The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-06-16

MS testiuiohy eo'uas ny accounting Tor himself
while in Boston before his arrest He showed
that his associates who have been called by the
government are bad characters. His account
of his wanderings in Boston are of no interest
until the time of his arrest which took piacea'
the door of the Browns House. He says
A policeman stepped to the door ana GRABBED
me by the arms asked him what ne want
ed: he answered. be wanted me; asked MN
what for.I asked him to let me 20 up SUITS
and put my boots on; he ans"eIeu . he 'I d lne
sIppe1rn o, Me- tbe street and asked how long had
hon in Boston; was so scared; l
t 9eem tn he asked how long l had
h tnon there altogether, and 1 answered five
days: intended to say i've years. Then he
asied me if could read English newspapers; I
told him no; he said if you could you would
have seen what was in it; you would have been
in New York by that time if you knew; / asked
what was in the newspapers; he asked ne if 1
was not on the Isles of Shoals last night and
killed two women; l answered him that did
not do such thing. and he brought me into sta =
ton house No. 1.
found City Marshal johnson and Benson
there from Portsmouth; before that policeman
asked me if had been in Portsmouth that
morning, told him yes, and that 1 left there
after 9 clok; that came to Boston before din
ner, and he asked me if l did not buy new
suit of clothes: told him yes; he asked me if
did not shave my whiskers off; I told him
yes; that was all conversation on the street.
When l came to Boston my beard had grown
three weeks; / thought it would look a little
neater; told policeman that when he took me
did not know what was saying when L told
him l had been there five days. After 1 got to
the station Mr. johnson said that is the man
we want; answered him, THAT'S the man, but
perhaps the wrong one;' he says where is that
tall hat you wore last night on Isles of Shoals;
l told him had not been on the Isles of Shoals,
and had not wore tall hat in my life; he said
woman on the Isles of Shoals has seen you
with a tall hat that night; l asked him what
woman; he said Mrs. Hontret; he said he had
my whiskers in his pocket that were shaved by
barber in Portsmouth; told him to show me
those whiskers; he did not do it; he then told
me he had found the baker where L bought
bread, and that had told baker that l was
down to Isles of Shoals that night; l asked him
to put the baker before me that said so; he an
swered that soon would d see him; dn was f taken
Stripped me naked; asked me when changed
nv uuderclothes; told him had those under
clothes on me nearly eight days; he says, you
changed that in the morn ng when you went to
Boston; he said there. was no gentleman in
Boston could wear under-clothes eight days so
clean as those were; told him was poor, but
still was gentleman and could wear under
clothes as clean as any gentleman in the city OF
Boston; after my underclothes were overhauled
| was put into cell; staid in cell till next
morning; was then taken out again by two po-
licemen and dragged along the street by my
hands; took me into some kind OF buildIng-do
not know what it was; sput ON seat; was
kept there about ten minutes. all the people
looking at me; was taken from that building
into another one where they took my picture;
then taken out and brought to the depot
was brought to Portsmouth. When came
to Portsmouth the streets were crowded haloO-
ing, ''kill him, kill him. thought they, would
knock me down; Hontvet came to side door
of the station house and halooed, 'sdown you
murderer; I said. Johnny, you are mis-
TAKEN; he says damn you, you kill my
wife's sister and her brothers wife,; 1 said,
"John. hope you will find the right man who
did it /" He says, II have got him; he says
hanging is too good for you, and hell is too
good for you; you ought to be cut to pieces and
hung on fish hooks L told him that the net he
had spread out for me to drop in he might drop
in himself He says where is that tall hat you
had on that night when you was at the Shoals?
/ told him had no tall hat; he says, what
to buy from the schooner last nightI told him !
did not buy any fish, that l was not out of
Portsmouth that night. He told me that dory
was seen that night between twelve and two
o'clock going on board a vessel lying at anchor
on Smutty Nose Island. He said that then the
dory was seen crossing over to the east part of
the island and had hailed another vessel there.
told him he better look after that man that
pulled to the island in the dory. Then he and
his brother-in-law answered that was the
man. His brother-in-law, Evan Chrensen,
told Hontvet to ask me if l could not get the
money without killing the women. told him
l never stole the money, and if 1 was thief 1
could get money without killing people. He
says you stole fifteen dollars; you took ten
dollar bill out of that pocket-book, showing it
me another pocket-book aud said stole FIVE
dollars out of that. told him that he was
mistaken. They then left me and some more
people come to see me; one was Randall living
on the Isles of Shoals. was crying W en- he
spoke TO me: he says, ''Louis, how do you
thought was the murderer. Que man was
brought to my cell and was asked if was the
same man be saw; that little policeman then
told me to put my hat on, and did so; then he
asked the man if he knew me- He answered
that he thought was the same.man he met at
Newcastle Bridge; the policeman said all right
and then the man went away. Two hours af-
ter that another man was brought there:the p0-
liceman told me to put my hat on again, did
so. The man told me to turn around, and
did SO; he looked at me from front, behind and
both sides, and said that is not the same man
spoke to this morning; he said he spoke to a
man that morning and asked him how he got
across the bridge, and he answered he put a
pole across, and that was not the same man
because he had big whiskers; the policeman
man answered him, ''no matter, that is not
the same man..
When was examined at South Berwick I
so testified and no officer Was then called to
say anything about that. In the evening John
son and the little man took me into the office.
Then the little man said: "We are taking you
here to help you, land City Marshal johnson and
l will do all we can to help you,' if would say
had done it; that should say l had been
drunk and did not know what was doing. I
fl.n.SN AtxafI H. Aol-
my liberty again as murderer. Then he said:
Louis, there is too sure proof against you ;
they will hang you; but if you say you did it
in drunkenness they might give you six or
eight years. TOLD him was willing to suffer-
for that One who had saved me twice out of
great trouble would save me again; 1 meant
God. i have been once overheard and have
been saved again, there Wagner weeps Violent
ly.) Once | dropped in a vessels hold and was
crippled up all over. 1 told him that God saved
me that time and he would save me this time
again. Then he put me back again in
the cell. Next day I was placed before Mrs.
Hontvet at the station house, and she said,
"would you not like to kill me?" 1 was not
not allowed to answer her. She then told her
story which was put on paper by man who
has been here. When she had told her story
she said: "Your feet are big put the tracks you
made that night are small; you walked on your
toes that night" She asked me whose beaver
hat that was had on While she said that her
HuSDduu WulSptIeu III ucI ctl, noo ~ ooli h"o,
but say felt hat" / told her l had not a tall
hat, and she could not tell for true that i had
done the murder Later in the evening was
taken out of the cell into the Office and put into
irons. and was told was going to be brought
to Portland. When was brought out the
street was crowded with people. Rocks and
bricks were flying about my ears, l then turn
ed around and looked and saw Mr.. Hontvet
nearest to me, throwing brick or rock at me,
but it struck the little policeman.
When we were on the way to the depot q
rock struck me in the head; put hole through
my hat and cut my head; blood ran down my
neck; the crowd was thick we could hardly
move III saw fishermen with Hontvtt trying to
get to me, but policemen kept them back or
1hey would have killed me. I was brought to
Saco that night. The County ATTORNEY came
to me and asked me if had a counsel. T told
him no; be asked me if wanted one: I said I
did; went into the courtroom but there was
no counsel for me.
was not on Smutty Nose Island on the l5tb
of March; was there last, three weeks before
last Christmas and took ballast never had anv
trouble or ill-will with Karen or Anetoe. no
difficulty with any of Hontvets. They were
the only friends had
never had anything against the murdered
women; was there sick; the women were al
ways kind to me; most of the time there was
only one woman there Mrs Hontvet; never
SAID to any one that 1 should have to commit
murder for money. One time and Cbas e
JOhnsOn came into a bar-room and he said he
Knocked man down and took thirteen dollars