Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-02-24
raR STATES EVIDENCE ALL IN
I'm the Trial of Cashier Barron's AL
legged MurdereFs.

legged murderers.
BANGOR, Me-, Feb. 23.-At the afternoon
session of the trial of Cashier Barron's alleged
murderers the government introduced three
witnesses who resided in Vassalboro at the
time of the Barron murder, all of whom tes-
titled to seeing team containing two
strangers pass through that town the day af-
ter the murder going toward Gardiner. One
of the men wore slouch hat and brown
coat, the other cap and black coat. Their
horse was powerful animal, but appeared
jaded and had evidently been driven furious
ly. Although their description of the team
agreed with that of Stain and Cromwell and
of the team which young Stain said was used
by his father and Cromwell, yet the wit
nesses were not sure that the prisoners were
the men they saw. Mrs. Flora P. Barron,
widow of Cashier Barron, testified that when
her husband left home to go to the bank ON
February %, 1878, he was in his usual health
and spirits and that he expected to return by
8 or o'clock in the afternoon. He left
his watch at home by accident
as he had occasionally done before.
Witness next saw him about eight o'clock
in the evening in the bank building uncon-
scieus and remained with him until 5:45
o'clock the next morning, when he died.
There was no post-mortem held. She first
heard of the Stain story in January, 1887.
Last September young Stain called upon her
and told his story.
case for the defense. "It is with almost a
feeling of tinidity that I enter into this
case " he said. fsI feel that the prisoners
counsel will prove their innocence if they
are able men and amply qualified. Through
the columns of the newspapers the public
I'll L. b.
oners in this remarkable case, which reads
almost like a romance" Mr.. Gillen defined
the case briefly and then went on to review
it. ''The main evidence in the governments
case is the testimony of Charles F. Stain and
John Harvey" he continued. They
are the trunk and other witnesses the branch
es. When they intended to convict by cir
cumstantial evidence they must prove every
circumstance. eve have to go to Massa-
chusetts to prove that the testimony of
Charles F. Stain is that Of q treacherous, de-
signing villain We will show you that there
was never horse shipped on the Star of the
East in July or September by Stain and that
every horse that has gone on board that
steamer was given to his owner. We will
show to you that neither of the trips in July
or November were made and not by an al
ibi. We shall also prove by reliable wit
ness from Massachusetts, that David L. Stain
purchased a bill of goods on the 18th of
February, 1878, from parties in Medfeld;
that Charles Stain was not in Medfeld, Mass,
from the 9TH of November, 1876, to the
I'd of January, 1877; that he was in
Augusta jail during February, March
and April, 1877, while he swore
twice that he was never in that jail; that
John Harvey with knife attempted to take
the life of David L. Stain. Mr.. Gillen out
lined the well known suicide theory and pre-
sented plan of the Dexter Savings bank to
the jury and held that the wounds on Bar
ron's head were made by the pushing of the
vault door against it by the bank officers,
that the only marks in the coal dust were the
footprints Of one man going to and from the
coalbin; that light and screwdriyer were
found in the vault; that in the drawer of the
safe were two packages OF money SO that if
any men came in there for the purpose of
robbery they never touched it, that there
was not thing taken from that bank; that
Mr.. Barron time and again had fixed
his books and sometimes bridged
them over to the amount of $4,000.
We will also produce a trial balance to
which two men placed their names and after
wards six figures on it were changed by
him. We shall further show that the fig
ures t$218, 000' on the Books were altered to
1925, 000' and shall place Eve different wit
nesses on the stand whom Cashier Barron
credited with money which they never de-
posted and charged them with sums which
they never drew. We shall introduce anoth-
er witness who went into the savings bank
February %, 1878, and found Mr.. Barron on
his knees alone praying" Mr.. Gillen re-
viewed the evidence of the defense which
would be introduced to prove an alibi. They
would show that on February IS, 1878,
man went to Stains house TO get pair of
boots tapped and on the 21st they
were delivered and Stain took the
g gsS Of for Fsbr fas .hFs ss' msn
in their own houses with their own families
They would introduce a public record to
show that Cromwell took his little daughter
to school on February 20 in that year, again
on the 18th and would show the whereabouts
of the prisoner in August and November.
Counsel will continue his opening tomorrow
morning.