Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-26
CRIMINAL CASE.
Inc lrial OF Foss, the Murderer, Con.
uuued.

PARIS, Feb. 25.
Inc case OF State vs.. Foss, was continued
before the Oxford county S. ]. court. held ar
Paris today.
NJ. +. Wentworth testified to the cuts in
'he ciothes OF her husband. A lengthy cross
examination ELECTED nothing new.
Chas. F. White, testified: On Jan. 4th
went to Brownfield with horse and pung, at
the request of Foss ;met Foss near Durgin's >
mousse IN brownfield; Foss drove the horse to
"entworth's house; his son came out of the
house; foss told him he wanted the kew to
his house in Eaton; Wentworth c.me from
the barn or shed; came to the pung. asked
foss what he wanted there; Foss replied that
ne wanted his key; Wentworth sa i'd there is
the road, take it; Foss replied that he would
as soon as he could; Wentworth went around
the pung, took hold of Foss by the coat col
lar and told him to leave; Foss asked him
who owned the land Wentworth pulled him
back and pulled the horse back, requesting
Foss to get out from here; | got out nf the
the horse by the head didn't see them all of
the time; saw them near the road; Went
worth had him by the collar, dragging him
towards the road; saw them in the road, six
or eight feet apart, going the same way, Foss
following Wentworth, going quite fast; saw
nothing in his hand; Wentworth went up on
one side of me and Foss on the other; Foss'
wife came to the pung with him; he then
came to the pung, shut his knife aud put it in
his pocket; he said if he had hit him higher
he should have let his damned paunch out;
asked him if he struck him with the knife ::
he said he did; he felt it go through his
clothes; afterwards, at my house he said they
had gone after doctor; mistrusted he had
pricked him with the knife; l asked if he
hit him he said yes, he felt it go through his
clothes; didn't see Wentworth have anything
in his hand.
Eva Wentworth testified: Am a sister of
H. A. Wentworth; lived with my father in
the same house with my brother on January
4th last; on that day saw Foss and White
drive up opposite the door; my brother came
out from the barn and asked Foss what he
wanted there; Foss said he wanted his key
Harvell asked him to leave he said, will
you leave" and took hold of his coat collar
and pulled him back in the pung twice and
let him up again Harvell then took him out
and dragged him towards the road; saw him
going from Foss, who followed him with a
knife; he came up into the yard with the
knife in his hand saw the wound in Har-
vell's body the wound was closed up and not
bleeding should think it was three-fourths
of an inch wide; he was weak and in great
distress.
Samuel Wentworth testified: Am the
father of Harvell A. Wentworth; he and his
wife lived in the same house with me; on
January 4th was in the shed; went to the
door; saw Foss following Harvell down the
road with knife; they were going hurried
ly | took up barrel stave and went towards
the road they then came up into the door
yard; Harwell asked him if he would leave :;
he asked who had deed of the property :;
White turned the horse and went into the
road heard Foss say if he had hit a little
higher he would have let his paunch out; he
said it several times he told me that Harvell
and were the cause of all the trouble and
we had not seen the end of it yet.
Edwin D. Walker testified: Live in
Brownfield; On Jan. 4th, | went to Went
worth's, about 10 o'clock in the morning !;
Foss and White passed me on the road; when
got to the top of the hill, l saw Foss and
H. A. Wentworth in the road, Foss getting
up from the ground and going for Harvell; :;
they were dodging, Foss following Harvell; !;
he went up into the door yard; Foss followed
him. Foss' 10y picked up the pung seat aud
stepped in front of his father, begging him to
let Haryell alone; he stopped, took the pung
seat and came down to the road where
stood he had knife in his hand said if [
had hit little higher | should have let his
CUTS out, and repeated it; he said if he had
had revolver he would have shot him dead
on the spot.
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