The Republican journal., 1873-11-20

with one exception (the letter on which Cor
don had made memorandum of the name of
Charles W. Greene.) Every persons writing
has an individuality which can never be dis
guiscd. The testimony of this witness was
substantially like that of Mr.. Holt.
ltue Smith. sworn. Have been accustomed
to examine and compare handwriting-havc
testified rs IN eXpert-have examined the pa-
perS in this ''lse-thcy are all written by the
same hand. Witness pointed out the rescn-
blauces.
John H. Quimby, sworn, Am Treasurer of
the Belfast Savings Bank-have made hand
writing study for many years--have seen these
letters and papers betore--those marked A, L,
c, ID, i and IL were all written by the same
person in my opinion The witness pointed out
some very striking resemblanccs.
Hiram Chase, sworn. Live in Belilst-am
jewecr and engraver. and an expert in hand
writing-mv opinion is that they were all writ
ten by the same hand.
Cross examined. The IS said do not connect
at the bottom ioop--1 now see several in this
letter that do i'll fact Il great many. Mcclellan
subjected this witness to a long and rigid cross
examination regarding the similarity Of The
words and letter.
Philo Ilersey. sworn. Am surveyor--made
measurements about Gordon house-trom porch
door around the house to top of the knoll The
distance Is % rodS--tC iiarmOn'S from Gordon'S
is 1872 rodS-to railroad track is l40 rods.
John n. Harmon, recalled. | identity the
| letter handed me rs one received by mail--it is
| in reply to one to John y. Gordon by mail
| have not seen much Of his writing.
! Cross En- amined. Have known him from Il
boy-ncvcr knew him to be vi"ent-his rcpu-
| tation is not ,uch-his nose has hltd TO my
know ledge, OCCASIONALLY.
| The County Attorney then offered the Green
| letter. to which The experts had testified, and
| il was read 10 the ilny rs follows:
!
Yarmouth june "
Mr John I. Gordon, see by the papers that ypu are
arrested and lodged in the leltas1 Jail for the
| der oi the Gordon family. now you remember when
| we came down the boat from Bangor to Belfast
on thc "a day Of June last, asked YOU something
about your Farther's turning you OF, and taking
your brother to carry the farm after he had been
| away 10 work, and you had done the most Of the
work pittcd YOU, for thought you mol used
we'll, ana had q interest for myself in my mind !
thought perhaps il you got possession OF the prop
| erty that | mintt get present out OF YOU, 50 /
made up my mind to poison the whole family II ever
| 1 went TO Ihorndike, and that would throw the
| property into your hands. Well after going the
island and loang round until the p day Of June
| got back to Thorndke and lay ed in your Elrther's
! barn sunday, and the dog barked at me. gave him
some meat with poison on 1t and he did not trouble
me again. your brother and the hired man
q supposc) to three times through the day " ell
| made up my mind to get into the house that night,
rob your brother then put poison in the tea kettle
| and leave. in the night took aN, found the
door not fastened, lit candcl, and found something
| TO eat, then put frock j found there, went To
| your brothers room, and while getting his uonty
he woke up. struck him with the aN. WHEN his
wife woke and shared the same late oil MN Hai
| to stop the noise OF the cld4en. 52t : gel! ring
| and Sl9.2J in money. set the bed atre, went into
another room and while in there heard some body
tne @ ~" wi d undo tn shnd J. ~ IN M nint hrr
| rould get away. ther. so many holoring fire in
cry direction John all can do for you is 10 con
| iess the truth for did the murder and you did not
| know anything about it nor hayr any hand in II !
| done II myself hah drank. ! an sorry ior ~
& you "a1 ~ ;i i, an ANA i'l. o tb ano
ihn nurdcr @ and send if TO tou by y friend Of mine
th,t Il going hrouph there in two or three month,
and Win take care of myself where the officer, will
| NOT find me. don't how they came to take
you for the murder when you did not kno" anything
ABOUT IL. Soou Dy ',ohli, Siio" M ~ o''' i'"f''
S"o' y 'oi''' 'o''' N0t 'iy i ~ I,.,,,.xr
|
| wy sup VI l''Pr' "i'' '''' '77 '''' ''
written the following
| Mr., Gordon. Charly Greene gave me th'- letter
to mail to YOU As told was gong through brIIA't
ana Would either maLl !! or cafly ~ 10 , FPu r IN o
"'ou' vi "' 'Ne">' % i' io t,i s,'' 'u - ~ "
|
| Gordon Mere also pnt into the case. The vest,
| candc-Stick and two kerosene bottles Wrrr pat
| i'll. A copy Of the Maine Farmers -\lmanao
! was also put into The ease, 10 show The hours
| OF the suns and moons rising.
| MIR. Sheriff Norton, recalled was at Cor
| don place during the l6th-lctt al >un~rt-
! search WAS made under the shed by myself and
others-l found no person thcrc--t,UrGo never
| read the Yarmouth letter, nor inquired lor il
| when relatives called on Gordon in jail did
| not at first remain close by them. afterwards
! ,iid-changc took place in two weeks
! CrosS-ENamincd TWO brothers of hi have
| called Joseph amt Alhcrt-Alhelt had brell
there three or four lines he mas perhaps talked
! with John alone-Whch 'l9hh was hfou9nl 10
Iall he had on Il thick coat amt Wo"llen shirt
| took the shirt on Thursday after he came, and
| leii II 1T FoScr~ office, Win paniN-he dd hot
! wear the vest That has been NhoWh->earchtd
| under the shed To fnd weapons. clothes. or
| amy thing hearing on the case-hcNt saturday
| was at Gordon AZ inquest ana poktd a%;uh
| under the shcd-aitcrWard, looked for t shirt
| went on Tuesday to look lor Wooilen shirt u4l
not then find it-altcrWard> went to see Where
| they said It was tound-h;td searched II before.
| and shirt could moi have been there-t'ordon
| did not ask me what was III letter. that IT.
memberships is The shirt John had on June
! lt-the other one never >'" pttoft--ca'l |
! tell them apart this par Ui pants John Not-'
| took them off Thursday ia>t-t looked on
| shirt he took OF and found hlood--l see the
| stain on it now-l lind blood on inside OF wrist
| bands, and remember OF none-l thought dis
| covered blood on front OF the pants noW show IA
| Emery Boar,hnan, sworn. Was Mt Gorion's
', ,,itai tt,. ,i,' ti " f,ioi, ta,,tr ,Inl
| En na, tnld l, ,l,n 'oumty Attornoy 1hat his
| +n.1;mnn,r ,,,;ht No nsnI :,roin.t hin, NH ha
nnnd M ,.rinIinnt, bimsnlfEI rr,lurrI Ill tn.tj
| n,nn,- to ,.rit;nn md read II ia him ami he
lipnoa ;t-aS.cd if !, was vrittcn ,.orrnr,lv.