The Portland daily press., 1884-10-29
FRANK BROWNS MURDER.
Trial of the Parties Engaged in the
Castine Shooting Affair.
A SEPARATE TRIAL FOR FRED
PREssEY DENIED.

ELLswoRTH, Oct. 28-Fred Pressey Cbas.
Sawyer, Me- Straw and John Sawyer, Jr., In
dicted this term for manslaughter in killing
Frank Brown in Casiine, on October 9th were
arraigned this morning and pleaded not guilty.
Owing to the illness of George Macomber, in
cuded in the same Indictment he was not ar
raigned, but bail continued from day to day.
FL. A. TriDp appeared for the respondents and
asked for separate trial for Fred Pressey,
upon the ground that there might necessarily
be little inconsistency between the line of
arguments respecting his case and the others.
The court said that the respondents having all
being indicted as principals he could perceive
no good reason why they should not all be
tried together and did not feel warranted in
granting a separate trial.
A jury was then empanslled, there being
but one challenge. the court cautioned the
jury that they must not converse with any one
respecting the case during the progress of the
trial, and recommended that they should re-
frain from conversing about it among them
selves until the whole case had been sub
mtted.
AT the coming in of the court this afternoon,
County Attorney Ware n opened the case for
the government detailing briefly TIE circun-
s'ances of the shooting and outlining the tes-
timony to BIS presented on the part Of the
State.
DR.. j. H. Sylvester of Castne was the first
witness He testified to seeing some of the
respondents upon the street on the evening If
the shooting together in such a manner as to
attract his attention. About a quarter past
nine he was called upon by George Macomber
and Fred Pressey came few minutes later, to
60 to Brown whom they said had been shot.
Witness then stated the condition in which he
found the injured man, the nature and extent
OF the wound in the hip and as to the amputa-
tion of the limb. Witness testified that
Brown asked him if he was going to die. AS
soon as he discovered the condittn of the
main artery OF the leg, laceration 0. the mus
cles, and extensively fractured condition of
the bones and had made an examination of
the pulse, be told him be thought he would.
He asked Brown if he knew who shot him and
Brown replied that he did not. Brown died
soon after from extensive bleeding and the
shock.
Charles Sawyer was the next witness He
testified to being upon the street with the re-
spondsnts and others and went with them to
the orchard near which the shooting occurred.
Be knew there was plan on loot to frghten
Brown, as he had heard it talked in the crowd.
He heard the discharge of guns and ran.
Soon afterwards he heard some one say that
Brown was shot. Witness ties titled that some
one said ''go for team," and he Immediately
started, and some one else went for doctor.
Sewail Perkins and Samuel Hutchins testi.
fed that they were upon the street with the
respondents on the evening of the shooting,
the former stating that he was at the orchard
with Brown and heard the report OF the shots
in the orchard. He heard Brown say that he
was going to catch that fellow, and he then
ran thirty or forty feet. He heard scufle
and shot and Immediately after heard Brown
groau. The latter testified that be was farther
down the street at the tims the shooting oc-
CURED.
This closed the testimony for the prosecution
and Mr.. Trip will open for the defence to-
morrow.