Ellsworth American., 1877-05-17

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O'Clock. don't remember of telling them
where had been through the week. Had
no plan about going home Thursday, Fri
day morn intended TO go home OF theload
OF straw.dit not 20 home-lntended to 90
/ home on Friday that night. Worked at A.
/ Harriman's on cupboard most of L. NJ. |
| did not 20 oustraw, because | staid to paint.
Received no pay, asked nothing. When
/ Hartman went out to village | sent word
/ to wife by him that should be at home
/ on Friday night. he told me he did not
/ leave the word. After supper went with
| Ada TO Phillips. At that time | expected
/ "a 20 home that nght. When went to
| Phillips. left gun at IIarriman's and had
I no plan about gun, whether to 90 back
/ and get It or not Probably | thought Of
taking lthome.
| went into house with the two women,
| amer they left staid long enough TO light
| nv pipe and weutout when first went out
1 Intended TO 20 home that night. FIRST
/ went TO road and waited tor girls TO get
( out Of way aud then went to barn. After
/ being asked TO stay all night | became un
decided, Went afterward. to barn and
came back by l.. past corner Of house and
went again to road, past the rollway. Saw
Mrs. Hartman about door, went to road.
| back 10 barn, got gun aud went across pas.
and rocks and fcuces which should have
% cross. Had no particular purpose ex-
cept | wanted 10 90 by fathers. 1t i, not
! think more than a billie and half further.
should say there were eight fences to
climb Thought | possibly might call at
fathers. did not, because IL was later than
expected. Know of 10 reason | didn't
call, except 1t would make me late home
Can give no other reasor--l then went
home by direct roadway have had a rea-
son then. cant state what il was now
When . O'Clock bell rung was near Pea
body woods. At the Inquest | sad
thought | was near Emerton's. but | had
contpuGdcd this Friday uigIt with some
other night. stated differently to officer
what now state. In thinking It over sat
ished was wrong.
Don't know what | said To Turner. |
told Patterson was at pace aud thought
| was The last person | saw w4> Mr.
Hartman. the next | saw we're persons At
school house. aud next wife Dii not see
nor speak to any other person TIL | get
home. Saw not person on street. Il
VA, quite dark night. No light in my
house. Was light IN N"b>tcr's saloon
Went i1to back door OF basement aud
I np >tairs-ihcn into hall aud sit,in. room,
Z iuuul ii-ht tnuh ol boots and cap. las
Z
at humc-dou't remember of ,moAiug-got
up aud went into kitchen aud lit a lamp
went u bed after Webster came in, IL OF
/ hour aftcr--I heard Webster Come iu-I
1 found Ncbster'- oyrrcott on and stairs one
I or two shawls belonging TO my family aud
I nv coat-thesc were at foot pi siaiTs-they
wrre iu heap, met Webster next morn
I ingaitcr so'clock-put on blue pants when
7 hr,t g"t up-pu: on others after wife
\ bad repaired them.
when went down. found door un-
. luckrd-whru | went f,r water htd on
/ blue ,uit-hai breakfast about O'Clock
/ coat died in iurenoOn-got kindling wood
/ 20 steep dNe AFTER seeing Emery aud be-
Z fare -aW E.drid.c- dNci coat.
4 think IL waS dyed after heard news from
Z Inm's-dnu't snow IL coat was dyed be-
Z tore Elifid.e got there.
latcndrd to 90 down south for employ
/ mrut-wifr dy ed il because We IA i spoke
! OF il beforc-whrn Emery saw me had on
+ same coat have on uow-hcard from
. E.dridge at o'clock-was At Trim, We'd
nc,day; saw Mrs Thaycr Friday night
the reason | Gld not 20 TO ruins was be-
T cause | didn't like 70 look Oh such things
/ dii not tell ANYBODY, | was out there the
night bctore,lA.t saw Robert Trim, Thurs
I daymoruiug, last saw Mrs. Thayer. Friday
night.
/ \ short time before went ont with
Andrew Hartman. across pasture. Atthat
/ time came back on the same route that
/ came out At tins ume-rode home part
way-think a stopped at fathers that
night
I Direct resumsI-rhis was a cold day
I don't remember Of wearing gloves or
mittehs that day.
/ GEORGE MoULroN.
/ Saw Edward VI Smith Saturday morn
1 ing. Oct. lith went there 10 get chance
! for my son 10 20 south with him-I called
+ a. house about ID o'clock 70 ste him, he
was not at home-I did see HIM just be-
/ fore II VI.
SAMUEL ELDRIDGE.
Know Edward N Smlth-haye heard
/ him speak OF coloring his coat with log
wood and brush Ia year ago at my house
/ last Fall.
MRS. MARIA L. NoULUrON.
7 Live ia East Bucksport, know Edward
/ NJ Smith heard Ms. Smith say she
meant 10 color Mr.. Smith, coat and was
/ To put 1t on with brush-this was last
Of July.
/ The Defence here rested. and the Gov
/ ernmeut proceeded with rebuttin5 testi-
mony.l
Knew Mrs. Lizzie Hartman was, at her
house Sunday morning Oct. l4th talked
about murder and about Smith-went with
shirt TO see it it was one Smith wore. Mr..
! Devereux, Weymouth and Turner were
| there most of time.
saw lady crying, saying Edward how
could YOU do it?' said why are you
making such an ado:' she said. 'they have
/ arrested Edward, and found blood on his
| Clothes asked her to dry her tears and
come out into the other room-l then ask
ed her about Smith being there on Friday
night-she told me she didn't know of his
staying at Trims house Wednesday night.
she took ne 2! -.ls ,hirti which showed
her AMI asked how many he had, she
said or 3, all different striped--she ex
amined this one carefully and decided
this was not the shirt-that was darker
and OF a narrower stripe-heard her testi-
fy before the Coroner's juIv.
She then said it was not the shirt |
asked her before Inquest. having the
shirt in my hand | heard Smith say at
O'Clock he was at place where he stopped
10 drink; | am not sure OF il.
Cross FLdmined Mrs. Hartman did say
before Jury. In my best Judgment, this
is not the shirt" Am as positive in one
case as the other.
L. 7. DORR, RECALLED.
Heard Mrs. Hartman say that was the
shirt. at Mr. Hsrriman's house. Mrs.
Hartman hesitated and at last said it was
not the shirt. This was not the shirt.
WILLIAM WEYMOUTH, RECALLED.
Was at Mrs. Harrimans house. Sunday
morning. Heard Mrs. Hartman say the
shirt was not the shirt worn on Friday
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particularly, and afterwards said it was not
the shiIt-said the other was darker aud
of different stripe. o
Cross Eramined.-Mrs. Walker had the
shirt. Heard her testify before Coroner's
Jury, but cannot say what she said about
IL.
JAMES TURNER.
Live in Bucksport. Was police officer.
Was at Mrs. Harriman's the Sunday re-
ierred to-saw her shown shirt. and she
said it was not the one. Think she had