The Portland daily press., 1892-10-27
MORE EXPERT EVIDENCE.
Positive Opinions that Mr.. BurroWes
Did Not Write the Letters.
THE DEFENDANT ON THE STAND
YESTERDAY FORENOON.

The Defence Began Their Side Yesterday
and Outlined What They Will Prove
When Cross Questioned Mr.. Burrowes
Admits Writing an Anonymous Letter
to a Printer About the Time of the
Trouble in the United States Court Last
Winter.
The large and interested audience that
attended the trial of the Pease- Burrowes
case again yesterday morning were we'll
repaid for Drawing the inconvenience of
the crowded court room. The defence
opened their side; and it was nearly as
interesting as the other. The presenta-
ton which Charles S. Cook, Junior coun-
sci for Burrowes, made to the jury was
remarkably strong and able. MI. Cook
outlined nothing startling or romantic in
the line of the defence; it was only a
simple denial, reinforced by testimony
ON important collateral points He
promised that Mr.. Burrowes would go
on to the stand and unequivocally deny
that he ever wrote the letters in ques-
zion.
And the man who would make this
denial was not unknown here. He came
to Portland from Sherbrooke, Quebec,
when about fourteen years of age, to
seek his fortune in our city. He found
the need of more education than he pos
sessed, and by his own efforts took a
course of study at Kent's Hill for four
years. 1t was while student there, in
his vacations, that he made the humble
beginnings of his present establishment
by going out vacations and soliciting or
ders for window screens. which he made
himself. From these small beginnings
he had built up what is undoubtedly
pne of the largest industries in Maine.
and the largest window screen factory in
The world.
Such was the man who would go on to
deny absolutely these low and villainous
accusations. He would go on to the
stand and deny absolutely that he ever
wrote any of these anonymous letters in
question. He would testify that he was
never intimately acquainted with MI. j.
w. Pease; and that until very recently
he did not know that there was such a
] person in existence as Mrs. Pease.
You know the indecent character of
these letters. We shall int. oduce to you
witnesses to show that in all his life Mr..
Burrowes has never used low or indie
cent language. Is it to be resumed
that suddenly, in an instant, he broke.
what had been rule of his life?
We shall not rest here, however. We
shall show positively that in material
parts the testimony of Mrs. Pease was
false. She has testified that Mr.. Bur-
rowes called and had a conversation
with her on the evening of the 18th of
last July. We shall show that Mr.. Bur
rowes went to his Cape Elizabeth sum-
mer home on the End of last July, and
that from that time to the time of the al
legged interview he was in Portland only
a single evening when, with Mr.. HON.
stead, he came in to attend a church
meeting. On the evening and night of
the 18th of July he was at his cottage.
And we shall introduce to you testimony
to show this. We shall introduce to you
a man and woman, each of irreproacha
BILE character. who will testify that ON
the 10Th of July Mr.. Burrowes was at
that cottage through the evening and
night. Also Messrs. Charles Day, HON.
stead and Evans, reputable merchants.
will confirm this testimony.