The Portland daily press., 1885-01-31

voe She afterwards came to work at my house
and Old table work. MY wife, Mrs. Libby,
employed her. She left on the second day of
August. found some fanlt with her about
the table, and she didn't like it, being some
what heightened, and she left In the morning
early, and my boy took her away with her
trunks That afternoon about O'Clock / was
geiog to Portland with my beach wagon, and |
overlook her near Mrs. Turner's house. When
came up with her said miss Snow, sup
pose you won't ride with me today" and the
reply she made was this: Turn the wheel
round and see whether l will or not" pulled
mp, turned the wheel around and she got into
my wagon. left her in Portland
The time / recollect OF seeing her was ct
Scarboro Beach station about eight or nine
days previous to this sad affair. ! have read
the papers relating to this affair Of Sept. 4th
and 9th. 1 never had any i'll feeling or malics
towards Lydia Snow.
1 cannot tell when I frat owned q pistol,
but bought it one or two days after the
burglaries at Scarboro' Beach. | had heard
reports of people being stopped on the Pleas
ant Hill road, and that is the road travel. l
used 80 carry my pistol on my wagon seat and
nights il laid on the shelf at the head OF my
bed.
In my boyhood had lots of dizzy spells. 1
would tip over anywhere. / hid these spells
frequently IN hot weather. When it was ex-
cessiyely hot had three or four day.
The respondent then detailed his career in
IN the First Maine Battery and was trans-
TERED to Company G, 18th Maine Infantry,
until he was taken prisoner on October 10,
1868, at the battle of Cedar Ccesk and carried
TO SALISBURY prlson pen Ha detailed some
what infinitely the treatment of the prisoners
IN that pen, which with an area Of IA acres had
lO.UUO men IN it; only about q third Of the
time did they have any shelter and the wit
ness Gug him hole In the ground. Their
| ratlons consisted of pint of corn meal ground
| with Tho Cob and a mint n
when discharged at the end OF six months he
| weighed but hundred pounds, and was near
| the point OF starvation. While there he froza
his feet and contracted rheumatism. While
there he could not write, could not 90 through
word and place the letters correctly, his
| memory was so affected
| AT this point hrs. Libby the vife of tbs DE-
| fendant was taken from the court room ia a
fainting condition aud was attended By Dr.
| Smith.
| The witness then went on and detailed sey-
eral attacks that he has had since he came out
| OF the army. In 1876 he said he started for
| home from Portland with his team and when
| about mile out blindness came ever him
| and he knew nothing more for twelve CT if
| teen hours.
| On another occasion about four years ago he
| started from Portland for home and when q
| mile out sudden blindIets came over him,
he felt terribly dizzy and he knew nothing
more until the next day. AT that time Alcn-
| 20 Googins was with him. Hs testified to q
| similar attack at Biddeford since that time
| whom he was about to take drink.
| He testified that fnrsa week prior to the 9th
| OF September he had slept but very little, on
| an average not over two or three hours q
| night.
| ATTORNEY GENERAL BAKER
| began tho cross examination at haif-paet Eve
and at the adjournment ses going over these
| several attacks which defendant had testified
tO3where he lost all consciousness In his direct
| examination he located the less of conscious
| ness or recollection at one titns q mile out of
| the city and the other mills ana half out,
| while on cross examination be located one on
Free street near the head of Eigh, and the
other time near the head of Danforth street.