The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-09-23

not propose to object, if there is any occasion.
Shepley-I thank the Attorney General for
the courtesy of the objection and the manner
in which it is made, and will try to save him
from the necessity of objections.
.. Will you now go on without any ques-
lions from me, and state what took place iiom
this time, when you put your hands upon this
man, up to the end of the occurrences. State
precisely what occurred, and as it occurred.
RYE have no objection to that.
| A. We took this man and pushed him along,
aud when we came to the head of the stairs
that led down to the dining room (allow me to
see that plan, Mr.. Bradbury, il you pleased
| When L brought this man to this point to the
| entrance here, TO the stair where yon go down
to the dining room, when l brought HIM 10
| that spot let go of him from behind ms oack,
caught him firm by the lief. shoulder by tne
the collar of his coat, his left hand SIC WIN
my right hand, like that Istepped right round
| he was on the bannister of the stars, mad
him right in this shape, stepped round him,
| caught him right here by the collar Of the coat,
L supposed the man was hct so'ns 70 e ouer any
| resistance stepped down from the first to the
| second step, he grabbed me and tried to chuck
| me down stairs, regained my position, brought
| him to a left about face, that way, he braced
| himself tried to turn me, and the man lost his
| balance and fell back IN this way; he fell lust
as l would fall if standing this way, when l
broke his hold he was hanging on to me with
desperate grip, using his physical strength,
when | got to the top. stair and broke loose
NUN INC HILL tic lOsJ HIS Ddance aud Tell down
stairs, to the best of my knowledge he struck
the balluster of the stairs, right hand side, and
from that he struck on to the steps, could not
swear what distance from the stair case he did
strike.
Q. Did he or not make every effo1t to force
you down those stairs when he turned there at
the head OF the flight of stairs? A. He did; l
was determined to hand him to the officer and
to prosecute him as the law directed, so that he
would learn to conduct himself differently; l
state now positively before God never struck
MN, did not misuse him in any way, his fall
was entirely accidental, l told him that should
hand him over to an officer before 1 moved
from the position in the corridor. before at
tempted to remove him. because saw the man
was determined not to leave the corridor he
was determined to remain there and 90 into
the chamber, L was satisfied from the appear
ance of the man that he was there for no good
purpose, considered it my duty TO take him
away quietly and peaceably and hand him to
an officer, that was my honest intention.
q. When you charged him with attempting
TO commit an outrage upon n female in your
hotel, did he give any other excuse than that
he wanted to see his wife@
frye.-Did he give any other excuse than so
and SO.
Shepley.-I am taking the words of the wit
ness; the witnes said that he wanted to get 10
his wife; am now asking him if he gave anv
other reason.
A. He stated nothing else to me.
y. Was it or not within your knowledge that
the man had no wife in your hotel? A. I was
confident of it, and that was the reason why I
refused to allow him admission to that room; if
that man had had wife in my hotel of course
should have yielded to his proposals; did
not know where his wife might be, but 1 was
positive that the man had no wife in my hotel,
and never did have.
q. State what took place after the man fell
down stairs. A. I think was the first person
who came down stairs; lost no time for fear
the man might go away to prevent being hand
ed over to the officer; told him to go right
into the office, set him down in a chair. told
some OF our boarders not to How him to 20
out of the room; went to Capt. Hagers room
to see where the ladies were, and they were
apparently quiet; stopped q moment and in
CURED into the circumstances; they explained
it as they have here in court to the best of my
knowledge, came down stairs; this man had
got out of his chair and was going to the door
leading out of Commercial street when again
caught him and turned him back. Says I, my
good boy, you're not going to leave without be-
ing punished for your conduct. am surprised
that any man of the age and knowledge that
you have should conduct so in my hotel. Says
l, for your conduct you shall be severely
punished. Says l, to Mr.. l., you go down
Immediately and get policeman; I am
He went down stairs and came out to the
middle of the corridor; met the doctor; this
man had said his neck was hurt; said to the
doctor, am glad you have c0me-there is a
man here who has attempted to commit an
outrage here; he says his neck is hurt; if he is
hurt wish you to examine the man and assist
him. The doctor came right into the office
with me; showed him the man and he went
to him; he said that he didn't think that the
man was hurt; he said that such men as him
generally thought they were hurt when they
were not hurt. In a few moments Mr.. Very
the policeman came; pointed out this man to
him, told him to take the man to the police
station, explained to him that he had been at
~ o.rtr I,@xnl
would come up in the morning and appear
against him. These are the facts, the plain,
unvarDished truth, to the best of my knowl-
edge, as they transpiled
Cross eramiaed.-WhenI went up stairs and
looked through the bannsters, / saw Murray
and Shea graphing with each other.
Q. What was their position? A. Cannot
describe it to you, for was going very swiftly.
=. When you entered the corridor what
was their position? A. Murray was appar-
emily STOPPING as though he was in the act of
getting up. Shea was standing there, and
just when l was coming up both were stand
ing erect, and Shea, thought, was going to
back off and strike him, and that was why I
hollered to him to stop. Murray was the near
est to me when Shea was attempting to strike
him. Shea's back was toward Commercial
Street and Murray's face was toward CONNER
cial street. When got to the II they had got
together again. L cannot tell which seized the
other; it seemed as though Murray wanted to
to prevent him. When l arrived there they
were between II and IS. I stepped in between
them before seized Murray; 1 did not strike
him; Murray did not strike me, but he kicked
at me once.
@. How do you know he did not mean to
kick Shea? A. L don't know but thought he
kicked at me; had had no words with him; 1
was not much excited; admit 1 was little
excited.
G. And in your excitement Murray kicked
at you and you saw him. A. That is positively
SO; then seized him.
=. Notwithstanding your excitement and
the fact that he kicked at you, you gently
moved him along the passage A. did. I
tried to get back and resisted me; there was
no man that had hold of him but me, when
took him along the corridor; do not know
what Shea was doing at the time.
q. When you got to the head of the stairs
with Murray, where was Shea? A. That is
more than can tell; 1 will swear I did not
see him at the head OF the stairs whom 1 was
there,
Q. Will you swear positively he did not
my knowledge, he didn't.
Q. From the best of your knowledge then,
Shea was not with you from the time you left
the end of the passage until Murray was at
the bottom of the stairs? A. He might not be
or he might be at my back; did not feel him
there; did not see him from the time turned
the corner until the man had fallen down
stairs; am positive Shea did not have hold OF
him.
9. At the head of the stairs when you faced
around, where was Shea? A. 1 don't know; 1
didn't see him; he might have been there then
and n OF see him, for my attention was taken
up with something else.
Q. Explain how he happened to go down
the stairs again? A. When we got to the
head of the stairs I placed my right hand on
his left shoulder and took firm hold of the
collar; he was on the first step, and stepped
on to the second one; he then caught me with
his left hand around the back and endeavored
to push me down; regained my position on
the landing and retained my hold of him,
which brought his facet up the stairs and back
down; I then broke his hold with a sudden
jerk, and the man pitched down stairs; the
man was endeavoring to get back all the time
to No 10; when got to the head of the stairs
1 stepped down just because 1 thought he was
going along quietly.
@. What reason had you to suppose he's
going quietly down stairs, when, as yo.. say,
he had been resisting all along? A. thought
he was convinced that his struggling did no
good.
Q. What should convince him Just at that
point? A. Well thought he met with such
bad success; when he attempted to throw me
down stairs [ became alive to my position; he
endeavored to throw me down stairs with his
left hand on my back, and it reused me. l
broke his hold when I brought him to left
about face; did it with sudden jerk. think
when he tried to push me his right hand was
on the bannisters but I think he let go to take
hold of me to prevent me from getting back
on to the landing; he had hold of me with both
hands when 1 landed at the top of the stairs
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