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THE ST. GEORGE MURDER TRIAL.


| RocKLAND October 5. in the Hart murder
| trial Saturday forenoon, Ms. Sarah Gardiner,
sister of the prisoner denied that Allen Andrews
told her Hart had said he put up Meservy to have
the house opened, or that he (prsoner) knew that
| Mrs. Meservey dead in the house.
| Nathan f. Hart, the prisoner. testified that he
was at home the evening of the 22d of December /;
told the story of going to Harris Neck, Monday
evening, the 24th, substantially as other witnesses
testified twice at the inquest Didn't know he
was suspected the first time he testified, did not
testify then that he at home the evening of
| December 22d bat that he was at home OF at the
vsge.
| Some two or three weeks after remembered he
| was at MeseIvey's house twice the day of the
| murder; saw Allen Andrews, but did not te Il him
! he tried to get MeseIvey to open the house, re-
merubered Vinal Walls bringing Tim deed ;
told him Mrs Meservey had been found dead, but
told him nothing about the scarf round the neck
| of the body, aud knew nothing about II al that
time; told mis- dreams aoout Mrs. Meselvey, after
the murder was discoveries attended the funeral
and helped bring out the corpse by request of Mr.
| Croker; did not tell Thomas in jail anything
| writing the Providence letter; said emphaucahy
| he had nothing to do with the murder OF sarah
Meservey.
| On cross examination the prisoner said he did
| not state at the inquest he had dream about Sa
rah Meservey before the body was found; was
| asked these particulars whether 1t was before or
| after. He remembered fully about Monday even
| ing, bee ause he had something on his mind; was
| anxious to get the present to his daughter before
| Christmas, the next day. As TO Saturday did not
| then remember whether he was al home or at the
| hsrbor but afterwards recalled because he put his
whole mind on that evening to trace himself and
see where he might have been. His trstrecollec.
ton was from remembering his painting of a yes
| sci about that time.
The prisoner appeared well on the stand, show
| ed no signs of nervousness, and did not break
| down anywhere contradict himself. This end
ed the cross exam nation. lie testified that the
4 first pages of the log book number one were not
| given to Dunton as prisoners handwriting. No
leaves were torn from the log book by his .ugges-
| ton A. r. Duuton did suggest to him to tear
| them out.
| Another witness testified that Dunton said lie
\ tore them out.
, Another testified Dunton told him he WAS SO
/ sure Hart wrote the Phadelphis letter if a man
! should come and confess the murder, he would
still say Hart did the writing.
Miss Anna Wiley testified that the prisoner.
wife told witness aunt on the day the former tes-
tilted at the inquest in answer to a question that
prisoner went out the evening of the twenty sec
ond of December and returned after a short time,
and if she had gone out with him a proposed this
trouble would not have happened.
| Whitney Lodg testified he understood prisoner
| TO swear at the inquest his dream was before the
! body was found.
Testimony was closed to-day. Case adjourned
! TO Monday morning for arguments. The altor
ney general Emery has con iucted the cross -eN-
am nation for the state in very able and search
Irg manner.