The Portland daily press., 1870-12-23

they were compelled to submit with res
pectful and awe.struck silence to whatever
the Hon. John Morrissey, or the Hon. Fer
nando Wood may say or do.
The Exciudcd Tes,inony Of Mrs. Hos.
~ well.
Mrs. Jane L. Hoswell last week made
sworn statement before Justice Gilman of
Hallowell, in regard to the transactions con-
nected with the Hallowell tragedy. 1t will
be remembered that at the trial her testimony
was excluded by the court. The principal
feature OF her statement is a continued mar
rative of her troubled married life with Hos
well. We condense it, giving some of tho
principal facts, without regard to dates, but
they occur in the order given. She says that
she was divorced from her first husband
Smith (who was guilty of adultery at the So
Icitation of Hoswell, who agreed to pay the
expenses of the divorce. They were married
July 8, 1861. The week of their marriage he
tore her dress off because one of the boarders
passed her some cake at the table. The same
autumn he beat her little boy black and blue
in her absence, and when she reproved him
he burned her clothes. He appropriated IS
gold piece which lady bad dropped in their
room, and in order to recover it Mrs. Roswell
gave him $14 which she had earned in the
mill. Once he stole money and a gold locket
from her, which caused them to be turned out
OF their boarding house. At one time be-
cause she associated with woman who lived
in the same house with them, he quarreled
with her, and just as she was about putting
her little boy to bed, Hoswell poured hot
water over the bed, scalding the child. Soon
after Hoswell threatened her life because she
picked few cherries from neighbours gar
den by the invitation of the owner. Mrs.
Roswell says:
"He choked me, and got the best of him !:
then he said sd d-n you, make your last
prayerw-an then got the bottle of fluid and
threw it over me, and struck match and set
from burning to death, by Wrapping up in
the bed-clothes.
He was arrested, but by her efforts was re-
leased. At another time she was talking
with neighbor in the back yard when Hos
well turned pail of slops out of the window
on her. She accused him of it, and was turn
ed out OF the house and her things thrown
after her. Three months after she called to
see little girl who had been burned. For
this he beat and choked her, and drove her
out OF the house again, and threw her clothes
after her. Two days after he came after her
and she went back with him.
Another trouble was the result of her spend
ing an afternoon with a lady member Of the
Methodist church. He quarreled with her
and afterwards said if she would for.
give him he would get up and get his own
breakfast. After eating his breakfast he put
arsenic IN the teapot and she drank the tea.
The dose was too large and vomited her. She
was sick for long time, however, from the eff
feet of the poison. He paid part of the doctors
At Jersey City he turned her oft of the
house at o'clock at night, and che slept in
the shed. When he came home next day she
had dinner ready and awaiting him. Again,
he threatened to shoot her, and she took his
revolver away. For this he turned her out of
doors and tore up her clothes.
Nothing further worthy of special notice,
occurred until the first of July last at HALO
well. when Hoswell entered complaint to
the City Marshal against Mr. Latin for allow
ing Mr.. knights to sing in his shop, as it took
her attention away from her work. Up to this
time she had not had any conversation with
Latin more than to say good morning." The
narrative goes on to say that on the 23d of July
Mrs. Hoswell went to Augusta to get her
money from the Savings bank preparatory to
going0to HermOn to pay the note on the farm.
She says: 81 did not dare to come down in the
cars for fear Roswell would see me and fight
with me on the car. istarted TO walk, and
got down to the State House, when met DR..
Thompson, who procured me ride with a
man by the name of Gardiner, whom did not
know. That evening told Hpswell what
went to Augusta for, but he said I was
Cd d--n LA" and then put on his
coat and started for DR.. Thompson's. He
came back soon, and said had been riding all
the afternoon with that man. He then knelt
down and prayed, land then took his pistol
from his pocket, and with an oath said he
would give me just five minutes to tell him
what was up to Augusta for. 1 told him 1
to tear up my clothes He told me to leave or
he would shoot me dead, and cooked tbs pistol.
Iran out of the house and went for tn City
Marshal, who came and arrested him.
r. after that we never lived together, although
he had tried to induce me to live with him,
and acknowledged to two lawyers that he had
lied about me at the trial before the Police
Court. Upon this consented not to 90 be-
fore the Grand Jury in August and swear
house every Sunday, and stopped all night
twice. On one OF the Sunday nights when he
stayed with me all night, he promised to give
me all the money he had-seven dollars, il I
would let him stay. The other Sunday night
NC 6oNO AA0 . WdtCt- pTOOi CiOdk D6C6uS0 i let
him sleep with me. He also came two or
three times week besides, but never stopped
all night because refused to let him.
On one of these nights that Hoswell was
here, MI. Latin passed out through the back
yard into Perley lane, whistlng. When he
passed back Hoswell and stood in the hack
door, and Roswell said-"What is that id
son of b--h whistlng around here for? /
don't think be means airy good, and I will
catch him yet" The next morning Mr.. Latin
askeq me why Hoswell did not speak to him,
ana tod MIN it was because he was mad and
sag ne did not think he meant any good.
Lanln reply was that he did not mean any
naIm ana should always speak to u.s. for he
GU SUI nos ,t n.e ,%;. had done anything wrong
was down, he said. II don't believe T Ts.Tin
means any good in bringing Won down 90 ,onoi,
from his garden" told him I a,wsvs no;d
him for the things. Hoswell said II d Pa'%
think he means any good, aud will c cate
him yeti" The next night Roswell sent i; Iat -.
Latin to settle the trouble between Hoswe,i
and myself; but Mr. Latin afterwards refused
Monday, Sept. 18th, went to Carmel, and
came back Monday, Sept. 10TH Hoswell met
me at the depot in Augusta. He said, swell,
you've got back, why didn't you come before?'
l told him | could not, and when he came
down l would tell him the reason. He then
asked me when he should come down. told
him Tuesday night, because 1 had been walk
ing considerable and was tired, and did not
"sut' ne seemed to be /
mad then, and said he die not care "d~-n
about the stockings I had brought him" The
day came home saw Latin but few mo.
ments, to ask him if would bring INV sewing
machine from Mrs. Patterson's.
! started for Augusta at J. o'clock to get
school books for my boy. 1 returned from
Augusta about 6 o'clock. Latin was at too
when came from Augusta. When he cana
to the shop just spoke to him at the Joor
About 83O he came to the fence ana ASIA !.
| sewing m oh; I
went back to bis shop, without coming in
The next time saw him was a few m;put tn
past nine. He came to the door lust az wes
going to get into bed, l had turned the clothes
back. ! threw my wrapper over my shoulders
and unlocked the door, thinking it might be-
boswell. The lamp was partly turned down |
in the sitting-room. AS opened the door |
Latin said II have come to show you my car
pet. ! said II was just going to bed but will |
look at it, He then stepped in and closed |
the door standing with my thumb upon the |
latch. he showed me the carpet and said II
have got to put it down this evening on NV
upper hall" then opened the door and he
went to step out, when Hoswell spraup mon
him from the outside of the door, with kpifa
10 his right hand, striking him somewhere. bnt
don't know where; L screamed "Obr and
started to 60 into the sitting-room. Hosweli
Instantly caught me by my hair, and strnct
me- on the cheek with the knife. 1 was stand.
ng, then, between the bed and the table. T