The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-09

treated her well. Trask worked some about
the house when not under pay. Would do
what she asked him to. Never treated her
differently when her husband was away
than when he was there. Had been to
Belgrade camp meeting all but two years
since married. Always stopped with Mrs.
Trask. Never walked down the railroad
track with Laforest Trask. Had given
Annie Dudley clothes. Knew Maurice
Damren by sight. Sat up two nights when
Frank Keen died. Happened to be there as
she went for some coats Arletta was
making for her. Arletta wanted her to stay.
Henry went with her. Went the second
night al Arletta's request. Didn't sleep on
the lounge at all that night. Didn't lie
down with Abbie Keen, as she was busy the
first part of the evening. Then Trask went
in and lay down. Never made Trask a
present of harness. Mrs. Trask finally
raid for the harness bought at Doughty's.
Mrs. Trask paid witness. Got letter from
Lawyer Titcomb for the balance of $3.50.
Witness asked Mrs. Williams to pay the
balance. Give her the money to pay it, but
had never got the receipt.
Witness stated she knew Elura Richards
Took her in when her fathers house was
was system of signals between her and
Trask. She remembered that at the time
Trask had done work in the bedroom and
chambers, changing beds, putting up cur
tains, painting, etc., she chad been in the
room alone with him. 1t was just the same
whether her husband was there or not.
During the time Ida Haskell was working
for her never went into the woods with
rocly No, ir1R0 fbn ,1o.,-
with Trask for an improper purpose Had
walked across to his fathers with him. She
stated she gave Ellis letter to take to
Trask. This was about June or July. Was
finishing up coat work before haying. Wit
ness wrote the letter when her husband was
present and saw it. Asked him to come. 1t
was about getting horse to drive next day.
Wanted him to let her know that night 1t
was about returning coats to the factory
Her husband told her she could have his
horse if Laforest would drive. Told her to
write him about it. Heard her husband ask
Trask if he ever got the letter. Trask came
to the house that night SO there was no
need of the letter. He drove the next day
as planned.
About riding home with Laforest from
Augusta the night he was with Robinson,
she said she asked Laforest to drive home
for her, as she had no gloves on.
HER HUSBAND KNEW OF IT.
She told him she got Laforest to drive. Wit
ness here testified as to being at Ocean
Point, a year ago last summer. Stopped at
Lyons camp. Came home that year with
her husband. Was down to Ocean Point
twice last summer. Stopped first at Mr..
Damon's. Hired two rooms and boarded
themselves. Tresk boarded with them.
Henry suggested partitioning off the bed
chamber with uilts. Henry hung the quilts
up. No bedsteads were in the ROOM When
Henry went home said he would send some
money and some butter back by Laforest.
. He did so. Henry came home on account
of work. Trask slept in the same place he
did before. Was there few days. Thought
they came home on Saturday. George
slept with her. 1t was necessary for her to
pass through his part of the room, He
always retired last at night and got up first
in the morning. He was never in her part
of the room during the night. She was never
in the Lyon cottage alone with Trask, and
did not kiss him goodbye on the wharf. She
never told Mamie Peaslee she should do<as
she was a mind to another summer. as
things would be different. Never told her
she didn't want Henry to know Trask was
down there. Her husband never appeared
to be jealoussof Trask. Trask never put his
arm abround her. She never told Abbie
Keen that she gave Trask harness. She
didn't remember any talk with Mary
Whitney ut the time of Frank Keen's death
about the use of liquor. She never told
Abbie Keen she gave Trask harness. Told
Abbie to take some money to pay for the
harness that she and her aunt Abbie got at
Doughty's, but Abbie didn't go. She never
sent to Abbie Keen letter for Trask Had
sent a letter down there for Abbie to
back. Got her to send letter to Mr. Wood
bury. Never had sent any letters of her hus-
bands to be sent to Trask. Never sent an
unsealed letter by Minnie to have Abbie
Keen give Trask. Never sent more than one
letter by Mr. Ellis to Trask. The witness
was equally explicit in her denials of many
other things testified to by the states wit
nesses. She was still on the stand when
recess was taken.
Mrs. Getchell was on the stand all the
afternoon, and
HER TESTIMONY WAS NOT FINISHED
at the close of today's work The witness
continued this afternoon her denials of the
damaging statements by the prosecutions s
witnesses. She declared that she never
said her husband died of private disease.
He had such trouble. When asked to re-
count the occurrences at the bedside of her
husband when dying, the witness broke
down several times. When she became calm,
counsel asked her if she poisoned here
husband, ''No, sir,'' was her answer. She
denied that she gave him drink of gin
after the doctor left.
She bore up under rigid cross-examina-
tion. She declared that she was the first
one to suggest getting doctor. Couldn't
remember what she stated to Sheriff Norton
on most subjects. She MISSED the cider jug,
which had been in the cellar the Sunday
after Henry died. Didn't know what be-
came of it. Wasn't sure she said that
Henry went to the barn that noon. Didn't
see him go. The morning Henry died, she
saw Trask standing on the piazza steps. All
the conversation she could remember be-
tween herself and Trask was about his be-
ing late for Augusta.
1t didn't appear from the direct or cross
examination what Trask was on the steps
for.
She said he stood facing the open door,