The Portland daily press., 1895-01-25

er was there also. Lewis was reading
the Transcript. Witness said thai he
wouldn't go in the Benz. Cromwell, but
would probably go in the Charles II.
Trickey. Witness did not carry a watch
His father went out of the room just
ahead of Lewis. Just as Lewis went ont
witness heard Graffam's voice. Witness
took no particular note of the time that
elapsed in the kitchen, and did not look
at the clock.
Direct: Was the clock in the kitchen
good timekeeper?"
mo, it was not"
His little brother h nocked it off on the
floor, and it had not kept good time
since.
Cross-Examined: 1t as about year
ago that the clock was injured He did
not know, of his own knowledge, that it
had been repaired. 1t waslr the only
flock in the house and they relied upon
ct for time.
JOSEPHINE LOWELL'S TESTIMONY.
Josephine F. Lowell, daughter of Alb
ner, took the stand and testified that she
was at home on the evening of the 18th
of December. She saw Lewis when he
went into the sitting room. That eve
ming she went into the bedroom which
adjoining the kitchen. There was no
other way to get into it except by the
windows She laid down on the bed.
Then she went into the kitchen.
GRAHAM had come into the kitchen by
that time. She heard Lewis go out. 1t
was about fifteen minutes after Lewis
went out that she went into the kitchen.
She found them eating apples and talk
ing. From the time she went into the
kitchen till Lewis came in was ten or
fifteen minutes. He came in and stopped
and said "good evening" Then he
walked across the room, took a drink at
the sink, came back to the middle of the
room and said, "Coburn is dead and I
want you all 60 come down as witness
es."
Coleman said. "Oh, you can't work
any such bluff on u.s."
Lewis said, "No. Pm in earnest. !"
They asked what allied him. Lewis sag-
gested horse kicked him to death.
Cross-examined: They had supper
about 5 O'Clock. They had just got
through when TaIlman came home. AT
ter witness saw Lewis go into the sitting
room it was about half an hour when
she went into the bedroom. When she
was in the bedroom the door was ajar,
SO that she could hear what was said in
the kitchen. From the time Lewis went
out till he anne back into the kitchen,
was from 20 to rs minute in her judg-
ment. After she came out of the bed
room she looked at the clock, and 1T said
7.55 or sos. That was before Lewis
came in. GRAHAM told witness that he
he didn't care for any supper. Didn't
say whether he'd had any or not.
ALMIRA LOWELL'S TESTIMONY.
Almira Lowell, Il younger sister of the
preceding witness, testified that she saw
Lewis go into the sitting room that
night. After Lewis went out she heard
voices about halfway between the corner
of the house and the door. She wasI in
the sitting room. She was in the kitoh-
en- when GRAHAM came in. It.was about
two or three minutes after Lewis went
out. From the time GRAHAM came in
till Lewis came in was about twenty
minutes. Her testimony as to what
Lewis did and said when be came into
the Kitchen did not differ from the other.
Cross-examlned: Witness said she was
Is year old. The voices she heard while
in the sitting room were about three or
four feet from the window. She could
recognize the voices as those of Lewis
and GRAHAM. From the time Lewis
went out till he came back she thought
was between twenty or thirty minutes.
Witness couldn't remember whether or
not she testified before the coroner's jury
that Lewis said in the kitchen something
about horse kicking Mr.. Coburn to
death.
At this point the court adjourned till
today at 10 a. m.