Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-20
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hires Of Ihe uniskev fro IN the lish; cai,rsd
ts,iie. DrAsk the ri. o. ,he skiskey
before supper. Drsnk ihs VIII key beesuse
be liked T.; j dat iixs the rum very veii'
Q.-Whas ,im- id ssu 60 eus Of tls
house fret after yen 60. hous
A--S7msrha,e srSm 70 bali past !.
Q Do you .ay yau- osIy objsct Vas "a
| % OUT 10 drive you, horse. up - The barr
where he ceuI ct grass md sishou; xny
esrts.uiy he would ssay ,herss
Add
Ia course Of reply be said he went oai to
GET the horsa before supper.
DIDN'T yau testify on direct that you
ssns oas ssser snppaf?
A II think Eos. / know 1t vas before
supper.
Q-was Mr.. Harmon there when yeu
went on
a-as had b en- there 10 or 20 minutes
q. What did you mean by SAYING ycu
had g5t,hrcnsh supper when Mr.. Himon
came in?
Replied that he, the witness, didn't know
tia. ne had said so.
Qaita discussion followed. the witness
bsHg DESTROYS Of arguing MS oSn case
asd becc m ng q1ite excited.
His wife hAd charge Of the bottles vher
he get back from Gardner. HAdat seer
either OF the bottles since he came b. M
They were taken in by bis wife. When he
vent inc tie eli TO beg d'ink OF his wife
she had poured par. of the rum tito the
| white pint bottle which he brought ont il
srousefs pocket. He teen saw his horss
going By and he Yao out. When he came
rack he snd Harmon drank from this same
hottie. Vert CUT in his stocking feet. Gc'
feet vet. Was gone perhaps 1--we minutes
Went to Randolph Tuesday afternoon
TOOK pint and haif-piDE bottle.
when had you purchased keroseneE
was asked.
Didn't know that he had bought any
within two weeks.
Two guar. can was what he had.
Didn't 60 for y thiog particular.
Said he was drutk when he got home
Could stsgger along. Left his horse about
a third of a N ls from home. Left him fol
dead. Was "fuI" ahd wanted to 60 70 bed.
D.dn'f 90 to bed with bis clothes on. Mr.
Harmon get up first the next morning.
What did you mean by SAYING ts
Harmon about Clark that he wonld run nj
more crib?
Harmon said guess Henry won't ssy
you run . crib, snd | said this 10 nc
lime to talk shout such matters"
If you were drunk, INV did you pust
The horse aid wagon up The hill?
Witness couldn't explain this very salts
iactorily.
Why didn't you 60 ever to the house
when you first got up Wednesday morning
To this question Thomas replied In fec
that it WAS no use in going over, that hs
| WAS feeling very lame from the effects Of
pushing the wagon the night before and
sick from the effects of his drunk.
When asked what he now thought cause
the FIRE In his barn he said that &C first be
thought 1t caught from The burning house
bus Low lie bsIieved it WAS set by S.afbifd
The fsct sbst Thomas at one time wal
brought before the court and fined fol
as.Iul.iEg the elder Clark was brought out
en- the CLOS examination.
The defendants wife, Almira F. Thomas
WAS then called aud procee ded TO corrobo
fate hsr husband. She was rigldly cross
| examined BY the cJunty attorney. He
after s.king how many hens they kept al
being told there were thee, ridiculed the
idea that hi, wife, kno wing he was fss Inns
TOO sick to go out to the FIRE where a eigh
bsi's house had been destroyed my sterious
iy ,he night before, should ask him to &
cut for the purpose Of feeding three hens
She s~ore positively that Harmon came Vr
i1aL Monday eveLing after the Doctor wen
GU: "to lock alter his horse" She after
wards corrected herself when her attention
wss called to the fact that TIL.
WAS contrs5ictjsy to her husband
She said tbs. on the hight the house
| { f the elder Clark was burn d she slep. OF
III. front side " The bed and the d. cor OF
the back side; Il at he was undressed aDt
di! net have his pants on as testified to BY
Harmon; that she wss Fight sleeper al
t would tie impossible for him TO get up il
the nigh. without her hearing him that bill
| revolver was not ia HHnOa's DOM ant
hat either of the IN went in there durin,
the night as Harmon testified
Thomas vas Ietxamine as to the time
tina. StEbiri came to his house on III,
| n or irg Of b fi;a that destroy ed TIE eide
Clatk's house and Thomas's barr, ard b;
taii ,hxi he cane there three tiues, first
sa he reneu bsIed, was about O'clock il
tbs morning, snd thea about 8, and the lss
lime sitt r the barn was burned.
Mr. Trask, fer whom S.ubird WI IKE,
Oh That Day, was recalled sad s1ore tia
Star bird cane to NO K for him abCu.
&C eek and did not leave ill they cav tn,
f.e bfesk out Of the barn.
TIE COUNSEL did not make fxse nded re
marks, !hose of the county attorney beinj
ing much the longer. Mr.. Hulway di,
III wish to cast any rs Il -ctions en- many O.
he Witnesses who were evidently trulhfu
but who were very liable under the circua.
siArcEs &c make ml:tskes. Harmon va
The only one rhose testimony directly con
rect'd Thomas 10 any way with the fire.
thai he'd taken place so mysteriously ant
Dc MED that any good reason was show
Ehy Thomas should have set the frs muct
ess 10 his own bsin. He didn't considei
here vas any good cause for toldir
I h mss.
County Attorney Carleton made strop,
pies for binding The prisoner over to th,
next term of court Some ons had evi
IDENTIFY set fire 70 the houses, as there wa
no possible way for them to catch Ever
With persons present at the house Of Clsrs
junior ou The evening Of Sunday, The fi,C
c. uld rot have caught then ard broken on
Monday night. Thomas was a far differeI
man duck than sober, as wss seen from
the fact that he had committed man,
crimes while drunk and rad served il
State prison ard the house Of cor
rec'ion IS vel as many term, i.
jill Harmon had been good witness snt
told straightforward stoIy. So much 81
That he De fendsrt ard wife cid not dare Il
Try and break the testimony. but tcld
story thst vas evidently = fa'sehood, Try inI
to break fo'n Hsrmon's story. One of tht
unlikely things that they hsd said was tha,
Thomas bought q quart Of rum that he sad
he didn't like and half pi.t Of whisky
hat he did like. By 30 doing they coula
try and explain the light colored liquor il
the whi'e colored fask that Harmon though
might be kerosene.
Judge Steven said be didn'. fe ell mat f 4
in dischsrgps the prisoner after the 'eri.
m ny hat bad been taken. 1t was simply
for him to find probable csuse ths
Thomas did con nit the crime. He b9u d
Thomas over in the sum OF $1,000 to appeal
at the Decem oer term of court. Thoms.
could not secure bonds ard was lodged il
jail. From Whist can be learned, when 'hs
csse comes to trial fresh evidence witt
respect to some OF the witnesses for th ,
prosecution will be introduced.