Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-03


He will also state that said Stain was a
Lambs on Jan. 1873. aud that he said h,
had recently paid visit to Massachusetts ant
that after leaving Lambs in August he Wis
tied Mt. Mernon and Bangor and worked i
while in the shoe shops in Auburn. He will al
SO state that on the 9Th day of March of tbs
present year he saw said Stain in Wstervillt
and recognized him as the man who workee
with him in 1877.
And, further, that one Reed Morrill, Of
China. in the csuuty of Kennebec, will tes
tify that he resides about one mile from the
farm formerly owned by said Charles ii
Lamb: that he is well acquainted with Charles
+. Stain; that he knows that said Stain
worked for Charles III. Lamb on his farm dur
ing the summer and until some time in August
of the year 1877. Mr.. Morrill, will say that
he helped Lamb do his springs work in loIl
and that Stain worked with him; that he
worked on Lambs farm in June, 1877. and
Stain worked with him; that he helped Lamb
to do his having that year and that Stain
worked with him; and that he hauled grain
for Lamb in August and that Stain pitched
the grain onto the cart Morrill, will produce
what is left of his account book showing his
account kept with Lamb for work done thai
season.
And that the respondents say that one Viii
liam Davis of Litchheld, in the county OF
kennebec, will testify on the sIh day of Au
gust, 1917, he. in company with Charles /
stain, drove off bridge in the highway in
West Gardiner with a team, and that on he
10th day of the same month they settled with
the town of West Gardiner, said Stain re-
ceiving one hundred dollars and said Davis
fifty dollars for alleged injuries.
And, further, that one w. Z. Haskell OF
West Gardiner, will testify that he remem
bers Charles F. Stain that he remembers
when he worked for William Davis early in
the year of 1877; that he remembers wher
Stain and William Davis drove off the bridge
in August, 1877 ,and that he is the present town
clerk and chairman of the selectmen for
said town of West Gardiner, and has in his
possession all the books of the town showing
the settlement with Stain and Davis for al
legged injuries received by driving off said
bridge, and that said town books will show a
settlement on the 10th day of August, 1877,
by which Stain received 800 and Davis $50.
And the respondents say that one Joseph
Ellis of Randolph. in the county of kenne-
bee, a credible person, will testify that he
is acquainted with Charles T. Stain; that
sometime about the latter part of November,
| 1877, said Stain came to Augusta and re-
NAMED there about week that at this time
he, said Ellis, was at work in livery stable
in Augusta and that said Stain represented
TO him that he could do better if he could
get back to Massachusetts, and he thereupon
lent Stain So to go with.
| Sd. That the said Charles L. Stain also
testified at the trial in Bangor that he and the
respondents together with one Billy Scott
came TO Maine for the purpose of examining
the Dexter Bank in July, 1877, over the
Steamer Star of the East from Boston, and
that they came in the month of July, 1877,
starting from Medfield with team; that on
their return they stopped at the Farmer S
| Hotel in Augusta. In connection with this
testimony another important witness for the
/ government was introduced in the person of
Francis NJ. Bowman who testified that he was
the proprietor of the Farmers Hotel in Au-
gusta in 1877 and that on the 2Sth day of July
of that year, three men with two seated
wagon stopped at his house to dinner; that
| he asked them to register and they declined
/ and that he registered them as three strangers
And the respondents aver III relation to this
testimony that they were taken completely by
surprise. because the said Stain had testified
at the preliminary trial in Dexter, that this
trip was made in August instead of July and
had in no way connected the Farmers Hotel"
/ with said trip. And the respondents say that
! they were not prepared nor could they prepare
during the trial to meet this new phase of
the case, but say that since the trial the mat
ter has been Investigated and it appears that
said Bowman was not proprietor of that Hotel
in july. 1877, and that one George II. Robin
son, "a credible citizen of NorIi gewock in
the county of Somerset. will testify that he
leased said house called the Farmers Hotel"
from said Bowman on the 3lst day of May,
! IN = On q tl,.as
on the next day, June lst. That he continued
to keep said house himself till January 9th.
1873, when he left it; that during the time
he was landlord of said house Francis NJ.
Bowman had nothing 10 do with it " hatever; ;
/ that he was not employed by him and that
Bow man was in no way interested in SAID
house; that he had clerk all the time
named George W. Taylor OF llallowell.
{ Mr.. Robinson will produce his lease from
Bowm as above stated, aud also receipts for
each months rent of house and furniture
during the time above name /, also receipts
from the A. w. Sprague Manufacturing Co.
/ for the rent of the lot upon which said house
stands sah receipts covering the time above
mentioned, also his L. S. Internal revenue
tobacco tax receipt for same time, together
with his books of account kept by him in
said house, and receipted bills for meats,
groceries, coal, etc, during Saii time
/ And the respondents say that one George
W. Taylor, a credible citizen of the town of
/ liailowell, will testify that he worked for the
aforenamed George ii. Robinson as Clerk III
the Farmers Hotel in Augusta. during the
time said Robinson kept said house, TO wit:
From June lst, 1871, to Jan. 9th, 1873, and
4 that during that time Francis NJ. Bowman
was in no way connected with said house and
/ had nothing to do in conducting the business
of the same; that when Robinson took said
house there was hotel register partially
used, with Bowman's name printed in it AS
I landlord, and they continued to use that till
1t was used up, when Il new one with Robin
sons name was proeured that when Robin
son left the house and Bowman took it again
/ these Old registers were left in the house.
/ a. IL. Foster of New Vineyard, will testify
/ that he was at the Farmers Hotel on the 2oth
{ day of July, 1875 that G. IL. Robinson was
/ landlord, and that +. Nj. Bowman was not
there and had nothing to do with said house
/ fth That said Charles +. Stain testified
/ that he, together with these respondents
and one "Billy Scott came from Massachu-