Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-07-07


ashore. .iiin't bring him ashore in the first
place because was afraid I'D get sand on bis
clothes, never saw the face till we brought ii
ashore. | didn't see the sloop boat nv boy
speaks OF, though did see schooner. neither
| did see any boat capsize. I saw yawi boat
with two men IN II, but where It wen. to or
came from don't know, II being nearly q
| quarter Of a mile OF, saw nobody take any
| thing from II but the coroner. lowed the body
with its head under water all but the top. didn't
| know or care who he was. should have done
| Just the same IL II had been my best known
| neighbor, never had any experience with
drowning men. was arrested Wednesday and
l Kept In arrest TOUR lays didn't know what for
| unless II was for picking mp man. might have
been on account Of the money and things. but
/ am green about those things. don't know how
| long II took from the time We took charge OF
he body ~ The coroner came, IL was about "a
| mile - The Cove from the place where we
\ found him. didn't know when found II how
long u had be lying In the water. il might
have been an hour or perhaps nine DAYS, the
-ay drowned men always float 1t the end Of
nidc days.
| Joseph NJ. Smith. OF Milford. n. H.
| Was an acquaintance of Rogers and saw
| him last AT wharf In Portland near the
Boston depot; received an invitation
| irom Rogers To 70 fishing with him and
| walked 10 the wharf with him and Holmes !;
| didn't sail with them because am timjd on
| water. inclined to sea-sickne<s, and had
| business nj home; 1t was 10 a. NJ. when
saw Rogers. Holmes and man thew called
skipper get In the boat; don't know its
maine but 1t hal two sails, A little and big
one; don't know anything about boats
las knew he had watch and chain when
ne started for the boat from the American
House; he took out the watch hy the
chain IN the Office OF the American House,
Mr.. Dodge being behind the bar; the chain
was fastened into the vest By hook. he
! said, II must be AZ the wharf in half an
| hour: he was not out OF my sight from
that time till he got aboard the boat. al
though Jagged little behind on the way
there; IL WAS In the Office OF the American
House when he took out his watch: don't
know whether he had any money about
| him Or not, he came mere To see me, | hay
in- been In his employ first acquainted
with him last September: the watch was
heavy silver one and the chain a heavy
gold one; didn't see him have the watch
and chain on the boat.
Luther Oliver, sworn Il work on Half
| Way Rock aud an employed by the GOV
rrntncnt carrying stone was at work at
Fort Scanned on the 3lst of June, first
| | saw was >luop under her her jih coming
from the direction of Fort Prchlc; did not
| take any notice I'LL man said that boats
over and two men on her: ran down 10 the
wharf and with several men put out to the
rescue saw u schooner lower n boat with
two persons In II. a boat such a- all coast
crs carry saw this boat pick up something
that Looked Ike man saw boat 70 back
70 schooner and the schooner fill away for
Pnr;lan 1 should say that what was along
side the boat, whether man or not, was
alongside at least five minutes | was the
lookout in the boat saw Jordan's boat
quarter Of a mile on ana when he got back
I" the Fort saw him pick up something
through the Spy-glasS; we should have
gone nearer, but hal % beat up and couldn't
do Ia; there was little sea on; shouldn't
think there would have been any difficulty
IN getting the body into the boat, although
there was d pretty hard wind blowing
AMI he sea was pretty still.
Ebcn SimontDn and Charles Mckay tcsti-
fed " about the same as Oliver. Silnouton
>aid he had seen several bodic, raised, ami
explained the process Thought he should
have tried 70 get body into boat II u
was floating. He thought II must have
been about fifteen minutes before the
schooner'> boat got 10 the body and about
twenty-five minutes before Jordans got
there. \ body i heavy II IL has been in
the water several days. III only in the
water a little while, aud not really dead IL
j. easy To manage
Escn Perry testified Had conversation
q t'' 'tr accused ON Iue-uay uIgnt a. Bo--
tom Capi- Twombiy, OF the sth Police
Station, and y. w Merrill were present;
! talked with all three of the prisoners
taking them alone; they did not know that
| wa~ an officer when | talked with them
Daniel, the youngest. said that on the day
Of the accident he was with his father and
cousin on board the schooner Myra passed
The Gypsy and spoke 10 the men on board
Nil ftsfp a
didn't look ont both vessels tackled nj the
same time ana the Gypsy cap,izeG;
Their boat wa, lowered and Charles and
himself rowed ~ the place Of the accident;
found a man floating aud took hold OF his
arms and tried % lift him up got his head
over but the water was too rough they
couldn't lin him and they went back 70 thu
schooner, said the man had on black
coat but couldn't tell about his vest
Charles told the same story except that he
said the boy did not touch the body but
stood on the other side of the boat To pre-
vent it, capszing, while he tried To lift in
the body; when he let 90 OF the body 1t
sunk; told Capt Twombly that he got the
body across the gunwale. When a.
why he didn't take him in said he didn'tked
know. Capt. Robinson stated that when the
Gypsy capsized he brought his schooner
up into the wind and lowered boat he
was at that time about fifty feet away from
her; the boys rowed to her In about two
minutes; saw them have hold Of some
thing, but couldn't tell what it was /;
thought he heard suppressed scream
when he passed the vessel. Sheriff Perry
stated he had personally examined the
schooner's boat; it wa, thirteen feet long
and five feet deep, with square stern; he
stood on her rail- but she did not take in
water
SUMNER SMART te>titi Went on TO the
boat when the booty wa, Il Eating Ia Simonton'.
Cove, it was made fast to the stern, helped put
the body into the wherry. the vest bat
saw no watch-chain or pin,would have seen
them If they had been there. the mans head
lay Il my feet when we brought the .dy in.
Here the COVER nme mt stopped. Col. Brad
bury for the defence urged that the idea that
these boys. one u mere child OF some thirteen
years and the other lad OF eighteen, could
n We conspircd To attempt such horrible
crime as to choke a man who was drowning
down to his death. was too horrible for even a |
Capt. Kidd. They went out with brave hearts
10 save fellow being aud were not strong
enough u accomplish il in the rough sea and
strong wind. There was not a particle OF tes- |
timony against them except the discrepancy in
the two boys stories rs to both having tried -
raise the body into the boat. SO far as the
father was concerned he appears to have had
as much to do with it as the man IN the moon |
There was no evidence to show that
Rogers had any money on him and in irving
70 save his life when the boat went down he
might have had the watch md chain If he had