Ellsworth American., 1877-05-10

Live ia l.. Buck >port-Npf married
Live with mv Mother - mi.e north Of
where Trims house wa--Not well ac-
quaiuted with Robert Trim who Was an
old mani Have seen both Mr. rhay er
aud her little girl.
Was last there Friday night 70 see Mrs.
Thayer about Singing >chool-weut be-
tween and O'Clock Immediately after
supper. When l got to housc-Mr. Trim
and Josie Ihayer were there and nobody
else passed the evening there in a room
of the Kitchen on the East side Nathan
Emerton came in - minutes after | got
there. Josie Thayer. the last part of the
evening was on lounge-abOve the
lounge was clock with iron weights.
Emerton and lef, about . o'clock Mr..
Trim expressed uneasiness because Mrs.
Thayer had not come home-Mrs. Thayer
was not TO stop out long A. request OF
Mr.. Trim went 10 Chds. Hartmann O. 10
inquire for Mrs. Thayer-at Hartman :
all were bed and we then went back and
went home-after passing Trims looked
back and saw light in dining room of his
house-whcn got home went to bed at
- minutes to I0-irst heard of fire the
next morning at O'Clock. on Wednesday
previous saw Mrs. Thayer at s. party.
Cross E1amiHed-Am q years old-lived
at Bucksport 20 years-and in neighbor-
hood of Trim about months-not well ac-
quainted with Trim or Mrs. Thayer. can't
say how many times l had called at Mrs.
/ 'rhaye but had previously called on her.
At the party, accompanied Mrs. Thayer
home-went to Trims Friday night TO
J sign paper to 90 to Mrs. Thayer's Singing
school as pupil-not dark when | went
to Trim's-saw no person on road-when
/ got TO Trims. l inquired for Mrs. Thay-
er and he told me she had gone to j. o.
and would be back soon-after being
there two hours, he asked me 10 go to
meet Mrs. Thayer-only asked me once
and made no reply. and we did not go to
/ door to look out for her.
Don't know as looked at clock a,
/ Trims II at night, or il it was going-do
not remember OF looking at clock. when
+ asked TO 90 for Mrs. Thayer-staid half an
hour after he asked me to g0-dOn't know
I what Trim said or Whist ! said-Stories
were told that evening-dOn't know what
they were, can't. remember. Did not &c
/ into Cbas. Harriman's because there was
/ no light there-There was a light when
went down at A. Harriman's, was not when
we went back-Expected to meet Mrs
+ Thayer on the road. When | came back
/ from 2. O. went straight home, made nc
I stop-I did stop at EmertOn's gate with
Nathan about five minutes.
! Did not inform Mr.. Trim that we had
/ not met Mrs. Thayer, because did not wan,
/ to make il my business TO hunt her up
/ Did not tell Mr.. Trim that / was going for
her-have walked home from church with
Mrs. Thayer a month befOre-have not Ia
/ ken walks with her. Lett TRIMS house
about Shave never stated otherwise
Can't tell what talk was. The way | know
( the clock al Trims had iron weights was
/ because | saw them after house was burn
ed. Arrived home % minutes TO 10 by the
clock-don't know as clock was right-did
+ not 20 into siiting-rOom where clock was
/ Direct resun'ed.-In reply to the question
( from the Co. Attorney. what did you
suppose had become OF Mrs. Thayer which
. led you to 90 home without notifying Mr.
Trim?' Ans.-"I supposed she Lad gone
to ride with somebody"
SATHANW. EMERToN.
Live IN East Bucksport-Live across
road from Robert Trims ;last saw him Oct
l3-went there that evening and found Mr..
Trim, Rufus Moore and Josie Tbayer-
stald there about two hours. Witness
gase description of rooms of house, and OF
the lookout OF windows. Barn was con.
necteo with l.. of main house BY wood.
shed and wagon house.
Moore and | at request of Mr. Trim,
when We left Trims went to Chas. Harri.
mans tor purpose of finding Mrs. Thayer.
! This was about 9 O'Clock, dark night. no