The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-07-11
SHADY MADDOcKS TELLS HIS STORY.
He, too, Is Man with a Dubious
Record.
But He Knows He Hauled stain and
Cromwell
When They Left Dexter After the Aw-
full Murder.

ment was to place on the stand in the Stain
Cromwell hearing two weeks ago, but who
could not be found when wanted, gave his
testimony before Judge Peters this morning
There was sensation in the court room
when County Attorney Appleton called him
to the stand. He said he resided in Bar Har-
bor. In the summer of 1877 he lived in Dex-
ter. near the Farmers Hotel. 81 had sta
ble," said the witness, and was accustomed
TO stable teams. AT times | would carry peo-
pie between Dexter and the surrounding
towns. 1t the summer of 1877 carried two
strangers from Dexter to Corinna l had
never seen them until they came to my
house, and they were not known in Dexter
Later in the fall the same two men came to
my house in the evening, and wanted me to
carry them TO Madison bridge. l agreed to
do so and l started with them, taking two
horses, one of which led and the other L
drove. The men had two valises which they
put into the wagon. The first stop we made
was in Cambridge, at farmers house.
where we expected to leave one of the horses,
but we could not do so. We did, however,
stop at the house of Mr.. Brown in Har-
mony, where he left one of the horses.
'We then continued on to Madison bridge.
where we arrived between G and O'Clock in
the morning. The men wanted to be left ON
the street, and so l dropped them there. 1
went to the hotel, where had breakfast for
myself and horse, and afterwards went
home. On the trip over from Dexter the
men talked but very little, and then in
commonplace way. They did not seem to be
in particular hurry, either, but took the
journey easily.
Il next saw these two men in Dexter, on
the morning of the Barron murder.
They came to my stable on that morning.
about o'clock, and wanted to feed their
horse. They were ac companied by third
man. The horse was taken out of the buggy
but his harness was not taken from him, and
ne was fed in the stable. Two of the men
remained with him, and the other went out
on the main street. One of the men had on
a ,slouch hat, and the other Scotch can.
Alter they fed their horse he was harnessed.
ana they drove out of town. think have
seen one OF the men that drove on those
two occasions since, and that was in the iail
this morning. They called him Mr.. Stain.
and was satisfied that he was one of nv
men. AT the time of the trial l was in the
Town OF Prentiss. went there to work, as
aid n9t care 70 be- witness at the trial.
On cross-examination the witness said: .sI
had been In Dexter several years. In 1877
running stable was part of my business. /
had sign out, 'Stabling,' and many strang-
ers We're accustomed to visit there. | have
nc memoranda or anything by which to fix
the date, as July, when the strangers came
tnere. cannot remember anything about
their clothes, except that one wore cap and
the other hat. do not remember how they
wore their boards. They had no overcoats
ana no baggage OF any sort. 1t was dark
wnen they came to my stable, and when
got to Corinna with them it was 10 O'clock.
They talked but little on the trip. and I did
not even inquire where they were from. To
60 TO Corlnna would be directly away from
okoWnegan. Bingham or Anson. Some four
Madison bridge, l carried them to Dover.
Iney came In the night, and our trip was
made in the night. We made no talk on the
journey, and left them at the end of the
Dover i and Foxcroft bridge. On the Novem-
evening, and had to drive forty miles to
Madison bridge. One of their valises
was an ordinary carpet sack. and the
other an enamel cloth yalise. Five
miles away, in Cambridge, we stopped
Y AZ o ciooK at the house of a man named
Norton. to- leave the horse He wouldn't
leave him in Harmony. About l2 O'clock we
1id leave the horse. When was at break
last at Madison bridge that morning the two
men came into the hotel but made no talk
with them, and did not appear to know them.
l aiu hot mink It very strange that these two
men should constantly be appearing at nv
stable to ask for transportation. have new
er told that the the trip made in November
was one to Bill Evans, in Harmony, carving
over Doc. Andrews and another man. / did
make 4 such Trip with Doc. Andrews, but
snink sa.ln u was " after the murder of Barron.
never said to my wife that was with Doc
Andrews on that trip. The next time saw
tnese men was between and s O'clock on
the day OF the Barron murder 1 did not
recognize them for some time, and made no
talk with them whatever. do not know
men in two seated pung and the third one
being tall young man. Stain that day
had on light clothes and a can. Can
not describe the dress or appearance of the
other men. The oldest and largest man left
the stable while the horse was feeding.
These men had never attracted nv attention
oy anything they had said or done during
The trips. attempted to explain this matter
70 Allen Merrill and several other men three
or four days after the Barron murder. but
ghey LOOK no stock in it. | don't know when
next told the story. lived in Glenburn
after left Dexter, but [ never told the peo-
pie there that supposed l was the man who
carried Stain and Cromwell out of Dexter On
me night OF the murder. | went away to
( Prentlss to escape being a witness at the
trial. did not care to appear in n court
room. never was there as criminal
told the story to Allen Merrill in diffeTent
way, saying that | drove the men to Carmel
ae was the only man who could tell any
.hlng about my story. | read the papers
during the trial, and thought likely that nv
testimony might be important but made no
talk. O' ~
did not tell this story to one of the gov
ornment counsel because he had an execu-
lion against me, and wanted to save dis
closure. In April went into the hall to see
Il L could pick out the men, but could not do
SO. dld select one man, and he was head
waiter Oh the jail. first told the story to
MT Plerce. L am an unwilling witness;
other people have brought me here; have
spoken OF this matter TO Mr.. Fiield of BAN
sor and w. ID. Mudgett of Dexter; am the
same man who was in the Bangor police
court for wife beating, and placed under
leavy bonds. could not furnish bonds,
and went to Jail for several months NV
WlIe nalied me out. am the same man who
this court.
Redirect-Doc. Andrews and myself went
% % harmony alone ON that trip. Stain look
81 at me very eagerly and earnestly this
hardly taking his ewes from me
had little difficulty in fixing him in nav mind
as the one carried on those trips. / might
have seen the men in Dexter, both the day
before and on the same day as the Barron
murder"
This concluded Maddocks' testimony. and
i was agreed that the rebuttal to be intro
lucpd nv the dafenoa should ko .>,1 =: ~: