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| eject upon his testimony.
| William Libby, Cashier of the Auburn
Bank, and E. T. Packard, President of the
First National Bank at Lewiston, were also
called as experts. and expressed opinions
similar to those held by Mr.. Holt.
| Mrs. Tilda c. Sawyer, sister of the Mrs
Clark whJ heped to make the black silk
dress for Mrs Lowell, testified that she hap
pened in while the dress was making. aud
noticed the button holes put in by Mrs. Low
ell; they were not properly made, being
sewed all round; witness examined the but
ton holes of the dress on the table and found
that they had the same pecularities should
| ton holes just like them.
Sias f. Harlow, VINO kept the shoe store
where Mrs. Burton encountered Low ell after
the disappearance of her daughter, testified
to the fact already ELECTED, and also to hav-
ing bought fur cape Of Lowell, exchang ing
a watch for it; also that Lowell had said that
his wife had gone away with circus.
Mrs. Blood recailed-She testified as to the
scrap of paper found in his back yard part
Of it had been torn off; that part read, Tell
Jenny to kiss Jimmy three times for me-
"Lizzie.' Jenny was Mrs. Blood daughter
and it was because of the nature of this mes
sage that it was torn off the scrap.
Michael Mcdonald, who rented farm in
Greene, some years ago, testified to the gem
uineness of a contract signed by the prisoner
This was merely to authenticate Lowelrs sig
nature, for purposes of comparison.
Mrs Charlssa Willett, sister of Mrs. Low
ell. residing in Bradley, testified that she had
not seen Lizzie for five years she identified
the pearl cuff buttons found on the skeleton,
as those worn by her sister or very much like
them; while at her house on a visit Lowell
and his wife had a quarrel, caused by her
putting on Shaker and his accusing her of
doing 1t to please the men: she went into
tit and he dashed bowl of water into her
lace saying I'VE have to use her rough" She
also testified to Lowell's taking a dirk knit
to bed with him and pricking his wife with it
Mr.. Wilett was forced to interfere; the wit.
ness related other instances of harsh treat
ment on the part of Lowell she identified
as just the same as she knew to have been in
Lizzie's possession.
The Court adjourned until > p. NJ.
AFTERNOON
DR.. II. l.. r.. Wiggin of Auburn, who ex-
amned the remains when they were first dis
covered at the request of the Coroner From
this examination, he was of the opinion tina,
il WAS a female skeleton, between twenty and
thirty years of age, but could not fix 1t any
more definitely than that he believed that il
mad been exposed to the weather tor period
between two and four years.
Cross-examined-lIe believed that the
character of the soil would have an eff ct
upon the preservation of the bones hi. opin-
ions as to the lapse of time since DEATH was
based on the bleaching and destruction of the
animal tissue.
Thomas Dwight, Jr., of Boston, Professor
Of Anatomy in Bowdoin College. and Chief in
charge in the Department of Comparative
Anatomy in the rooms of the Boston Society
of Natural History, testified. Have examIn-
ed the skeleton and find it imperfect; the
skull and several of the vertebrae and num-
Der of the minor bones being wanting; il is a
female skeleton; there are several indica-
tons of this, the chief among which, are the
measurement of the pelvis. The Doctor de-
scrbed these measurements and stated that
they were mostly larger than those of the
average of females, and in the female they are
larger than the male; the measurement is less
hight of the person whose skeleton this was,
was about feet four inches and one quarter;
he detailed the process by which he arrived
at these figures the estimated length of the
foot was shorter than the average tor the
hight; thought the skeleton had been exposed
somewhere between two and ten years; The
change in the bones between period OF ex-
posture of two years and OF ten would be very
slight; the age probauly between twenty
five and thirty five; had carefully examined
it with reference to age. These points were
not modified by cross-examipstion.
William Willet, who resides in Bradley,
and is the husband of Mrs. Lowell's sister,
testified respecting the Lowells visit to Brad
ley, FIVE years ago, and detailed at length by
the previous witness; he knew Chas. Parody
and repeated the story of Lowells jealousy
when Mrs. Lowell desired to speak with him.
Mrs. Ruby O. Day, living at Brewer, told
of visit paid her five years ago by Lowell
and his wife. Lowell wanted to go to the
hotel, saving there was girl there he wanted
to see; he went to Days house however;
while there Lowell saying ''My wife is
accustomed to having fits; just as likely as
not she has got one now, and they went in
and sure enough, Mrs. Lowell was in a fit;
several instances of harsh treatment on the
part of Lowell toward his wife were narrated.
James F. Gerry testified to having seen
Lowell driving with his wife, on one occa-
sion, when she jumped out of the carriage,
and he pursued her striking her with a horse
whip. Gerry was obliged to interfere to pre-
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