The Portland daily press., 1885-01-29

room bS and answered 1t. Mr.. Libby, the re-
spondent, opened the door and requested me to
bring him some liquor. I told him the bar.
room was closed but would get him some
Adams ale, and he said all right; to bring
him pitcher; and vent down and brought
him up pitcher Of ice water / raped on the
door second time and he said, Come i'm
and l went in and set it on the csmmode.
Libby was sitting on the side of the bed with
his pants on and stockings, but no shoes, and
his suspenders were thrown down over his
shoulders Libby followed me along to the
commode, took up the pitcher and commenced
drinking out OF it. He made no remark.
There was light in the room burning all
night. l passed by several times after
o'clock and heard them talking and laughing.
When / was in the room Libby was pleasant.
About o'clock ia the morning there was a
ring from room So, and weat to the door and
raped and the woman came to the door and
opened it. She says, "Gome in and take
this revolver away from the man, for he is
going to shoot me-" While she was talking
she was walking into the room again and went
over towards the commode. She opsned the
door, for stayed behind the door aud looked
around the edge Off The door opened
towards the bed. Libby was lying on
the bed, with his arms over his head
and revolver in his right hand.
AS I looked around he took his hands
down and cooked the revolver and mumbled
something and pointed it at me. / went out
aud pulled the door to after me. went few
steps outside the door and stood there few
minutes, when heard two shots fired quickly,
one after the other, and screech and then q
third shot; then little pause and then a
fourth one fired. ran down to the office and
told them some one was shot in 58 and they
telephoned for the police. / went up with the
police and they tried the door and found it
fastened. We got table and looked over the
transom. The officers then got out of win
dow on to M1llett'S store where they could
reach the window in 58 and they entered in
that way and unlocked the door.
Cross Examination by Mr.. Moulton. Wit
ness was asked if he had not said that he
could not remember the exact words that the
woman used when he was called to the room
at o'clock; if he had not said that she said
she wanted him to take the pistol from Libby,
'for fear he might do some harm" "for
fear he might do some mischief" but the
witness said he did not remember saving so
and did not believe he said SO, He said he
was somewhat excited and confused at the
time.
CHARLES W. HANSON,
called by the State, was one of the police
officers who went to the hotel in answer to the
call on the morning of the 9th. The door was
locked aud after getting into ths room as des-
cribed by the last witness he found the wom-
an lying on her back, feet within foot of the
door and her head towsrds the bureau and in
clined little to one side with a pool of
blood Hnder it. Libby was lying on his side
facing the bed and the revolver was lying be-
tween him and the bed within foot of his
person. Tbs woman's sack and hat lay in
one chair and Libby's coat and vest in anoth.
or. She was dressed, bat one of her ear drops
was out of her ear and was found lying beside
her head. The revolver was produced and
identified by the witness, also q bullet that
was picked up in No. SO. The revolver is
five chambered revolver and when found but
one chamber was loaded. Witness thought it
was 80 calibre.
JOHN q. LANGMAID,
a police officer, was with Mr.. Hanson and
corroborated the testimony of Hanson as to the
position of the bodies when found, the position
OF the revolver and the aspect OF affairs in the
room when they entered and also the fact that
the door was locked. He said that they took
Libby, one. hold of each arm, raised him up and
with their assistance he walked to the hack
and from the hack into the police station: that
on the way down witness tried to converse
with him and while he seemed to try to answer
witness could not understand what he said;
he made kind of mournful noise as though
suffering. Witness said that he took hold of
Libby in the room to turn him over and see
who he was; he recognized Libby, called him
by name and asked him what he had been
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dead.
DIR. FREDERICK H. GERRIsH
was the next witness called by the State He
was the physician called and made the post
mortem examination. He fonnd two wounds,
one entering the left side of the neck q little
below and in front of the angle of the jaw and
coming out in the mouth at the base of the
tongue and the other entering little above
and back OF the left ear, passing through the
skull, through the substance of the brain up
ward until it struck the skull on the upper in.
ner right hand side where the ball rebonnded
and was found near the base of the brain. The
substance of the brain in the track of this bull
let was reduced to pulp-like consistency. He
had no doubt that this wound was fatal and
that she died instantly The wound in the
neck was dangerous bat not necessarily fatal.
The doctor was still on the stand when the
Court adjourned.