The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-28

went up to adjust her window. And af-
ter that he remained down stairs talking
business with Mr.. BurroWes for 20 or ~
minutes, he and Mr.. Burrowes going to
| bed about the same time and about ~
minutes to Ii.
Witness was next questioned as to the
time it took him to drive his horse from
Cape Elizabeth to the screen factory,
and said it took him just one half hour
every time. Mr.. Rand wanted to know
if there would not be minutess yaria-
!, ton, and witness said he thought there
would not be.
Mrs. Annie M. Davis;
wife of the preceding witness, a bright
eyed young woman, who testified clearly
and positively, corroborated the testi-
mony already given as to the lawn tennis
game, the party on the Day piazza, and
the evening at the Burrowes cottage.
| The direct examination then proceed
| ed:
/ Odd you on the night of July 18th
hear any sound of any one coming in OF
going out of the cottage?
Al did not.
Q.-How near was Mr. Burrowes's
room to the room occupied by you?
| Alt was very near, the door only
| few inches.
Q.-How long before the cottage was
| quiet before you went to bed?
Att was II o'clock before the cot
tage was quiet after they had all gone to
| bed.
Q.-Who put Mr.. Burrowes's room in
order the next morning?
| Al did.
| Odd the room show any signs of
occupation?
Ayes, the bed had evidently been
slept in.
Q.-Can you tell about your habits of
sleep.
Al am a light sleeper. have cared
| for an invalid mother for years, and /
awake at the slightest sound.
Odd the matched board partition
| between your room and the hall go clear
| to the ceiling?
A.-No, it stopped part way.
| Mr.. Rand then cross questioned the
| witness as to how she remembered the
passage Of time while playing tennis,
while on the piazza and while in the
Burrowes cottage before going to bed.
She said she had no positive method
but trusted to general remembrance as
ISOLATED with the time at which it grew
dark that night.
Mr.. Charles Day,
the toy merchant, testified that last sum
mer he occupied a cottage near Mr.. Bur-
rowes's. On Friday, the 18th of last
July they played tennis until about dark
and then party of ten or fifteen, in
Guiding MI Burrowes and Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis, remained on the piazza of his cot
10 ro mill about o,ct0ak
Mr.. Rand-Please tell me how you fix
the hour when Mr.. Burrowes and Mr..
and Mrs. Davis left your cottage.
Al can generally judge in such cases
within a few minutes.
Dwight it not have been about ten
minutes to o'clock when they left?
Al think not so early.
Q.-When was your attention first
called to this matter of dates?
About week ago.
Odd you then recall these dates as
to Mr.. and Mrs. Davis's visit, and the
other dates?
A.-No.
Q.-How did you recall them.
Al knew that the picnic of the
Chestnut street church was on Wednes
day, and that Rev. Mr.. McKeown re-
manned out there. the night after. /
knew that the Davis's also came there
the night after.
MI. T. f. Homsted of this City
testified that he was an occupant of a
cottage at Danforth Cove, near that of
Mr.. Burrowes's. He remembered the
visit of Mr.. and Mrs. Davis He remem-
bered that Mr.. and Mrs. Davis were on
the piazza of his cottage on the evening
of Mr Tliq
next evening. They remained on the
Day piazza until about 8 o'clock. Mr..
Burrowes and Mr.. and Mrs. Davis were
there and left at about the time the piaz-
"a party broke up, which was about
o'clock. Witness remembered that the
Chestnut street school picnic was on the
18th, and that Rev. Mr.. McKeown re-
NAMED that night with Mr. Burrowes.
When cross-questioned, the witness
said he had no precise recollection OF
the time when they stopped playing ten
mis- on the evening of the 18th. He fixed
it by general recollection.
Mr.. Loren w. Cole,
who is in Mr.. Burrowes's company ::testi
fed that he was an occupant of a cottage
at Danforth Cove last summer. He re-
membered that on the evening of the
Chestnut street school picnic Rev. DR..
McKeown remained and watched the
tennis Then they adjourned from the
cottage to a cottage by the shore and
watched the moon rise. Rev. Mr.
Hughes was out there the
next night and they spent the
evening at the Homsted cottage
The next evening they went to the Day
cottage after playing tennis; and he re-
membered distinctly that about O clock,
as he was very tired, he left the party
little before it broke up. Mr.. Burrowes
and Mr.. and Mrs. Davis were there when
he left.
The cross examination then began:
Q.-You are partner of Mr.. Bur-
rowes.
Al am.
Q.-You have talked the matter over
with him?
A.-Never sir.
Q.-With whom have you talked about