The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-17

Mrs. Harriet Lowell. Reside in Lewiston
am wife of William Lowell and mother OF
James Lowell; remember of my husband 60
ing to Rangely; remember of his coming home;
think it was about five; saw James that night
when he came home; think it was between
eight and nine he stayed at home that Sunday
uight.
Mr.. James L. Cummings Reside in Greene,
five miles from Lewiston was at the Central
Hall fire; was there Saturday night; went to
the circus Saturday night; went home to
Greene about half past seven Sunday night;
it was just growing dark; saw James Lowell
before left; saw him on Lisbon street; spoke
with him; he was alone; remember the con-
versation; he was coming up Lisbon street to
wards Main.
Witness is cross-examined- went to ride
with Lowell about nihe o'clock Sunday morn
ing; he had a white horse and a buggy wagon;
we rode until some time about twelve o'clock
then he went back to Clark's and put his horse
up; don't know where he went after left him !;
think it was about half-past seven when start
ed for Greene that Sunday night; noticed the
clock on Park street. Here the Judge asked
him it he thought what time the sun set on
the 18th day of June]; the witness said he new
er had.
Mr. David W. Carvills-Reside in Lewiston;
know James Lowell ! he worked for me; some
time in 1870 helped me repair my barn before
haying; he worked for me month or more !;
remember of us taking down some timber; one
struck him in the face; sent for DIR. Garcelon;
1T did not cut his cheek, but made his nose
bleed; we wiped his face with wet sponge and
some blood and water was ON his clothes; he
was in his shit sleeves, and had on Some check
ed pants; witness is shown the checked pants
with spots on them, and thinks they are the
same ones; think it was Saturday, the 25th day
of June that had the barn raising; / raised
him from the ground when he was struck and
set him on the grass witness cross examined;
Lowell came to work for me Monday before the
raising; he had vest exactly like his pants;
think he wore his checked pants all the time;
he was at my house; have been to see him
twice since he has been in Jail.
James M. Lowell, the prisoner, testified
Was married to Mary Elizabeth Nichols in Oct.
1867; had known her about two months before
we were married; was born in the town of
Rangely; was in the army about ~ months;
was in the 23d Maine Regiment; Remember
the time of the burning of Cent, al Hall: went
to Lawrence in the fall of 1872; Lived with
Mary Elizabeth at home the winter after he
married her; then lived on College street in
Lewiston; livedsthere or 5 months; his wife
went away and left him; did not know where
she went; she was away 8 or 4 weeks; her
mother wrote letter that she would come back
if | would go after her. she then went into the
mill to work, boarding at Mrs. Blood s.. it was
some time in March, 1869 that she went 10 Mrs.
Bloo6s'r she staid there for more than year;
remember being with her the day Central Hall
was burned; we walked up to the burned hall,
took her home and left her with Mrs. Bloods'
and Jenny; we did not go to ride that after
noon; went in the evening; we came up Lisbon
street went up to The town pump, watered drove
through several other streets; came across the
bridge through Auburn and finally carried her
back to Mrs Bloods' house again; then l went
home to my fathers house, stopping first at Mr.
Clark's stable; think that Clark was there
Wallace Cutler the hOstler was l am sure; saw
Mr. Cummings on my way home and spoke to
him; left my wife pretty near No 10 Hill Cor
poration and have not seen her since that night
did not see her go into any house: [ asked her
it she would 60 out home with me; she was
with me Sunday night the week previous and
stad all night with me at my fathers house;
father had gone to the Lakes; don't know
where she went that night, left her at No.
10; have no means of knowing what has be-
come of my wife: still insist am not guilty;
went with my wife to visit her sister, MIS-.
Willett; asked my wife if she supposed there
was more than one bed; she said she guessed
not; said / guessed l would go; she had what
they cal. fit; it was an ugly nit; told them
1 could fetch her out Of it and 1 did; did not
have my knife out there that night; never had
any dirk knife; I don't know exactly the time
l left my wife at No. 10; getting to be dusk;
the letter marked Sd" and &C." are not my
handwriting
First learned of my wife's absence from Mrs.
Blood on the following Tuesday CIR Wednes-
day. First heard of it from Mrs Blood. Do
not remember ali the conversation I had with
her; do not recall telling her we got home at
ten o'clock Sunday night; may have said we
got back from the circus at ten o'clock Satur-
day night; snapped away my white horse on
Monday; did not drive thas or any other white
horse again that summer before August; saw
chain and locket displayed in court, bought it
for seventy-hve cents at the ninety mine cent
store on Lisbon street some time ia 1871; gave
it to my present wife; married that wife Oct
I4th, 1871; became first acquainted with her
the last week of August, 1870; have child
nineteen months old; wife is here in new in
Auburn; learned about two months after mar
rying Mary Elizabeth Lowell that she had
former husband living.
Had on checkered pants when worked for
Mr.. Corvill, and got injured. On the Sunday
when | went to ride with my wife think 1 had
on black suit which L have since worn out
and sold to the paper mill The prosecution
waived a crOss-exa minaton.
The court then adjourned to Tuesday morn
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