The Portland daily press., 1888-03-08
BARKER ON THE SCENE.
Did Young Charles Stain Forge the
Sanborn Receipts.
His Fathers Attorney Thinks it the
Sons Handwriting.
Some Sensational Developments In
the Dexter case.
rspeeial to the Press. I

| searching for new evidence 10 OBTAIN new
| trial for the convicted murderers Stain and
| Cromwell has resulted in sensational, and al
the same time important developments,
which, had they come to light before the
trial, would probably have resulted in the
| acquttal Of the prisoners. Charles Stain
appears to be the biggest liar on earth. The
story which made his father murderer, al
least the most important part of it. is COM
plete fabrication. The confession of the ell
der Stain that he was the murderer of Bar
ron becomes myth.
At 230 p. m. today, Lewis A. Barker, ESQ.,
| counsel for David L. Stain, arrived in Wat
erville from Bangor and Immediately, with
L. d. Carver, Esq, who Isl justice of the
peace and two newspaper correspondents,
drove out to the residence Of the late Charles
Harvey Lamb, in Winslow. Mrs. Lamb
was found in her parlor and talked freely
bout young Stain. Mr.. Barker at once pro-
ceeded to obtain her affidavit In regard to
young Stain, which was very similar to
what she gave in her interview of yesterday
Young Stain worked for her husband
every day from the 10th of April, 1877,
to the middle of August following when he
departed, returning again in the winter of
1S77-7S. When leaving in August he did not
take his account book. This, Mrs. Lamb
produced, and there was Stains account
written in his own handwriting. The in
slant Mr.. Barker saw this he exclaimed :
''That's the gentleman that wrote the B. @.
Sanborn receipt, I'll bet $1,000. Look at
that C. 1t is precisely like the C.'s in the
receipt" Mr. Barker had never seen Stains
handwriting before. Mrs. Lamb, in affirm
ing, gave several new facts which are i'm
portant as corroborating the afidavits of the
Howards, which follow.
She said that Stain next reappeared at her
house in March, 1881, Immediately after get
ting out OF State prison. He made short
call and said he was going to Wateryille. He
next called upon her in May, 1881, this was
when he alleged his father confessed to him)
and said he was az work for Cyrus Howard,
of Winslow, and after making call he left
for Howard's. The affidavit of Jonas W..
Robinson, who is working ON the farm of
Mrs. Lamb, and was in the employ of Mr.
Lamb in 1877 was taken. He testified to about
the same as Mrs. Lamb did, corroborating
her affidavit. He identified STAINS account
book and said he had seen entries in the.book
On his return in December, Stain said he
had been to Mt. Vernon and visited his
grandmother; that he had worked there for
while; that he had been in Bangor having
come down to the city on the boat in Decem-
Der and having made brief visit to his
father He had also worked in the Auburn
shoe shops.
Mr.. Barker has already discovered, since
the tai, that the livery stable keeper,
Wheeler never had horse Flora or Star.
and can produce witnesses to prove this.
Now that he has punctured Charles Stains
confession. Mr.. Barker says he will proceed
to shake John Harvey's testimony in regard
to Cromwell's confession. Hon. Lewis Bar
ker, fatAer of the counsel, returned from
Massachusetts this morning, where he has
been engaged on the case.
At Reed Merrill's, mile beyond Lambs,
another valuable piece Of corrobOrative evil
dence was discovered and establishes beyond
a doubt that Stain worked at Lambs as late
as the first or middle of August. 1t was of
Merrill that Frank" hired the team to carry
the Bailey girl to ride on the Sunday he left
so suddenly. Mr. Merrill made affidavit as
follows:
Il lived in 1877 where do now, about one
mile from Lizzie A. Lamb, in Winslow.
know Charles f. Stain. He worked for Mr..
Lamb in the summer of 1877. helped do the
springs work in the spring off 1877 and
Charles, F. Stain worked with. me.
also helped Lamb on his farm in June,
1877, and Charles f. Stain worked with me.
After doing my own haying, finishing either
TIE last of July or first of August, worked
for Mr.. Lamb, doing his haying, and Charles
+. Stain worked with me. Still later in Au-
gust, 1877, / hauled in Mr.. Lambs oats,
which had been cut on the side hill near his
buildings, and Charles f. Stain pitched the
oats into the cart. My memorandum book
is nearly destroyed, but | annex the rem
nants of it marked "A, for what it is WORTH
/ have distinct recollection as to the haul
ing of oats in August l have never given
this information to the public, nor stated it
till since the conviction of Stain and Crom-
well of the murder of j. w. Barron
Thence Messrs. Barker and Carver drove
to the residence of Mr.. Cyrus Howard on
the river road in Winslow, two miles below
the village. Here the most important deyel-
opmentS of any were reached, and 1t was
proved in connection with the atfidavits of
Mrs Lamb and James Robinson that young
Stain worked for Cyrus Howard as late as
the first of January, 1881, hiring to him i'm
mediately after leaving State prison where
he had served term of three years for
horse stealing. Following are the affidavits:
WINsLOw, March 7, 1888.
I,Cyrus Howard of Winslow, in the comfy of
Kennebec on oath, make the following affidavit:
Sometime in March, 1881, young man calling
himself Frank Williams, but as 1 afterward
learned had called himself Frank White, and who
said he had formerly worked for Mr.: G.. II. Lamb,
in this town, came to my farm and hired with me.
He remained here at work Tor me M until some time
for Moses Getchell of Winslow. While at work
for me he had team and said he was going to Mr..
Bailey's and Sands's He worked for Getchell
short time when he left. He.talked considerably
about his father VINO lived in Massachusetts.
have made no statement OF this matter till since
the conviction OF stain ana Cr0mweu Tor the muir
W. y = CYRUS HOWARD
On the back was the following inaorse-
ment:
/, Comelia Howard, wife of Cyrus. Howard
hereby state that the foregoing afildavit Is true
CoRNELIA A. HOWARD.
John +. Howard, il his affidavit, corrobor-
ates his fathers evidence.
By reading the Howard affidavits careful
ly, it will be found that Stain, Tor " was
none other than he, was at Howard's at
work during April and into May. He then
worked for Getchell while and was last
seen by the younger Howard in June. This
is the important development in
this remarkable discovery of new evidence,
which has yet occurred. Young Stain testi-
fed under oath on the stand that it was
either the last of April or the first
of May, 1881, that he visited Med
field and was aroused in the night by his
sister to find his father stricken with a
shock and overcome by vision of the muir
dered Barron. Then it was so this undutiful
son said. his father confessed to the murder
of the Dexter chashier. The Howard affida-
Wits prove that young Stain was in Winslow
at the time and therefore his father. never
made any confession. "This," said Mr..
Barker, ''disposes OF the case against David
STAIN"
Ith COAGRESS...FIRST SESSION.