The Portland daily press., 1895-12-07

witness declared that be did not know
winch package he carried. Whenathey
got back to his office, witness did not
1hlhk that Mrs Greaves sat down. he
eook the package out of his pocket and
passed 1t to her. He did not know what
she did with it. He did not know
whether 1t was a thick package with
Slooo IN 1t or small package with only
Sl75 in it.
You did not notice that there vas any
dlnerence in the size of thespackage?"
don't know that there was any diff
ference IN the size of the packages"
AL TINS point the witness who had just
previously asked for water twice in sue
cesslon, ana whose naturally florid COM
plexion had grown pale, suddenly sank
TO the floor in faint. He.soon recovered
CONSCIOUSNESS and was helped out of the
court room. This was at about H. 40
O'Clock. Judge Webb adjourned the court
till z 30 in the afternoon. Mr. Lord has
been troubled with heart disease for
some years.
When the trial was resumed at 9 so in
L. Dr6S6nU
and was seated in a chair in front of the
witness stand. Judge Webb asked as to
the Doctors statement about him, and
| it was replied that DR.. Way had been
called and had pronounced the fainting
| fit the, result of heart trouble and said
that Mr.. Lord was very weak and must
sit if he resumed the witness stand
| Judge Webb said that he did not wish
to have any injury result from this trial
to Mr.. Lord, and learning from the lat
ter that he had heart trouble since the
war, decided to suspend his testimony
until this morning, and said: ''We are
not here to persecute men, but to inves-
tigate questions"
The judge desired it understood that
Mr.. Lord should waive all objection to
whatever might occur in his absence
during the progress of the trial, provided
he chose to be alb sent.
MIR. Bird said that he should prefer
that Mr. Lord remain during the after
| noon if possible. 1t was so decided and
Judge Webb sent a messenger into his
private chamber to bring out his own
adjustable easy chair for Mr. Lords COM
fort.
| Anna lord, daughter of the defendant,
then took the stand and testified that in
1892 they lived in Saco.
In June, '92. Mrs. Greaves came to see
the house in order. to look it over prepara-
tory to buying it. She asked witness S
father the price, and he said, $1,000. She
replied that she wished to give only $3.50.
Lord said that she had money enough to
pay the $1,000. She replied that she knew
that she had enough, but she had $1,000 in
the bank, which she did not wish to
touch, but wanted to keep for her old age
Gross examined: When Mrs. Greaves
said that she had $1,000 with her, witness
supposed she meant she had the money
ON her person.
Albert H. Lord. son of the defendant
testified that he is an electrician, and
lives at Biddeford Pool He corroborated
his sisters testimony as to Mrs. Greaves's
coming to buy the house, he having been
present and heard the conversation.
Cross-examined: Witness didn't notice
whether Mrs Greaves had on her satchel
or not.
Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander testified that
she lives in Saco and keeps a boarding
house near Mrs. Coolbroth's dressmaking
shop. In 1892 witness heard Mrs. Greaves
talking in this shop about getting pen
sion. She said that she didn't pay Lord
$50 for getting the pension. She spoke of
buying houses and said that she had
enough money to buy house and $1,000
in the bank besides.
Aaron r. Sweetsir testified that he had
lived in Saco 80 years. nearlysrall his life
Sometime in the spring of '92 witness
went to Mrs. Greaves's house and she
told him that she wanted house built
and he drew plans for $3.50 house. She
approved of that and thought she might
have such a house. She said that he
needn't worry about payment because
she had money she was saving for her
old age. She said she had money enough
to build better house. Witness got
the impression through Mrs Greayes
talk that she had about $500.
She also said when witness was leav-
ing, that she was liable to be sick, she
wanted to save good part of her money
and didn't want to pay over $500 for
house.
Mayor Charles S. Hamilton of Bidde-
ford, testified that prior to September 3,
1894, Mrs. Greaves came to call upon
him and asked If he'd been summoned
to the U. S. Court. He replied that he
had She said that she had also been
summoned and that she didn't propose to
go. She didn't bring the law suit, she
said, and seemed quito angry about it,
She said: ''Mr. Lord never harmed me
and never took any money out of me. -
Witness reminded her that she had
sworn that he did, and she said that she
had nothing to do with this Portland
case and wasn't going. Witness urged
that she must go.
Cross-examined: Witness had not act
ed as Mrs Greayes's attorney since two
years ago last September.
ID