Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-05
}. ANY trouble with her there? A. No,

| ~. W mere were you sltUuIlS "Hth .o'
struck the knife into Mr.. Laflins neckS A
| We had the clinch right in front of the bed
| @. Where were you standing when you
struck the knife into MIR. LafH's neck. A
! We were standing there in front Of the bed
| That is all l can tell you about it,
| @. Where were you when you struck tht
| blow in the breast? A. We were in tina
! room. | could not tell where.
Q. Where lid You 90 to when you lief
New York City? a. To iIermon, Maine.
Q. How long did you stay there? A.
| think about seven months.
Q. You had difficulty with her there, die
| you? A. Yes sir.
@. What difficulty did you have there
A. You mean what difficulty did we have
O. Yes. sir. A. We had this difficulty
about those shirts, as have stated
O. You were out and went home for box
A. She sent the little Getchell boy over tt
see if she could have the box.
@. And you came back into the house: A.
Yes, sir.
O. Now you say some words passed between
you; repeat them. A. Cannot tell exactly.
@ Can you tell the substance OF them
what they were about? A. About those shirts
G. You were reproaching her about them
A. Could not say whether | approached th'
subject first or she.
O. And You tore up her clothes? A. Yes
sir.
@. Did you scold herr? A. Cannot remem-
Der what was said at that time.
@. Any difficulty occur there the first time
YOU worked there? A. There never vas but
once: that was the only time.
Q. Do not know whether you scoided he1
or not? A. l know we had words about 1t.
@. One word led to another did it? a.
Yes, sir
@. And you had quarrel, did you: A. Yes
sir.
G. Did you smash in the trunk and throw
it out doors? A. Yes, sir.
O. She left you. When she came back did
you put her out doors? A. No, sir. When
She came back let her come in and get some
OF her clothes.
@. Where did she go? She went over to
Esq. Kimball's and made complaint of me.
Q. What did you do when she came back
A. When she came back told her | should
not let her in.
O. Did she come in: A. Yes, sir.
O. Did she carry out her bonnet: \. Yes,
Q. Bonnet all torn to pieces? Yes. sir.
O. Any of your clothes torn? A. None OF
them.
O. Do not remember of having torn up any
of your clothes. A. No, sir.
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farm? A. I paid two hundred dollars.
@. How much did she pay? A. She paid
three hundred dollars.
Q. Where did you go to when you went
from Hermon? A. To Lewiston.
@. What was your business in New York
A. Carriage painting-part of the time car
riage painting and part of the time car paint
ing.
@. Where did you board at Lewiston? A.
Boarded at No. 10 on the Bates Corporation.
Q. Have any difficulty with your wife there
A. Yes. sir.
Q. Quarrel with her? A. Yes, sir.
q. What occasioned it? A. Her being
locked up in another room with another man.
@. You tore up her clothes then? A.
Yes, sir.
@. Did you tear them all up! A. Yes, sir.
Q. Were they all bought with your money
A. Yes. sir.
Q. Was she at work? A. She was.
q. Didn't she pay over her earnings to you
A. No, sir.
@. Didn't she buy her clothes: a. No,
sir. she kept il herself.
Q. You went into your room and locked
the door and would not let her in. 4. Yes,
sir.
Q. Then you tore her clothes to pieces
4. Yes, sir.
Q. Where did you go next: A. Invent
Q. Where did you stop there: "A. Al
Mrs. Waits.
Q. State what quarrels you had Their
with your wife? A. No quarrel
q. Didn't you have any disputes with hel
there? A. Some disputes.
Q. Such as you usually had there? A
She said something about what had done OF
something of that kind and told her she hat
better keep still and behave herself; if SHE
could not she had better go back home.
Q. You said this before all the board
ers. did your A. Yes sir.
Q. How long was You in SacoF A
About six or seven mouths.
Q. Where did you go from Saco? A
To Amesbury, Mass.
Q. Was Charley Smith with you in Saco
A. No sir.
Q. Was he with you in Lewiston! A. NJ
SIR
Q. Was he with you in New York city
| A. No. sir; he was with me in Hudson City
/ Piedmont and HermOn.
| Q. Where has he been for the last TIVE
years? A. He has been down on this farm
with the man that hired it,
| @. Would you not have him at home
| A. | told my wife l could afford to pay hi
board if we boarded out and didn't keel
! house.
Q. Where did you go from Saco? A. II
Amsbury, Mass.
Q. How long did you stay there? a
( Two or three months.
Q. Have some difficulty with your wifi
there? A. No, sir.
Q. No spats? A. No, sir.
Q. Where did you 90 to from there? A
Came to Augusta.
@. How long did you stay here? A.
stayed here from November to the first o
/ May.
Q. Have any difficulty with her here? A
No, sir had a dispute about playing cards.
Q. Didn't you ever tell her to shut he
mouth, at the table, and call her d.
fool? A. think did say something abou
shutting up her mouth.
Q. Didn't you call her id fool at tn
same timer a. Don't remember that did
might have done So.
Q. How long did you stay in Augusta? A
From November until the first of May.
Q. Was it Jealousy that caused you to tel
her TO shut up her mouth and call her d.
fool? A. No, sir 1t was because l though
she was interfering with something that wa
not her bushes.
Q. Were you at Bangor at any time? A