Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-05
tear them I'D? A. Yes. sir.

he was at his back door? A. / couldn't tell
you anything about it.
@. Can't you tell where you struck him!
A. No, sir.
Q. DO you know how that squirt of blood
came on his back door? A. No, sir.
Q. You don't know. A. Don't know any
thing more about it than YOU do.
The Court-AIe you positive that blow in
he neck was not inflicted at his back door,
\. | am not positive about ANYTHING. onl!
hat | know that was there after | came our
rom under that bed do not seem to hav,
recollection of anything to state positively.
The Court-You don't know whether it was
inflicted after he reached his own door or not;
\. No, sir. | don't seem to have any recos-
lection.
Mr.. Reed-After you had burnt and torn
up your wife's clothes, did you post her agai
N Hallowell? A. Yes, sir.
The Court-Did you see roll of carpetina
hat night? A. No, sir.
q. Are you positive about that? a. Yes,
sir
Mr.. Reed Didn't have it under his arm.
did he? A. No, sir. l saw no roll of car
peting.
Q. You would have seen it if it had been
there? A. / should think so. In the scut-
de we had one of us would have fallen over it,
Q. You would notice in that scuffle if you
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have known it think.
q. Yet you are forgetting all the rest of it Z
A. Think l should in the first instance.
Q. SO that you are sure that you saw moth
ing? A. l say that | saw nothing.
e. | mean in the first instance! A. When
he came in if he had set it down on the floor
should have seen it.
Q. Didn't he put it on the table? y.
don't think he did.
z. Why don't you think so? \. Be
cause there was basket with some clothes
in it and some dresses and things on the table.
Q. After you got out from under the bed,
what occurred? A. l don't seem to recol
lect anything about it. The first thing l re-
collect is Of Mr.. Kendall telling me that
was his prisoner
Q. Why did you tell him you had no wea
pons? "A. | don't know.
q. When did you cock the pistol? y. l
don't know.
Q. Was it cooked in the sculfe. A.
don't know.
Q. Did you cock it before the scuffe? a.
| could not tell you.
Q. Did you cock it while standing at the
barn waiting? A. No, sir
q. How do you know that? A. Because
when | was standing at the barn | knew what
l was doing.
Q. How do you know it was not cooked in
the struggle? A. Because the least thing
would fire it off.
Q. Was it half cooked? A. don't know
@. How did it come so? A. | cannot tell
you.
Q. Don't you recollect anything about it?
A. No,
Q. When did you open the knifef A.
could not tell you, sir.
Q. Which pocket did you have the knife
oil
ried it in my lift hand pocket.
Q. When you opened it you don't know?
A. No, sir.
Q. Did you open it before you got out from
under the bed? A. | don't think | did,
don't remember after got out from under the
bed.
A. 3 No. ao sir 's''''S'' OF feeling for 1t there
@. What time did you go down to Hallow-
ell? A. | don't know something after
eight, it may have been half past eight.
Q. Did you leave Mr. Whites house d.
rectly, and go down? a. No, sir.
q. Where did you go before that: A. |
was loafng round the streets here in Augusta.
Q. You went down about eight: \.
think so, or after cight,-I think it was halt
past eight.
Q. How long did you stand there by the
barn? A. could not tell you how long,
never started to go till past eight.
q. Did you walk fast,-very fast? A. |
could not tell you how fast.
Q. Did you hear the nine o'clock bell ring
that night! A. | have no recollection of it.
Q. WARTIME was you under the bed? \.
Could not tell you.
Q. Didn't hear the bell ring that nigh?
A. No recollection of it,
Q. When you were in Lawrence with your
first wife where did you board! A. With
my second wife,-this is my third wife.
Q. With your second wife: A. At Mr..
Simmons and Mr. Severances.
@. Do Won know Granville ID. Mullen in
Portland? a. Yes, sir.
Q. Did he ever separate you from your
wife, when striking or choking her in the en-
try of the boarding house after you came out
from the mill A. l think he did once:
was taking bonnet away from her.
Q. What was that for, jealousy? A. For
get what it was.
Q. Something she said to you? A. Some
thing she said or done.
The Court-That was your second wife?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Did you strike her then? A. Did not
! Q. Did you choke her then? A. Did not
/ q. Sure about it? A. l am not positive
about it.
@. Ever in the habit of striking her A.
No, sir.
Q. Do you tecollect this occurrence? A.
| recollect something about it.
g. But do not recollect whether you struck
her? A. No, sir.
@. Did you use any violence towards her!
A. No, sir no more than to take the bonnet
away from her
G. Whose bonnet was it? a. Hers.
Q. Did she buy it? A. Yes, sir.
q. You say you were standing in the back
yard, and saw your wife closing the shutters,
and then you thought OF going in. Is that
right? A. l knew she had to go in to fasten
the bolt-to turn it inside.
Q. So while she was fastening that you got
into the room2 A. Yes, sir.
@. Where did you go? A. Under the
foot of the bed.
Q. You waited until she was boiling it?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. How did you go under the bed? A.
Head first.
Q. When did you take off your coat and
, shoes? A. Took them off before l started
from the corner of the barn and carried them
, along with me.
Q. You are sure about this are you! A.