Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-02-27

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went back 10 the kitchen. ! don't think
grandmother spoke before passed out into
Kitchen. GRANDMOTHER spoke first, in the
kitchen. ! said something after she spoke
She asked mo il aunt Mary ever had its. |
told her " no, not that knew Of re-
member OF saying nothing more. | said
nothing more. There was no blood on
grnndmothcrs clothes that | saw. | think
she did not have her shoes aud stockings on.
| have stated that thought the shadow !
saw was nv Aunt Mary. saw no shadow
on the wall. IL was glimpse OF some
thing. IL was person passing through The
room. Thought II was Aunt Mary. Aunt
Mary was Of rather low stature. She was
about a head taller than | am. She walked
erect I heard what I thought was the noise
or chairs, moving on the ilUOr. IL seemed
as though more than one char was moved
the norsc was repeated twice. That was AL
the noiso heard IN the parlOr.
At - IL o'clock the Court adjourned to
two o'clock.
AFTERNOON.
The court came in at two o'clock. Mr..
Clifford proceeded with the Cross ENamna-
ton OF Hannah ; pairidsc.
looked lor matches IN four places; in
the match->iir, On the mantel.plcc' IN thr
sitting.room. In the chair 10y the side Oi
aunt Mary'- bed, and IN the battery
Dir,ri rs,umsd by GoRidrd | found the
match in the kitchen. twas not more than
. moment after Sidney awOko mr that !
heard aunt Mary scream. Immediately aiics
meeting grandmother, ! turned round % g
back into the Kitchen when met grand
mother. before | turned round ! saw the
frr,in rls, thought II wIs aunt Mary be-
Gauss sidney told me she was running all
over the hpis,. dp not moan q 'ay that
+ I could distinguish hgiwr,n u man and wo-
man: thought 10 was her because also !
heard her scream. | said the morse rDsem-
bl1l moving - chair. nii not 80 any
thing of aunt Mary alt1r hcarl the racket
in thc Tarlur.
Cro.s srlminR 5y CiFuri VIXEN !
/ brought ,hs candles from tie collar way
I Uncle George was not in the house. Don't
. know a, hc knew they were there. Think
aunt Mary lid MT I'll mo 10 put them
there. There was no fire in the hrcirnmc
I ~ the sitting room when cut up
. The examination was concluded az three
O'Clock.
. Smyn vraEtr-E,aminrl by Goddard
Shall b, ten year, old next Junc Ny hthcr
. ~ CYRUS Nrrrill. Mother J.. living. Was
liyin, II Mr. knights 10 October. bad bcru
There about two years and half. was %
I STAY there tlll was -. My mother lives
IN Nrw Gloucester. went H. school and
Irl chores. when fr.twcnt there slept
up stairs. IN October slept in thc middle
h,I.room. hai slept there about q year.
ca, night Mrs. knight dIcl, went O. bed
about half past seven. S.rp; thar night ln
. that room. When went - led | lrlt Mrs
Kni,ht lyiu, down on the bel Ia thr sitting.
room, and Hannah Partridge In her bel.
room. 40 one els, there was called Han
nah. Granlmuth,r was IN her bedroom.
+ saw Dr. Carr. lie was gone when ! went
o. bod. was In the rDDm when hc was
thcrr. Mr. Knight vas IN there ! believe
all the time. Heard DR.. &. say 20 knight
that hi, wife was gaining. forgot what
KNIGHT said Dii not -rc knight much
/ that dly. SAW him first ~ home ma the
morning be- was eating breakfast. lie went
over ,p Back Cat " in th' morning, about
o'clock. and came back about | o'clock.
Thi. was Monday. Ia the afternoon be was
down o. Mr. Grants como home about
sunset. when b, came back think be- toll
M, {, % and get the cows. | got ihcm
llc told mc % gc: my wood. ! brought -
IN. II, yukcI up the oxen, and then D,nnI'
Bracket helped hm 70 bring out q thou
.and ul shinslc. and put them on the cart,
which was standing out by the rDaI. The
cart was a Ion. hiy.nck. with one par Oi
wheels. Knight started the team down t.
thu bars. and hitchoi ihcm, and went into
III, house with H.. Carr. was thrrc when
DR.. Carr went away. Carr went ir,t. saw
Kui.ht when hc went out u the hpust-
think le said be- wls going % Mr. llerrick's
. D Load up his shingles, AMI then come homo.
. H. ail hi. Just brlJrr Dr. Carr cAmr. H.
4I hc was g1iu: down % cray the mkt
morning early, 70 haul down slmn shingles
to Mr. Hancock | saw him again tho mkt
lty about ton o'clock, think with Mr..
rhur,,1n. H. had on asIccklcl coat, vest,
trlw-ars, and think, oN'rllis. Think hc
had un "A white shirt on MJulay-had on
thr same clothes at night when be went
away. that hs had worn during the day.
Think bo had on black si.k ncckerchicl
DON'T remember what be- had On when saw
him ON Tuesday, gOr if hr bad on white
shirt. When went o. bl went % sleep ,
woke durlRg the night scream awOke mr.
Heard Mr.. Knight say, Hannah, Let me
alone" Heard the scream first. She hal
l,cI thrc, times, " Hannah, let me alone. ~
Screamed our,. Think heard her groIn.
Tho sound sromcl T. come from thr cni
b.I.r,bm. Knew il wJs Mrs. knightsvoic'.
q. 81 aItss in Ia
bsl.r,om. | hallocd % her aud asked her
where shc was. There was M reply. !
think the door in the further bedroom was
,hut when went 10 bed. The screams
were very loud. did M hear h'r worl.
distinctly--yoicc sounded naturally. sot
up, anl put on ms trOws.rs, went out ani
wlkci Hannah. From the time beard the
screams till | wakcl Hannah was about
thrcc minutes. | went up - Mr Rlccs.
ran all the way. went out az the front
door that leads from the kitchen. DId not
see the door that leads into the she'd lett
il omen. Never knew the plrlUr door lead
in. To the front entry u b. lclt locked. |
think there wcr, s)me matches IN the sale
because she always kept thcm-lo5kei Tor
them there when got up, found IiItle
niece of onc-lo1k,i there some time IN ths
day b,lorc-thcrc were some in It then,
,hink nearly a bunch. saw Granimother
coming out Of the corner bedroom alone be-
fore | went 20 Mr.. Ricc's. ! think Hannah
wa, then in her bedroom. The old lady bad
ON. | think. some Of her day clothes. She
came ou, into the sitting room, she said she
wanted 10 know il there was anybody dead
or alive in that house, she wanted to find
them. then went up to Mr.. Ricc's. The
old lady cannot hear very we'll, can see we'll.
saw no blow upon her DO not know how
aunt Mary cot into that room where the