Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-18

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 William Paine testified that he remember ed the incident we'll. He went down on the track and found piece of overalls about three feet south of the track, near the first cut.
 Joseph Paine, the brother, testified that he | was present when his brother found the niece of overalls. Saw Coffee about | o'clock that evening. He obtained some | tobacco and pipe and had them charged to | his father.
 Horace Hunter, an undertaken of Madison, | testified that he went to Stony Creek early l the morning after Way was killed. After short while he went down to the track and saw young Paine find the piece of overalls Paine gave it to him and he handed it over to the authorities. He recognized the piece exhibited by the State as the one he got from young Paine.
 sheriff, testified to the searching of Coffee's house on the Thursday after the Way murder.
 He found a piece of overalls in Mrs. Coffee's sewing basket, and also another piece in
 bag.
 next took the stand and testified that he was first informed of his brother'a death by Fred Paine. He worked on the Shore Line railroad. The night of his brothers death there were four trains after the 1909 train, two going each way. He found his brothers oyercoat in the station at Stony Creek behind the ~~~1 brothers clothes were examined. There was 10 money found. pr. Gaylord was next called to the stand and he noted that the character of the blood stains were watery or "scummy" that were found near where the body was found. | He thought the reason why more blood was not found was due to the fact that the heart had ceased to beat before the body was l struck by the train. He would not expect as much blood from a dead body being run over by a train as when a living body had Teen struck.
 On cress-examination by MT. Blydenburgh ] he said that he had not read up any medical book on this subject.
 Mrs Edward H. How'd, of Stony Creek, knew Way for five or six years The oe- ceased had boarded at her house. She last saw Way alive between quarter to and o'clock on the night of May 5. kecognlezeeo ees his pocketbook exhibited by the State. She remembered that Way had $75 in his pocket book when he paid his board. She recog- nizsd Ways watch and chain, also exhibited by the State. She was present at the exam ination of Ways clothes and saw no money was found on his person and expressed sur prise.
 William N. Clark, of West Stafford, testi- fled that he was at Stony Creek on the 9th Of May last Was acquainted with Way and saw him last at about 7:30 that evening in the depot. He also testified that he saw
  ! hibited large pocketbook which contained ! between $75 and $10O.
 Watrous Howard, barber, next tes- tiied. He swore that he was Ways | barber and that he was present in the depot ! at Stony Creek at the same time with MT. | Clark. He also swore that he saw the money | in Ways pocketbook.
 l Willis Way was recalled and said in an- ! swer to queries by the States attorney that he knew his brothers handwriting. A tele- l gram was handed him by Attorney Rogers. | Witness recognized that 1t was written 1n his l brothers handwriting.
 1 Station Agent Strong was next recalled | and he testified that he found the telegram | in the depot the Tuesday following Ways death.
 l A copy of the dispatch reads as follows: STONY CREEK May g. 1887. | Send two gallons of whiskey at usual price Mon | day. Will square up tomorrow. l P. McKie1 nan, the wholesale liquor dealer l on State street, this city, took the stand and | testified that he remembered receiving the 1 telegram from Coffee. He sent the whiskey | as per order in a demijohn, which was en- cased in wooden covering. Witness recog- nized the demijohn exhibited by the State as l the one he had sent to Coffee. Coronor Eli Mix next testified and what he | said was listened to with careful atten- ! tion by all The accused leaned forward in anxious expectancy as the coro- 1 ner began his testimony.
 | The coroner's testimony was relative to the statement made by Coffee to him under oath. Coffee told the witness that he had ordered ! the whiskey from McHernan either by note
 or telegram through Way few days before Ways death. The attorney for the accused | then asked whether Coffee had been ques- | tioned as to his whereabouts on the night of | May 9th.
 The State objected; ove1ruled. The witness then said that Coffee had told him that he took the train for Madison about I ten o'clock.
 "Did he tell you about giving the conduc- | tor his watch2"
 1 He did. He said he was going to Madison ! to get the address of lady named Parker, ! who lived in Brooklyn, and that he did not give the conductor his watch for his fare. | He said he had been down to Page's store that evening and that he had been drinking. He said he bought 8 ticket from Way for 15 | cents and placed his package of sugar he
 bought at Paine's inside the door of the sta
 tion after getting Ways permission to leave it there. He went as far as Guilford on Way'e
 train. He hung around the depot and then took the turnpike road for Stony Greek.
 Way accompanied him across the railroad I bridge and that Coffee then entrusted him
 with his watch for safe keeping, but not fer fare. The last he saw of Way was at Stony Creek at exactly 10 o'clock. Coffee had testi-
 fled that he had stopped at Mrs. Tully's, be
 tween Leete's Island and Stony Creek, fo1 ! some matches.
 station Agent Strong upon being recalled
 recognized Ways freight delivery book that | was put in by the State as evidence. It con l tained the bill of the whiskey shipped to
 Coffee. Coffee had signed the book and
 stated that he had received the package sent | from New Haven.
 J. R. Whitten, the Guilford station agent
 last May, testified to having seen the whiskey
 demijohn exhibited by the State in the ladies' \ waiting room at Guilford station @ few days
 after Ways death.
 Court adjourned to ten o'clock this morn