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The Mank Trial,
Testimony of the Prisoner.

threatening to shoot him, was asked and ex-
cluded. Prisoner testified to Roscoe and
staying at the house Sunday night and also
Sunday night. She detailed where she was
and how engaged up to the time of the muir
der. Saw DR.. Baker pass Friday afternoon,
as she was in the pantry washing dishes She
was afterwards out in the pasture an hour or
more to get boughs to use in making beer.
The little boys were near the house when she
returned. She had fastened the doors on
going away. When she returned the porch
door was open. No one was there to her
knowledge but herself and her little ncphcws,
till she went to bed. She then testified as
follows:
Fastened the doors before | went to bed.
Sat up while after going to my room. Not
an hour l think. Saw no one. Heard a
noise. Sat by the window nearest the closet
door, Don't know what the noise was. 1t
sounded to be behind the bed, down that way.
Seemed to be on the outside Of the plastering
and sounded like something hit against the
plasterng. Heard it only once. Room was
plastered on the outside and inside. Went
to bed in a few minutes. Was asleep when
the doctor came. Was awakened by some
thing thrown against the window. Heard the
clock strike for the last time. Got up, went
o the window and showed it up. Said "Doc-
tor, is that you?" He said "Yes." Asked
me if Roscoe was there. Said s'No." He
said ''Come down and open the door and |
will come in He said II will 60 and put
my horse round" and went down and IN
locked the door. Stood there 3 minute or
two. In a minute or two he came to the
door. Wewent right up stairs to my room.
Don't know what the clock was I sat down
on the side of the bed. He undressed and
we went to bed. 1 got in first. Lay on the
back side She then told what passed be-
tween them, and stated that only pleasant
and friendly conversation passed between
them. She then continued: | went to
sleep. Did not know whether the doctor was
asleep or not. he next knew, heard the
report Of a gun. When l heard the report |
left the room. don't know how got out of
bed. Heard nothing said. l screamed. Do
not remember what part of room l crossed.
went as quick as l could. Went down stairs
and out of the front door. Don't remember
of opening it. The door of my room was
open when l went to led. Went down to
Mr. Spears. Had on my night clothes. /
screamed as l went. Don't remember much
about what said or who saw there.
She then detailed the circumstances which
happened the next day and accounted for the
night dress being wet in the way before
stated. Also accounted for the blood spots
on the sheet on her bed. She testified that
she never had pistol at any time and had
never discharged or handled pistol or gun
in her life.
The cross-examination of the prisoner was
begun by Attorney General Plasted, at quar-
ter past eleven. A letter was handed the
prisoner and she was asked whether she
wrote it, She said, Il can't say" On being
asked to examine it and answer, she spent
several minutes in examining it and said she
would not say whether she did or not write it
and though pressed for definite answer or
opinion she would only give substantially the
same answer. She was sharply crossexam-
ned about the birth and death of the babe
three years ago. She said she did not know
how long it lived, and on being pressed as to
the time thought ii might have been an hour.
Did not know the cause OF its death. Pre-
sumed it was in her bed when it died.
Question Did you have your fingers round
the throat of the child when it died?
Que stion-IIow long did the child live after
you took your fingers from its throat?
Answer-Don't know when it died. Did
not know whether it died in her hands. Said
DR.. Baker was its father. Never charged its
paternity on any other person. Never knew
whether she ever said so in writing. Being
closely questioned by the Attorney General
as to whether she wrote certain passengers
in letter which he read. She persisted in
saying that she would not say that she did
and would not say that she didn't. Another
letter was handed her which she said was
written to her by gentleman, but something
had been added to it since it went from her
possession. She declined to say who was the
writer.
AFTERNOON.
The cross examination of the prisoner was
continued this afternoon. occupying two
hours. She was CLOSELY questioned as to the
interview in October Of last year, when the
prisoner says that promise of marrige was
renewed, and the visit to Boston in Novcm-
Der where she was sent by Baker. She tes-
tilted that she did no. apply to Miss Burnell
for work and did not return because she
could not get work. Came back by the way
of Bath. Wrote from there to young lady.
letter was shown witness, which she adj
mitted to have been written by her. She was
closely questioned as to the succeeding inter-
view with DIR. Baker up to the time of the
murder but did not remember with reference
to many enquiries as to the particulars OF
the interviews. She gave the incidents OF
his visits on the night Of the murder substan-
TALLY as in her direct testimony. Did moi
feel for the DR.. when she heard the report o