The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-03-21

went down to the office; fonnd DR.. c,
much agitated; expressed a desire to see
DR.. Thayer. went TO DR.. rs aud found
him neBr store on the side walk. Dr.
Thayer went down, and after talking with
DR.. C. a while, he became more quiet.
DIR. Thayer went home, accompanied by
Mr.. Baker. DR.. C. and myself returned 10
Williams hotel. DR.. G. went TO his room;
wished me to go in and sleep with him.
| hesitaled somewhat, he urged 1t and
went in. After we went in, DIR. G. took
some oe the money | had in my pocket,
selected out some Of the bills, and put them
in his pocket book. The money he re-
turned to me put in my pocket. We
then went 10 bed; had some conversation
about taking care of the money. I want
ed he should take it. He thought could
take care of il better. We finally con-
cluded it would be safe to put il in a Jug
and let ii Sc; in the office. Did not sleep
much that night either ofus. was awake
most Of the time, and the DR.. was. In
the morning, left the DR.. in his room, and
went down to the Office placed all the
money | then had into a Jug. The Jug
was set away in one of the small closets
under the medicine shelves
AFTERNOON.
Thomas Fint.-On Saturday forenoon, DR..
Coolidge was requested to 90 to Clinton to Wis
it Philip Emsrson-it was through mel was
out there Thursday. DIR. c. did not wish TO
go-told me to go and 1 went: do not know
a. what time returned. In the afternoon DR..
G. transferred his property to me-the bust
ness was done by Mr.. Baker and lawyer Chand-
Ter. We were together much in the afternoon
talked more about the property than any
thing else. That evening speaking of the
money, tried to get him to take care of it.
He did not seem inclined to- About o clock
l went into the office, broke the jug, and
threw the money into the store. That is the
last I had to do with money. On Friday morn
ing, the day the body was discovered, Edward
Getchell and l examined the Ratchet to see if
there were any marks on it-could not find
any decided marks. That forenoon, brushed
some froth from the side of the old book case.
That forenoon. an examination was made OF
the office by the Selectmen Think recolect
Joshua Williams. M. w. was in there in the
forenoon, and examined, previous to the dis
covery of the spot of blood which was found
near the new book case before witness saw it.
On Friday night after we went to bed, DR.. G.
spoke of the witnesses he had heard of before
the inquest, and there importuned me very
strongly never TO reveal what had discovered.
Do not recollect anything more particular as
to the conversation that evening. There are
many things that took place then, that witness
cannot fix the time of-Saturday night the
chief conversation was about letter which
purpcrted to be written to Edward Mathews.
He had heard there was testimony before the
inquest about letter from Coolidge to Math-
- l. I.
istence. He said it was notion Friday
morning, he went down and took it from the
body and destroyed it. so that it could not be
produced as evidence against him. On Satur-
day, Mr.. Noyes was called in as the Disadvis-
err. On Monday morning, the DIR. told wit
ness there was a bottle that had contained
prussic acid standing amongst the medicine vi
ais in glass case which should be destroyed,
and inquired what bottle it was. He said one
had never SCENT had no label on. 1t came
from Hallowell. l asked why he wanted it
DESTROYED if no one had seen it. He said
William Phillips had seen it. He also said
Esq. Noyes thought it best that the walls on
the shelf should be replaced-Doct. e. said
the bottle which he obtained of Burnett should
be filed two thirds full, as there was some
gone out of it. l filed the Burnett bottle, as
l guessed, two thirds full, and replaced the vi
ais. The empty bottle broke, and put the
stopple in the drawer where he kept stopples.
l removed the old bottle containing prussic &C.
id, and the Burnett bottle, first to the old book
case, and then to witnesss trunk. Witness
did this because VIM. Phillips had suggested
that the DR.. in his rage might destroy himself
witness himself had like apprehensions. DR..
c. also told witness to rinse out the brandy
bottle, and from out the water in the sink,
witness took the brandy bottle, but did not
rinse it. Told Mr.. Baker to empty out the
water in the snk-afterwards found he had
only changed the water from the basin to the
pail in the sink. Witness threw the water
out. Sunday night, DR.. c. told witness
where the watch was-wished witness to get
it from the sleigh and throw it in the river.