The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-27

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By the local time it was about half
past eight Prawda came up and said
the old lady had been Shocked and
then that she had been "shot." The
Carriers started with Prawda towards his
house. On the way witness asked the
latter who did it, and Prawda' said:
My God, my God, Tom Carey. Again,
after they had. been at the house, Praw
da said to him: George, I would give
five hundred dollars if
Knew Where Tom Carey
was tonight. I haven't got the money,
but would get it on my placer
John H. Carter, brother of preceding
witness. and tall, fine looking mulatto
testified as well as his brother.
Prawda had run to their house and asked
for their team to go for the doctor, as
his wife's mother was shocked, then
later he said she was shot. Harvesting,
witness with his brother and Prawda
started for the latter's house. When they
got there witness went into the kitchen,
finding there Drs. Hanson ands Geroux.
They went up stairs where witness
noticed the hole in the window, the
spatters of blood, the piece of flesh on
the picture, etc. Then they went into
the upstairs kitchen, where, with Drs.
Hanson and Geroux and witnesses
brother George, they searched for the
handed it to witness, who hadned it to
DR.. Hanson, who handed it to DR.. Geroux.
After this witness went down stairs
and out doors, taking his lantern with
him. He examined tn g premises care
fully, especially for tracks. On the side
of the house towards Portland, and quite
near to the house was piece of ploughed
nd Lao hot afrnx
over for tracks but found none at all.
Prawda had told him the story of the
shooting, how he had been in the privy
when he heard the noise, how he had run
out, etc., as had been related by other
witnesses who talked with Prawda.
At subsequent time, when the second
session of the coroner's inquest was go
ing on, Prawda had said to the witness
that he was going ouJ the door when
he hear the shot
John J. Meyer, son of the murdered
woman, and brother of Mrs. Pra VIDA, a
pulp maker at Falmouth. testified that
he was called from his work on the night
of November 2S, by Mr.. Geroux, who
brought word of the shooting of his
mother. At half past eight, mill time,
he left the mill and started for home,
stopping on the way to inform his
brother-in-law Thomas Carey. After
arriving home and telling his wife, he
started across the fields to the Prawda
house. When he arrived at the Prawda
house he found there the Carriers and the
doctors. He noticed that the shade of
the kitchen window, which looked out
upon the spot where the murderer is
thought to have stood, was half way up.
Witness went up into his mothers
room, seeing there the bullet holes, etc.
Sometime after. in the presence of the
doctors, his mother gave him two pack
S12, wallet and some keys, which fitted
her trunks. The
Packages Containing Money
she took from under her head.
Next morning witness showed the
packages to Sheriff Buchanan, who
counted the money. A short time after
that his mother asked for them and he
returned them. Then she afterwards
gave them to him again.
The packages were produced. Both
were o. bags made of striped ticking,
with strings on them as if made to be
worn about the body.
Witness remained at the Prawda house
to take care of his mother. The next
evening witness heard Prawda telling
newspaper reporter (the representative Of
the PRESS how it happened. Here fol-
lowed the repetition of Prawda's story
about the affair.
Witness remem bered that on the night
of the tragedy Prawda was wringing his
hands and crying.
Thanksgiving time Mrs. Meyer was
moved down stairs and the rooms were
locked, the keys being put IN a sewing
machine drawer in the room where Mrs.
Meyer was lying. Witness there looked
after them, and later put the keys in his
pocket.
Witness used to call on his mother
every Sunday while she was living at
Prawda's, and the Sunday before the
shooting she had arranged to move to
WITNESSES house. She was to have gone
Tuesday, but it rained.
Prawda Knew of this Intended Removal.
After Mrs. Meyers death her trunk was
opened and a handbook, trunk and
witnesses fathers commission as an
officer in the European army was found.
The handbook had a thousand dollars
credited to it. There were also three
bonds of the value of $50 each in the
trunk.
Witness testified that his mother was
in the habit of keeping considerable
amounts about her.
Witness also testified that Prawda
said on the day after the
shooting that the shot was never in
tended for Mrs. Meyer, but for him
(Prawda) or Annie (Mrs. Prawda.)
Witnesses father had died October II,
1891, and about that time the witness,
Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Lynch, all children.
were in Cambridge, MASS, and saw
Mrs. Meyers will.
Witness had lived in the Prawda house
in 1891, but had moved away on account
of difficulty with Prawda
Mr.. Meyer detailed conversation which
he had heard between Prawda and Mr..
F. r. Fay, the newspaper correspondent.
Mr.. Meyer was still on the stand, be-
ing cross-examined by Mr.. Chase, when
the time for the noon recess came on.
The afternoon session beginning, Mr..
Chase continued to cross-examine Mr..
Meyer, in the course of which the wit