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THE LOWELL TRIAL.
SECOND DAY.


ANIMATION of Mrs. Loweil's lsndlady.
Mrs. Blood testified as to the circumstances
OF the disappearance; expressed belief tina
the gold chain found upon the skeleton ano
that the silk dress produced in Court were the
ones Mrs. Lowell had on when she went tC
ride. She also told how she saw MIR. Lowell
the next morning, and was told by him tina
he brought Lizzie home at ten O'Clock the
night before; sae told him she knew better
and he answered that she must have gone of
with a circus fellow awhile after he said he
had hunted for her, but had not found her
Sometime later she saw him again and he
said that his wife was in Lawrence. Mrs
Blood showed much emotion while examining
the chain and dress and almost tainted.
sharp cross-examination, conducted by
Mr.. Ludden, tailed to alter the evidence ma
terially.
The next witness examined, was Francis
Of June 18th, 1870, she was going out to til t
cemetery i'll company with her mother they
went up Main street, and about half way be-
tween Central block and Lowells corner,
near the town pump, saw Lowell and his
wife; they were riding, and both bowed she
said good evening; heard of Mrs Lowell $
disappearance the next morning; saw Low ell
that same day; asked him if they had found
Lizzie; he sand she had gone away with a cir
Gus; saw him again the same week and he
said he had been to Portland after Lizzie, but
that the circus had gone farther; he said he
had a policeman with him at the time: saw
him last summer in Lewiston and he said he
was married again and living in Massachu-
sets; it was about halt past six o'clock
when they passed her on Main street on the
night OF the disappearance.
Cross examined-It was Oh Lisbon street
that | saw Lowell the next morning; had
known him for two years had worked in the
the mill with Mrs. Lowell and boarded with
her; Lowell used to come aud visit his wife,
seeing her in company with the family.
Mrs. Pray, the mother OF Miss Japson, the
last witness, and who was III company with
her when they met Lowell and his wife riding
out Sunday evening, testified 10 confederation
of her daughters evidence; she was net ac-
quainted with either Mr.. or Mrs. Lowell, but
saw them bow to her daughter,
Amaziah NJ. Stewart, teamster, also saw
the couple driving out Main street toward the
Switzerland road, on the occasion narrated
by the proceeding witness.
John NJ. Small, the farmer who found the
skeleton in the GODS on the 18th of October
last, told the we'll known story of his start
ling discovery.
A map OF the locality was here introduced
and d. c. kenney, the Civil Engineer, who
constructed it, described and explained his
plan.
Nam Brooks, the Coroner, who WAS noti-
fed OF the discovery of the remains Identified
the dress and other articles produced in Court
a. the ones he brought to Lewiston from the
scene of the tragedy.
City Marshal Richardson also identified
these articles, and gave an account of the
bringing Of the prisoner from Lawrence to
Lewiston.
On cross-examination, he said that he re-
membered part of his conversation with Low
ell on the cars; asked him no questions what
ever. Lowell volunteered the information
that he rode with his wife on that Sunday
night and that he had not seen her since.
Recalled-He said that there were two neck
bones picked up some time after the discovery
I l.
Jepson. They were found near the other re-
mains.
Mrs. +. A. Clark, with whom Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowell boarded from May, 1869, to May,
1870, testified that she assisted Mrs. Lowell
in making silk dress few days before they
left her house; it was plain black silk dress
she did the machine stitching; lined the skirt
and sewed the waist and skirt together; Mrs.
Lowell did the rest of the work and made the
button holes; witness illustrated how the I'm,
ing was put on 10 tile dress; never saw but
one dress made in that way before, ana never
have since used COTTON thread partly, and
partly silk thread; the n,achine was two
threaded machine, aud part Of the lIme one
thread was silk and the ulhcr cotton; was
positive that ali the stitching IL the skirt was
done with cotton the dress traied three or
four inches on the ground; had examined the
dress produced in Court aud could not see
that 1t was different from the one whlch SHE
helped to make; this skirt is sewed entirely
with cotton; the checker is sewed with one
thread cotton and one silk; il Is machine; all
the breadths OF the skirt are sew,d with cot
ton; the seams of the waist are sewed with
silk it is plated in front and gathered be-
hind, Just as Mrs. Lowells dress WAS
the button holes are not well made; Mrs,
Lowell was not skilful except as pain seam
stress; the trimming on the waist Is not wit
nesses work; the gathering and plating of
the dress is done as witness did it then; sine
plated and gathered Mrs. Low ellis dress.
Mrs. Clark proceeded to say that tine dress
before her was a trail dress trimmed down
about a quarter of yard in front, and not
more than an inch or two behind; this dress
did not appear to have been worn great
deal; the breadths were put together precise
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