Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-03-16

| ,uaS la nil In IN, ha hlnnd
| Heard Mrs S,evens sav that mo rad found Mira
! S.v,ge Iving !, two d,fsrert nosi,ions on the
| floor Matted M hi, od On Iounce or On persou
| or SAVAGE Savaoa o. ,,ged bis .tatements con
| siderably Never knew that Mrs s. was a hard
| d,inkin,y ,or,en. na,or say SAVAGE drunk tll
| that evening thongb he had reputat;on of being
| a drinking man.
| Mr. Wvmsn recalled. Was present on evening
| of dea,b PM down in wiring what Savage said
| and had stated in substance what he had said
| Gilman 7 pace of HoIorade testified Ar house
| night Of death Iemainin1 ali niyb. and the next
day. Produced the laudanum bottle, which had
been handed him by DR.. Springer Of Belgrade. II
contained few drops, and some had been given
| TO Mr.. Savage dnring the night Savage SAID
| wife had been sick eight or ten days had taken
| eight or ten drops OF lsudanum, the dav she went
| TO the barn, ard tel hnd hurt her. While he went
for Mr.. stevens he said she drank the resi- of the
| laudanum. Srot on floor indic'iing blood, which
dogs were licking up, abou' half a. large a. yaut
| hand Savage seemed shakv, a. though he was
| coming out of drunk. Did not make statements
| in regard to wife voluntarily. Made cont adc-
| tory statements IN regard to laudanum; that we
wanted bin to give some more, and that he dare
not handle it aud to wait til Mrs. Stevens came
| down. Saw the gun when first went in, standing
behind door; did not examine II saw hairs on gun
at inquest, next to muzzle where stock is shat
tered; some 6 OF inches long; did not notice
| clearly; more blood on gun under the ramrod no.
| ticed blood in bedroom, there being few spat-
tiers on side and ceiling and small spa tiers over
head, and on the doors.
| Cross ErdmiEtd.-Spot on floor was near cor
| ner of room Mrs. :. was found here pretty near.
| There i a chest at foot of bed in bed room, and
stand, the door swinging round against the stand
Iaudanum given to Mr.. :. twice, to keep bis
nerves steady. Had always known Mrs. Savage,
and had heard that she was Incorporate, but had
no personal knowledge. Had seen her a week or
forth Pht before, in the door ward. Went TO bar n
To where II is alleged she fell dow the ladder
| thought there window in ell leading into sta
| bic.
| Ieander Yoaton Of Relgrade Present at time
! Mrs. :. died. and after buried Mr. left in nv
| cbsrte after the itouest by sheriff Libby: ken,
| him at nv honse: attended with him his wiGe's
| funeral on the I'm brought him here IN tbat
| day Sid pothin0 "a me ahout the cause of hcr
| death When ,ecciyed him he aupeared ike a
man VIII, had heen t.k;n,r a .tiDrta,t. wa. ner
vous and .bakv. dij moi slude IN hrs w.t. deatb
| 10 any wsy. coming down TO ial
| Gross. rromjn.d-Ieard ina. Savsqe and wife
bsd nassed hi. Mace short time befnre the affair
| Mrs Harriet Y Cummings Of r., lyrade: Live
| about 10 rods from MIR Savaoe's. known Mr. s
| and wife nearly 20 wears: did not see on day of
death Mr.. savage lead his wife from barn 10
| house Saw Savage hat dsv ahout 2 ncIock p
| N. Coming down The road from towards Mr.. Ste
yens'. CONG into his own bonse follow.d sneedi.
| ly by Mis-. s Heard Mrs, Stevens saw when she
| came ont "If they were going on in that way she
| could not have ANYTHING To do with them" Mrs
| Stevens ,v.ut thor. .,a in after that U.J heard
| that d.y hlcw. in =. house while stood in VIM
| dow that had been taken ont. Heard something
| that sounded ike hard blows a good many and
| often. heard human Voices "Get nm oct NM God
| damn Won oct up'" Heard then Quite a num-
| Der of blows. II was me the voice Of savage. or
| sounded like it. Thi. before MIR. and Mrs
| Steyens came down at all Heard voice con
| oh dear oh dear did M, seem very loud heard
| II number of times Ii was The voice of Mrs
| savage U,ard M other voices PR vions IN mis-
| A. Il /
ddn't want 10 90 To Anyn.ta "God damn van
| vou've %. To CO.. she made no renIv He did
| not saw WHERE they were going. Nearly an hour
| barnes.int tho hoy.c. .be t.ld him dilu't know
| how to harocs, bor.e. told INN something wrong
| ard she got out TO aliu.t something. lie said
| "By God, I'm going TO dive now -" They then
started ont AT o'clock and retutned in the even.
| ng about :
| Cross- eraRimed - They came to Augusta.
| Wr,lne.,iav ar 'Thursdav and soain ON F,idav
previous to affair. Didn't know whether they
carried home liouor with them. saw them FRI.
day when they returned. nearly dark. Passed by
| nv house some four ,od. distant They s.arted
| aSAv .hntt2 o'rlock T,idav hcino ncatly nm
| hour in halues,ing the horse. ID ,urh,er wa,
| present a, the omen window here they heard the
| LANGUAGE which had been r,pea,ed. She did not
| anoear TO be intoxicated; he seemed to he Never
| law Nr. Savage drunk never had arv troube
| with them thoueh she din ma, visit them
| Adjourned to afternoon.
| Wn H. stevens of Belyrade was the first wit.
ness called in the afternoon: Reside ahcu, 30
| rods from MIR. SAVAGE. on same side of road.
| north: resided there a good many wears: SAVAGE
resided there some IS wears; his " ite il nv sis
t,r .i.ter for the last few wear. ha. been In the
habi, of usulug intoxicating liguols: never di..
covered it till after the death of son. Had seen
her evers day, pretty much; have seen her in all
| lutoXcatcd condition 20 times reihars; hadn't
| seen her SoNloattd tor two mouths before she
| died, though he had seen under lis influence.
| They usually had week in which they used
| lquor'. excessively. and then b oke oil Seen
| HIN HtoN icaed when she was not. Sister gcner-
| ally laid OUT when she was drunk did not make
| her qnairelsJme. Al house once the day my sis
| ter died, between and 4. On going INTO the
| house found my sister lying on the floor. She
| was near the bed room door; hea underline bed.
| LAing there about the same as teless. w fe and
| took her mp and laid her on the bed, turned 10
| Savage and asked what this meant He said,
"-he has been to the barn and FELL She said
| she hadn't been to-day. Savage accounted %
| the blood on the he'd, by saving that was where
| she laid and b!ed. Considerable blood on bed
| head bleeding badly, and bleeding profusey al
| nose, which was broken IN. She said he had
| kicked her the night before and choked her very
| bad. she was ltiug on bed, and savage was too
| This was Sunday night. She said he kicked hei
| on car, in side and stomach, with a thick boot
| Sister head.beedlng, bar matted with blood
| Ear badly swollen. Had on dess and shirt, which
| were well torn in pieces. When he returned