The Portland daily press., 1894-12-18
1t Is Believed in GOrham that In
quest Shows This.
ED. GRAHAM TOLD A LONG STORY
YESTERDAY.
Known Confidential1y in Gorham That
Graffam Has Told How Lewis Com
mitted the Crime-Lewis's New Boots
Create Suspicion-The Bloody Coat.

has undoubtedly resulted. SO far, in making
it practically certain to the minds of the
Jurors that the deed was committed by
Coburn's hired man, James Lewis, the
young man from Uruguay, Paraguay and
the Argentine Republic. 1t is known, so
far as anything can be known that Mrs.
Kimball. the housekeeper, who had every
motive for wishing Coburn to live. and SON.
in-law Roscoe G.. Drown, who will be the
one to profit most by the crime. are in no
way connected with it. There was quite a
feeling when young Ed. GRAHAM, Lewis's
friend, was examined Monday afternoon,
that his testimony was very important. In
the first place it was the longest examina-
tion Of all. After the inquest was over it
became known thaIsnot only was Graffam' 8
testimony long. but it was very :important.
In fact it was known confdentially in Cor
ham Monday evening that Graffam had told
the whole story of how Lewis committed the
crime. But the details of Graffam's story
could not be obtained, either at Gorham or
Portland. where the authorities maintained
an impenetrable reserve in regard to the
whole affair.
1t is understood that an engineer will
make careful measur emehts of the premises
today, also that the body of Coburn may be
exhumed in order that a chemical sxamina-
tion of the stomach may clear up some
points of testimony. 1t is possible also that
the authorities may feel it necessary to have
the skull preserved in order to show the
fractures.
The details of the proceedings at Gorham
Monday follow: e
The coroner's inquest began at o'clock
NJ ~ erdo nv
There were present. Coroner Perry, and the
jury, Sheriff Cram, County Attorney True.
oheIiff-elect Plummer. Deputy Sheriffs
Chute and Parker and Stenographer
Hayden.
The first witness was DR.. o'Neil, ". R.
Straw of Gorham. His testimony was not
very long.
The next witness was Mrs. Lizzie G. Kim
ball. Mr.. Coburn's house keeper. Her testi-
mony was longer than any body else. The
other witnesses in the forenoon were Mrs.
Eta NJ. Drown. Coleman's daughter, Ler
husband. Roscoe G.. Drown. and their
daughter, little Bessie Drown.
+. The inquest adjourned from IL O'Clock till
one o'e1ock p. M, and in the afternoon the
following witnesses were examined: William
E. Wallace, currier, who works in tan
merry at Gorham; Edward Graffam, Joseph
A, Coleman, Abner Z. Lowell and his two
sons, Ephraim M. and Tallnan B.
The inquest lasted from 3 a. M. till $50 p.
NJ, with the exception of the hour as noon,
and occupied five and half hours. In all,
eleven witnesses were examined. With the
exception of Mrs. Kimball's the testimony
of Graffam and Coleman were the longest.
Lewis was present in the anti-room. but
was not examined. The inquest adjourned
till Wednesday morning at a. No., because
Coroner Perry will be unable to be present
today.
County Attorney True says that the in
quest will be finished Wednesday, and that
then everything will be made public.
1t certainly appears as IL no more arrests
would be made and as if the matter at
present had reached degree of certainty
as to whom the coroner's jury's verdict will
hold as the muI derer.
Undertaken Brown said yesterday that
when the body was brought up to his rooms
Friday, he took from the pocket watch.
1t was of silver, and gave the days of the
month around the edge. On the face of the
watch was the print of a mans thumb in
blood. The blood was dry. This may prove
of value, as the lines on every mans thumb
are different. These lines were thvse of
thumb that belonged apparently to the
coarse hand of laboring man.
One man said yesterday that the over
coat that was placed over Mr. .Coburn's body
in the barn on the night of the murder
would probably be of Importance in the
case. 1t was a light overcOat that had been
used in the barn to cover swill barrel. 1t
is covered with blood that might possibly
have come simply from its contact with the
body as a covering but it looks as if the
blood wasn't likely to have got there in
that way OF course the murderer could
have put OIL the coat to shield himself and
then removed it.
Deputy Sherifs Plummer and Chute
brought out Graffam and Lewis from the
city. There is a noticeable difference be-
tween these two prisoners. GIaffam Is
stout young man of rough sailor appear
ance in face and dress. He seems to have
excellent control of himslef, and Jays no
attention to the looks that are cast upon
him. Naturally. however, he is not in a
very cheerful mood. He appears very sober.
He wore no overcoat yesterday.
Lewis's appearance is entirely different.He
wears peculiar and rather dressy cloak of
heavy cloth, that hangs from his shoulders,
and has simply large arm-holes in place of
sleeves. 1t is rather an unusual and foreign
looking cloak, that he evidently obtained in
South America, and that is certainly very
macmillan cloak for sailor and farm hand
to wear.
Coroner Perry still believes that the
motive of the murder was robbery, as evil
denced by the empty purse found in Mr..
Coburn's pocket, as if hastily put in there.
He thinks the first blow struck was that
over the eye with the "pole' of the axo.
Around this wound only. is there black
and blue discoloration of the skin, which
shows that the blow fell upon a living man.
If blows are struck upon the flesh of
dead man there is no such discoloration of
the skin.
II was noticeable yesterday that Lewis
wore new boots to the inquest, and that
Dsnuty Sheriff PlAmmeI. who escorted him.
carried a bundle under his arm.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral of Mr.. Cobvrn was held at
tho home ats O'Clock in the afternoon.
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