The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
THE LAWRENCE MURDER TRIAL.

| fed as follows:
live on Hammond Street i'll this city near Broad
way-nearly out to what is called Barkersvllle.
Mrs. Atwood had been stopping at my house about
four weeks-Was boarding herSeu then-i nsta
boarded with her French Street. She kept board
ing house there | think two or three years. This
| fall she came to my house. | had seen the prisoner
at my house several times while Mrs. Atwood was
there He was there on Saturday night preceding
the Sunday on which she was shot. Saturday night
he came into the house and called her thames.
Was there Saturday night only few minutes He
came there Sunday night and knocked at the door.
! went to the door he asked me if was alone-l
told him was. l went into the pantry and he fol-
lowed me in, made believe take drink or did take
drink from the water pail. He came out and shut
me in there. Mrs. Atwood was in a little bedroom
off the kitchen. He went in there after while
heard her say o yes John. | will John, then, Oh
Mrs Marsh--then / came out of the pantry-1nd
saw her come out of the bedroom. | said, oh she
is going to faint She said oh the pistol l look
ed in his hand and saw the pistol. She went from
the bedroom towards the pantry-he pushed the
door open and got in there-then got out OF doors
| When went out doors heard two or three pistol
shots-two certain. | saw Lawrence when | came
back again. he Went right past me and went away.
She was on her knees Her sleeve was afre, caught
from the pistol Mr.. Boynton ran and said, what
is the matter and Mrs Atwood said, %! that miser
able John Lawrence has murdered me- Then Mr..
| Boynton went out and brought in some help-when
they came in they helped her on the bed and one
went after doctor and another for Policeman. She
about all the time till she died; there We're others
| to change with.
I saw Lawrence when first went to Mrs. At
wood a year ago last fall, he was boarding with her
then. Lawrence was at my house two or three
times a week during the last Of it, | never was in
Bangor till | went to Mrs. -Atwoods to board. |
had no cOny ersation with Mrs. Atwood after she
was shot | was not well myself and did not feel
like talking with her.
Cross Examination. | saw him when he first
frel at her He was standing AT the pantry. He
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for me to fix for him. He asked me that night if it
was ready for him. did not notice anything un-
commonly out of the way with him. Never knew
him to exhibit any temper or i'll feeling before the
Saturday night. He came quite early in the even
ing Saturday. Saturday night he was quite drunk.
He had awas appeared gentlcmanly before that.
Was not there long Saturday nght-lid not sit
down. He saw Mrs. Atwood Saturday night.
heard what passed between them. He called hera
name and she said she would make him prove it.
He did not appear to have any business Withher
more than with me. l did his work. He never
stopped all night there.
If they conversed alone it was but very few
minutes, for was out Of the room but few min
utes He always complained to me that She did not
treat him decent. as she did others. He said no
man could say anything against Mrs. Atwood and
tell the truth. That was not more than two or
three nights before Sunday evening He came
about six o'clock Sunday evening, think. Mrs.
Atwood ran into the bedroom when ne knocked.
told her it might be John, and did not want to
hear anything, and She had better hide, and She ran
into the bedroom Do not remember of prisoner
saving anythng to me after he came into the house
When he came into the entry he handed me little
pail and said shave you got my hash ready%'
told him was alone when he asked me at the
door. He went to pantry and took drink from
the water pail. The first thing heard after he left
the pantry was Mrs. Atwood crying II will, will,
John" / heard some person speaking low before
she said that, but could not tell anything that was
said before. AS as heard her say that came
ont into the kitchen first saw her coming out of
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the door with his back towards me. They were
the length of the kitchen apart. He was standing
in the same place when he fired the pistol, only he
turned around | said, Oh. Mrs. Atwood is faint
inq-said it two or three times, and she said O. |
Mrs Marsh, pistol. said guess there is no pistol
here. He made no reply | passed by her and
went up to Mr.. Lawrence and said, 50. John, |
john / saw that he had pistol in his hand !
When got there he turned around and fired two
shots at her. | saw him point the pistol. He did |
not advance toward her when he fired. When he
fired Mrs A. said, 'Oh, my hand. oh, my arm."
left the house to call help-could not1say how
long was gone. When came back She was on
her knees in the kitchen by the bedroom The
prisoner had gone out just rs he left, Mr. Boyn
ton got down there.
Redirect Examination. Saturday night he said
to ,me that / did not know that | keeping a
who're there And She said, John Lawrence.
shall make you prove that 1t was Oh account of
this that told her to go into the bedroom Sunday
Dr. Henry II. Seavey called. was called upon
to see Mrs. Atwood Sunday night, Jan %. Found
Mrs Atwood sitting on side Of the bed, supported
bv a gentleman. | examined; found marks of
three bullets; one through arm, one through hand
and the other through between the sixth and
seventh ribs on the right side. She had lost good
deal of blood. l attended her As hours, till she
died. Witness here produced the bullet that was
taken from her body after her death. Her death
was caused by these wounds, suppose. know
of no other cause of her death. found no other
disease or trouble. Persons wounded m the abdo-
men do not usually die before some four or five
DAYS. 1t was from wound i'll the side. and the
loss of blood from the other wounds that caused her
death.
of her death. Was there about two hours before.
The wound in the arm and hand bled freely-not
much from wound in the sde-she bled about two
quarts. About one fifth Of a persons weight in
blood Do not think the loss of blood alone in this
case would have caused death. did not expect
| her to die so soon expected that she would die
from the internal wound made thorough post
mortem examination. and discovered no other
cause for her heath
Mai. Geo A. Bolton called. | am city Marshal
of Bangor. Was called on the night Mrs. Atwood
was shot. Capt. Archer came to the office and told
me the crime had been committed, and went in
search of this Mr.. Lawrence. | went to No. !
Main street,-saw light through the door,-burst |
door open, went in and found Lawrence lying on
he looked up and said. do you think am cut
enough to die%' He said. g. Is that id = dead,
if she is can die happy, ! took from his hand a
knife and revolver which found in his room
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and intended to finish myself with the remaining |
charges. but the caps got OFT and she would not
CO." He said he borrowed the pistol of John Nick
erson-wanted me to return it. l thought he was |
considerably intoxicated. was there perhaps an
hour. | sent Mr.. Baker after Doctor when got
there Soon after Mr.. Lakn and Mr. Rice, police
men, came. / saw him next morning about ten |
O'Clock, and took him to Jail. Did not have any
conversation with him next morning.
Few days after he carried to Jail, had some
conversation with him about some things that he
left in his room, wanted me to have them taken
down to the auction room and sold. Wanted some
phOtographs-one of his sister, and got them for
him. He talked about the matter, repeated the as
sertion that he meant to kill her, that she " went
back on him and he meant to kill her." He cX-
planned that Said she had promised to marry him
and had been going with other men.
| Cross Elk. have known the prisoner for 30
years. First knew him.in Brewer. Did not know
him in the army. Have seen him very often in the
city since | have been Marshal Did not know
| Mrs. Atwood. | saw her next day after she was
shot. l sent for Dr. Jones Sunday evening when
| went to prisoners room. Was present when Dr.
Jones was attending to his wounds. | should
| Judge there was between one and two quarts of
| blood on the prisoners floor when found him.
The blood had nearly stopped flowing. His feet
was lying nearest to the door and about eight feet
from the door. He had old yalise or carpet bag
under his head. There was a bed in the room
Think there was no blood upon the bed He did
not move till l went round in front of him. He
was lying on his side and he partly turned over.
He spoke to me first He never expressed any
compunction or sorrow at what he had done. He