and told the story, of the Incident substantially as Mr; Pdge had done. . -Clifford: E. Kelly, another boarder at the Jameson house, gave similar evidence. . ;Mrs. Andrew Jameson testified to the circumstances of the scuffle as she saw ft. She witnessed the first grapple of the men and then started to Verenter the house. J As she got inside the screen door she tnmed and . saw Tracy and her husband go over the piazza rail. Her husband had not been drinking so far as she knew, but Tracy bad, Tracy returned to the house about 9 o’clock... that, night,, and Mrs.. J ameaon said to him, You see what has happened out of that trouble, and Tracy replied, 'Tm none to blame.” Tracy remained there ah hour and was then arrested. She thought no particular temper was shown except that her husband was anxious to keep peace In his house.John J. Tracy, the man held for manslaughter in the case, was advised by the court that he might or might not testify, just as he chose. Tracy said he would testify. He gave his age as 4« and his occupation a painter. He had boarded with Jameson nearly two years and his relations with Jameson had always been friendly: About e.p. m., Sept. 2. he met Jameson on B^mls road and walked home with him. He. said he went to the piazza and asked{ Page a question. Page got maJ tad: threatened to Mt.btfft- AM'.at result.M,
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Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, US
Fri, Sep 12, 1902
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