The Portland daily press., 1869-09-23
OLA. No s;r

witness Will not answer till directed.
Shepley-l do not propose to withdraw the
question.
Webb-l do not withdraw the objection.
Shepley-I shall renew the question il the
County Attorney wishes to object.
q Was there intervening matter to prevent
his seeing YOU and Mrs. Hagar and Miss Croat-
man? A. He could see me better than Mrs
Haoar because he sat on the same side OF the
table with Mrs. Haglr; Mis- Croatman ON the
other side He got up and lett the table. We
STAYED there and finished our tea and went out
into tbe sizing ROOM After Mrs. Hagar got
some clothes from Mrs. Murphy for her child
we th4n turned and went up stars; we met
Mr. Shea with towels in his bands; we passed
him and went along to room 70. 10. ny
captain was there and We Thought we would
ali three 90 into one ROOM The corridor into
which room No. 10 opened was light Wnen
we passed along the corridor the deceas Ms
not there; there was no man there, ou1 ha.'
Shea stood at the head of the stairs Ihere
was no person visible in the corridor as we
passed along to room No. 10. Lena Croatmlh
had Mr.. Hagar's eldest boy Robby. L had the
key in my hand and unlocked the door.
stood along side in the corridor and let Lena
Croatman and Mrs. Hagar pass into the room;
/ took the key out of the door after they had
passed in and just turned into the room, just
going to put the key into the door when L
looked up and saw this man with his hands
reached out reaoy for a spring. turned the
key. He came against the door with full force.
When he went against the door he bounced
away; his full force WAS apparently exerted
against the door. As he came against the
door he said, unlock that door! unlock that
doorr' He had not previously asked for any
thing with reference to anybody in that room.
O. Did he say anything to the erect dld ne
claim in the dining at any Tune mat Ell
Their of you ladies was his wife? "a; NO. SIR;
we never saw the gentleman until that night
at the table.
@. Did he try to have any other converse
ton with you, or make any request lot admls-
sion or for any interview or conversation Win
the parties, or for admission into the room PC
fore he tried with his full force to Durst the
door open? A. No, SIR
q. Was he trying to break the lock Oh the
door open? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was there anything to have prevented
him from a conversation with either OF you Ia
dies? A. One young man that was occupy
ing seat at the foot Of the table. We went IN
to the sitting room; nobody there but Mrs.
Murphy and we three ladies. After we lett
the sitting we met Mr. Shea, who stepped
aside, and we went on.
@. Before he attempted to break into this
door was he not secreted in one of The rooms
out in that corridor? Objection. A. L did not
see him.
Webb.-It is precisely because she said she
| did not see him that object to the question.
q. Did he go along the corridor from the
| stairs, or did he come out from one of the
rooms? A. i could not see. We did not meet
| anybody but Mr.. Shea at the head OF the stairs.
| the last room; 20 was on the other side.
@. Was there any other room or passageway
| to which that corridor led?
Frye.-It is admitted by the government
| that. this corridor was simply passage way
/ leading nowhere else; that there is a window
| at the end of it, and no passage-way out of it.
thepley.-In capital cause prefer to prove
i the facts upon which | rely in defence, rather
| than take them by admissions.
Court.-The jury will take notice that the
Il for ha n mi that
| rider in question terminated near rooms IL and
| 10 and leads to no other passage-way beyond.
Shepley.-I shall never ask question OF
witness unless 1 consider it relevant, nor re-
i peat it unless consider it as coming in neces-
/ sarily to make connection between the testi-
| mony given and what follow. will cheerful
| ly withdraw any question which your honor
considers inadmissible, but when in the course
of inquiry i believe it necessary to call for
REPETITION of testimony to keep up the continu-
ity of the narrative, respectfully submit that
/ shall not follow the taste of another person.
but must exercise my own judgment.
C0urt-Aside from the importance OF the
case, my confidence in the experience and
learning of Gen. Shepley would prevent the
| Court from interfering with his mode OF pre-
ceeding, except to exclude questions deemed
inadmissible on objection of the learned coun-
| sci for the State.
| We56.-I do not make any objection to repe-
| titiou; repeat the testimony as many times as
| you desire. In offering any suggestion that
| we admitted q matter, it was not to prevent
the admission of testimony, but was not sure
that Gen. Shepley so understood it.
| Court see no improperly in the course
| pursued on either side during this trial. Gen.
Shepley will proceed with the examination Of
| the witnesses.
@. Now will you state while this man was
pushing the door what the condition of your
self and Miss Croatman and Mrs. Hagar was,
and what EXPLANATIONS and outcrIes If any
| were made? A. was against the door,
| screamed and as Miss Croatman heard me
scream she came against the door, Mrs. Hagdr
| put her head out of the window and hallooed
| murder. She saw Murphy's little boy down
| the street, she halooed to him to go and tell
his father to come up stairs. Myself and Miss
| Croatman were screaming in the room and
| Mrs. Hagar was hallooing murder out of the
| window.
| @. State whether this violence against Ithe
door continued during that time while you
were screaming so? A. 1t did, was the only
one of the three ladies visible to this man when
/ first saw him. He could see me alone at the
time he made the spring to get in. had new
er seen him to my knowledge before saw
him in the dining-room m.
Q. Had he addressed any remarks to you
before, or sought any interview with you be-
| fore, or claimed that you were his wife before 2
| A. No sir.
@. Did he make any attempt TO have any
conversation with you? A. No sir After we
were locked inside we could not see what oc-
/
| all was quiet outside. Mr. Shea came and
knocked at the door and asked if any OF us
| were hurt. We unlocked the doors and all
| was quiet outside. We knew nothing till Shea
came and asked us five were hurt We heard
scuffling outside, but heard no words OF any
| kind.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Sarah Hager, called by the prisoner, testi-
fed:
My residence is Greeu Point, Long Island. /
arrived in Portland on the 25th of August. My
sister Miss Lena Champion and Miss Emma
Vanwort friend, came with me. We came TO
Bradley's Hotel. where / occupied room No.
1S, with my husband and two children. My
sister Lena and Emma occupied No. 49, a room
| very nearly opposite mine. was at Bradley's
hotel Friday evening September Sd. was at
the dining-r room tea table that day with my sis
ter Lena and Miss Vanwort. This man stood
| two chairs from me, he grumbled something to
himself He looked over to my sister and said
something, when did you arrive; my sister
said arrived from where, but the man made no
| answer, got up and walked out. L sat at the
same side the man sat, and could see Lena and
Miss Vanwort; suppose he could see her, two
chairs from me- My Oldest (Robbie) was at
the table with me. This man did not speak to
| the child; he didn't speak to me- He did not
| claim at that time to be the husband of either
of us; did not claim that the child was his
| child; took no notice of the child; did not
speak to us at ALL only what have represented
After left the tea-table went into the sit
ting-room Mrs. Murphy had few pieces
washed for my baby. The whole three went in
| there and got them, and from there we three
ladies went up stairs. Mr.. Shea was the only
person we met. We met him at the head OF
the stairs. The gas was lighted in the hail.
When we got to to the door of No. 10, Emma
opened tho door; my sister passed in; my sis
ter had the little boy. She sat in the rocking
chair. laid the pieces on the chair. Emma
sprang to the door. / heard her slam the door
to, and Immediately turn the key in the lock,
and commence to scream. 1 went to the door.
1 felt somebody push 1 told them to hush. 1
opened the window and hallooed Murder,
and Murder" watch" 1 saw Mr.. Muir
phys little boy in the street and. told him to go
| in and tell his father to come up. This man
was pushing at the door, should jndge, about
two minutes. Before heard Miss Vanwort
scream and trying to hold the door against
| him he had not knocked at the door or spoken
to us or either of US or asked admission. I had
| no knowledge of his being in the corridor, or
near that room or his wanting to gain admission
| to that room, until he tried to break open the
lock of the door. We thought nothing OF the
| man at all.
@. When he first tried to open that door
could he have seen any body in that-ro0m zex-
cept Emma s. A. Yes, he could have seen
me and my sister.
@. Could he from that corridor, as Won were
sitting then in No. 49, with the room dark
could be see anybody except Emma Vanwort
| A. don't know as he could. The door did
not open very wide; just wide enough to let us
pass through. N'
O. Was or not he in the act of shutting the
door when he first appeared? tObjected.)
| Web6-This woman didn't see him.
| Sho0Io,,-Sba pof r