Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-16
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siderable ios OF talk Ihznk ne n1u aaEhe1
ne two DAYS before Thanksgiving. Al the
tine Mis- ChambesIain paid me I had vita
me about - 50. and she psts
me $40 more. Went 10 Wzfefvilss
On the train after the affair with the chiua-
man. Before 9 ing had spent during the
evening perhaps y cents | vens to
wa,erviile 10 sec q sriend Ut nine, Miss
Wallace. l lad been up to see her tas.
SUNDAY BEFORE. Wens to the Bay View
when got there Friday night in tbs Pull
man train I stayed there ali night and gos
| 10 aboat ocl,ck in the morning. Wens
| to FAIRFIELD in the forenoon SaST Miss
Wallace 10 the parior al the hotel. She
was in there about an hour and half
AIso saw Sheriff Norton there and talked
with ham several times. Had shon; sl2
when I got to WzferTilie. | bought hat.
. pzir OF rubbers some h&nGkerchiefs and a
reckt;e. and beer and cigars, AMI whsn az
rested and searched at Waservilie had s.
cents left. also paid out Of my none. my
hotel bill. First learned that Sngone had
made any charge Of robbery against me
when I read il ia the kExsEBEc JofgssL
SATURDAY morning in the Office Of the hotel.
Cross-exsmina.ion--- say had
drank liquor half dozen times that even
| ing before the affair with the Chinaman
| drank vhiskey and beer.
q. You speak Of this occurrence you
hsd there IS q difficult" which you had
18th the Chinamanf
A. do.
O. He was going along minding his own
business. reaceabIy and quietly, was he:
A. He was
q. He hadn't said anything to you:
4. Not that night.
O. And you told the boys you were GO
ing over and catch that Chinaman-
A. did.
q. And you call that difficulty" which
you had with him?
A. do. first borrowed money thai
day abou. ii O'Clock in the forenoon.
Borrowed 10 een.s. Have known Miss
Chamberlain about five years. She Is a
friend of mine. No one was present with
| me or her at either of the times | saw her
that night did not ask her for the money
I had loaned her. had loaned her money
three months before that at the depot
Money was not alluded TO by me al the time
| saw her in front of the express office
Fifteen minutes later / saw her at the de
Dot. Saw the Chinaman Tuesday before
Thanksgiving and be asked me then for hi,
psy. | told him didn't have any money
When saw the Chinaman | thought
| would have little sport with him.
Q. And il was sport to you. was ii:
A. Yes, sir.
q. You really enjoyed it:
A. Yes, sir.
q. 1t was a great satisfaction for you Il
go over there and assault that Chinaman
was ii.
A. Yes, sir. am not Whist is called
| right handed. Use my left hand NOR
since my right has been disabled. graobef
the Chinsman with my left hand. | said
| nothing to him.
Q. You had got sick of being dunned
A. Yes, sir. He had dunned me from
| five to six times.
q. And when he asked you for tho
money you told him you hadn't aay:
A. did, and did not have any when
he asked me. Should say it was in August
that had this work done. l did not put
my hand over his mouth nor strike nor kick
| him stood on my feet all the time
Don't know anything abou. his coat being
| torn open.
q. Now if you did this for sport why dc
you say you had got sick of being dunned
A. Because had, he had asked me sc
many times had got sick and tired of it
did it mostly for sport and because he
| dunned me. | did not gee Miss Wallace
the night got to Waterville saw her the
next afternoon.
| q. Notwithstanding the fact that you
| had taken the o'clock train at n GIT TO g
and see Miss Wallace, you got to the bot
| and denied yourself of that pleasure unIi
the next afternoon:
A. She would not have had time to CONE
and see me and did not call for her.
| did not understand what the charge wa
against me at the Jail when was brough
| back, and could not say the warrant wa
read to me. asked Judge AndreSs If
could settle the case of assault and battery
| and supposed that was what was charge
with. Was asked by the judge anil sheri0
| where got the money. dill not tell ths II
| because it was private business of my own
| | told them what borrowed of Touceno ant
Smith. They asked where | got the rest
| bnt did not tell because ie was private
| business.
| q. The payment to yOa OF the SIT
which you had loaned wss private business
| that YOU did not like TO make known:
! 4. TWAS. dill not understand wheI
they were asking me about the money tina
| there was any charge more than assault AMI
| battery.
| X. direct-I had no counsel At the tini'
of the examination at the jail. irefused t,
.;sclose that had the $40 paid, because
| Miss Chambe rsia asked me not to say any
thing about it when she borrowed it, and
promised her wouli not She sail sh'
WAS mt in the habit of borrowing money
and told her | wouldn't say anythin.
about il. refused to tell as much on m!
| own scount Ms hers; it was in consequence,
Il what was said between Miss Chamber
lain and myself in front of the express of
| fee that afterwar met her at the depot
| She asked me to come up to the depot
that she had some business to transact and
went up there to meet her. remember
| of changing the $40 bill for Plummer, al
| he has testified.
Miss Chamberlain, recalled by the defeh
daut / met Mr.. Clark at the railroad
station Thanksgiving evening and paid HIN
| $40 | could not state what bills it was in
[ think it was Ave and either two twos ant
one or a two and three ONES.
Cross examination-Q. Where did yo'
get it?
Mr.. Goddard (excitedly and quickly
object to it as immaterial object. 1t i
the witness private business; it is nobody
business where she got it. 1t is not claime'
that she stole it of the Chinaman, as
understand. (The question was excluded J
Marshal Crawford was recalled by tn
government and testified that the warran
and complaint we're read to the defendan
at the jail (The papers which contain
charge of robber against Clark from III
Chinaman, we're placed 10 evidence. The
witness also testified that he had know
Clark four years and his reputation f1
truth and veracity was bad.
Officer Raynes was recalled by the gov
eminent and testified that Clarks reputa
ton for truth and veracity was bad.
S. B. Chaplin. police officer. also test
fed to the same effect.
At the afternoon session Lewis p. Moore
called by the defendant, testified that hi
loaned Clark % cents about o'elocl
Thanksgiving night.
Charles Touceno, recalled by defendant
| tast;fiad that he loaned Clark q at hi