Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-03-21

RE, n. Swan !. dad. Next. we mu.t show
that she came 10 Der death BY y'clsncs /;
and. lastly. that the prisoner committed The
murder.
Now Tor the facts
Mr., swan ~a.a widow about IS year.
olars. Her husband had been dead twO
wears She lise On ,he farm With her ehll.
drep. For two year. the prisoner had car.
ri.i on the farm a, the halves. On the l7,h
OF June.-Sanday.-Mrs Swan wen, to
Fryehurg, and attended church. In the
evening a ueighb0r came in and stopped It'll
about ; O'Clock At this time Gilman came
hone, and The ne,gAbOr lsIt Gilman With
Mr.. Ssan and the Children. The next
morning Gilman ven; 10 Mr.. Richardson
and said that Mrs swan had kiilei herself.
(Caun.sl exhibited plan Of the house
Mrs. Richardson went 70 the house. and
wen, 10 the BEDROOM. aud found M- s~an
lying upon her right eide. her face to the
wall. With TIE clothes over her shoulders,
and A .c.rf aroan1 her neck ~ith one end
IN each hand M. II took one end of the
scarf aud loo-susi il. aud on examination
found that she was dad Gilman vent and
notified other uciEhbor.. Before he vent
away. Mr. r. went 70 the BEDROOM. and on
the table, lying upon the Bible. ioohd =
piece Of paper with -ons'hins written opon
IL. Tbs writin. We shall present ~ 700.
After other. got there. preparations we're
made fsr ooronsr'. inquest. was called
upon 70 BE- there At that examination. 1
took with me Dr. BFOsn-,o have a post
norton examination. We ,hsrs met other
physician.. and Ibe coroner was also ply
,ic,an and surgeon. They al examined the
body. and will state to you the result. They
will tell yoa that .Ae died OF .irausuls'iOn.
and Of mark. upon her thrOa; no, made BY
the cloth. but eridently made With PER
,on. hands. They will tell yOa OF the train
apd long. ss,ns en- sorsri with blood.
Upon Investigation 1t VAS SUSPECTED that
the handwriting iouni on that p's,s OF
paper va. Ciaan'. TIN. ~riung was A-
follows
&" B,s God ehyrr- for Ian ahGrd q
hr,g"
We found Gilman's band writing. ard
f,ani that b, evrrcsyoudel with the ~r'i'Ds
f,und on The piece ofpAPer wes.ked hun
TO ~r,,e sentence. and gave him tie one
found % TIE piOce Of rsper. lie wrote '''
aud the handwriting AMI sreliing we're
identical.
lit b. shown that Diseased did no, write
that paper. ~s have DO syidIncs that she
committed suicide. Then the question
arise, who could have killed bert Who
could have any r-s-ou. Tor Doing il
Ia -~sm. that Gilman had formed very
strong attachment 70 Abby. dece-sci'. old.
CT sirl. and had frequently urged her 10
marry hlm. ABBY bad gone to work q, Mr..
Evans. Gilman opposed her gong. Al.
tsrwarI,. Nth Mrs Evans. she vent to
Cambr,d:r. Mas. Gilman wrote letter
T. Frank Evans to tell bis mother TIA, Der
son VAS sicE. and wished her 10 come home.
Gilman wrote letter 10 Abby, and pressed
h,s claims to Der hand They met, aud che
told hila she would never marry him. b.
cause her mother ~as opposed 70 10. ABBY
afterwards told her mother that she hai de-
charged hin. and she seemed much pleAsed.
90 the SUNDAY Of the murder, Gllnan
went to Evans, aud asked Abby to 20 home
With hin. She refused. Gilman then vent
hack to Mrs S~an's, pot Up b.. hor-e,
mixed the COWS, and - before stated. the
neisbbJr who va, there LET, him there al,
J'clyck.
The.e ar al the facts which have 70 Of
fer. sIccp, the statement OF Gilman him-elf,
b-iJrg the coroner. jury. which, Il there Is
20 Objection, will Be presented q, the proper
time.
TIE following uitpe--es were called
Dr DANIEL q Town. Dr o. L. LAnrson,
+. " swan. Moe. Richardson. y. ;. Lit.
tesgld. Oliver Nrinnre, Robcr, & Ilari-
man. Nelson = Evans, Andrew Evans, J.
e swan, john T. Hartman. DR.. ThOHa.
II Bro~n.
\ point va. raised BY the council for
defence, upon the admission Of Giluan''
testimony tciore the Coronsr.' inquest. Al.
ter DISCUSSION AZ some length, the question
VAS susPeud,d tll afternoon. TO eve the
counsel ior d,fgr.e an opportunity TO CON-
Iare the copy offered by ,be prosecution
WITH a coy 10 their Possession.
Dr Thomas n. Brown called
Va, called 10 make . po-imor,sm exam.
nation. on tie body Il Mrs Harriet b
swan. Ia "a. on the 18th Of Jane last, =,
Fryshurg. There were pre.en,, Drs. rONle,
elder and younger, Dr. LanP-On md DR..
Tosn We found the holy upon the .e'i.
ID DO, So tie BODY al fr.i. and .u uu.
able % STAT, the position Of the body ~h,n
hunl. Think il Vas 10 the Afternoon that
We came there The body "a. covered with
linen AZ that tine | exhibited no brui.,.
There wa. SINE reins,s On the obdsr por-
ton. Of the h,dy md the cuticl-. also On
the uee< aud ace. Ste Va iy'ns uTon her
r.'i .ls. pir;lv upon her l'cc The face
was tl0a,ei and ,insci Wit blood. aai OF
dark rarrIs hue. The d'c0lOralilu o,
|, tie ssin ~. most atou, the face ard head.
The ey- wsr. prominent, ana started fron
their position. The mucous membrane Of
tie eye ~as snsorred With blood. There
Wa, ak scarf about The neck VI the body.