The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-03-20
FIFTH DAY.
AUG UsTA, March


little past o'clock in the evening of Sepr.
Both. Witness went with him to the Par
ker House, went into the room where there
was small party Edward called witness
TO his side. His next act was to leave the
room.
Question by Mr.. Morrill,. Where did
Edward Mathews say he was going! OBJ
jected TO by Mr.. Evans, but the Court adj
mitted the question, as part of the res
gesta.
Does not know as he said where he was
going in SO many words. After what wit
ness said to him, Edward said he supposed
it was time for him to be going, as witness
understood it, to DR.. Coolidge's office. He
then went. He had left the Parker House
that evening or one prior TO that; went to-
wards DR.. Coolidge's office; witness I'M
derstood him 10 say then, that he was going
TO see if he could see anything of the DR.;
understood him that he was going 10 see
DR.. Coolidge. From the time he wen, first
to see DR.. Coolidge, till be went last, may
have been Is or 20 minutes. He was ab-
sent from the Parker House perhaps min
ute the first time; a very short time long
enough to 90 ten or Is rods, if he had gone
Edward Mathews at the Parker House, he
saw him about o'clock al the BARRIERS
shop; don't know what his business was
there. Witness saw him at his store be-
tween and o'clock; no one else present.
Saw him in the forenoon at his store about
10 o'clock; Edward then had letter from
DR.. Coolidge; DR.. Coolidge's name was
signed 10 it; supposed the letter and sigma
ture to be 10 DR.. C's handwriting at the
time. The last Mitness saw of this letter,
deceased put ii about his person somewhere;
cannot say what pocket; did not see it
afterwards. The letter was in DR.. Cool
idge's handwriting; has seen DR.. Cooldge's
writing in prescriptions and directions for
taking medicine for witness and for the
family where witness boarded. Thinks he
has seen the DR.. write. Has not seen DR..
C's handwriting frequently. independent of
prescriptions. The letter was read in wit
ness's hearing by Edward Mathews.
Question by MIR. Morrill,. Whose letter
did Matthews say this was, and where did
he get it? Not allowed by the Court.
Mr.. Morrill, then proposed to ask what
were lhe contents Of the letter. The court
said it must first be proved that the letter
was lost. Mr.. Morrill, said it was proved
TO be on the deceased's person, on Thurs
day, and that no such letter was found about
deceased after his death. The Court said
il must be shown that search had been
made in deceased's papers. Mr.. Morrill,
said he could show this by the administra-
tor. Examination on this point was sus-
pended here.
Witness identifies the note 10 Ticonic
Band; witnesses name is on it: Edward
Mathews and WITNESSES father were present
when he signed it. Edward disposed Of
the note about his person and left the store,
Does not know as he said where he was
going went towards the Bank; saw him
again in one or two hours; In the after
noon Edward came in and exhibited pile
of bank bills witness did not examine the
money witness saw it it appeared like
quite a large amount Edward was in the
store but shor, time. An hour ortwo be-
fore he came in with the money, Edward
was in with ess's store took a blank nstru-
ment for mortgage of personal property !;
witness reed it; witness keeps bookstore
deceased took the blank mortgage from
witnesses store; deceased took book of
forms and filled the blank mortgage from
that book, as he would any instrument for
conveying personal properly. After wrl-
ting few lines, deceased stopped-lald IT
aside--;ook another similar instrument
and filed ii gu, in full. Witness looked
over deceased's shoulder while deceased
read it to him. Deceased put the instru-
ment about his person; this was the last
witness saw of it; witness Identifies a
paper which he saw in his store the same
afternoon the mortgage was written. II
was written before the mortgage. (Thls pa
per was exhibited 10 the Court, and decl-
ded to be inadmssable.) Edward was in
Witnesses store an hour or an hour and
half at The time Of the writing of the in
strument. When Edward left the Parker
House his dress was clean as usual; did