The Portland daily press., 1888-02-27

The interest In the case VI oeain anu OrOnl-
we'll continues unabated, and the court room
was crowded as usual.
MIR. BRADBURY,
president of the Dexter Savings bank, was
recalled bv the government this morning. He
stated that on the 25th of March, 1878, he had
printed and distributed a circular stating
that Mr.. Barron had sacrificed his life to pro-
tect from robbery 81 ,172 which were in the
bank outside the safe and stolen; that a
monument should be erected in memory Of
Mr.. Barron; that $4,000 would remain after
Barron's estate was settled. These state
ments were true to the best of witnesses
knowledge at the time
Counsel for the defence ELECTED from Mr.
Bradbury that the circular was Issued with
out the knowledge of the false accounts and
erasures which were not discovered until the
following November.
MR.. HAMILTON
was also recalled by the government He
recognized the circular sent ont after Barron's
death. 1t was then believed that the state
ments in it were correct but they did not
prove so. The $4,000 included Barron's life
insurance. Mr.. Barron was supposed to be
financially sound.
Redirect; There was a charge in Mr. Bar
ron's bank book under date of February q,
1878, of United States bond of the value of
S525. Witness had been unable to trace the
bond after the robbery or the person from
whom it was bought. Through the circular
5000 was raised for Barron's family. Mr..
Barron kept special deposit book which he
never included in the trial balance or the re-
turns to the bank examiner.
HENRY c. PARSONS.
The deposition of Henry G. Parsons, Of
Dexter, was next introduced. He knew Mr.
Barron, and had desk in the savings bank
room. and he was in the bank nearly all of
the afternoon of February p, 1878. Left
t25 minutes of 5. Mr.. Barron seemed to be
gloomy and respondent for several days pre-
vious. There was no difference in Barron's
mental condition on the day of the tragedy
A short time previous to his death he spoke
to Parsons about dying and wanted him to
euy his house. He stood in the window
back to Parsons all the afternoon of the I'D
Saw Mr. Barron trying on pair of handouts
one or twice. Some one tried the BANK door
that afternoon and witness heard persons
passing through the entry, as he thought, go
ing into Masonic Hall.
JOSEPH sPRINGALL,
of Dexter, deposed: 81 am physician and
surgeon. and was called to attend Mr.. Bar
ron on the night of the tragedy. - BThe first
thought that struck me on seeing him was
that he was dead drunk He appeared to be
under the influence of some powerful mar
cotic, and on consultation with another ply
sician prescribed belladonna. On one side
of the head was slight protuberance and
there were wounds that might have caused
Mr.. Barron's death. The face was flushed
by the narcotics or pressure of the brain.
Death might have been caused by the blow
of a sandbag on the head. The inner skull
might have been fractured with no appear
ance of it on the exterior OF the head"
WHIP. BEMAN's
deposition was then read as follows; Il
visited Barron's house early in the eyeningIof
Barron's death. Mrs. Barron came to the
door and appeared much worried about her
husband" Mr.. Beman then described the
finding of Mr.. Barron. "The coal in the hod
had run out but very little, which thought
51sbb bros9rbt her TO Tfa' the bank The coal hod was
four feet from the coal closet door, also the
teeth and pen. That night / looked at the
back room carefully, which was covered
heavily with dust and could find no evidenc
d
dust There were but few tracks in the
dust. know that the physician gave Bar
ron an aDtidote for poison"
HENRY WHITE,
of Dedham, Mass, was an officer in the jail
there in 1879 He testified: ''Stain came
there as an overseer in the prison workshop.
He entered the jail as prisoner in 1882, re-
naming about year. l was present when
Charles F. Stain visited his father there.
David Stain said to me, that is my son,
and have not seen him for more than five
years."
Young Stain, it will be remembered. testi-
fed that he visited his father in 1881, who
then made confession to him.
Cross examination-"I swear positively
that David Stain made this statement to
me. / saw Stain when Bell and Harvey
were tried.
OLIVER NJ. BLANCHARD.
of Gardiner, agent of the Kennebec Steam
boat Company, in that city, was called He
was agent in the months of July, August
and November, 1877, and he described the
manner of the delivery of teams coming on
the boat Mr.. Blanchard produced the re c.
ords of all the arrivals of horses and wheeled
vehicles at Gardiner on the steamer Star of
the East, during the months of July, August
and November, 1877, except for the trip of
July 14th. Witness, referring to the diary,
testified that the steamer sailed from the
Kennebec on her last trip for the season
of 1877, on Dec. 3, at p. m. In the same
way he stated the time of the arrival of the
steamer at her wharf in Gardiner. On each
trip during these months, he never knew the
boat to arrive as early as o'clock a. IN.
Young Stain testified that he and the gang
arrived in Gardiner at 5 o'clock on one OF
their trips.
IVitnacc cold ha navar ca,u fl,a rrie ennare Of
the bar before, and never delivered horses to
them.
Cross-examination-A man, by arriving
late at the Boston end of the route, could
ship horses or carriages ou the boat without
the shipment appearing on the receipts at
the Gardiner end although it would be noted
in the way-bills. The way-bills and receipts
were in the hands Of reporters for several
months previous to the time he was sum-
moned, q few days ago. 1t would be SIM
pie matter for man to ship team in fic-
titious name, and he could also forward
team in the name of some well known ship
per, with no difficulty.
Counsel for the government called the at
tention of the witness to the record OF a
horse and twO-seated open beach wagon,
received on Nov. goth, under the name of b.
G. Sanborn. The receipt was signed by the
man who received the team, and also hlled
out by him. Witness testified that he did
not require signatures TO receipts except
attention of the witness was then called to
the receipt for horse and carriage delivered
to c. H. Dunham, Nov. IA, 1877. The vehi-
Gle, as indicated by the receipt might have
been a buggy or two-seated open beach
Here Mr.. Gillen, of the defence, stepped
forward and presented several receipts to
the witness, and asked him If the writing on
them was not in ink.
He replid: at is"
Then. producing the receipt Of Nov. Goth,
signed ''B. C. Sanborn," the attorney asked
if the signature and other writing was not
made with a lead pencil and did not appear
to have been made recently.
"Yes," was the reply.
The entry appears as morse and carriage,
while by this receipt the vehicle was double
seated beach wagon. This occurrence Great
ed quite sensation in the court, as it might
indicate that the receipts had been lately
tampered with by some one writing with
lead pencil in an awkward hand. Several
other receipts were found written with
lead pencil.
Afternoon Session.
j. e. THOMPSON,
of Augusta, testified: 81 was the jailer in
charge of the Augusta Jail in the spring of
1897 ond bad a nrisoner named Charles r