Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-28

O." Did yon have this event in min,
when you looked up the datet''
Ne, did net
O. How Gid you say Albert described
the house of Augustus Sawyer
| A." He sad it was a secluded place =
Q =" Rave you made any mistake il
the Use Of that word secluded"
| A. How could make mistakes abou,
that: No, | have made no mistake.
O. How long since you Lave beca al
the Thompson house, q.
An September, 1891
was it then that Ed bompson
| told you that he had b,en sumitSned be
fore the grand jury:'
A. lie did not use the expression
grand jury. He simply said he had been
SUNNY s Is L. 7, Carleton.
81 @ - How maay times did Mr.. Nc
powell see youY,
"a Idon recall "
=" Was Is pcrsythan three tines
ia - Don e Snow. Z
4kEegard u Mr. Goods win having called
fnRon her, last Friday, for Information re-
garding her knowledge of the trial, she
said that Mr.. Goodwin, on her refusal to
talk, hal pressed the matter further than
there was any call for; that he said TO
her, on LAYING Wait until they get you
down before the grand jury, and there will
be some fun. p"
Witness testified that it was D o'clock
when she had breb kfast, the Monday
morning following the murder. That she
knew the time as she always looked at the
clock on sitting down to, and getting up
from meals.
Sho could not recall the time that she
arrived at the Thompson house, the presi-
Gus Sunday morning but could remember
with perfect distinctnss- that on Edgar
return from Gardiner, the clock indicated
Just j , o. clock
Mrs. Waite testified that Mrs Thompson
had slandered her, and had made remarks
to that effect, and that she (Mrs. White)
admitted that she had made the statement
that Mrs Thompson had said before the
grand jury things that were not true. She
stated regarding the conversation with the
old man keene, that 1t took place in May
or June, and that she told nothing of it to
Edgar Thompson until September
The following cross examination took
place between Mr. Heath and the witness
O. Did Edgar Thompson tell you that
he had been to Mr.. Carleton S oilice?''
A. He said that he had seen Mr..
Carleton.
O. Did Ed say to you, about the time
Of the interview, that Carleton had &C.
cused him of poisoning the old man
Keeneg'
Al cannot positively state, but
there was something said to that effect
j.. I. Carleton testified that, on the
Wednesday or Thursday following the
trial, be made q careful investigation OF
the barn wtefe the hay was located, and
there found strong Indications Of portion
having been cleaned away, and two inn
1ressions made upon II, such as would
have been made by two men lying there
The impressions were in the southa est
corner OF .,Jhe barn. near where the um
brella Was found. Mr.. Uarie,on testified
from notes that he. hetf taken at the time
Of the trial before the grand jury, "a 10
some statements made by Edgar rhomp-
son at that time.
In answer 10 qaestionirigs, Edgar made,
in substance, the following statements;
His house was located about u mics
from the Sawyer house Thar. on rbe
saturday pf ihe murder he went to Mon
mouth Center immediately after dinner,
and that he did not go to Miss Buffers,
that afternoon, but had been there num-
Der Of times TO see Mr. Flanders, Miss But
lers farm keeper, in regard to business
matters.
Also, that he had ssen the mon pass by
his house, about in the afternoon. one II
the men being about six feet tall, large OF
build, with square shoulders, and wearing
q long cutawav coat; that he had dark
hair, with black mustache,r and presented
a neat appearance. The .oth}r Of the two
men ~as. shoftes. light complexion, with
light mustacbe and sandy hair
He watched them to see If they turned
toward Monmouth Center, ard later saw
them on Prescott hill. He denied ever
having said that he hsd any conversation
with thcin. Regarding his return from
Gardner, Edear Thompson said, at that
time, that he left On sunday ut 0. 30 or H.
and returned about O'Clock
That he left Albert, his brother, opposite
the dock at Gardner. That he, Albert
had On tue saTne Clothes which he had
worn on the previous day Moreover. he
stated that he had owned no silver tipped
umbrella in Auburn, and had never
owned any, excepting "a plain one, with
woodea haodle.
Cross examined, Mr.. Carleton stated
that Edgar Thompson had come to his
Office by invitation sent through Mr. Nc
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