Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-17
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Jones and Longfellow frequently together
about the time OF the break, and near the
AveriIl store afterward, and called the at
tention of Marshal Drake co them a few
days after the burglary.
| W. j. Lander OF the Reporter-J Journal
testified 70 being in the basement of his
Office on the evening of May 81 with
Marshal D1ake when the respondent and
Jones came down there. AT that time
Jones did not have a key to the office, but
| Longfellow did. Some tobacco was then
| found hidden in the basement.
G. NJ Drake testified to the discovery
of the burglary on Sunday and eff the CON
dition of thu store; that in the basement
Of the printing office there was written or
| the wall, Eugene Longtellow, Sing Sing,
! New York. and George Jones, Thomas
ton, Me, by trade, chair builder. Long
| fellow explained to witness that it was
written there in fun. Saw tracks OF two
different persons under the window OF
| Averill's store where the entrance was
effected, and also inside in the basement
room. Saw the respondents in the police
| court on May 81, the day they were ar
| rested and when the plea of not guilty was
entered in the case Of Longfellow, he
heard the mother Of Jones, Mrs. Emerson,
say: How can that boy say he is not
guilty when he has just admitted his guilt
to me-" The arrest of the boys was made
for breaking the Averill store.
| Charles Z. Brann testified that after the
| burglary he was in the office with Jones
aud Longfellow and they were smoking
cigars. Jones passed witness cigar, and
upon inquiry as to where he got them,
said in the presence of Longfellow, Il got
| them at Averill's"
Belle Emerson, the mother of Jones,
| testified that on Saturday night, Oct 6,
| 1894, at about 100 Lopgfelow came to
her house and whistled, and she went to
| the door and said Gene, you are going
to your home with George, are you?" He
says, Il am | says: You know am
not willing to have George on the street,
Saturday night" He says: I'VE won't
go down street. We are going down home
| and play cards. I says: Very well, If
you are going down home and play cards
and stay there, George can go" and /
stood in the door and watched them as
they went away. George came home, the
next morning, about o'clock. She
| stated that in the private room of the
police court on the 3lst of May, she had
conversation with the defendant. Her
husband and son were present. Eugene
came in and shook hands With George.
and witness said to him, 50 How is it Gene,
this morning." He says: Il never felt SO
bad in my life. l never slept wink all
night Witness said Stealing for boys
is bad business" He said, YES, but
was not in it" George says, Yes, you
were, Gene" The husband of witness
| said; You. boys had better own the
truth" Witness said: You were With
him in Avcrill's and Johnson's. were you
| not?' Gene says; Il was, but 1 don't
want my mother to know it; it would kill
her. / can't tell, it would kill my mother,
After the talk he pleaded not guilty in the
| other room when arraigned on the war
rant, and witness said to Marshal Drake
that Eugene had just owned up to her
that he was guilty, and t,a5 she made his
statement to Drake in Eugenes presence.
Perley W. Emerson, the stepfather OF
| Jones, testified that on the night Of Oct.
| 6, he saw Jones and Longfellow on the
| street together. He also corroborated his
wife as to the conversation with Long
| fellow in the police court.
Nathan C. Prescott, a cousin of Long
after his cousin was arrested he went fish
| ing with him one day and asked him if be
| broke into the store, and he said he didn't
he waited out there ON Water street until
| George Jones went down round the store.
] We're talking about Avcrill's store.
! James NJ. lIarratGe, police judge of Gar
diner, testified that when Longlellow
pleaded not guilty TO the complaint ard
| E,,, ,ul,
said: How could he plead not guilty
when he has just told me that he wa
guilty
The government here rested its case an6
Mr.. Heath stated the defence, which is IN
abb.
Mrs Elzira Longfellow, tho mother OF
| the accused, was tho first witness, and
testified chat in the fall her father, who
wa, very aged. lived with her and was in
poor health, and that one day in the fall
of "a she bad brought down to the lower
| floor her daughters bed on which she
might sleep so as to be near her father,
which necessitated some changes in sleep
| ing all round, and Eugene went and slept
with his father.
| Az that time she remarked to her little
daughter Bertha that as the change was
| 1Ditub OH - SATURDAY, IL WAS eitiiei IL lODS
or short stop, and Bertha said: II will
mark 1t down and we will see how long IL
stays down here, and she marked the date
with pin, in Herricks Almanac. and
witness saw her do it, and it was Oct. &,
on Saturday. The bed was carried back,
| Nov IS, and mark was made In the
almanac The almanac now shown here
| is the one in which she made the marks.
| She testified that on this particular night,
| Eugene was at home and slept with his
father In the evening, witness sister
and her husband called and played q
game of cards in which Eugene engaged
Another incident which enabled her to
fix the time was the fact that Mr. Mar
riner came there late in the evening after
milk and wanted Eugene to go skunk
hunting and witness objected because she
might need him TO send for the doctor for
her father. The next morning, Gene went
hunting with Mariner and was gone al
day. She testified that she was present
when her son was arfaigned and did not
think Eugenes attention was called to
any statement of Mrs. Emerson when he
was arra gre3 On cross examination it
was developed that there were other pin