Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690–1940

On trial, Fielding’s counsel, Max Pinkley spun the story that Fielding was “a mere tool in the hands of a crafty woman” on November 18, 1924. Fielding pled guilty to the crime on February 16, 1925, explaining his crime to be one of passion. The man had been brought into the plot by Lottie, the woman whom he loved, six to eight months prior to the crime.