The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-29

The Friday night that was arrested
I was searched at the jail, and they took
away from me my money, bunch of
KEYS, a pocket handkerchief, box of
cigarettes and pocketbook. The peck
etbook contained lock of hair. The
pocket book was IN my left hand pants
pocket, the money in my right hand
pocket, and the dollar bill in my watch
side coat pocket on the right side, and
the handkerchief in my hip pocket.
| That was the same handkerchief that l
had had the day before. The dollar pill
| was in my watch pocket, just above
where the change was. L had three dol
lars in money-a dollar bill, three half
dollars, twenty-five cent piece. two
tens and five. The bunch of keys
found in Gorham about week before
| was arrested, on State street, on the OPP
posite side of the street from Gus Park
er's harness shop. The keys shown me
are the keys 1 found. The dollar bill
got in Portland. | bought box of
cigarettes and gave two dollar bill and
got back one dollar bill and some
change. That was down on Commercial
street. [ went in to go aboard OF the
B. C. Cromwell. That was Tuesday be-
| fore the murder. / had other money at
the time I had the bill changed, but
got the bill changed for nothing in par
ticular, only to have the change in my
pocket. | remem Der of paying Morse,
the barber, some money for candy short
ly before this I don't remem Der exactly
| when. I paid him 12 or IS cents.
think / told Mr.. Hanson what | wanted
the 50 for; that / was going to Port
land, but don't now remember what l
said it was for. (The witness identified
the necktie, which is already in the
CASE
This completed the direct examination,
and the witness was turned over to Mr..
Soldiers for crosse Examination.
SS-EXAMINATION.
I reached Gorham last summer, the
latter part of June. James Lewis was
with me. I remained at Gorham then
about month. AS near as can tell, l
left Gorham the first of August, and got
back about the first Of September. l
then went down east, to V1nalhaven,
and then to New York. / remained at
home only about week. l started on
the western trip somewheres about the
18th of September. [ was gone on that
trip about a month / should think.
Then / came ON vessel to Providence,
RI. and stayed there awhile, and then
came home to Gorham. don't remem-
\
time the first of November, about the
18th or 14th, should think. I went
directly to Lowell's when | got there,
and then went to work for Charles HAN
SOC. and worked two weeks. That is at
Gorham Corner. There were mo wages
fixed upon. After working at Hanson's,
/ went back home, and remained at
Loweli's from that time up to the time
of the homicide.
was in Boston last about month
before I was arrested. No one was with
me. | went up from here. I he last
time was paid off was at Providence,
RI, before I went to Boston. was
paid SAG. 81.
was in Boston two days / paid my
penses there. I didn't get into any diff
Guilty up to Boston.
"Didn't you get into difficulty and
was Obliged to pay out money?
| No, sir, 1 never heard of it.
| Haven't you SO stated?
| No, sir, to no one.
Haven't you stated that you were
obliged to pay out SIG and some cents?
| This is the first time that ever heard
of it, sir.
| Weren't YOU arrested in Boston?
No. sir; | never stated SO to anyone.
| I pawned the overcoat when got
| home. I pawned it because it was too
small for me. and Ididn'5 want it. I paid
80 for it. and pawned it for $1.75. /
| bought it on Atlantic avenue, Boston.
tried it on when [ bought it. Lit seemed
to be large enough then, but when got
on two shirts it wasn't large enough; it
was too tight under the arms. [ didn't
| try to DISPOSE of it in any otner way
than by pawning it. This was about the
18th of November. had no other over
coat. / didn't buy one afterwards: re-
ceived from Hanson. in all, 1925. He
paid me SO cents the first time, % cents
the7second, so cents the third, and 50
the last. 1 don't remember what [ got
the first SO cents for now. cam tell
| how long I had been there when L got
| it. don't think had been there a
week; / might have been there three
days. suppose [ told Hanson what
wanted it for when / got it, but don't
rememb Der what told him. | got the
next payment little while after that,
25 cents. | wanted it for something
or other. but I don't know just what l
| wanted it for. / suppose L told him
what / wanted it for. but | don't know
| what told him. | got the next pay
ment Of SO cents after that. | don't re-
mem Der what wanted that for.
| You had to have the three payments
l to purchase something?
| No, | didn't have to have them.
ia Do you mean to say that you put it in
your pocket and never spent it?
/ might have spent some OF 1t. [ had
other money in my pocket.
| What were you asking fora the money
| for?
Because I was working there, and
there wasn't no decided wages. and l
took up some money as | went along.
| l don't know how much money | had
when 7 went there. 1 might have had
IS or Sc. l didn't tell Hanson that 1
didn't have any money; not to my
knowledge.
AS a matter of fact, didn't you tell
him that you had no money and want
ed the so and Is cents?
| Not to my knowledge.
| Do you swear that you didn't?
No, l couldn't swear [ didn't.
From the time that [ was paid off in
Providence to the time that [ went to
Hanson's, received S1.75 for an ulster
that is ali. 1 didn't receive any money
| from Hanson from the time | lett him
up to the time of the ahomicide. The
| last payment made to me by Hanson
was 50 when | left him.
What did you tell him that you want
ed the So for?
I was going to Portland. I don't re-
member that told him what for. 1
| ..aLol,Ju fold him whan T GOT if that T