The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-01
except that there wss wood piled In the
lot with good sized sticks.

except that there was wood piled In the
lot with good sized sticks.
James r.. Edwards,
also of North Scltuate, was employed by
1Gilbert Aldrich last September. The
witness said that he passed the Al
drich lot on the evening of September
9th and the bars were up. The next
morning the bars were down, and there
were tracks of wagons entering the lot.
In ross-examination the witness said
that he thought some one might have
been stealing wood at the time.
Mrs. LuclIa Smith
of Providence said that she lived on Pine
street last September. On the evening OF
the 9th she was returning home with her
husband from . downtown shopping ex-
petition. She saw q horse on Broad
street, near Portland, about 8:16 o'clock.
The horse was small and had close
cropped name. 1t was attached to an
Empty Phaeton Buggy.
The robe was hanging out OF the car
riage, nearly touching the ground. The
witness said that she thought she could
identity the team, and was taken out TO
the door to see Nettie and the phacton.
She thought that it was the same horse as
the one she saw on Broad street.
In cross-examinatiop by Mr.. Dubois
the witness was asked, "Is there anything
to fix the hour of you seeing this horse?"
Nothing, definitely; but i remember
that heard the $3.50 bell strike some lit
tie time after got homo, about 10 or Is
minutes"
''How long did 1t take you to walk
home from Portland street,"
"About five minutes"
Keegan's Alibi.
Mr.. Charles X. Smith OF the q. II. Smith
Manufacturing Company was the next
witness called. Mr.. McGill started to ex-
anime him carefully as to his ability to fix
the eth of September last. Mr.. Dubois
eyivdently thinking that he was to testify
tothe same circumstance as the previous
witness, his wife, had testified to, said "do
not trouble yourselves, we admit the
date" Then the witness went on to say
that at few minutes past o'clock on the
afternoon Of Sept. 27, he
Met Keegan On Westminster street.
near Eddy. The witness crossed to the
place where Keegan was standing and
spoke to him. The witness had drawings
of machine in his pocket.
He took one of these out and
showed il to Keegan. He asked him
what he thought of it. Keegan asked II
he could get work in the factory. The
conversation lasted about five minutes.
He had
Known Keegan 10 Years.
At this point the court adjourned until
2 o'clock.
At the afternoon session of the court
the crowd in front of the Benefit street
entrance was the most formidable during
the trial. The testimony of the morning
bad brought the interest in the case to
the highest point 1t has
reached yet, and everybody was
discussing Keegap's alibi. The prisoner
himself seemed more confident and the
haggard look whichhis countenance had
worn during the morning had partly
passed away, though he was extremely
nervous.
Mr.. Smith resumed the stand still under
direct examination by Mr.. McGill. The
witness said that he went down street
with his wife about o'clock in the even
ing and helped her buy some wrappers.
he met a horse drawing the
empty phaeton. The witness on this
point corroborated the testimony of his
wife as to the appearance of the team.
The time was few minutes past o'clock
when he noticed the horse.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Dubois, the wit
ness said be was about in front of Rice 81
when he saw tho horse. He
thought IL took about 10 minutes to get
home.
"Were You down street with your wife
on the 26th ? I" inquired Mr.. Dubois.
Possibly"
"what store did you buy the wrappers
'front.'"
"Next to the Cathedral on weybosset
street."
"You don't remember much about the
,6th do your"
"No."
"Did you ever live in Springfield ?"
"Yes."
" Is this your first wife ?"
"No."
"were you divorced from your first
wife ?"
Yes.n
"were Page G Owen your counsel In
this case -"
I" object" exclaimed Mr. Pierce.
"What has this to do with your case 2"
asked Judge Wilbur.
" IL may be MATERIAL" observed Mr..
Dubois.
We'll, we'll let the maybe's CO." re-
marked His Honor.
The Attorney General asked for marks
,p tire drawings which he had taken from
bis office and shown Mr.. Keegan, as he
,laimed, on the 9th Of September. The
witness replied that there was no marks.
"Why aid you bring those papers into
.ho court room," asked Mr.. Dubois.
"To show the papers which l had when
talked with Keegan," said the witness,
pointing to the defendant.
"Did you show him drawings OF these
before2 asked Mr.. Dubois. i
"Yes."
"Where was the first place you showed
aim these drawings