Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-23


Piled that he had seen jimmys. wrenches
drills. etc, but that the work that Eas car
ried on when he was there, did not demans
these tools. In further testimony he said
Il saw Cromwell at Medfeld just before
rent to prison. Cromwell worked for m.
when / was employed on the farm of Mr.
Bradbury. One day in November while W,
were engaged in work, Cromwell told IN,
that the old man Stain was in Jail plotting
cussedness against him, and that if th.
stains, the old man and son got tsge; her
they would down him. He told me ne wa,
sorry that young Stain was in Maine.
asked Cromwell why he was troubled. II,
answered that Charlie knew all about III,
Dexter affair. | did not know about thii
and asked Cromwell and he told me abou
their breaking into the Dexter Savings Bsnl
and finding Barron there. and that taken By
surprise, they knocked him down and after
wards shut him in the vault" The witnes.
also stated that Cromwell said III those
Down Eastcrs get hold of young Stain.. ..theyl
cypher il out. That boy knows enough Il
put two and three together"
Cross-examined Harvey said that he knew
that Cromwell testified against old Stain aud
lied against him, and wanted to set him
into prison. That he himself had
also testified against Stain and
was an enemy to him now. Witness denied
that he said on the train going TO Dexter that
4 any one would tell story against Stain he
would get well paid for it. That he did tell
the detective last summer when interviewed
that he didn't think they had much of a case
against Stain and Cromwell Tn the de
tictiye on second visit told him that Sheriff
Mitchell had looked up many facts ON the
+ a,A ba nnulI 10
Maine aud testify. That ii was on this sec
ond visit that he told the detective wha'
Cromwell had told him. Harvey told his
story in straightforward manner without
trying to conceal his own crookedness in
the past. He bore the cross examination by
Gillen and then by Barker very calmly. At
torney Appleton then examined the witness
IN regard to the keys at Stains house. He
stated that he had seen as many as a bushel
and half of them together with handouts.
Mrs. A. f. Miller of Bangor testified In
| February. 1873, | resided opposite the Ban
gor House | heard of Mr. Barron's death
ON the morning of the 23d of February. On
I Friday previous TO the robbery, a tall man
/ with light ulster ON called al my house
and engaged board for himself and friend
until the next Monday. He returned with
the friend at night, and both carried valises.
/ The tall man said they might be out some
/ nights lie was travelling for a drug firm
and the other, short man, for hardware
/ firm SO they said Having occasion TO go
! into their room next day, took up their val
ises and they were heavy and iron clinked.
The men were in and out during this time,
the old man going to Winthrop on Friday.
They did not take their yalises when they
went out. They gave no names. Both m en-
departed on Monday morning, one saying
that he would go on the early train, and the
other driving of later in the day saying that
he would go 10 Oldtown, but taking another
road. Last December | visited the jail and
was shown STAIN. To my great surprise it
was the older man who came 10 my house
with the Young man i'll February, 1873.
Stain stood up and the witness pointed him
out as the man | visited Cromwell's cell
expecting to find the Young man, but it was
not him, and never saw the man before.
Crosse examnatiOn.-S Stain, when at my
house, sat with his head down and had a way
of looking up through his eyebrows when
spoken to- His face is as familiar to me as
that of any person in this room. He wore
dark chin whskers. VIM. Albert lIayne tes-
tilted that he lived in Bangor in Feb. 1873,
and boarded at Mrs. Miller's. Witness cor
roborated her story, and Identified the older
man as Stain and one of her boarders. /
went into the Jail, passed through several
corridors, aud on coming to Mr.. Stains cell
identified the occupant as the man at Mrs.
Millers table.
Cross-examination.- first identified Stain
from a picture shown me. He wore brown
chin whiskers when at Mrs. Miller's. DO not
recognize any other parties here, as being
present at the house.
Freeman Fernald OF Palmyra Maine, te'-
h1ed: Lived IN Palmyra ON the ga OF fep-
ruary, 1873, and drove through Dexter upon
the Dover road with RANK Johnson. met
team coming towards Dexter Inc per
sons were III the vehicle and they drove a
large brown, rangN horse. ms was at y
\. NJ. stain stood up ana the witness
pointed him out as one OF the men ne met.
STAN had on brown coat ana a sou nat IL
strikes me the other man had on cap anu
rubber coat Chas, RANK Johnson 'estihed
that he rode with Mr- fernald from Dexter
into the woods on the ga OF feoruary' io,o'
That he was able to hx the time because ne
came out of the woods the day before the
Dexter affair mat ne met on .he Do'ef
road one mile from Dexter about? o'clock
two men in sleigh. driving a large, DARK
rangy horse. mat the one on the ou'siue
wore brown overcoat and nat the other
rubber coat and cap that 'hey were
driving towards DeNler. lie u'a no' ho'ice
the faces IN the team to remember 'hem'
Adjourned until afternoon.
At the afternoon session aoner sheppard
of Dexter. was called tie said was al
home in Dexter on the 2Znd OF February
lo'o. met MI Barron on spring street at
about 10 \. NJ stopped anu cohNerseu
with mm ana whlie taking team contain
ing two men, came up spring street. ana
went by me ant MT Barron lhere were
two men IN the team one wearing dark
slouch hat. and the other cap he horse
was quite rangy and moved strong
Daniel W Met rillis was sworn ana sta'ed
that he was IN Dexter on the ZZnd OF rep
ruary. ISIS; that he met stranger on MAN
street at about noon; that he ana the stranger
were both aioot that he passed down ny the
Exchange aud up INTO spring street; that ne
wore nice brown o1ercoat ana brown slouch
hat and had sandy mousache ana chlh
whiskers. Here STAN stood up and the wit
ness sa'd - nave 10 1oun' ou' tna' .he hah
Z met. | don't swear that stain Is the lndlYid-