The Portland daily press., 1895-08-08

pflU' 'ile words would have rlsen W HIS
lips and the only reason that any man
can give why he did no do so is, that ne
knew that no voice could reach Copurn S
ears, that his lips were set in death and
could send back no answering call; and
Lewis, in emitting to call to him, In
stlnctlvely, and without himself being
conscious of the fact, acted upon the
knowledge which he, and he alone,
possessed.
Mf. Powers then took up the testimony
lnArelatlon to Edward Graffam. and his
connection wits-the events. In relation TO
the tracks he said that GRAHAM never for
moment denied that he made them.
Thursday night after the murder he
told Libby he made them and Friday
morning in Libby's presence he fitted his
loot into them. 1t is impossible to believe
that II he We're the guilty man, and these
were his tracks made in escaping from
the scene of the murder he would so
frankly have admitted they were this.
Speaking of
GRAFFAM'S CLAIM
That he was in the Coburn house that
evening and of Mrs. Kimball's denying
1t, MIR. Powers, said that it is possible
that Mrs. Kimball in the excitement up
on the murder might have forgotten 1t or
might have confused the events of that
evening with some other occasion as
Gratfam was frequently there. But if
during that half hour Graffam had in
fact committed the murder, the last place
in the world that he would put him self
in attempting to account for his time
would be in the house, and the presence
OF the murdered man, and of Mrs. KIM
ball whom he must know, if he were
falsifying, would say that he was not
there.
Now upon the theory of the defense
that Graffam committed this crime, take
the account given by Lewis of the con-
yersation between himself ard GRAHAM
outside the Lowell house that evening,
GRAHAM had that very moment come red
handed from the murder of Byron
Coburn. Lewis doesn't say that he
noticed anything unusual in Graffam' S
appearance at that time either in looks or
the tone of his voice, but they cal mly
talked about where Lewis had been in
IN Portland that day and about shipping
1t is absurd and impossible that this
boy OF twenty could have stepped from
that tieup at the close of a murder, and
appear in such manner as not to excite
Lewis's attention.
The apparent motive for the crime was
robbery. Coburn was accustomed to tai k
over his money matters with the men.
Monday before the murder he was talking
over his money affairs with Lewis He
had roll of bills in his wallet in
Abbott's store December.11.
The portemonnaie was found near the
top of the trousers pocket with no money
in it, and no money was found in the
house after his death; and the man who
took the money from the purse and left
the watch upon the person was too bright
and too shrewd man to keep the pro-
ceeds of the crime in his pocket as an
The Attorney General then proceeded
to discuss the alleged
NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE
which he claimed was without substance
and as whole could in no way
strengthen the defense. The most of it is
unIolIebolo etuu CoIl6S lfOIu uHTe I1dDl6
witnesses, men in Jail who testify to
statements and the appearance of Graffam
and which if true has no probable force
in favor of Lewis or against GRAHAM.
He first took up the evidence as to the
keys and the paddock
On Gratfam's person were found seven
keys tied together with string, and an
other key tied by separate string to the
other seven, all of which Graffam testified
at the trial he found on State street, Just
above Black & Barker's harness shop. in
Gorham village.
The contention of the defence it that
these keys he stole from Charles Han
sons, and that the other key he took
from Coburn's body and carefully tied it,
in the moonlight to the other seven They
were ordinary keys similar to those used
in bureau drawers, and it is all ordinary
paddock. Keys can be found upon almost
any bunch that will unlock the paddock.
1t is unreasonable to believe that the
murderer of Byron G. Coburn who did
not even take from his body the watch,
an article which could be traced and
identified, was so stupid as to take from
it the key to the storehouse, which he
must have known contained as its only
valuable barrel Of kerosene oil and a
few hens, and carefully tie it onto the
other keys already in his possession, and
keep it about his person for twenty -four
hours before his arrest.
The testimony as to Graffam's appear
ance near the time of the murder can
have but little weight 1t is to the effect
that he appeared nervous and excited. It
would not be strange if he did. He knew
that a murder had been committed and
he knew that his intimate friend and
associate, Lewis, had committed that
murder before this nervousness or excited
condition was observed by Mr.. Robie, or
Mr. Harding, or Mr.. and Mrs. Drown.
The Attorney General closed at four
O'Clock in the afternoon and Mr.. Chase
made a briet reply.