The Portland daily press., 1874-02-16
MATTERS IN MAINE
The Lowell Murder Trial
FIFTH DAY.

| LEWISTON, Feb. 14.-There is no falling OIL
in the interest of the spectators. The govern
ment continued to present its case.
Court called Saturday at nine o'clock.
Mary E. Smith testifed-Reside in Greene
have known James Lowell for seven or eight
| years; saw him at Jonathan LowelPs in Greene
| near our house; came to see Cyrus Lowell, my
brOther-n-law; remember Mrs. Lowell diSap.
pearance; saw him about the 9th of July, aftel
her disappearance; my sister had child born on
the 7th; 1 was there the day before; heard him
trying to trade some clothes with rus;wanted
to sell some dresses; three calico dresses, one
alpaca, yellow stripe and some undergarments;
Cyrus said he would trade; brought the dress
the next Sunday; saw him after his return to
Cyrus's; he sold five dresses, chemise, and
drawers, white SKIRT cloud and a hood, two
Lizzie's; knew Mrs. Lowell; Lowell spoke to
me and told the he had something pretty for
me, and put gold Iocket and chain on my
neck and said, ''Ain't we going to get mar
red?' after he put the chain on my neck he
wanted to kiss me; he said the chain belonged
it was like that; saw it once on her neck; l
went to Portland the 9th of July, 1870; re-
member of Cyrus bringing pair of pants
home; three weeks after came from home ;he
said he bought them from Jim SWEET; they
looked new and were checked pants; there were
spots on them; one large one on the hip; these
spots were plain; some pants are shown the
witness; she says they are the same pants; l
asked him where his wife was after he put the
chain on my neck, he said, eshe's gone off with
the circus; he also showed me a ring with a
stone in it, and said it belonged to his wife; he
wanted to put the ring on nay finger; he said he
would give it to me if | would him kiss me-
Cyrus Iowell-Reside in Lewiston; lived in
knew his wife; bought pair of pants from
James Lowell in the fall of 1870; is shown a
pair of pants; says they are the ones he bought;
Lowell describes the spots ON the pants the
same as former witness; we swapped boots, and
! got the pants to boot, they were both calf
boots; remember his wife's disappearance; 1
bought of him fivo dresses, a chemise, under
waist, one pair of drawers, hood, cloud and
null; gave him watch for them; it was an
open faced silver watch; havn't done business
with him since his first marriage; Lizzie Low
ell was his second wife; do no. know how long
he was married first; do not know where his
other wife is; have seen him near the house a
number of times befoae 1 bought them; the
pants were good deal worn when bought
them, one knee was almost through; used them
in the spring to put on over pants and paint in ;
the pants didn't look as though they had been
washed.
MIR. John P. Santon called-Reside in Lewis
ton; am clothing dealer; remember when Cen
| tral Hall was burned; know Lowell; sold him a
| pair of checked pants in 1870; couldn't swear
those were the ones, but they were snuff color
| ed pants like those sold the pants to him the
first of April, 1870; think after his wife's dis
appearance Lowell came in and wanted anoth-
| er pair like them; asked him if he had worn
| those out; he said "no; 1 sold the pants and
vest and made ST. think 1 didn't have any
more like them.
Francisco Smith-Live in Greene and sister
of Mary Smith: am Cyrus LowelPs wife's sis
ter; have known James Lowell eight or nine
years; saw the honse several times; Lowell ask
ed me if 1 would have him; asked him where
his wife was; he said there was no danger of
her coming back to trouble him; [ said if /
couldn't have single man wouldn't have any
man at all; this conversation was in the Wood
shed; am nineteen years old; have a child fif-
teen months old; have no husband; was never
married.
Edw. A. Wood, M. D.-Resde in Cambridge;
am professor Of chemistry in Harvard College;
am an expert teacher of general chemistry; am
| chemist of Massachusetts General Hospital
| have examined blood stains on the pants; the
| positive presence of blood on the pants; ex-
plains to the jury the process by which he as
| certained these results could not tell the diff
| ference between animal and human blood, af-
| ter it has been dried.
Selden E. Rchardson-Resde in Greene; am
10 years of age; know Lowell; remember when
| Lowell leased Mr.. McDonald's farm in Greene;
heard conversation between him and my father
| about his wife; it was near my house; father
asked him where his wife was;he said ''in New
had letter; Mr.. Lowell said his wife was jeal-
GUS of him !; he said there was pair Of twins
| from Lewiston at his house, and he got one of
| them out and had connection with her; said it
| made his wife mad; he referred to Lizzie Low
| ell, his second wife; think the conversation was
two years next spring; he rode with us down to
| his fathers at Barker's mills; he was on foot
| and we took him in.
| j. M. R.chardson-Reside in Greene; am the
| father of last witness, Mr., Richardson cor
| oh<rof I, cop,c fncfi
wife; 1 n cant his wife, Lizzie Lowell, and
| supposed he meant the same one as she was the
one we were talking about.
E. E. Wiggin called-Resde in Lewiston; am
detective and police officer in Lewiston; ar
rested Lowell in Lewiston on the 7th of Octo-
| Der, about ten o'clock in the forenoon; be was
| on a team; went up close to the team and
said-'Good morning. JIM" he said-"Good
morning. and turned back to me and COM
menced to work; said-'I want to see you
JIM handed him piee of paper cut from
the Boston Journal, descl ibing the finding of
| the skeleton; he apparently read it twice, and
handed 1t back; said-"What do you know
about it?" he d-'Nothing;'' 1 asked him
said-"Your first wlfe?' he said, "Tbe last ]
saw of her was the Sunday after the hall burn
| ed" and he thought she went off with the
circus fellow: asked him what kind of dress
she had on; he said "a light one with spots on
it," asked him where the head was; he said
murder of your wife," he said Fan right;
Lowell told me his wife had silk dress which
be bought for her; said he watched her the
night after the circus, to see if she didn't go
brothers lady went to ride Sunday night, and
after they had ridden awhile he 4
Lowell told me his wife
hadn't any jewelry; also said there was nc
blood stains on the pants he sold his brother
he said, II didn't get any of her clothes from
Mrs. Blood's, and didn't sell any of her
clothes;'' got that chain from Mr.. D. Sullivan
from Lawrence, whel was in Lawrence; he
went into the mill and told the man he worked
for and said he would have to leave and didn't
know when he would be back; on the way from
the mill to his room he asked me for that piece
| of paper; he wanted to show it to his wife; thai
| is the last have seen of it; waited for hin
| to go into the house and change his clothes.
Abial M. Jones called-Reside in Lewiston
live on College street; Lowell and wife once
lived next house to me; remember of her going
East once without him; at that time l was en-
gagged on the Piscataquis and Bangor Railroad
she was at home on visit; Mrs. Lowell came
to our house in the forenoon; she said she
money from me to pay her fare; lent it to he
and she went to Bangor alone; 1 had been al
home two or three days; had no conversation
| with him about her leaving
| John Jones called-Reside in College street
Lewiston; am son Of AbiaI JONES' know Low
ell and wife; saw Lowell the night after hi
wife left; it was in the evening, 1 was in th
house. he was outside; saw him several time
round our house after dark: saw tim once look
| ing in at our window: should think fou
| times: he came to our house in the forenoon
he demanded me to give up some of her things
| said they were left in my house and woul,
not give them to him; he then swore at me
| and told me if he ever caught me alone h,
would fix me; he didn't know whereSshe go
the means to return to my knowledge
Mrs. Lizzie H. Jones called-Am daughter O
Mr.. Abial Jones; know the prisoner and wife
| she was at our house frequently; she brough
mart of ter things % our house, and my littl
brother and sister helped her TO bring them; b
wasn't there about two hours after she went
Lowell asked where his wife was; said, 6.
don't know" he said. "are her things here?'
I said they were; 1 saw him that evening look
ing into the window two or three times; say
him again the next evening; he came to tn
door nearly every day for week; he told M
once he knew his wife was in the house for h
saw her there; said, ''she isn't; she went ava
to Bangor yesterday" the next morning W
saw foot tracks in the snow around our bacl
window.
Mr.. Charles H. Smith called-Reside in Au
burn am shoemaker; have worked at it L
years; Mr.. Smith is an expert on shoes an
shoe leather; testifies that the shoe found wa
No. 81 size boot.
Mr. Frank L. Dingley Reside in Auburn
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