The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-08-13
Municipal Court.
JUDGE MORRIS PRESIDING.

JUDGE MORRIS PRESIDING.
Observation-Disclosures Mullen, Cyrus Hanscomb.
Search and seizure. Fined $50 each with costs.
Daniel Heapby. Search AMI seizure. Discharged.
Bradburys.
John Leonard, Joseph Mcclure and Joseph M.
Haley. Malicious mischief. Thirty days.
Nelson Leighton and Annie Leighton. House OF
ll-fame. Probable cause. Ordered to recognize in
the sum of $1,000 each.
The court room was crowded to listen to the case
Thomas S. Libbey, charged with an attempt to kill
Hattie F. Rolfe. The prisoner showed signs OF agi-
taion as he took his seat in the prisoners box, and
his ewes wandered around the room until he met the
gaze of Miss Rolfe, when he turned his head away.
Hattie E. Rolfe was the first witnessed called. The
drift of her story was to the effect that she was 81
wears Of age resided in Portland and had known the
prisoner since 1870; she was engaged to him January
st 1870 and received his attentions for two years.
how long they were engaged she could not say DELI
nitely: at the time OF the engagement Libby was
clerk Leachs dry goods store; he was received at
her fathers house Cedar street; during the en-
glgement they often quarreled the last time she saw
him was not the Sd of July, but last Saturday for
about five minutes; it was at the house on Cedar
street. and Miss Jennie Sawyer was there; when
he called about o'clock, the witness was up stairs;
Libby asked for her and Miss Sawyer sail she didn't
think witness would care to him; prior to that
call Miss Rofe said his last visit paid Juy3d he
only time prisoner made any threats was one day on
on Elm street previous to July Sd. when he said he
would never see witness married to another, but
would shoot her first she told him she didn't believe
he would dare to carry out his hreat he left her Oh
Oxford street, witness then stated that she had peel
spending Monday at Old Orchard Beach with SOME
friends including her sister. Mr.. G. L. Means ano
Mr. Frye; they returned from the Beach about lo.3'
D. m. and took hack to the house; she went up t(
her room before going out to the telegraph oiceano
looking out OF the window saw man with a tai
white hat the other side of the street; when sh
returned to the house she went to her room; whl'
standing near the door, about to cross the entry
90 from the room for something other, she heard
the report of pistol and the bullet crashed through
the wainscoting of the window-not the window
nane-and struck the other side of the room; sh
screamed and started for the cothes-press and with
the other girls didn't dare to go Own stairs for few
moments after the shot; Libby had told her he has
watched the house many evenings. The other maiI
facts are the same as have been printed.
Mr. G. T. Means testified that he went on the part
tn Old Orchard and on the way to the telegraph Of
flee from Cedar street, as he passed through the gat
saw man walking up the other side OF the street
dark clothes.
Neptune Stevenson, the colored haek-driyer WI
carried the party from the station to the Roe house
testified to seeing man hanging about tree cloi
by the Rolfes if he wanted to escape Observation
he recognized him the respondent although l
did not know his name; he had known him by sigi
long time; saw Libby at the police station nel
morning; he was apparently dressed the same {
night before had on dark straw hat.
Deputy Marshal Williams narrated the particular
of the arrest; produced the revolver found in Libby
possession, and the walls found in his pocket; he te
tilted that Libby told him he was on the fence wht