Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-10
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where the sick horse Eekei him- Front
;sArt Of leg pi * trosa sa< iajary hich he
received MossiA,. Tss uigas OF the nre
w.s dzrk B~d y aikinS from kmerson's TO
Gr,fias. Taossssz he. ssfness. could NOS
have walked ,rem wrn.ms to GrifEns IN
l<ss than $50 and one-taAif hoaxs VA that
night. Urged Eus~r.on 10 say all nisni
Enersoa sd he aian's dare 10 sesve ms
horses Alonx.
Reirse,-Ho~ far could you walk in an
hour:
A-Thoushs be would have to harry TO
xalk ,~o miles IN an hour.
Rooert aoraoa called. Lires in Mt
Vernon. Stop. al air. DoIlot's. Hear
| ERerson say, "i'l maze Il warm for Gat-
| ma before get throuxn with hum
Cross.-Diint mink Emerson meant To
burn GU, Gritfa.
| EIexer wats4er Of Vleana testified taa,
he saw Emerson 81 w,taess house i~st
sp1nz one evening. Esaerson Sail ....s
| Griffin had triei to teal min, ami ns ,loa. =.
Emerson said bed have sxsl,facuoa vr
make il warm for gh-m. "v.ia..a -
certain Just hat xords we're aseAl.
| b. K. kempton. Vieala, ..ssllrd t..as
Emerson said he woaii niaAe /. .a..u I,.
them (Grihnl Envr.oa sold witne..
| Tuesday. Aug. $, GA4t II AL, onu ~.
down and testified - alnsI llsa llias /. oul.nl,
be the last of - " air. Emerson AK. \
| Cross.-Spo
bat nothing ahou, the fire. Had never
.sii that Gritfia had made statements about
the fire.
R-iirect-Thought from Emerson's to
| Gr,ffin's was from a mike and u quarter 10
| mile and half About two miles and
quarter from Williams TO Griifins.
Reeross-Ha,int told Emerson that il
va. three miles from Williams 10 Griiiias-
| Mrs. Haskell testified that Emerson hao
! sail within her hearing that he would hays
his revenge on Griffin for putting him Ia
| Jail The morning be ~ss taken TO jail h
| ssid he would make il hot for them. The
night he struck Mrs. GrIihn he said there
soui be funeral there before the mex
Tuesday night.
| Cro.s-Was afraid he might burn the
| buildings for she h I'd heard other peopi'
say what he had said.
! Mrs Doiloff testified she had heard
| Emerson make talk about the Griiias.
| said he woali make it warm for them unless
hey did justice by hun.
Chas. 4. Hall. Nj Vernon, testified that
Emerson last spriag said he would have
satisfaction out of the Grithns.
| Cross-Led up 10 this conversation
through taking about the law suit with the
Grifins.
| Counsel for defence moved that the COM
plant be dismissed. Said there wasn't the
slightest case for holding the respondent.
| The judge did not rule on the motion.
| Counsel for defence said he would call
| few witnesses. II was a peculiar position
with nothing TO testify against.
b. F. Emerson called-Testited that he
lived 2 IL miles from the Griffin place
over II very rongh rocky road. On the
night of May 3lst and on the morning. OF
June LIST was at Chas. Williams ami ~
home. First learned that the Griffin house
Sas burned the Saturday following of Mr.
| French. Three or four weeks before the
ire went over to get Griffin to build the
Inc fence. Griffin said if Mrs. Griiir
iiint give him any claim on the place h,
rasnt going to build any fence. Hear
Griffin year ago last May threaten to
5urn those buidiag unless his wife CAV,
hin claim on the property. Mr.. ami
Mrs. GRIFFITH had hsd trouble.
Cross-Saii distance from Williams t,
| lis place is mile and half. Farther from
ais place t. Griffins. Three miles and =
lalf shout the whole distance. Wi,han
lacked a, tin. CLOCK when witness first 70,
an "a .tar, and said il w.s hslf-pa,t eleven
| rwo wear. 40, vent throuph the road 10
| Griffin. vim a M, Wing machine nv yoin,
mr. rouna Had been through there bot
| IN the night and in the day time. WASH
% lame a, 10 absolutely REQUIRE a cane OF
| .rntch
| LAM. + French of Vienna testified, h
| ,ived half n mile from the Griffin place.
| That wood ROAD from Griffin's to Emer
| on. he thouy,,t two AMI a quarter To two
md half mile long.
| Ills wife walked IN and saw the Griffin fr
| and walked him IN. Went over to Gritfin's.
| Then tbe timber. wera falling in asker
;,itfn how the FIRE happeoed and Gnttii
aid .,by Cd know how IL happenad.
IN took him to the rollwav. Took Wit
,e.s aud h-otber along tn the rollwav. IL
,aw track which looked as if man goip,
| INTO the cellar had made it. Couldn't flo,
| INV new track. auvwher- else in the vein
Is. The cattle had been on one side .
| he ulace. so couidn't have found track
there.
! Heard Griffin saw on % that if Emerso,
| hdn't keen away fran there he would hsv,
| i'm in Thomas,on Saturday folloxin,
aid he toll Emerson Of the Griffin fir,
said. Gals building are all burned.
nj he said. that's too bad" Said il va,
90 bad for auybod,'s buildings to b
| urned. Emerson went home that day
| JOSEPH r. Johnson. Vienna, testified
Vas present at the fire on the Griffin place.
Il was ten minutes past | o'clock whel
| French woke him. Griffin spoke to witnes,
| vhan he first arrived at the fire and said
.Ben's burned us ont" Later he hear
| iriffin tell man that they needn't look fo
| ras.ks as the heat had DESTROYED them
| Thought there was dew enough to hsv.
zen tracks on grass ground. Never Ia.
| ,rard Grifria make threats against Enc,
| ON. Though brands and ashes didn't
,bllterste any tracks.
| Cross-Ssi he kept his watch on srr
Ime, and by his watch it was 10 mi mt
,4st o'clock when French called him