The Newtown bee., 1895-01-25

Mr Sherman's for help, bus Kate said she could not go, and suggested that Flora Lowell should go as she could go quicker than she 1ate) could. That the German came into the house for pals to | carry water with and that Kate gave no fire. That in about five minutes George Drew and Jce, Mi Sherman's hired man, came and about the same time W. c. Johnson and his men came. That Kate told her she had better send the children away, and she asked where she could That she asked Kate to help her think what they could save and that Kate sug- gested the insurance papers. That she saw paper partly burned in Kate's bed about 8 o'clock in the evening and that Kate's trunk was out into the kitchen at about o'cloc That she sent Kate up with the keys to open the doors up stairs so that the men could get about and at about 5.30 after the fires were out she sent Kate up stairs to sweep out the
 ice and water. That Joha Breslin came in from the barn soon afterward and ask
 the kitchen she sent her little girl, Emma, to her room to get some, but there were
 none there. She then told her little girl
 Jo go up and get some from the spare l room up stairs, but Kate volunteered her service and went up stairs and brought | I fot1 Thaf eI,ot tol1 k1 to go up stairs to see that there were no
 more fires and that five minutes after
 Kate had been up there, she saw refiec- | tion of tight on her window, she having
 retired to her room to put her youngest
 child to sleep. That she saw the reflec-
 again and went out to see what it was,
 and found another bright fire was in the
 house in an unoccupied room next to the
 Germans. That she told Kate to go to
 the barn for the men but she said she
 couldn't, although she was doing nothing
 in the house. That her little daughter
 volunteered to go and went. That MT
 MtNamara was first up stairs and called for lights. That the men from the barn
 came at about the same time. That Kate
 took lights, went up stairs
 at her request, and came
 down stairs and about this time took
 her trunk out of her room into the kitchen.
 That she asked Kate if she was moving . and she said yes, the fire was coming | down into her room. That after the fire
 was out the men came back down stairs , and sat down, but soon went back uE , stairs again to see if all was we'll. Thai
 they smelled smoke and discovered where the fires had been set. The dress worr by Mrs Lowell that afternoon was showr in court. That Kate had remarked tha the barns would go next. That Messrs John Blackman, William A. Leonard anG Charles Northrop were at the house 1T the evening. That Kate was in her em
 ploy almost two years and was discharg
 ed in March last CD account of unsatis
 factory work, and that from her actions
 she judged she was not pleased with hel 7 discharge.
 She testified farther regarding Kate's
 visit to the house on Monday, how shs said she had brought in no wood iron : the woodhouse on Saturday afternoon ; until accused of it by Emma Lowell wher she said that perhaps she did. This clos ed the direct testimony aud then Attor 3 ney Williams commenced the cross-firs ? taking the testimony step by step ane ] brought out the following additiona points.
 That Mrs Lowell did not suspect Kat t of setting the fires until it was forced up r on her by Messrs Northrop, Leonard ant 1 Blackman, when they showed her thu ] burned paper in Kate's bed, and said tha [ was proof enough, and suggested send s ing her home. That she knew of no req r son why Kate should attempt to burn tn d house and there was nothing sUrang s in her conduct except that she did no t seem to be alarmed or to offer any assist ,, ance in putting out the fires. That sine Q her return to work for them this las d time she had acted differently than form ,. erly preferring not to eat with the family '- though she could not explain the differ | ence. That on the day of the fire sh' e saw Kate go to into the sink room doc l. from the woodhouse when they wer
 eating dinner. That when Mr Lovel + went away, Saturday morning, he tolt s her not to worry or not to get scared, ant \ said that he always made such remark = when he went away. Some referenc a was made to John Breslin and his rela . tion to the family which Justice Caml : ruled out. At this point adjournmen t was made till Monday.