The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-26

him We'd rather have you down there
as a neighbor than Cohurn. Why don t
you put some Paris green in his cider?
Then go away TO sea. He'll drink the
cider after you're gone, and then the
| next spring the old woman will send for
| you to come back.
| WHY DON'T YOU KILL HIM?"
| Witness asked him what made him tell
him that. Lewis replied that he had
worried about it good deal, and felt
! better to tell it. 1t didn't incriminate
| Tallman Lowell any, for be was all ac-
| counted for.
Cross-examined: Before Coroner Perry
arrived witness made an examination Of
! the premises. His attention was called
to the tracks by Constable Libby. Wit.
ness followed the tracks up the side of
the hill, in company with Lewis and
Messrs. Parker and Libby. The next day
he followed the tracks farther. The un
dertaker, Mr.. Brown, came at about 9. 80
Monday morning On Saturday, wit
ness went around the barn, but found
no tracks to correspond with those upon
the hill. Witness did not examine for
tracks east of the roadway. Witness
never had seen Lewis until that morn
ing. He was first turned over to his GUS
tody on the 18th, by Coroner Perry,
about 9.15. Up to then he was in the
custody of Sheriff Parker, who still re-
tanned Coleman in custody. Witness
taxed with her with reference to the
murder. At the house Friday morning
witness talked with Lewis. He took
him UP into his room and asked him
what he had in his pockets, and if the
clothes he had OH then were the same
he wore to Portland, and he said that
they were. Previous to that. witness
had examined Lewis's room alone. Lew
is said that he occupied the room with
Coleman. Lewis had 81. IL in his pock-
cts. He made no objections to showing
what he had III his pockets. Witness
found pair of overalls and coat IN
the room, that Lewis said belonged to
him. Witness found the letters lying on
| stand and took them when he first
went in alone. He said nothing to Lew
| is about them that day, but afuer at his
| own house asked him about his name
| Witness heard Lewis say at the jail that
| the man to whom the letters were ad-
| dressed was his brother-in-law.
Witness went up to Lewis's room with
| him in order to see what he had about
him. They started about $50 for wit
| ness's house. 1t was then, on the way
| down, that Lewis told him of the -oc-
| currences at the time of the murder.
| Lewis always talked with perfect free
| dom to the witness, when asked ques-
L. T 4 l. oH how
| Portland about s. 80 Or 5. As. When they
| arrived at Mr.. Chute's rouse, witness
| put Lewis in charge of his brother-in-
| law, A. H. Jordan, and Immediately re-
| turned to the Coburn house. At that
| time there was no warrant for Lew1ss
arrest to the knowledge of the witness:
| Lewis remained at witnesses mouse tlii
| Portland to the Jail. In the Jail Sunday
| evening, witness asked Lewis If he had
| anything to do with the mIrde' Lewis
replied that he had told him all he knew
| bout it. The conversation of Sunday
evening was in the parlor at the jail.
No one else was present till the water
| was brought in, after Lewis tainted.
They were standing at the last of it
Witness got Lewis to show him how and
| Mrs. Kimball stood when they found the
body. They had had conversation for
two hours. 1t was at the last of it that
Lewis told witness about his tendency
towards fainting spells. When witness
| left Lewis Friday, he asked him to come
| and see him. He wanted to talk with
witness about anything new that might
| come up. He talked without reserve.
Witness went back home that night to
Westbrook. He had remained in the
| j all from O'Clock till s, and talked
with Lewis for nearly four hours. The
respondent was taken out to the inquest
by the witness on Monday. GRAHAM
was first arrested on Friday evening, be-
tween and O'Clock. He was taken
| from the Lowell house to the Jail by
Sheriff Plummer and himself. GRAHAM
was taken in with Lewis on the same
car. GRAHAM was taken to German on
Monday by Sheriff Plummer and testi-
| fed before the coroner's jury. Witnesses
next talk with Lewis was on Wednesday
evening. The question he asked was if
GRAHAM had told witness that he tLew-
| is, told him that he had killed Coburn.
Witness replied that he had. Witness
| then said that he had a proposition to
make. He wanted it published in the
paper that he was very sick and going
| to die Witness again related the extra
ordinary statement of Lewis. Lewis
| wanted it published in the papers that
GRAHAM would know that he was very
sick and was going to die. Sheriff
Plummer was present during this con-
versation.
At this point the court adjou rned, the
cross-examination of Sheriff Chute not
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