Ellsworth American., 1877-05-10

ticed his shirt particularly striped pattern,
! said to him. smith, you have on a clean
I, SHIRT" he said, NO, I've worn it all the
week replied, you don't mean to tell
me you've worn thi, shirt all the week, he
said, he put 1t on the last Monday then
examined il particularly, 1t was perfectly
clean. was unrumpled. and cuffs clean on
both wrists had appearance of recently
being put on. | then examined carefully,
pants and vest-had previously descrp-
ton OF clothes he wore at East Bucksport.
/ on Friday, and saw that those answered
the descrip.ion-found a spot OF blood on
side OF vest, and some on pants, thought
they were blood stains but was not posi-.
I tive Asked Smith where hi, coat was
I that he wore yesterday: Smith hesitated
and said, it was colorcd', called for It and
his wife got il out of entry, found It wet,
and Smith said il was colorel that morn.
ing. soon amer we got there, Nr. Walker
. OF Bahgor. came In, aud he asked Smith
how he came To color the coat he said he
told his wife that morning, II he would
color +, he would 90 10 Temperance meet
ing sunday said he colorcd il with dyr
and put II on with brnsh-dyed il In morn
Ing sarly. before they washed breakfast
dishes. He was Asked why hc did il: he
said 'bccaIuye the csat was faded on back
and shoulders. The coat was dyed more
In front tAt2 )B back aud shoulders. We
required him To take of his clothes, and
| took possession Of thrm. Afterwards
went into cellar and searched FOR dirty
. shirts and other suspicious thlugS-iounI
gun down there, and on il near the stock.
were two distinct drops of blood-wc made
| thorough search OF cellar and afterwards
went up stairs in chambers, but found
nothing OF any dirty shirt. We then took
Smith with ~ 20 hotel and confined him III
/ room In 81 story put irons Nn hjm-my
/ room WINS opposite. and doors lett open
About o'clock A. NJ | Wa called a. and
found him standing in middle OF room,
holding up hands. aud he asked me u
loosen the irons round hl. wrists ,t>-cxam.u-
ed and found that one wa, tight. much
tighter then when | put them on-h.s
wristbands were bloody from the worhin.
of the wrists Ia them. The irons Mere ~
made thit any effort "a Slip them oil would
only tighten thcm-Smjlh said he had not
tried 10 get them OF smith told me hr
irit home Monday, T.. NJ. ana Went ont ~
his fathers 10 60 cunning, >taid there Mon
day night, the next day, Tuesday, he WAS
At his fathers and >taid there Tuesday
Night.
Wednesday lie said he helped move a
BUILDING aud 10 the afternoon went gun
where he stopped that night. Thursday
morning he helped Mr. Trim load some
shingles and IN the afternoon went down
I to Mrs. Lizzie lIarrimau'S and STAYED there
! Thursday night. Friday he helped Mrs.
Hartman paint a dining room and did some
carpenter work. Left Mrs. Hartman,
on Friday and went up the road with Ada
/ Snow nearly as far Trims hou.c-came
back aud then went home by way Of
/ Thomas CLAWS.
At the question OF Mr. Walker he said
while going with Ada TO Phillips house
and on road met Mrs. Thayer, and Ada
concluded not 10 90 10 Phillips and the
three then went back to Harriman's-then
Ada aud Mrs. Thayer went TO Po-toiiire,
ane lie staid back IN the house An1 lighted
his pipe and then went out 10 barn. said he
went behind barn to atteEd to a call of ma
ture, said he staid but short time and
came back TO house-wcut out again-ii-
ter he got into road. he debated whether
10 20 home or not but finally concluded TO
do so-went back 10 house, got gun, and
went home by the way OF Clays. vas asked
why he went that way. Said he often did,
and as his father lived on that road thought
he would call and see his father, but dd
not.-asked way he did rot call, as lie said
they were up aud lights IN house, said lac
was afraid he should stay too long. aud
went home from there at ouce-tOld what
streets he passed through at BuckspOrt
I yulage-went into house through back
door. lii "A light-this " as IL past o. He
then lay down on lounge, laid there about
half All hour, and while there Mr.. Webster
who lived in house with him came in. his
light not burning at that time, it went out
just before-soon after he went to bed. He
lay on the lounge because he was tired and
] faH N Iis W fp haI tp h..I
and no lights were burning. On his way
home he said he met no living soul on the
road.
Smith was asked why he didn't go out
10 Trims after hearing the news. He re-
piled. because the sight of dead bodies al
ways affected him so.
Smith was asked about the stains of
blood on lis pants. He said they were
not blood, but iron-rust. The shilt lie
wore when arrested was removed from
Smiths body and shown at the Coroner's
Jury. (Shirt produced and identified by
witness as the one worn by Smith when ar
rested). Blood on wrist bands which
came from wrists of prisoner on the night
of arrest.
| Cross Erdmiaed.-I arrived at Trims
| place minutes before 4 O'Clock +. M
found people and carriages there and ruins
of buildings. The ruins were a blackencd.
! smouldering mass. and still smoking.
Walked round the premises, foundation of
house and barn-Found the trunk of hu-
man body in ruins-all flesh burned off.
head gone,legs gone. There were portions
| of clothing beneath the trunk In a perfect
state. | afterwards found skeleton on
| the place where barn stood. This was al
most entirely consumed. The larger bones
| were there, legs and arms, backbone. the
skull at end OF backbone. Did not move
| the bones-Do not know the number, did
not count them-did not take charge OF
! them-saw the Coroner shortly after had
| made the examination OF premises and re-
mains, drove to place where cloud and rub
bers were found. They were beside
fence on roadside. A great many people
saw them-dd not remove them nor place
guard over them. afterwards followed
the trail round to barn-A. NJ. Moore went
with me. saw drops of blood from gate
! way down to where cloud and rubbers lay
| asked Ada Snow If she was with Mrs.
Tbayer on Friday night. She said she was.
| She last saw her at cause-way by her house
at quarter past o'clock. made several
| inquiries of her in relation to Capt. Smith.
Afterwards went back to the Trim ruins.
, got my tcam and went to Bucks1ort and
arrested Smith. When | first went to
Smiths house, | inquired for him ard was
told he had gone out, over on Perry ST.
went to Perry St.-he was not there. Then
Patterson went to house and inquired for
him-he was not in.
Afterwards told Patterson to find him, again
went to Smiths houses third time, raped, and
Smith came to door, and Patterson and went
| in, and said, Smith, we've got to arrest yOu.'
He said nothing. While in entry. l asked him
If we couldn't 60 into room. he said Yes,
we'll 20 back into Kitchen Mr.. Patterson was
' in siffinu.rOOm Don,f know whQther Smith