Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-15

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uofsias when be uad<rsooE % palI his
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Ior viii Knock you / told him TO ct
saii. d.dng vans hin 20 get at his reyal-
yer. Question He S. ci II fear OF ysas
Aasver No. he sal in fear OF ns- Have
you rot said vousd pas him Ia State phi
500. BAT woult DO my ans AID noseias
more l bad . aim Of twenty d,.lAfs
collars sSaiust hin On account Of thsf hss
and vsns {, the Ill 90 s<e him Toit hin
Il be dida'f pay ray claim soali Shave him
for o5sAinisg money untsf false pfe'enses.
and ycar hoasr Mr.. Wnifeaonssl wss ny
axosnes Ia collecting Ey my monfy.
zos s5-T5 CUT of L.
Geo II Ames, dspasy sheriff. tsstide
shas hs vsng TO Tam sfs<r bis earn
ou,nsd 1nd s.ked am # he I'D any idea
nov u cs1zh. and he said u m iss nave
been from the house acrcss tns roA1 de
.ad as had Tot been in the earc that morn
Iag sad tad 10 occasion TO 90 Mrs
Thomas, VIA WAS present. said they had
some Of the things p.eaed. she was sftait
she YOU'D be harnsd up. 6ner.f 70 Inns
and / kept watch IN the nsisnoofnooo
Wednesday night.
| ThIms w1ater testified that he lived
shout = hundred rods from Tnomss o.
Wednesday morning nos far from 3 o'clock
saw rEomAs come out Of his house and 9
INTO his barn. Was standing at the time
scr IS the road by the raias OF the CiAix
house Did rot see him wh-n be came ous
OF the barn. No. far from 20 minutes Afser
that toe barn was discovered on Ore.
| Cross Er.mins,lon-I was or rods
from the oarn when l sav him 60 in
| They bad bsen telling that be was pretty
drunk the night before. And | was
| ssIching hin 81 see how straight ne
sent. Henry Clark and his wife stood
| there with me.
| Stephen W. Brown testified that he lived
about third Of mile from the first house
snag was burned. Was riding On the road
80 or 10 rods frem the house When he saw
a lgl, ia the eass end Of t1e house, and
stopped his hor.e to look ~ IL. There d,ss
came up a kind of blueish smoke, and then
| ii s.hed up over thu top aud ent; seemed to
| De On the Outside aad came with . dash,
the same as il would IL you had put kero-
sens or turpeHtine onto tue house.
B.F Hanson tesuh ths, he helped
| clean the bedroom in tie ti.sg house burned
and saw no dresses here.
Frances Story tssuted that be talked with
Thomas the next day after the burning OF
the barn and that rnomss then said il was
probably caused by single or something
| that blew from the Clark house under the
si.l of the barn and smouldered until
IL broke out. Aud he alec said I'D ana
IL, l came out Of the barn not over 10
minu.es before the fire in the barn broke
out. ! vent into the house and sat down
by the vi idow and put on my glasses, and
as they didn't fit, spJKe to Myra to get come
others, and she went into the o;h4f room
and got hem an brought them along, and
be said he happened TO look out Of the
~indow and says why, the barn is sill
aare."
Geo II. Ames recalled: Heard Thomas
testify at the preliminary examination that
he had not been ia the barn that moro
ing of the fire and hsd not told Mr. Sofy
tnat he was in there 10 minutes before the
fire broke out.
Several witnesses were GALE d who testi'
fed that in the mo niog before the barn
was burned the wiad was from the north
west, and n 1t IN the dir, ction to carry fire
frVm the burning house to tue barn.
The following is an ex ract from The
lie ter said TO have been written BY Thomas
from the j.ii to Mrs. Clsik, witness:
NJ tdsm-AIm Jst every day l hear
rumors coming from you in relation to the
recent ti-es. I ~as surprised that you
caused the search Of my house for dresses
said to have been stoiea the hight } our
house was burned and that you suspected
ths. stole ITEM. WHAT d 4 YOU tsve 10
your bedroom az he anne Of the fife have
been crediDiy Informed that you had tso
or three old cslico dresses, valued perhaps
at so ce1ts APP Ia nay
opinion you didn's 4 0se dress. But Hen
has made you swear falsely, not the trsI
time, to carry h 8 points. l have sl~Ays
been true friend TO you. Lucy, and
would have died before | would haze IL
vuiged q secret; bu you hsve proved false
and betrayed my utiieuce aid don't
feel under sfy obligations to yon.
whatever You were very mild in
givi your testimony at the hesri z |
simlt, ba 81 ca then your tongue has been
pretty smart sg.inss me You are evidently
afraid If Heury, or he has made you be-
lieve that 1 burned your house The
charge is false, Absurd. ridiculous. and no
one but liar, thief and have no doubt q
murderer, wvu d try even to convict one
that hiss never Il jured him OF anyone else,
unless be through fear WAS driven ID the
wall. Your mother said that the
( III Al ne was stth WIN ihoh n7
found, but the man Henry was seen
with last was never found. Who killed
him? Echo answers. Perhaps the SIX le-
ton Of that mao may be found yet. | only
hope that your father may be 80 conscious
smisten before he dies that he will tell wi
ne knows sbou, it Perhaps
you can 90 round b, cause am in isil and
tell people what you ihi1k--th.t | burned
, four house and that will not take spy no.
tee of it. but | shsll. You cannot hurt
me any more than you have done slre.dY
, and swear that | will write Henry letter
and tell him all know about you II hear
any more coming from you. The ides,
, sfler have been o. the most
, friendly terms with you thst you should say
and d. sll you can to convict me Of crime
, that God knowa | AN not guilty Of, have
| slways thought as much of you a. ! would
. of sister. Lucy, AID also Of your mother
and would not under any circumstances iu'
lure either Of you by word or deed. l am
, done now slncs have learned today tnai
, YOU are no longer friends, even, but will
, 70 hard sgainst me. All | have to say is
, this. Kick. kick high. Twill meet you with
, all the reports | know to be true and sill
, know personally about you. | viii
/, not let up on you for sill / know for the
past two years, and l defy you to I'M are
> me or our friend You know who | mean
, Henry shsll know within enc week that
know enough to Cause you IS much trouble
as you have Myrs and ! shall soon he
out of this. Ii choose can get 100000
bonds il ! want them, any time, and do1'
care DQ about trial, il it ever CONES Il
, that. No jury can convict me on such
, weak testimony as Henry's, yours, Hsr
, mons and ether cranks. | have no fear:
whatever. Yours, ETC.,
S. C THOMAS.
2. S. You will hear from me agAii if
, hear any nors stories coming from you
, T."
, This concluded the testimony for the
government sod the case was postponed
, until Mondsy st 10 o'clock.
The counIy attorney has concluded not
TO press the two remaining cases against
Tsy lor, now, snd veaites fer q second airy
, were cancelled.
MosDAr, Dec II
Il State vs., Thomas. This case was re-
sumed at 10 O'Clock, Mr.. Holsay opehiog
for he defense.
s. C Thomas, the respondent, was the
frs, witness, tastifyins substantially as
follows: Age 50 Have lived in Chelsea
. two years. o. the dss Of the first fire
wife ard ~ent to Rsndolph ab nut noon,
returning a Ii tie after 6 Uahsfr essed n
horse aud turned her into the field and