Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-17
CHARLES MOTHER
TeStifeS in His Defense.
She Fully CorroborateS Her Sons
Story.
Her Husbands Financial Troubles the
Source Of Great Anxiety to
Him.
The Prisoner Risidly Cross Questioned
by the Attorney General, with
No Material Change.
Evidence in Rebuttal Introduced by
the Government Principally on
the Point of Young Beals
Character.

Charles Beal was a great incentive for so
many being present.
! At twenty minutes pas. ten the prisoner re-
sumed the stand. He was quite pale but firm
and throughout the rigid questioning of
the Attorney General, he never apparently.
lost his head and at times he would smile and
retort quite sharply. Judge Hall continued
| the direct examination.
Had you been in Waterville at all during
the month of February" the first
| question.
Objected to.
Witness was then asked if he desired to
change his previous testimony about being
in Waterville and said he did not.
Stated that he talked with DIR. fash about
the poison in the liquor. Told him that he
had had bottle in which the whiskey looked
nasty Didn't remember of wearing scarf
when dressed up this winter. Had red one
which he sometimes wore about home this
winter.
| '.Do you remember of asking neighbor
about going to your father and talking with
him about his Drinking"
Witness SAID he asked Mr. Mckenny to
| talk with his father sometime last summer.
Cross stioned-W at work for his
father when he got Mr.. Mckenney to talk
with him Had worked for his father from
| the time he begun on wages up to the time OF
his death, excepting few months. Was
away last August. Thought that was the first
time that he had quit working for his father
and then on account of no trouble. Should
have to go Over this again as he worked
short time last July in the pant shop of Mr..
| Rich. After he returned from the August
vacation, went to work for his father in about
week after his return. Didn't remember
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had words with his father. He answered
| back sometimes. Not very much, because ne
didn't dare to.
Have you not once testified that you weren't
afraid of your father and now you say you
| didn't dare to answer him back much.
Witness said that he didn't wish to be
sassy" to his father Had been ordered by
his father to quit his work. This was liable
to occur any week. This occurred at night
when his father had been drinking. In the
morning he would be all right. Part of the
time he got his pay of 50 per week from his
| father and part of the time from his brother
| who kept the books. Thought the last credit
he received on the books was in January.
Didn't know that he not in pay of his
| father after the 2Sth of January. He was
sick for week and his father stopped his
credit because he refused to work not feeling
| able.
Will you say that of your father
| suppose | shall have to.
| Then he was inhuman, was he?
Well he used to ask me to work when
told him ! didn't want to. Believed that
some words were said. Perhaps they might
have been hard words.
| Did you protest to him that you were sick!
Witness said he told him that he didn't feel
! like working.
| This was the first time, the 28th of Jan,
that YOU ceased having the book credit?
Witness thought it was.
Didn't remember any trouble with his
father in the store in the presence of Mr.
| Hodgon Said it wasn't an unusual thing to
have words with his father. There were
| times when he didn't feel like working
| but he always did the chores. His father
didn't get very angry when he told him he
was sick and didn't want to work. On the
many occasions when he had words with his
! father, he couldn't remember the "orus ne
used.
Did you have any feeling that your father
was doing YOU an injustice in asking you to
to work when you We're sickT
| Didn't remember of feeling so and didn't
have anything laid up against his father
| Heard Mr. Dixon's testimony.
| Did YOU say in the presence of Mr.. Dixon,
There goes the g-d-d-d old fool. Eli
put stop to him before long?'
Didn't remember of saying it, but didn't
| think he did say SO. Didn't remember of
asking Mr. Dixon if he and his brother
/ could carry on the business. Didn't remem-
| Der of saving any such stuff Never stood
across the street and watched his father 90
out of the store and then went IN himself.
4 During the time his father was at North
IL, ln't
how many times he was in there. Went
down cellar at this time but didn't 90 for
! liouor Thought he went there twice
Witness was asked if his father knew of
his going into the cellar. Said he didn't know
whether he wentinto the cellar in the presence
of his father after the 2sth of January or
not His father never had forbidden him to
touch that liquor down cellar Didn't
calculate for his father to see him get the
| liouor for he had the idea that his father
wouldn't like it,
Did Mr.. Dixon tell you squarely that it
wasn't right for YOU to take that liquor as 1t
was unfair towards him.
Didn't remember that Dixon told him so.
Didn't saw those words But he did come
IN with a bottle and put some molasses in 1t
| once and offered him some and DiXson SAID
..vour fatherll think took that
Took a flask out the next Sunday, or Sunday
but one. after the barrel came. Took it up
stairs, drank part of il and put the bottle pank
! down cellar and told his brother where it was.
Ta,t flask he took and sweetened it with
molasses. and took it home. Didn't remem-
ber inst when he took the third flask but not
a long time after.
Who was with YOU when you took the third
i Was alone Went down cellar alone. Car
| r;aa This flask over to Browns stable. Be-
Geved that this was the last flask which he
took from the barrel. Had liquor of his
nsr Didn't know how long before this he
h.d s,pnlied himself with liquor but it was
before he took this third flask. Believed
tb,t he was going to Mr.. Webber's the day
ho took the third flask. Thought he went to
carry a load of poles from Burnham village.
Thought this was the day that he took the third
flask. but wouldn't say for certain. went
down to get the bottle. Didn't take drink in
the cellar Supposed that he went down eel
lar for an immediate drink. put never arahs
down cellar. Put the flask IN his pocket and
went over TO Browns stable
J ..Snppose YOU want to know why didn't
ar;nt down celiar?" said the witness as he
w.s sbaruly questioned on this point. We
ADMIT stan dawn there to drink for fear that
] fa,hsr wouId come down and see us. was
, mite light in the stable when he went to
take drink. When he took up the flask to
: drink he noticed that it looked dirty LOOK
inc as if it had ashes in it. Touched 1t to his
tongue but didn't notice any odd taste.
!. should have taken drink, however, II II
f hadn't looked dirty. Didn't remember VIVA,
he did with the bottle. Never had stated
+ that he threw it down the scuttle There
were hiding places in the stable where they
: kent old bottles. Didn't remember OF nou'
a a;ng any sediment in the bottom OF the MASK
. Thonght his father had put something mo II
Hadn't told any one OF 1t TILL ne 'o'u "
fash. fo,r,
t From that particular time ~nen s ou ioa au,
the stuff in that bottle you never drank any