Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-03-01
Stain and Cromwell on TRIAL for the
Barron Murder.


ton. John Harvey. a former member of
the Stain gang testified To the confession
made by Oliver Cromwell of committing
the murder OF Mr. Barron Mrs 4. f.
Miller testified to having seen two stran-
gers one of whom She recognized a.
Stain at her boarding house in Bangor in
February. l>1>. Freeman Fcrnald, Charles
T johnson, Abner Sheppard. Captain
Daniel McCrlli> and his wife. Charles III
Bagley Edward A. Brewster, Ben amin c,
Thompson, Frank T.. Dustin. Mrs. Amanda
ID. Clcave> and Samuel Stevens testified TO
seeing strangers whom they recognized a.
Stain and Cromwell in aud about Dexter
on February %, ls7>. the day of the TRACE
DIV. Mr.. Cleaves seemed tn bc very posi-
tive in her testimony and said she recog
nizcd Stain beyond doubt.
Captain McCrlllis told how he recog-
nizcd Stain a. the man he saw In Dexter
years ago
Thursday morning -M Mrs. Barron and
her son came into court at 10 O'Clock aud
occupied seats by the side of the counsel
for the State.
The dr>t witnc,, called by the govern
mcni wa, Thomas Bickncll. who lived in
Dexter On the day OF the tragedy lie
testified that he saw two strangers At !
O'Clock on that day standing IN the banks
entrance one wearing a brow ni>h coat.
and being of sandy complexion. The
second man was partly behind the door
putting on his ovcrcoat Stain here stood
up III court II have no doubt. said the
witness, that this j. the man saw in the
bank door
cross examination 4 took my impress
sion of the man a. rode by ~ feet away
and have retained IL ever since lie had a
full beard don't swear positively that
Stain was the mau saw. but am quite
certain that be- Wa. knew the man
about a. quick a. put my Eye on him At
the Exchange hotel 10 Dexter
Charles l.. Wjn>lnw OF Dexter. next to-
tincd I resided in Dexter on February
% is and va passing down ia"
street hy the bai,k between ana + v.
| heard voi>c. and looking round a"
man step ~ the lower stair into the land
in. Of the stairway leading to the bank
He wa dressed In dark clothing
Hartwcll ! johnson testified that b."
was In Dexter on February % lss and
on that day he went Ia the po>t-oiiiCc lc-
tween and n v - ! came ont. h''
continued and went down the side" ak
| saw two strangers passing along ~"
middle Of the street. overlook and went
by them looking at them several times
The. one nearest M. were dark brow ni>iI
coat and the other a dark Colnrcd coat
Both had on >louch hats have no
doubt that the prisoners al the bar arr lhr
men saw npticcd Mr. Nln>l"w about
4 moment before / >an The IA Both
men >rcIn,-l t. have their left hands across
;hcr chests aud the outside man seclnr.l
to .c carr, NJ a small vali>c on Tie other
side from me.
Cross examination u idrutltA Af-
Stain here a. the man wearing tlc brown
IA coat and mou>tachc. cannot tell
whether he bad fHl h,-ari or that the
SECOND man had ans beard At all. 81 u!
not swear I'n>!tis,l, that iho~e persons
were stain and Cromwell identify
Stain hs the expression - Ill., eve. The
prominent mau>tachc and The ~haIc - l4,~
heal liz glanced about At me IN = peculiar
manner
Atwood J cobb resided ia Dexter. Fcl,~
ruary - $50 ant aa> jauiiar II Masonic
hall lie testified | had the KY, T.
y a ..'; Ashta i cygntnE ,,i,h other. r..
ons :" M kne.. lssls;e had e"sa sp er.,i-
stair, | noticed The hall door Wa un
locked aud uJ.cn about f'nt had fuN
kry> for FOUR days pr, ,ieu~lA and ih"t
had not gone ont Of ny possession There
wa masonic meeting on The l-ih 81
Frhruar, aud locked the d"or myself
Afterwards The door, were always
locked The next forenoon found crack
cr crumbs On a seat next 10 Main street
al>o found cigar ashes IN front of thr IS
rrtar,-. desk Never saw aut smoking 10
the hall 1t WA prohibited There had
been 10 >octahle in the hall for year
Cross examination "Nr Barren and
Mr Brigham had keys Ia the hall ami Use
former had a room above the man l"I '''l-
pounding medicines
+ &. Baker. OF -. Adams, testified a
follows ~ live In the southwest corner
OF the town on the road leading from DcN-
ter 10 Pitt>hed. 4 team went ~ about
in the evening driving pretty fast from The
direction Of Dexter. IL went on towards
Pitt>aeld noticed but two persons IN
the vehicle"
Frank Baker. Of Hartlsud. lived at St.
Adams. February -, ls1-. lie testified
Il saw a team about : O'Clock which met
on the Hartland road about quarter Of
mile from nv fathers 1t was moving
rapidly in the direction Of anaan 1t
wa, sleigh and contained two persons
and the horse was dark.
Daniel Hall lived in Canaan about two
miles northeast Of the village February *
ls7o, on the road from Hartlaud- lie
said a few minutes past Q clock on
the morning Of the 23d was aroused by
the bells Of Sleigh passing got up and
the night being light could see the team
plainly In front II the house. The horse
wa, a good sized one and what hoTsemen
would call rangy horse. The man next
To the house sat erect and drove while the
other WAS tall and stopped. Both wore
caps"
Howard W Dodge, of Clinton, trader
stated Il saw q team pass through thn-
ton village about six O'Clock on the morn
Ing OF the 23d Of February coming from
the direction Of Cauaan and going Ia The
direction Of Wateryille Two men "eTe
in the sleigh, one was short and sitting
erect and the other taller and slightly
STOPPING My impression is that the latter
wore a rubber coat. should call the
horse rangy one. 1t is 10 miles from
Clinton to Canaan
John u. Chandler, Of Waterville, te>ti-
fed II lived in WaterSille in February.
ISIS. | heard Of the Barron tragedy be
tween and O'Clock Saturday morning,
February %. Ny business was keeping
stable and hacks. That morning about
O'Clock two men came 10 my stable ana
wanted To put up horse and have gram
and hay gwen the animal. They led him
L
/ they walked about uneasily The one that
! first spoke to me was the taller. He wore
| II brown oyercoat and SLOUGH hat pulled
| down over his eyes. The other, who
| stopped slightly, wore a rubber coat and
| cap
Here the witness stepped doS from the
| stand faced Stain who arose to his feet,
| and looking at him squarely IN the eyes
| said: That's the man who spoke TO me.
| The witness continued The horse was
a tall. rangy one, high headed and mahos-
any color"
| Cross examination; "fhe man who
spoke to me had his coat buttoned well up
around his neck and his hat pulled down
| so that | could see but little more than his
cheek bones, and by them identify him
Stain here arose to his feet again and
placed SLOUGH hat on his head, pulling II
| down, while his counsel wound scarf
| about his neck and chin, 50 only the cheeks
could be seen.
That's about as YOU saw 1t that day
questioned Mr. Barker, counsel for Stain
Witness said he could see about as much
| of Stains face as of the man at Water
Vile
This concluded the testimony of the
morning and the court adjourned till 80
Pm
In the afternoon the government intro
duced evidence about strange men seen a,
Vassalboro and on the road.
1 Ats 80 the last witness for the State
had been examined.
Friday morning the counsel for Stain
and Cromwell began tbs eyamination OF
their witnesses.
The defence proceeded to demonstrate
the suicide theory Of the death of Mr.