The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22

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| the time they went there until her hus-
| band died, he was SICK man. They
took the place till they should pay for
| it. They paid the interest on the mort
gage and managed the farm. Her bus
| band received the income of the place.
After her husbands death she managed
the place and put what money she had
to spare into the place. She didn't know
exactly wheth er she received the income
of the sale of the produce.
| She had house rent, money from Port
land, and all that she had to spare went
! into the farm. She had no mortgage or
deed of the place, and had received no
wages. Her own money had gone to pay
the interest on the mortgage. She paid
| the taxes out of her own money and that
of the farm.
About week before he was killed Mr..
Coburn said that he'd got to get the
money to LAY the interest on the farm.
She thought both Lewis and Coleman
were Mt the table when he said it.
Mr.. Coleman was very apt to speak of
his business before the "boys," SO fire.
quently that she couldn't mention def
mite times. On Dec. 18th Mr.. Coburn
picked over his apples down cellar, and
assisted her with her washing. Coleman
did nothing but chores.
Lewis went to Portland on his own
hook, but as long as he was going. Mr..
Coburn let him take the horse and carry
in barrel of vinegar to Mr.. Chase, and
bushel of apples to sell. She did not
see Mr. Coburn pay Lewis any money.
When Lewis came back with 90 cents
for the apples, MIR. Coburn told him that
he'd done SO we'll he guessed he'd have
to send him out peddling apples.
She did not notice the time when
Lewis got home from Portland. 1t was
somewhere from 5.15 to $50 when they
had supper. MIR. Coburn and Coleman
had sat down to the table when Lewis
drove into the yard. At the supper
table Lewis did not tel. them about his
trip to Portland.
In the afternoon Mr.. Silas Rounds. who
works in coat shop in Gorham, and
another man came. They might have
been there an hour. She did not know
what they came for. They went away
just about dark.
They were in the house all the time.
"Did they come there for any other pur-
pose than social call?"
"Don't know. couldn't say"
They were sitting In the house talk
ing. They each had a couple of glasses
VI.
that she knew of.
The family generally ate supper pretty
quick, from Is to 20 minutes and some
times sooner.
After an intermission of five minutes,
Mrs. Kimball took the stand again and
the cross-examination continued.
Mr.. Coburn had only one COW. They
all did the chores together. Lewis as
sisted in the morning, but not at night
at the last of it,. 1
When they went out to the milking
they were gone longer than usual be-
cause they watched a cat fight. They
might have been gone Is or 20 minutes.
Mr.. Coburn came in first. Coleman
came in soon after and got piece of
tobacco from him. Lewis went out
little before, or about the time that they
came in. Since supper he had been read
ing the paper. After straining the milk
Mr. Coburn brought in two armfuls of
wood He then smoked and read
paper. From the time he came in from
milking until he went to the barn again
might have been from 30 to 40 minutes.
Her clock was correct. Coburn used to
go out nearly every night after supper.
When they heard the noise in the barn
she thought it was old Dick, because of
the heavy tread of the horse. He thought
1t was Westmont. The
LAST WORDS SHE HEARD
him say as he went out were, alt may
be Westmont."
From the dime he went out till she
thought he ought to come in was about
ten minutes. Soon after she heard foot
steps coming around the house from
across the road, and some one took hold
of the kitchen door.
The steps were those of common
walk.
Alter LOWS came IN AMI Gne CONVEX
cation ensued, he went out Immediately
to look for Mr. .Coburn.
When Lewis returned with the lantern
she said, "Where do you suppose he can
be?"
"I don't know" he replied. AS they
went out together she thought he was as
frightened as. she was.
Other facts brought out by the cross
examination were that she never went
over to Mr.. Lowell's house, that when
they found Mr.. Coburn she put her hand
on his face and found it warm. She did
not notice that he was wounded. Lewis
said, "Don't you see the blood and that
there is hole in his hea6. The COW
must have kicked him."
After Mr.. Coburn went out to the barn
she watched him from the window
moment. Then she took an apple and sat
down in the kitchen. 1t was some time
after she ate her apple that she looked
out to the barn again. During the IS
hot cho cd CHI