Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-23
SILVER TRIAL.
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Gard ner yesterday afternoon to zee if tn
man remembered me where l stopped t
ges drink OF water. He did not RENE mbe
me. l drank whiskey only once at III
camp. Only this man found outside an,
oHver were there. First saw Silver at tn
bridge round the boat. Spoke to him frs
and asked about the camp. Couldn't fir,
out anything by him. Silver rowed tn,
boat going down the stream,
On redirect examination the witness ties
lined that he got S. of VIM. Kane of Card
ner, to go to Brunswick with; that if i,
Lewiston he could point out the place.
where he lodged and got his lunches. At
ter telling this story to his wife and Mrs
Bowie, he next told it 70 Mr.. o. B. Clason
On re cross examination he testified tina
ne went out to the camp before testifyins
IN court at all; that be did not know the
man who carried him out; that he went our
70 see how the camp looked. to see if j
looked az 1t did then, and to bring the m at
Ter fresh to his mind; was tired and hungry
when he got to the camp on the Sunday il
question. The whiskey bottle there was 8
round short bottle and was about a third
full. The tumbler looked like small
Jelly tumbler. 1t was a narrow peaked
boat that Silver set me down in. wore a
suit of dark clothes that day.
During portion of the examination the
witness was examined by Mr.. Carleton
speaking directly to him, but the witness
after time urged that he was likely to be
led into erroneous statements by failure
RI hQap fr,l1xy ha
who was present, to whose voice he has
been accustomed, repeated the questions to
him.
Miss Minnie Foye, called by the respon.
dent, testified that she was keeping com
pany with Silver in July last, and also at
the present time. She testified as to a let
ter which he had written to her giving an
account of the occurrence at the camp, and
which she said she had given up to
Van Blenn and detective, or that part
relating to the accident. Silver had never
said to her that there was quarrel at the
camp.
Mrs. Annie Bowie, called by the respon-
dent, testified that she lived in Pittston and
was a niece of Mrs. Clary; that a week be-
fore Mr.. Clary went to Lewiston she was
ut bis house, and he then said he was going
to Lewiston to get chance to hay, and if
he could not, thought he should 20 to Ar
rowsic island, where he had relatives. Was
at his house twice while he was gone, and
his wife was Sick wanted her to 90 home
with me, but she did not want to leave the
house alone. went over, Tuesday, and
he had got home. / said to his wife :
"When did he Gomez She says, Sunday
evening" says, "What time?" and she
says, Between and s."
did not have any conversation with him
at that time. He is hard to talk with.
asked him if he had been on the island and
he shook his head "no." His wife said he
walked home. And he says to me he
walked home. l shook my head, that
didn't believe it. | think he said walked
from Lewiston, would not say. Then he
began to tell me how far he walked. He
said he walked | think, about two miles,
and man carried him and dropped him at
some corner, could not say if he told
me l have forgotten. And he walked
along and came to where a man was stand
ing in q yard he didn't say how far he had
walked when he met this man in the door
yard. He stopped and talked with him,
and after he left this man he walked along
piece and came to a bridge.
| don't know whether he told me what
bridge it was. He said there was a man
and boat there, and he saw q camp, and
he wanted to go to the camp, but he didn't
know what camp it was. He asked this
man to take him down the stream to the
camp, and he did. And he said the table
was set and they asked him to eat,
and he said he was hungry and he
did. And while they were eating
one of the men put his hand under the
table and took out bottle of liquor, and he
says: That is just what want ana pat
poured it into the glass, and he says: You
drink first and they did, and he drank.
and after he hsd stayed there some,
don't know Just how long he was there,
he wanted them to take him across to the
bridge, and they did. But he said they
were so full he was afraid they would upset
the boat, and he padded HIMSELF they
wanted the oar, but he wouldn't let them
have it they were so full. He said when
he got ashore one of the men got out of
the boat and followed him little ways, as
though he was going along with him, and
he turned round and this man went back,
and as he went to get into the
boat he studded his toe and fell
into the boat And the man raised up in
the boat in half STOPPING position. He
was afraid he would lose his balance and
fall over into the water, and he watched
him until the boat got out of sight, and he
came home.
He met man on the way home; think
he said he had scythe with him, and he
told me the mans name, who he thought
the man was, but could not call it. He
said the man looked like some one living in
Hallowell or Augusta who resembled him.
think it was Tuesday that he told me this,
and did not hear of the accident to Blenn
until some days afterwards. He called no
names of the parties that were in the boat.
When he told me he walked home l shook
my head that did not believe him, and he
told me this to convince me.
| never had any conversation with him in
regard to the accident. This story went
out of my mind and never thought of it
again until / went to Gardiner, Thursday. |
went into Mrs. Bowie's. They spoke of
something about the Silver trouble and said
my aunt had got into an awful scrape. And
mother Bowie asked me "did Mr.. Clary
ever say anything to you about it, l says
"no." Mrs. White says: Didn't he ever
say anything to you?" l says mo"
l forgot all about it, and then began to