The Portland daily press., 1894-10-20

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son and young girl to the Chautauqua
meeting.
Before the close OF the forenoon session
Mayor Hamilton had questioned Mr., Bur-
bank quite closely as to his various
meetings with Mrs. H utchins previous to
Mag 3lst last. At the beginning of the
afternoon session the questioning took
the line of the letters written by Mr..
burbank to Mrs. Osgood, Mrs. Hutchins,
C.J. Brainard and others.
Mayor Hamilton went very carefully
over the whole round outlined in the
witnesses direct examinations. finally
ending with the question: Do you say
that you did not write that note hand
go to Mrs. nutchins on the train. asking,
her to go to the st. Julian" asked
Mayor Hamilton.
Witness COMPATIBILITY, 81 do"
Did you not stop at the St. Julian that
night yourself.?n
Il did,"
THAT will do"
MRS. FLORENCE A. MCPHERSON,
wife ofMr. Albert A. Nickerson, was
called, and testified to having been visit
ing in Bridgton last summer, returning
on May 3lst on the afternoon train. She
stopped at Hiram during the time of
waiting for the Portland train, and on
| going to the hotel there saw Mrs.
Hutchins, whom she had also seen get
out OF the Rridgton House hack at
the Bridgton station. Mrs. Hutchins
was in the Hiram House office There
| were two gentlemen there Witness and
MRS. Hutchlns rode to Hiram station in
| the hack, and in the train sat together.
She did not listen to the conversation
which sprangLup between Mrs. sHutchins
andtMr. Burbank, who sat directly be-
| hind witness. Mrs. Nickersou said the
l
| amicable; but she paid little attention
| to it, as it did not interest her. She
did hear Mrs. Hutchins say:
1T is a hard place, and it don't seem
| as though l can stay there"
| He counselled her to try. Then they
seemed to be talking about friends.
| There was no sign of unpleasantness on
| this way between them. Mrs. Hutchins
| had a Chautauqua catalogue, but wit
ness saw nothing of the slip of paper SO
often referred to.
Witness went out of the car with Mrs.
Hutchins. but saw nothing take place
between the latter and Mr.. Burbank.
Mrs. II utchins followed witness out of
the car. and at distance of a few feet
noticed that gentleman joined her,
taking her satchel and her arm. That
gentleman had on neither uniform nor
uniform cap.
On cross examination witness sal d that
she was not well at the time, and rested
her head OH her shawl strap; but did
not go to sleep.
There was some hurry and hustle |
when they got out of the car in Union
Station; and witness said she could
not tell anything as to what conversa-
ton might have taken place between
Mrs. Hutchins and the gentleman with
whom she walked away.
At he conclusion of Mrs. Nickerson's
testimony. Judge Symonds presented
the deposi tion:of Mrs. Kate G. Hutch |
ins, which had been taken previous to
the trial by the counsel for the defence.
After this Judge Symonds offered
q sanaa relating to Mrs. Hutchins's
To the introduction of this Mayor
Hamilton objected. He would not OBJ
Ject to the record of the decree, hut the
libel of the husband he would object to,
and this was what he claimed the docu-
men in question to be.
Judge Symoads said that what he
wished to present was the record of the
decree.
Judge Walton ex Guided the document.
With this the direct testimony in the
case was included. andevidenee in re-
buttal was called for
Mr.. Owen @. Murray, the letter carrier,
who came into conflict with Judge Wal
ton at his first appearance and refused TO
stify as to the contents of letter re-
ceived by him in June. This was the
letter alleged to have been written by |
Mr.. Burbank to find ont the address of |
Mr.. Davis's wife, the superstition being
that Mr.. Burbank wished to send the |
story of the West End affair to Mr.. Dav- |
ISIS wife. Mr.. Murray made no objecion |
this time to testifying to the contents |
of this letter. But the counsel for the |
defendant objected to this testimony, |
on the ground that Mr.. Burbank denied |
having written this letter, and that there
was no evidence connecting him with it, |
Judge Walton said that if counsel for |
the plaintiff insisted, the evidence as to |
the contents of the letter could be given,
hut it would be subject to exception,
and the judge warned counsel for the
plaintiff that it would be perilous.
The counsel for the plaintiff took this
advice, and the examination of Mr.. Muir I
ray was not continued.
AS MIR. Murray was leaving the stand
Judge Walton gave him little fatherIy /
advice about testifying in courts OF jus /
tice, telling him that he could, more |
safely rely upon the direction OF the pre- I
siding justice than upon any authority |
of tire postmaster.
Here the case concluded for the day.
Z e arguments will begin this fore
noon, at 10 o'clock. Judge Symonds
will speak first.