The Portland daily press., 1873-06-17
THE WAC YER TRIAL.
TESTIMONY OF THE PRISONER CONTINUED.

MONDAY, June 10th, A. NJ. session -Louis
H. f. Wagner took the stand and resumed his
testimony. When / was searched in Boston
about four dollars in paper money and % or 30
coppers were taken from me, and a half dollar
in silver money and five cent piece and gold
ring from my finger; had had the half dollar
silver piece four years, and SO told the officer;
the copper cents, l got one in a Portsmouth
baker shop that morning and some when got
change from the ticket-master at Portsmouth,
and two l got from the barber; saw no buttons
at the time the money was taken from me; a
Boston policeman took the money from me;
had money in both pockets, there was nothing
in nv overall pockets except piece of tobacco.
In Portsmouth thesaloon I went into coming
from batting travis, was about 200 yards from
the post office; begged policem an to take
me there and | would show him where l was
that night; did not know the name of the sa-
loon keel er; did not know the name of the
schooner l baited the travis on that night or
the name of her master; the schooner was lay
ing between Pier wharf and another wharf
which / do not know thename of, down rver;I
came off the vessel; do not know the time;
went on board her little after eight o'clock;
baited two tubs of travis; do not know how
long it took; it usually takes half an hour to
bait tub; when came on to the street most
of the stores were closed except the saloons and
apothecary shops.
Cross Erdnained.-I purchased my rubber
| boots in Newmarket street, Portsmouth. The
| man paid me for batting travis before baited;
| did not think / had seen him before; have not
| seen him since l saw only one man on board
while baited those travis. The shirts left at
| Mrs Johnson's are not all the same size;
| bought them in a store; had four shirts there;
| bought them all over the United States, and
| two of them ] bought three years ago in Prus-
| sia; bought one shirt in Portsmouth and one IN
| Boston; those four shirts, bought two of them
in Boston about four years ago. and two in
Prussia; out of four shirts no two were alike in
size of wristband; ; / bought here in Portsmouth
on Danforth street, do not know how old the
man was bought of; he could be my father
twice. ] had pocket-book but 1t went down
with the vessel on tine 9Th of January last; it
ives rather old and torn; [ carried money in my
vest pocket and pants pocket; never had an
other pocket-book since that; lost pocket-book
in Boston two years ago, made of leather with
a strap around the outside; had not carried that
long; cannot remember whether carried that
one week or five years; it was gwen me by a
sailor; | had nearly twenty-five dollars in paper
money in it and some silver money and key,
and a steel chain; it contained all the money
had excepting this silver half dollar; had silver
piece about me for the last four years before
my arrest: never complained of being short of
money; had money enough to pay board; but
did not pay board; when went to Boston 1
was in debt for board ten or twelve dollars;
did not tell Mrs. johnson was going to be
out that night; guess it must have been be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock that vomited
that night; had rheumatism pretty bad but
could get no farther; in JOhnson's house stairs
go up to tine kitchen and one up to my room;
| usually go up stars from the kitchen; did not
| feel like going to bed that night; slept on the
| sofa about two hours, that room was warm and
nv room was cold.
AT Mrs Browns girl opened the door and
| showed me upstairs; Miller girl wanted me to
| treat, and told her my money was coming by
the next train; it was not true; did not want
to stand treat in bad house. The next morn
| ing after, L tried to go home; saw three men
| coming from New Castle; the man knew was
| Cooper. paid $1.74 think for my ticket to
Boston; lost Henry Ludwick overheard four or
| five years ago; bought some dinner in Boston
| in the forenoon between 10 and IL o'clock. At
Portsmouth the policemen did the best they
| could to save my life; since l have been
brought into the State of Maine one has
| struck or h t me; some spit at me in Ports
mouth. When laid down in Portsmouth do
| not know whether there are any houses; lhuK
| there is but one light in the whole lenght OF the
| street, was in saloon where l drank good
| many times; was there last winter between
| the 10th and oath of November; drank glass of
| ale; that did not make me sick; sometimes ale
| makes me sick. .f s-e
| HENRY HUNNEFELDT
Live at No. 2 Patrick street, Portsmouth;
know Louis Wagner; heard of murder; about
three weeks before that he hauled the fishing
| gear in another mans place and hlstered his
| hands; remember he borrowed needle of Ed
Burke in the foreeastle of the "Iris" could not
| tell what for; did not see him prick the blis-
| tiers; the ''Iris'' was then out to sea.
| Cross Examined. He blistered his hands and
borrowed the needle three week before the
| murder; David Burke Was master of the Iris"
AMOS L. ALLEN
| Exhibits returns of Kittery in 1870, taken by
| Alexander Bennett, Assistant Marshall for
same district Stafford took ten years before,
which defendants counsel put into the case.
ASA l.. KICKER.
Register of Deeds for York county, exhibits
| Vol g. of records and reads deed dated 1857
| from Usher to Massachusetts Colony, convey
| ing north half of Isles of Shoals.
Tapley for prisoner refers to Williamson's
history as bearing upon the question of juris-
| dction, and makes numerous citations Ad-
journed