The Portland daily press., 1884-02-02

|. saw him'in the evening at home. He came to
the house, took the lantern, put up the horse,
came in and had supper about lighting up
time. A watch was in the house ard two
1 clocks, neither OF which were running. After
/ supper he sat on the lonnee while, and
smoked, she thought, for about fifteen minutes
i or more. Then he got up, tlok the lantern
i 8 went as she thoug ht to The barn to feed
i hisstock He spoke of dong something else
4 before he went OUT, Of killing fowl which WAS
i not looking we'll. She lighted the lantern and
/ put IL in the back hall; it was there when he
Came home. He went out of the back door on
the Eastern side OF the house and she went to
the cook room to carry in a dish, and the
] thought occurred 10 her that she had egeeted
i 10 make the bed, as some good housewives do
As she was throwing the clothes over the foot
| OF the bed she heard shot She went to the
| window aud looked out and saw Thomas reel
and fsll, and heard several more shots bat saw
| no person beside Thomas. II was moonlight
4 night. She heard voice which called her
name and thought 1t was the voice of Thomas.
lsAsshe looked agaiu she saw him trying 10
make his way toward the house; she stopped
/ TIL she saw he was making good ad vancement,
and then she went TO the front hall and listsH-
ed. When she heard the back ionr, W hich
was swelled, open she put her hand on the
door knob, put over her face and head shawl
and made her escape. She went to the
house of her daughter, Marina Blaney.
Could not tell how long she WIS
/ going there, but went pretty fat
i OhO oitOu buo OuUr anu ~ WAS khStcuoug oo ruO
| raped once Oscar came to the door, and his
wife followed him with something IN her hand
and set it On the piazza In the entry she said
| Thomas has shot himself, and proceeded right
through, following him into the kitchen. In
the Kitchen she repeated this statement to old
Mr.. BlaneY. The daughter burst into tears,
and she told her to be as calm as she could.
Oscar went to the barn, and his wife procured
| lantern. She went out aud got in opposite
/ the piazza steps aud sttrteditor her hs me. He
| did net 90 into the barn that night, Then
| they went home; no conversation occurred be-
| tween them. He drove fast and stopped his
/ horse at the barn yard post; in it was ring.
/ Oscar got out hurriedly aud left her in the
/ wagon, and started round In the yard she got
1 out and threw the blanket over the horse, and
/ before she left him Oscar came back, and to-
1 gether they went to the house. he said notn-
/ ing She wore different clothing back from
| that she wore down to the Blaney house. They
| came to the pathway where she fennd the Ian.
| tern and globe; she lighted it. On coming to
| the house they heard not a sound; at the corn-
| er again they stopped, and on hearing nothing
went in; they heard nothing and saw nothing;
! stepped into the dining room a minute and
heard nothing. They went to the bedroom
door, aud Oscar said, "Hes gone, and she
said Is it possible?' They came back to the din
| ing room and she said "I'll 60 to my fathers"
and they went The story of what they did
here was told. Neither Oscar nor she wsnt iu-
| to the shed; she saw neither pistol nor cart
| ridges. and heard no shooting after she came
from Mr. Blaney's. Mr.. Neatly came, aud
| what he did to the body she did not know. Once
| she went to the door of the bedroom and saw
| Mr.. Neatly take out what was in the pockets
| OF Thomas The body was not left n charge
| OF any particular person whom she could re-
member. Der father and mother remained all
! Light A pistol was produced while Mr. Neal
| ly was there, but she did not see it close to-
| He asked If any one knew about it, aud she
| said she had not seen it before, aud did not
| know that Thomas had any fire. arms. Oscar
nnfhiuO ahDnt "a
| The following Friday. Mr. Barrows was bur
| led on Friday; she was preseut at that inquest
only. She made statement at thai inquest
IL was reduced to writing and she signed it.
| The time of the funeral was 220 D. N. She
remained in the house Friday pignt The old
gentleman Baney stopped with her, aud her
brothers little boy. One night more she may
have stopped there. She was interviewed BY
runners for papers" before aud after the fu.
neral, to PICK up notes. She did not see
Thomas shoot himself, and never said 50 t.
any person. She knew Detective WOOD; that
il, she had seen him. She first saw him at her
residence the 23d of November, ia the even
ing. Sheriff Gechell came with him, and
they entered the house by he way of the back
door. MIR Getchel introduced him as a aen-
tleman that had come 10 look around aud view
the scene She thought no showed him the
bedroom and said word or two, that that
was the room, and went away Mr.. Wood re-
maiDed. de went n to the sitting room, threw
off his coat and hat, aud seemed to make him
sell very nucn AZ uuu0. ne kb0Ou up 10 tue
/ stove, aud seemed TO he cold, and she said
there FIRE. He said he would make one
ana he did so. She SAID there wood,
but man was saving some, aud he went out
aud got some, aud built fire. He "a down
with her and commenced conversation, aud
asked her in reference to the affair, which she
t I'D to him as she had told the jury Just nov.
AS the conversation progressed, he seemed TO
craw nearer her. She said, IN Response 10
Question TO detail the conversation, tnat she
had been much confused and AVe
since this bad hspp5ued. She told him his
countenaDce looked familiar to b or, and asked
who he was. HIS aid his lame was Wood aud
that he lived III Boston: that he was detec-
tive, and Game 10 find out about the affair, aud
waited TO ksOw what she knew about ii, and
she told him: That she was in her bedroom ia
tue act OF making her bed, and heard a SHOT
that attracted her attention to the window,
and she reached it and was looking out
there was second shoI, and size saw Thomas
reel and fall; and t1en several more sbolS, how
many she did not know. She heard voice,
which she thought was calling her name, but
Was unable to say /; il came twice, aud then he
tried 10 walk towards tue house; tse progress
WIS slow, but he did make progress after
awhile, aud the farther he advanced the more
progress he made, and she remained until she
saw he was reaching the house, when she left
and went to the front hall; put one hand on
the door, aud reached the other to the hat ack
and took shawl; when she heard what saund-
Cd ike the door openiug-tne door al .r,
anu bu0 tur6SuOlQ was BWO I6D, ana udu U60u
for long time, aud would not Close without
much effort-when she heard v hat sue thought
was the door swinging back she opened he
front door, took her shawl and made her es-
cape to the hou Q Of Martha. What took place
after reaching there She explained to Mr..
Wood as she had here She told him she saw
Thomas reel aud fall, and make his way to-
ward the house; and he asked if she saw any
one: she replied no; he asked II Thomas had
any enemies; she told him she could not say
the q Il I'M an hut tharo hn
did not like him, and he wanted to know their
names. She replied that there were many.
He asked if she thought he had any real enc
my; she replied she could not say, as she did
not know; he wanted to know if hs aud Oscar
were on good terms, and she said at times yes,
aud at times no. He asked questions about
her family; she told him what sne knew. He
asked about her SON. and she told
him. of her sons sickness. He
tnen referred to Thomas, and She
told him concerning him, how he happened TO
come there. He inquired where she had lived
ana she answered; then he said she had seen
something of llie, and made several remarks,
saying that 1t didn't take take him long after
going into a house to tell what kind of people
lived there, and that by the appearances she
was refined lady and Kept her house neat and
tidy. Then he said suspicion seemed 10 rest
on her, and wanted her to tell who did it. She
said she didn't know and had no idea, not tue
faintest. He spoke of Oscar, but she said she
knew nothing about the affair, saw and heard
no person, and had told him all she knew. He
asked if she would tell before Oycar what she
had said before him and she answered yes,
and they set the time go TO the house of Oscar
the next morning Daring the evening her
brother came TO the door with lantern to :
cort her to Daniel Cooks house; he Game to
the sitting room door and stepped inside. Mr..
Wood asked him ii he wouldn't Call again, as
Mrs. Barrows was engaged, and thar MIR.
Getchell was going to call tor him and ne must
remain Till he came. After this shs could not
we, so she remained till he Departed after
O'Clock. Mr. Wood made one or two remarks
Whlcn she did not care to state here, which
were not gentiemanly at all. She showed him
the parlor where the shooting was doDe al
ready referred to. He was sitting close beside
her and was conversing, she had SAID
fhe witness at this point said she was feel
ing very weak and miserable, and questions
helped her along wouderfully.l
SSsSThomas was very much displeased with the
~ Massffs.f Martha's going with Oscar and referred
10 1n,;,s he wanted her to promise never to
did ~" ,,Seat she would promise hun but
upon m e her Rnee5F sF mother as she fell
name Of God to say she ~euld. TAt This mo.
ment the voice of The witheSs trambiad a'd
she burst into tears She toIo' Nj WooS a. o1
the quarrel at the Good Templarst n ri hot NJ
never told him she knew who shoSSrIaon,.S
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