The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-05-15
Superior Court.

NAV CRIMINAL TERM 1874. sYMCNDs, j., PREsID-
ING.
THURspAy.-State VS.. Thomas A. Pike. Before
the witnesses for the government were called the
Court upon motion of the defendants COUNSEL ORDER
ed that the witnesses upon both sides should be ex-
cluded from the Court room-only one to be admit
tied at a time to testify.
The morning was consumed in the examination OF
Mrs. Margaret Blades the mother of Pixies wife,
She testified in substance as follows: MY daughter
was married to Pike the 18th OF April. 1873; had
ONLY known Pike two three days before they were
married after they married they lived In the
other half of the house occupied by the Blades; my
daughter was slight and did not weigh over hun
dred hounds; on the day this took place
Maggie came into my house about o'clock in the al
terpoon and combed her hair she was then perfectly
well; she staid about hour; next saw her about
O'Clock in the evening liz my house; she staid nj
teen or twenty minutes; went into Pixies about
O'Clock in the evening; Maggie was sitting by the
cook stove in the kitchen; Mary Ann Doherty was
there with her. Pike was in the sitting room playing
cards with Ramsdell, Wiswell and Brown and some
others: a man came into the kitchen and asked them
to drink; Maggie took glass OF cider; ne comph-
mepted Maggie or her good looks, and sne saio she
was married woman; they began TO Rugh' ana
then Pike came running out and took her by ths
shoulder. carried her 1DuO Tue slttihS- ~N
ed her down heavily, and said, ''Stay there, Cd
d-n you.'' Maggie laid on the sofa a short Tune ana
then said it was cold and got up and went into the
kitchen and sat down again; remaioed there about
half an hour and then home; in fifteen minutes
went back and found the same party there, con-
'-g Of Joe Bean, Mary Ann Doherty and Mag
sisu- were fooling as to who could lick each 9TH
gle' 'nes out with his cards in his left hand
er ana rihe ut grabbed Maggie by the hair of the
and Win MS Ing ~ In to the other room raised her
head anu orasSo" NJ 'rg her upon the sofa; her
on from nel ee' -, tho I'm Of the sofa; she was
unconscious: turned her O. a., ,nJa ~ ~
vii water and she came to and sa. 90, ,n;n,,tos r
vou9" She remained unconscious l. ~ vba rros
staid about ten minutes and then tnousL when
better and was going to sleep and iei' noi ,- r
Pike threw her on the sofa said TO nun,
- +ra.t doc 60 ), He said 81 will kill her'
G-dd-n her, and don't You forget IL. sou
sirn pike was not drunk but he had been drihkns
little left the house about 10 o'clock; as "en'
out asked Maggie if she wouldn't come III " NY
house, she made no reply except to say, Dun 81
ma :" went to bed, and the next thing khew was
in the morning, when they came and told me Maggie
was dead.
The cross examination mainly with reference
to the previous history of the deceased. The witness
stated that she never heard it said that her daughter
was a prostitute but admitted that she was in the
habit of frequentng the house of Belle Harlow, who
has been convicted of keeping house of ill-fame,
and that she was in the habit of using intoxicating
1iouors before her marriage saw her under the in
euence of liquor three times; don't think have six
times; she drank after she was married than
she ever did before; have seen my daughter in
spasms what the doctor called 'nervous spasms;
she did not CRATE her teeth
AT half past one the Court adjourned until three
O'Clock.
AT the coming in of the court the cross-examina'
ton of Mrs Blades was continued as to the habits o.
her daughter Maggie in regard to intoxcauon.
On redirect examination she stated that she mac
seen her daughter CRATE her teeth twice when fike
had knocked her down and after she came 70.