Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-03

derfQl Self-c0nfrOi. During the seven hours
notwithstanding the Attorney General again
aud again branded him and pointed his finger
of accusation at him as a murderer he sat in
the dock like statue of stone with his eye:
riyeted before him, on the speaker.
At noon today Cromwell was found upon
his knees in his cell. weeping, and he ex-
claimed, I'm lost, I'm lost (. but help me
I God, am innocent One of his council
said tonight Il honestly believe these men
are innocent, and if convicted, will use my
own money TO go to Massachusetts and camp
there until discover evidence that will ac-
quit them"
The same attorney received a letter, dated
at Boston TODAY, written in a coarse. scraggy
hand, saying, Charles Stain was the mur-
derer Of J Wilson Barron. WAS with him.
He will recognize this hand" There was no
signature.
The Judge will charge the jury in the
the jury will disagree.
Notes
Mr.. Barker. in closing. said: Gentle
men of the jury, you have heard this case
with infinite care and patience. Do not be
swerved by any perjured testimony that has
been brought before you. Set, pray you,
the seal of your Indignation on this enormi-
ty. beg you to bring in a verdict unbiased
by an influence of party, verdict untainted
by any touch of the foul and exploded sui
eide theory, unchanged by anything that
snail prevent the light of justice from rest
ing on that angelic face, the face of that
wronged but patient widow who has waited
all these long years for the vinication of her
husbands memory. l now rest it in your
hands gentlemen of the jury, knowing that
you are responsible to your conseiences and
your God.
In speaking of the forgery business, Mr..
Baker said, Stain caused his counsel to make
charges against one of their own witnesses,
whose name has never been exposed to a
breath of suspicion, perfectly disinterested
person, a man whose appearance on the wit
ness stand commanded respect. These pa
pers were in his possession till they passed
into the hands of the Kcnnebec Journal in
view of whose reputation, and the high repu-
tation of whose editors, you will hardly ven
ture TO charge with fogery.
Thus closed the last plea on this long and
famous trial Rarely in the history of courts
is it found that vast audience have sat
hushed and rapt with the words of a person
speaking with unvarying eloquence and un-
tagging energy from in the morning till
p NJ. and from 80 to =. NJ. Between
seven and eight hours of wear and tear of
the many forces of brain and body which the
of the prisoners during these hours of scath-
ing arraignment? Cromwell sat with droop-
ing head and flushed face, moving from time
to time as if with internal agony. In his
cell today he was found on his knees and in
tears, saying Il am lost man but am i'll
nocent." Ol his left in the dock sat Stain
upright and unhnching, every muscle as
rigid as if carved from marble. Yet il
seemed as if you could see the cheeks
grow more hollow, the eyes more sunken.
Through nearly all this long trial he has
physical impossibility for most men though
their nerves were made of steel.
This morning the court excused the wait
ing jury until Monday morning at ten
o'clock.
About two hours of tomorrow morning
will be taken up by Judge Peters in making
his charge to the jury. Everyone is desirous
of hearing the learned and important charge
which they know will emanate from His
Honor, and special measures are being taken
by the officers in charge of the Court House
to provide for the expected press of visitors.