The Portland daily press., 1895-01-29

Was the conversation in the presence
of Mrs. kimba before or after she sat
down in the dining room?
Before. After that she went INTO the
dining room and sat down. L don't
think she was at work when she sat
down there | couldn't see her. she sat
in the dining room by the table. L sup
pose, but don't know. There WASH t
anyone else in the house while L was
there, In the course of % minutes or
half an hour, went out ana went
home. I went directly across the road to
Lowelrs. When got to lowers l mte
Lewis in the door. He was just gong
out as | was going in. Our conversation
occurred there at the door. We talked
about the Benjamin c. Cromwell and
the Grace Webster. Lewis, and myself,
and TaIIman Lowell had formerly talked
about getting the Grace Webster and
taking a trip in her together. q we
talked about it quite often before that.
I had not learned the price that she
could be bought for. We talked about
the BENJAMIN C. Cromwell also. She
was ready for the West Indies, was going
off in little while. and he said that he
was going with her, and he said that
the captain wanted me to go, and want
ed Lowell to go. l told him that |
guessed | would go. Then Lewis asked
me if body was around the Coburn
house VIII en- / left, and | told him no.
Was there any further talk about the
vessels?
No. He said that he went'dowp to see
the owners of the Grace Webster, and
they asked $1,000 instead OF 1928. He
said that he promised to take her, and
made a bluff and said thst Governor
Robbie would back him UP in it.
You were talking in your ordinary
tone of voice?
Yes.
What was the further conversations
He asked me if anybody was around
the Coburn premises. I told him that
/ didn't see any one. He asked where
Coburn was, and I said in the Kitchen.
He asked where Mrs. Kim ball was, and
I told MIN she was in the dining room.
| He said the old gentleman had some
money, and he was going home to get
| it. That was all the conversation IN re-
| latlon to this part of the matter.
| How did Lewis know that you nao
been to the Coburn house?
| I think I told him. He asked me
| where had been. told him about
coming up from Gorham, and told MIN
that l had been over to the Coburn
| house. That was all the talk we had
about Cobnrn.
Do you mean to say that after that ne
started off running and SAID II Will
have his money!"
He said, 81 will have his money" ana
started off, laughing. y & it.
Did he say that he would report to
yoH?d 90 aAite %eas! fs4aEi .I1if-@
! He did. gTaa B'sr84oiA q ifwob des
| What did you say? fna .ysdd gs,Y
Isdon' t, remember that / said anything.
/ turned around and went, into the
| house. N hg3tIGNl OF afgJahs S.s5g is III
What did Lewis do when he came into
| the lowell house? R see, L sd5 4a5
Hescame in there in his usual way,
stood in the kitchen door aboutsa min
ute, went over to the sink and toos a
drink of water, came back and stood In
the middle of the floor, and said ne
wanted to hold us all as witnesses that
! Coburn was dead.
Didn't he say, II want you, and you,
and your"
I don't remember that.
| What did Coleman say on that occa-
sion?
He jumped up and said he didn't be-
| lieve it. | don't remember what Tall-
| man Lowell said. Mr.. Lowell, the elder,
was there, but don't rememb Der what
he said; he might have spoken. don't
| know as said anything not that | re-
member of. A bner Lowell, and Tallman
| Lowell, and Joseph Coleman and myself
were the only men there. After he
| made the announcement Went down
to Coburn's barn With him. l DIDN'T
have any talk with Lewis about the
| matter going down to the barn, and j
| had no talk with him down to the barn
at all. I went into thu barn where Co
burn lay, and took the lantern from
Mrs. Kimball and went around and
looked at his head, and went out and
tried to find a wagon. Then L went
and got my overcoat and went up to
Gorham.
After you arrived at Loweli's that
! evening did you have any supper?
Did they offer to give you any?
Yes, sir.
Why didn't you take it?
I didn't want any.
You had had no dinner, and & didn't d
4 want any supper? s48F $sS&gS
] Il al dmtdr,nk anything that day. ]
might have drank some water. | went
directly into the sta BILE. MIS-. k1mball
was there, when I went H. | didn't see
any other living person. think Cole
man and wen tin together.
What con versation did you and Lewis
have going down to Gorham Corner?
A bout Coburn.
| Was that all?
He said he killed him. I asked him il
he done it, and he said he supposed be
did. I asked him how be done it, anc
be told me. He said he went into the
barn easy, and put the fork handle un.
der the window, and then went into Ol(
Dicks stall and backed him out to at
tract Coburn's attention, and when h'
saw Coburn coming he hit him with the
axe handle and he run into the sIal
again. and when he came in through
the second door he stood there and MI
| him when he came In.
What other matters did you talk abou1
going up? :,
| told him that was the same team tina
Roscoe Hodgdon and I went to thu
Corner with the night that Coburn'
father died.
:. , How did you happen to ask him who
did it2 ..
It came into my mind. after he told mt
he was going home to get the old mans
money; it came into my mind that hi
must have done it.
/ first told this to the sheriff the morn
ing 1 went out to orham tic the Inquest
two DAYS after the homicide.
Why didn't you tell it before?aa
ri didn't wunt to. didn't want to say
ANYTHING to hurt Linn if / could help
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