Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-11-28


found it unlocked, and I got the COM
BY opening the panel on tho
lnslde OF the safe door that opens to The
lock and studied it out. know Il took
ne quite Q while. Think I got nttle
morey q that time. Went there after.
wards at different tlnes and took
money. Did not take much nt any one
time. Used to put the money with what
I had whom got home.
"I took my money out from under
the chamber floor and put Il In place
that had fixed at the end OF tho open
chamber by cutting door through Into
4 space nearly over the watercloset. Put
q lock on the door and had key TO u.
Sl iS W.; WE'RE s n ! wallet. The wallet laid
on the door near the cigar box.
81 took one gold dollar out or the
post Office and ! never took any other
money from there. Never went inside
the post Office room. Have put letters
Into the post office when the post-
mistress was not there, and put the
postmzrk on to one letter. Could reach
the stamp from the delivery window.
Have taken letters aud packages out
when the postmlstress Was not there.
One key that had fitted one OF the lock
boxes and opened that and reached
around and pulled out the packages.
Those packages contained several
things including Clark's London nute,
the set Of false whiskers that i had on
last Friday night aud Saturday morn
lug when the shooting occurred, and q
few puzzles or tricks.
The packages were addressed to A. Il.
Luryey. ordered them In that name.
They we're In three different packages all
directed to the same name. l had q
package Of music come by express TO
the same name. I went over to Perkins
and got Il. Went into his stable In the
night aud round Into the woOdshed and
found the package on the wood pile, i
think. Took Il aud carried II home.
Wrote a letter TO Mr.. Perkins and en-
closed twenty cents to pay express on
Il. Went to the post Office and opened
one of the side boxes and reached In
and postmarked the letter and one OF
those KEYS fitted Perkins box and l
opened IL and put the letter Into II.
Knew twas his box because l have seen
Everett Perkins take mail from that box.
=. How did you get the keys to the
lock boxesy A. found one bunch with
a few post Office box keys on II over near
Wallace Cummings place and l took
some out Of the back Of the post Office
drawer. Had about ten or dozen post
Office box keys should think.
| went into Atwood & Forbes office
about the eleventh OF November In the
night and opened the safe, and took
some bills from q package Ia the left
hand lower part Of the safe. Don't
know how many. Took them home
and put them with my other money.
Had piece Of paper on which had
set down the number Of different denom-
nations. I burned that paper up Satur-
day forenoon after the shooting. Don't
think I burned up anything else that
amounted to anything.
Think there were three or four bills
In the last lot took from Atwood &
Forbes safe. Think one Of them was u
i've dollar bill. Don't remember what
the rest were.
q. How did YOU happen to take the
name Of Lurveys A. Thought OF that
name because there were some folks
lived up In Woodstock by that name.
had q dark lantern. Got II some
where In Boston. Sent for Ii. Had IL
last on last Saturday morning. Got IL
about one year ago. IL came by express
addressed to Abuer ID. Thorne. Mr..
Ripley got the package from Perkins for
me. lie opened Il. lie paid the express
on Il. Don't remember how much the
express was but think somewhere near
forty cents. believe he asked me what
I was going to do with Il. Told him
I got II fora skating lantern. =.
I have now two revolvers and small
rife. My revolvers are both - calibre'
One Il five, the other six shooter
The six shooter is centre fire and IL self
cooking. The other Il rim fire and Il
not self-cocking. I had the self-cOcking
six-shoOter with me last Saturday morn
ing.
/ was at the entertainment at the clos.
Ing Of school at Academy Hall last FRI
day evening. Went directly home after
the entertainment aud went to my room
Did not 20 to bed. Think l finished q
drawing of key that had begun before
went TO the entertainment. | changed
some Of INV clothes. Shifted my shirt,
pants, coat and vest. Left my cap down
stairs. Came back on to the Hill
Don't know what time II was. Wore q
hat. Came right up the road and went
down to the post office and went Into
the entry. Saw nobody. Then went up
to the store and went directly to the
front door aud unlocked II and went In
and looked around.
Did not open the afe. Went around
behind the counter and took just few
chocolate drops and some Of those
squsre chocolate cakes. Locked the
front door after I looked round the
store and before I went behind the
counter. was out by the stove some
where aud heard some one whistle.
Looked out Of the window and saw
some one 20 up nearly past the store
and then 20 back again. Did not recog-
nlze them. Could not tell who II Was.
Saw no one else for some little time.
Started to go out to the door so !
could see better and hit q chair and
made noise. Saw two men. They
met out front Of the store In the street.
One Of them went over across the street,
over to Newell's house. The other one
went up street somewhere, l couldn't
see where.
I'll went back to the back end Of the
store and when came back saw three
men up by the north side Of the piazza.
"SomeOne came up on TO the piazza
aud shook the door and then unlocked
Il. Twas ut the left hand Of the door as
you 20 In. Then he stepped back and
pretty soon saw him light match.
lie MAS Just outside the door when he
lighted the match. lie opened the door
md when he came In | stepped around
partly behind the thread case that II
back of the door and he saw me and
when he stepped In brushed his match
out with my hand. Then he backed
back against the door aud shut the door
and then opened Il again, and I tried to
dodge by him.
ale kind Of tripped me up as I was
going out the door and I fell down on
my hands and knees on the piazza and
AS fell my revolver went of.
III recognized Newell when he lighted
the match and opened the door. ] did
not see any one else. knew there was
some one out there somewhere because l
had seen them before. I heard some
one holler. There were three or four
shots when was trying to get away
from Newell, but I did not know where
they were. Thought they came from
north Of the store.
Newell caught me aud got hold Of my
back when went to dodge out and
tripped me somehow and when fell he
came on top OF me. tried to get out
from under him there aud we went or
the piazza together. l went along on
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