Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-29

of secret closer where board could be re-
moved | accidentally stumbled onto it,
took care not 10 ask Stain abont il. / didn't
ind anything in the secret place.
Redirect-Lawyer Barker asked the wit
ness TO describe this hiding place. He did
So the description corresponding with
fyonng Stains. The witness also stated tina,
lie lived there when detective Innis ecme
there after the stealing of Hammond horse.
The court allowed Mr. Barker TO put Mr..
Thomas on the stand. and ask him about the
questions in his dipositien which Mr.. Baker
put to him on cross examination. Mr.. Bar
ker claimed that Mr.. Baker stated only parts
of answers. The witness testimony re-
mained unchanged.
Mrs. Thomas next took the stand. She
said that young Stain was at Medfeld once
when she lived in STAINS house. but that he
never had room in their part of the house.
She also described the secret closet and said
that she did not see ANYTHING in il. She
swore she saw Stain the morning after the
stealing of the Hammond horse. In her
deposition she stated that she did not live in
the Stain house in 1878, but if the Hammond
horse wos stolen in ISIS she must have lived
there.
George H. Innis, OF Boston, vas member
of the State detective force in Massachusetts
i'll February and March, 1878 He testified
II went out TO Medfeld on the 4th of March,
ISIS, and Mr.. Thomas carried me from Med
field to Dedham."
tross-examlnaton Il cant remember
how soon it was after the robbery that went
out 10 Medield."
Mr. Barker here offered file of the Bos-
ton Herald for the year 1878. In the issue
OF Feb - was an account of the stealing of
. { haFips HamaDt'. horse an tho night o( oh
ruary 2l, and the court admitted it, although
the counsel for the government objected
strenuously. Mr.. b rker read an item in
the five o'clock edition of February %, stat
ing that Charles Hamant that morning had a
horse stolen. description of the horse also
appeared.
( John S. Head, the Maine Central detec-
tive, of Portland, was then called Stain
stood up. and Mr.. Barker asked if there was
any similarity between the looks of the two
men. The impression was that Mr.. Heald
bore no resemblance to Stain,
! On cross-examinaton Mr.. Head said II
visited the scene of the Dexter bank robbery
Monday following its occurrence. | made
an examination being told that everything
remained it was when Mr.. Barron was
when Mr.. Barron was found. | examined
the top of the safe, and found only an en-
velope and two bottles. There was no screw
driver and no lamp. | there saw Mr.. Hamil
ton and he said that ) 100 had been stolen,
this sum int'iading a $500 bond"
Hermon Y. Crosby of aledteld, was
called II have known Mr.. Stain for eight
or nine years. | never saw him wearing his
moustache in any other way than dyed black
until | met him here. | can say positively
that Stain was a member of the engine com
pany in 1878"
Crosse Examination MIR. Baker, of Med
field, stated to me that there was a meeting
of a committee of the fire company at Stains
house on the 18th of February. He also
spoke about taking some boots to Stains.
He said he fixed the dates from his dairy"
Ruel Il. Smith, stenographic reporter, of
Bangor, who was at Dexter on the day of the
preliminary hearing of the prisoners, then
read scraps of the testimony of John Harvey
and Charles Stain. which the witness took
there, showing numerous contradictions TO
the evidence which they have given at the
trial. The discrepancies were mostly in
Charles Stains stories.
Bv agreement of the counsel it was decid-
ed that all the testimony of Harvey and
Young Stain at Dexter should go to the jury,
and Mr. Barker read it, occupying forty-tive
minutes
The court then adjourned till afternoon.
Afternoon Session.
The largest crowd of the trial was in at
tendance at Court this afternoon. All the
standing room was packed with people.
Mrs Gilmore was recalled, she stated that
the gentleman who called at her house look
ing a fter IA stolen horse. was Alonzo Parker;
that he was the man she didn't know.
Mr. Innis was recalled He stated that h.
did not visit Mrs. Gilmore's house when
looking after the horse thieves.
W. w Bolster of Auburn was called. He
Unidentified paper the counsel presented to
him AS the return which Mr.. Barron made to
him as Bank Examiner in November, 1877.
Cross Examination | made an examna
ton of the premises on Tuesday morning
after the murder. | examined the top of the
safe aud the inside of the vault and don't
recollect seeing a screw driver or lamp lying
on it. | did find lamp on shelf in the
vault did not hear any of the bank Off
GERS say anything about screw driver at
that time. A controversy arose over the
lamp in the vault, satisfied myself that
the lamp was properly there.
Mr.. Barker called the attention of the jury
to Mr. Barron's sworn statement of Nov. 9th,
and two items therein of deposits including
Moses Carr of Sangervlle. testified that
he visited the Dexter Savings Bank on the
afternoon of the tragedy, having business
with Mr. Barron. He had money there and
went to draw his interest. He went twice to
the door and found it locked. The third
time he went he found Mr.. Barron inside and
told him what he wanted. Mr.. Barron got
his books and found that the bank owed him
$3.50. Mr.. Barron told him that he did not
have money enough to pay him and wanted
to give him check, and he at first thought
he would take it, but afterwrad decided that
he would not. s-Examination.-Ther
was nothing unusual about Mr.. Barron's APP
pearance that morning. was in the bank
the best part of an hour.
Mvron Merry field of Medfeld, the hus-
band of Cora the daughter of Stain. was
called He said John Harvey sat behind
me in the car while we were going home
from the Dexter hearing Speaking about
reporters he said to me that they were first
rate fellows and he never had such a good
time in his life, smoking, drinking, etc.
You are not much of fellow, said he to
Revelle. Ito tell story" All you have got
to do is to ask if they've got a couple of hun
dred dollars, and if they have, make them
up as good story as you can and you will
get IT. Harvey uOubteu II Ahttt Was dHh
boring machines in Stains possession. Re
direct Harvey said that he had Stain and
Cromwell shut up for at least three months.
The next witness called was David l..
Stain and his appearance created great SEN
sation. He said | was born in Mt. Vernon,
Ne. went TO Natick, Mass, when | was
seventeen years of age. | learned shoe max
ing From Natick | went to Aroostook
county, when "a years of age. l never was
in Bangor except when ! returned home. six
weeks afterwards. | came down to Mt.
Vernon in 1880 and went to Norridgewock
which is the farthest east ! have ever been
since my Aroos took trip. | settled in Med
/ field in 1854. My house was burned in 1875
! I built new house near the post Office in
Medfeli. / inis the house in 1876.
I had secret place in the chamber floor COW
cred by a board, built to contain a trunk
with nv papers and gold watch and chain,
which was present To Cora from her moth
er | put it there because Harvey had said
he would get it. The alleged secret place by
the chimney was where there had formerly