Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-08

of rheumatism, heart trouble, of his legs
being numb. Had complained of heart
trouble for three CT four years. Complained
of rheumatism ever since be 60. home from
out West. Didn't RENE mber of any other
complaints save he was tired of living.
Believed ne vas. Might have been two years
he'd complained Of being tired of living.
Might have been 25 or might have been a
1000 times he'd so complained. Complained
of having faint spells some two weeks be-
fore he died. Saw him look pale when he
was faint. Appeared to be very sick when
witness got to him Saturday evening.
said, You're pretty sick amt you,
Henry" He nodded his head. Rubbed
him. Henry didn't say anything. Saw
the blood settling under his nails.
Q-You looked at his nails for that pun
pose.
A.-Don't know as for that purpose.
Did look at them.
Q.-Did you tell them he was dying:
Al told some of them SO when l went
into the kitchen.
q Were you in the room when he died:
A-Yes, stood by him.
Q.-iou had soGe talk with Mr.. Wyman:
Ayes, sir.
Q About the cause of Mr.. Getchelrs
death?
A.-Didn't remember.
O. Did you say it was nothing strange
he died SO suddenly.
Admit think he did.
Odd you say to him that you'd show
him the stuff Henry had been drinking:
A.-Don't remember saying such thing
Q-Wiil you deny it?
Ayes, sir. Never said he'd show him
the stuff he'd been drinking
Odd you talk to Mr.. Hughes about
Getchel's death:
Ayes, SIR.
Odd you say anything about finding
any poison in him?
Al said l shouldn't think anything
strange if they found poison in him. He'd
been drinking cider from Ambrose Getch-
ellis, out of the same barrel my uncle got
poisoned from. Saw Henry Getchell
with jug of that cider 60 by the Quaker
meeting house. Witness didn't take a
drink from the jug.
Q,-When were you at Cooper's Mills?
A.-Last summer or fall, with ,Sewall
Glidden. Had never been there with Mrs.
Getchell.
Odd Mrs. Getchell go to Somerville
while she was at Gee an Point!
A.-Don't know anything about it.
Q.-Wasnt on the steps of the piazza the
morning Henry died?
A.-No, sir. Didn't think his horse
stopped that morning.
Odd you hear the doctor ask for a
bottle that evening?
Ayes. He wanted bottle for car
bolic acid. Saw Mrs. Getchell 60 in the
buttery and get bottle. Saw him empty
out its contents and put something in it.
Might have been half cupful in it. 1t
was a round quart bottle.
Didn't know whether he told Mr.. Nor
ton there was half pint in it. Thought
the bottle had been in the house about
week. Saw the gin when Henry brought it
home. There was no sulphur in it that
the bottle over the sink, another time would
leave it in the sink, and then would keep it
in the cupboard. Witness tasted of it the
night he brought it home. Didn't remem-
Der how it tasted. Never tasted of gin be-
fore. Told Mr.. Getchell it was pleasanter
to drink than rum. That was the only time
he ever tasted of it.
. Q.-You have bed at home?
AYES.
Q.--And you stayed there Thursday
night and slept on the lounge?
Ayes, sir.
Q.-Henry went into the woods Friday
and left you there?
Ayes.
Q.-How long were you there?
A.-Perhaps an hour.
Q-What time did you leave there when
you came away?
A.-Guessed twas about o'clock. Was
to stay and hang some curt aims.
Q-When did you next stay there?
A.-Monday night. Thought he also
stayed Tuesday night, but not Wednesday
night.
Q.-When did you next see Mrs. Getchell
after Wednesday?
A.-Didn't remember; two or three days.
Hauled all the wood he had there. Went
to Ocean Point with Mr.. Getchell in Au-
gust, near the 10th.
,o S:-5'n stated it to Mr. Norton August
A.-Didn't remember.
Odd you tell Mr.. Norton you went
back to Ocean Point to 20 fishing instead of
to 60 to work?
-A.-Didn't remember.
Odd you tell Norton you went back
to work for Hatcher?
A.-Didn't know.
Q.-How much of that room at Dam on's
did you have partitioned off?
A little bigger than horse stall.
Gould look over quilts?
A.-Never tried.
Q,-Where did your father and mother
stay that time at Ocean Point?
A.-Stayed two or three days at Mr..
Lyons.
Odd you tell anyone you didn't want
anyone to tell Getchell you were there?
A.-No.
Q.-GetcheIl told you afterward he went
down there and found his wife gone.
Ayes, sir.
Odd you 60 to Gardiner last fall with
Mrs. Getchell?
Ayes, sir.
Got acquainted with Mrs Getchell when
she worked at Henry's fathers.
Witness admitted he talked with Mary
Peaslee about being down to Ocean Point
after he heard Mr.. Norton had seen Mrs.
G etchell.
Q.-What were you down there for?
Although some of getting a horse.
Saw her standing in door and talked with
her.