The Portland daily press., 1894-01-11
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SAW Mr.. PAINE SUNDAY NIGHT.
At the Engine House Bracket Street
They Say He Spent the Evening There.

They Say He Spent the Evening There.
The missing Charles Paine spent some
time Sunday evening in the house of En-
CINE Company, No. 5, according to. the
statements of several men who were also
in the house on that evening The mat
ter was discussed last night, one gentle
man at first insisting that it was on
Thursday night that Nh Paine made his
cali. But Mr. Wiggin, the engineer,
Messrs. Ray and Knight and several 9th
ers said they were positive that it was
Sunday evening. and recalled incidents
of the conversation which supported
their recollection. Finally the other
gentleman admitted that while he was
sure he talked with Mr.. Paine in the
engine house Thursday or Friday night,
as he left the house for home very early
on Sunday evening, Mr.. Paine might
have come in afterwards, and this
seemed to be the general opinion. Mr..
Wiggin said that Mr.. Paine was in the
habit of calling at the engine house occa-
sionally, often during the daytime and
sometimes in the evening. When ne
came in the evening, Mr.. Paine generally
dropped in early, and staid only about
half an hour. Sunday evening he came
somewhat later than was his custom,
and remained until Mr.. Wiggin shut up
the house for the night and went to his
home. This was about ten minutes af-
ter 10 o'clock. Mr.. Wiggin said he and
Mr.. Paine left the house together. and
Mr.. Paine went down Bracket street in
the direction of Spring street. Mr.. Wig
gin noticed nothing unusual in Mr..
Paine's manner except that he smoked
more than usual. Mr.. Paine asked once
what time the house was closed for the
night and said to Mr.. Wiggin Don't let
me keep you up" From this it was
suggested that he might have been wait
ing TO take the Pullman train, but if that
was SO he evidently did not go from the
engine house to the station by the most
direct route. According to the recollec-
ton of those in the engine house last
night, it appears that MI. Paine called
there Thursday or Friday night and
again on Sunday, both times being after
he was supposed to have left the city.
Sunday night it is said, when the
committee of Odd Fellows opened
Paines safe at Odd Fellows hall, every
thing appeared to be right. There were
several envelopes, containing sums of
money, plainly marked as belonging to
Ligonia lodge and with the sources
whence they came endorsed on each. One
envelope containing over forty dollars,
was marked as belonging to Eastern Star
Encampment All present came to the
conclusion that Paine's accounts would
be found all right, for if he had fed he
would have taken this money with him.
But it was thought best to have his &C
counts carefully examined, and the
defalcation was discovered. e
At the meeting of Eastern Star En-
campment, Tuesday evening, it was
voted to have the bonds Of their financial
officers obtained from company insur-
ing against financial Irregularities.
Miss Paine says the morning her
brother went away he came down to
breakfast without collar or necktie. He
seemed sort of paralyzed. She had pro
vided a breakfast of fried smelts, of
which her brother was very fond, but he
didn't touch them. Soon after breakfast
he went out without overcoat or over
shoes, came back after little while,
rushed up stairs, and then down and out
again, which was the last she has seen Of
him. He afterwards went down town,
met his foreman on the way and spoke
to him. He then proceeded on, and
entered the Office and asked for the fore
man, although he had just met him and
talked to him.
Many of the order think if Paine was
insane the insanity was caused by the
worry arising from the knowledge that
his populations must be discovered, and
the fact that they had been going on SO
long time. The accounts for 1891 and
1892 have not yet been thoroughly ex-
amined.