The Portland daily press., 1888-02-22
Afternoon Session.

Afternoon Session.
The court room was crowded with specta-
tors this afternoon, the attendance OF ladles
being larger than heretofore On cross eA-
animation young Stain continued: Inc
trap by the chimney in fathers house where
the tools were kept had door opening INTO
the kitchen and square hole out through
at the ceiling into the closet opening into my
sisters bedroom. | made statement once
that it was in August we took the first trip
to Maine On reaching Waterville in the al
ternoon on that trip, we put up at the Conti-
mental Hotel. We left the hotel in the night
and reached Skowhegan about o'clock the
next morning The gang did not tell me
how they went to Dexter or returned, or
what they were doing there. did not think
they had a successful trip from what they
said heard them talking about the second
trip in fathers parl0r the first OF November.
have never stated ON the stand that the
horse Star belonged to or was kept by my
father and have never said that 1t was on OF
about the 23d of November that we started
on the second trip or that we drove rignt
through from Gardiner. We. instead, put
up at boarding house for while and obtain
ed some crackers and cheese in Augusta and
arrived In Waterville at O'Clock in the
morning. We made stop at Fairfield put
TIM the horse up at the Fairfield House sta,
BILE. We took lunch at a saloon and stopped
| in Pittsfeld two or three hours, stabling the
horse just beyond the town and eating crack
ers and cheese. We drove thence TO Dexter,
direct arriving at $50 in the evening. ON
the way to S0lon stopped at house Tour
miles out of Dexter and got some supper ana
baited my horse. had been to Carney's be-
fore having driven through from Canada
with father and George Gleason, when the
old house was built. In January 1870,
went to Lewiston and drove q
team to North Belgrade, where l. placed
it in the livery stable and notified MN Dy
letter. was arrested for stealing the team,
convicted and sentenced to State prison ior
three years. 80,
Il got out Of prison February 9TH, 1881, and
soon afterwards went to my fathers Ia Med
field and he then made his confession. 1
may have said that Scott jumped out OF the
| window of the bank room. Will not De
positive that they told me Scott jumped out.
He was in the building watching 10 give tne
ter my father confessed and went to Win
throp and thence to Auburn, where was ar
rested and served a term in jail. In 1883 1
was arrested for selling goods under raise
pretenceS and got year in State prison. 4
went to Canada after serving my term; re-
naming there two years. Afterwards re-
turned to Maine and lived in Skowhegan
and Norridgewock, and In the latter place
was arrested for assault and battery on my
wife, for which / served seven months Ia
Norridgewock jail told my story to John
| Harvey in 1888, before went to see my faith
er in Dedham Jail, and next related it to my
wife in Norridgewock jail. and afterwards to
Sheriff Mitchell, Mr.. Copeland and Mr..
Palmer of Dexter, and DR.. Barney. also
made written confession while in Jail and
gave it to Mr.. Mitchell. was compelled 10
tell the story. / was sick and Dr. Barney
attended me- He saw that i was nervous
a s,nr 0u NV mind and he ask
ed me what the matter was. In reply, re-
lated the story. While was In this state,
the ghost of Barron appeared to me three
different nights and said 1t is l, be not
afraid | only saw his head" Counsel
pressed his question to ascertain what the
head looked like and, apparently much al
fected, Stain asked to be excused. Mr.. Bar
ker continued, however, and the witness
again asked to let this question pass, which
the counsel agreed to.
"I did not make any further confession un-
til met the reporter Of the New York
World. went to New York with him and
stopped at the Astor House and there die.
tated my story to a stenographlc reporter
At times the witness was somewhat con-
fused and mixed about some OF the trips
made into Maine and would think Tor mo-
ment or two before giving an answer. But
on the whole his answers were made very
promptly.
After two hours cross examining Of
Stain,
CHARLES L. DODGE,
| of Medfeld, Mass, a carpenter, TOOK the
| stand. He testified: 81 have known David
| L. Stain for seventeen or eighteen years. In
| September, 1875, commenced new house
for him and completed it in 1876 AT his
suggestion built in the second story, near
the chimney and in the floor between the
floor timbers, a secret recess 20x7a inches.
a. IN. al Hxxo nard
over which the carpet came Stain said he
wanted this to keep his private papers in.
| The opening to this trap was to be found in
a closet. There was closet sealed up in
the second story which could only be reached
by lifting up the floor boards In the attic and
making hole through the plastering. | re-
member Mr.. Wheeler OF Medheld, livery
stable man who kept a bay mare, Flora.
Wheeler also had horse with star ON the
forehead. think the animal had one white
hind foot"
FRANCIS NJ. BOWMAN,
Of Augusta, Me-. testified Il kept the
Farmers Hotel in 1877. and have seen the
prisoners at the bar before. saw Crom-
we'll at my hotel, July 2s, 1877. and there were
two others with him. l think they
| had team consisting of a bay horse and
| two-seated beach wagon. | had little talk
with Mr.. Cromwell, and have no doubt he IS
| the same man whom / saw there" Witness
| pointed Cromwell out in the group before
| him.
contamination asked Cromwell
to register, but he would not. think l
know Mr.. Stain. Should say the party was
| al my house two or three hours. 1t seems
as if | remembered that Cromwell had small
side whiskers. l went into the Jail last
| Thursday, and selected Cromwell from
| among the prisoners, and recognized him as
| the man who was at my house in July, 1877" !"
| Re-direct-"I think l saw MIR. stain at my
hotel at the time. As nearly as l can re-,
member, Cromwell was guest at my Eotel
at other times, afterwards, that summer.
| can't tell sure when, but can swear that
| saw him there more than once.
| ALBERT HILTON,
| of Madison, Maine, testified: Il know
Charles F. Stain, who has testified. In the
fall of 1877, l was employed at Carneys.
fencing stable, and Stain came there with a
two-seated express wagon and bay horse win
= star in its forehead and white right
hind foot. Stain staid there seven days and
a half. He called himself Frank Snow "
| He made trip to Parlin Pond with Mr.. Car
| news light buggy and his own horse. He
| called the horse Star. l remember tnat ne
got letter Just before he left which was
handed him by Carney, and this called MN
away at once Stain came to Carneys from
| the direction Of Bingham and lett on the
| Bingham road"
/ JONATHAN BEAN,
residing at the Forks of the Kennebec testl'
fled: I'm 1877 lived at Parlin Pond and
saw Chas. +. Stain at my house in Novem.
ber, 1878. He called himself Frank Snow
He drove a light bay horse with star in his
forehead and Carney's buggy. He staid al
night and drove off towards Carney's. 1t was
the following winter that heard of the Dex
ter tragedy"
ago. saw Sheriff Mitchell and young Stain
In two minutes / recognized him by his look:
and voice He told me his name was Stain
/ told him that he called himself Frank Snow
at my house ten years ago. At first l tolt
them il was nine years since, but Mitchell
reminded me that it was ten and l remem
bered."
Adjourned.
MAINE.
Thawed Out.