The Portland daily press., 1895-02-08

about two years, doing homework. He
remem bered coming to Portland Satur-
day, Novemb Der 3rd, on business. Mary
Dunn had told him the Sunday before,
coming from church, that she was going
| to Portland.
Monahan said that he came to Port
land to buy groceries, horses, rubbers
and meats for use in his business. he
arrived here about noon Saturday. AT
ter dinner he saw Mary Dunn at the
Preble House, in the hall. She invited
him to go into the parlor. But there
were lot of women there, and she be-
gan to cry, saying that she wanted to
see him alone in her room. Witness went
up to her room, and she cried nearly the
whole time that she was there. She in
formed him what she feared her situa-
tion was, and requested him to go and
see a physician. Witness went up the
street until he found doctor, to whom
he communicated what he knew about
the girl. The doctor told him to have
the girl come TO the office. Monahan
accompanied her to the Office and left
her there, going down the street to tran
sact some business.
After this was done witness returned
to the Preble House and found Mary
Dunn in the parlor. At her request he
went to DR.. John B. Hughes's office and
told him that girl at the Preble House
to have che girl come to the Office Sh {
started out to visit the Office, and Mona
han went out on to the street.
Witness then related how he and Miss
Dunn had secured board at Miss Pink
ham's in Brown street, Miss Dunn hav'
ing room in the house and witness
rcoming across the street. Sunday fore
noon they went to church together, and
later to the Union Station, after which
they returned to the boarding house and
parted At 5 O'Clock Sunday evening,
when returning from walk down town
alone witness saw Mary Dunn come
across the street from DR.. Hughes's office
about considerably. Monday morning
witness went to Miss Pinkham's fol
breakfast, and learned that
MISS DUNN WAS ILL.
Her room was up two flights, and she
came down one, meeting him on the
landing and telling him that she was toe
sick to come to breakfast. Witness Their
built fire for her, and in other ways
made her com Portable until later in the
day, when proceeding took place which
Monahan described as follows: / went
to DR.. Hughes's Office and told him that
the girl who mad call ed at his off ce Sat.
urday was sick and in great pain. DR..
i Hughes said that the pain would last
i that day and touch on thesnext.
| asked him, said he witness. what
made her have such pains and he said
that the girl knew herself what was the
matter with her. a- Qt195
After seeing Dr.Hughes, witness went
down town to transact business relating
to his numbering operations. he en-
Il ployed fifty men in the woods and got
his supplies in Portland. 1t was with
the girls approval that the witness re-
turned to Lancaster
On Wednesday morning at Lancaster
he received telegram, which was dated
Portland, and was as follows:
To Martin j Monahan, Lancaster, N.
II.
Come Immediately. I am very i'll.
Annie Gleason.
l. This telegram was presented and the
witness identified, it. When asked what
| he thought when he saw the name
Annie. Gleason.e he replied that he
i thought one OF the girls who worked in
the house had sent it.
| Monaban then related how, after Mary
| Dunn's death, on Thursday afternoon he
saw DIR. Hughes at his office and told him
that the girl was dead. At this informa-
ton Dr. Hughes left his chair, walked
across the room, and then walked back
to his chair, saying: You don't tell me
sou Then the doctor said he had doc
tored twenty years or more and had
never had patient die. Monahan then
said that he had been summoned to the
court house to the inquest.
"Monahan then testified: 81 asked him
what the girl died with, and he said he
supposed I knew all about it. told him
that knew nothing about It," ~
vI1.L TlrH oh n
week after at the Jail in company with
the City Marshal and others. At that
time DIR. Hughes recognized the witness,
/ saving that he had seen him before. On
the morning when Miss Dunn had told
him that she was sick she had told him
that she had pains in her arms, legs and
| bowels. g.
When County Attorney True, turning
to Judge Symonds, said "Your Witness
there was ID
| A VISIBLE SIGNS OF EXPECTANCY
| in the audience who were prepared for
the mastery cross examination which
followed Judge Symonds began by ask
ing witness for his middle name. Mona
han could not tell what thessJ stood for.
He had put it into his name because
there were two other Martin Monahans
in Lancaster. He could not say that the
j. stood for anything. He had put it in
for convenience, and without any thought
as to it's meaning.
/ He was born in ST. Peters. Quebec,
thirty years ago. St. Peters is country
place, and the native place of Mary B.
Dunn. He had known her from child
hood. His father and her mother were
second cousins. The witness had been
away from Canada fifteen years, living in
Lancaster and vicinity since. He now
lived on a farm of 465 acres three miles
out of Lancaster village. He was en-
gagged in lum beIing at the Notch. thirty
six miles from Lancaster. Mary B.
Dunn first left her Canadian home six or
seven years ago. Witness first saw her at
the Glen House four years ago next
Septem Der. He went to take cousin
over to the Glen House, bat did not go
to,see Mary Dunn. although he had heard
that she was there. She then could not
have been over twenty-five years OF age.
The next time witness saw Mary Dunn
was at Berlin Falls, year and two
months later. Witness went over to buy
two horses, driver and worker, of a
cousin. H e knew before ne went that
Mary Dunn was working for the cousin
and he saw her. Two years
| - +ba oo,,,ip0 March she cap,a to