The Portland daily press., 1895-01-30

discussed also the subject of wages. and
Lewis said that all seamen had demand
I'd sos a month. SWitness said, 1T is bare
" possible that that can he true. They
can't fix wages in that way"
After reading the article in the Port
land Transcript, the light of the lamp
gradually commenced to grow darker
and darker / said I guessed Pa go
home and go to bed. l can't see to read
any longer"
the Judge announced that the afternoon
session would begin at 2.30, half hour
caller than usual.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Lewis resumed the stand in the pres
ence of larger audience than during
the forenoon. His direct examination
continued.
AS he left the Lowell house at the
back, he met Edward GRAHAM very
near the door. Apparently he had been
standing there. He came towards Lewis.
They talked in an ordinary tone of voice.
He said: "Have you brought any rum
with your" Witness relied in the mega
tive. GRAHAM asked him why not. He
replied that he didn't think it was safe.
GRAHAM said he was going to his un-
cle's, but found it TOO cold. Then Lew
is told of his finding that day that the
Grace Webster would cost $1,000. He also
delivered message to GRAHAM from
Captain York, who wanted him to 20 to
sea with him, and wanted him to see
his uncle about it," as he had not yet
acquired the age of maturity" Then
they talked further about their proposed
voyage in either the Benjamin G.. Cronl-
we'll CT the Charles II. Trickey. Witness
then started to go home. GRAHAM said,
Hold on a minute, let's go into the
house and talk it over" Lewis said,
mo; want to go home; I've got to go
| to the water closet"
Witness positively denied that any
thing was said about Mr.. Coburn or his
money, or that GRAHAM said he had been
in the Coburn house.
| Witness thought he had been in the
Lowell house more than. an hour, but
not an hour and half.
AFTER talking with GRAHAM, in the
vicinity of the Lowell house, went to
the Coburn homestead He first entered
the water closet and then the kitchen.
He was about to light aIlamp, and saw
| a newspaper, and was about to read
when Mrs. Kimball said from another
room, us that you, Biz" He replied in
come in YETI" He said, Il did not know
that be was out" Then she said Co.
burn heard noise in the barn, and
hadn't returned. Then witness went
out and noticed that there was no light
in the barn, and that the crow-bar was
| in its place. He looked around the barn
| in every, direction, and saw "no signs of
~, h 4y,oyrh Jr iYY+N
the house and told Mrs. Kimball, who
vas sitting in the dining room at the
| time, that I didn't see any signs of
him." They had few light remarks
about a shirt of Lewis's and other things
and witness said that he thought it
was very curious that Coburn had gone
out around in moonlight night with
suggested that he had gone up to Low
clips. Witness said he thought not.
Then he asked the witness if he had
gone into the barn. He said that he
had not as it would be impossible for
him to be in there with the doors
locked on the outside" She was getting
somewhat irritated," and asked him TO
| looked first into the great barn doors.
/ Then he opened the tie-up door and
found lantern, sitting upright, just
inside the door. He took the lantern
into the house and said, Here's a lam
term Mrs. Kimball snatched it and
said, "I'll go and search for him." She
| started to 90 alone, but l insisted on
going with her. The barn door was ajar.
She went ahead and pushed it open.
"As she entered [ saw the lower extrem-
tiles of what proved to be the body of
Byron G. Coburn."
II stood about opposite his knees, and
saw black spot near his temple. /
thought and expressed myself to the
effect that the poor old fellow has killed
the wounds. 1t flashed through my mind
that the COW had kicked him, and I may
| have expressed myself so." Mrs.
KimbaIl exclaimed several times. "Oh
what shall I do" and was much excited.
Witness tried to calm her aud asked her
to go into the house, She refused. Then
| they noticed the hat. She tried to pick
it up, and Lewis said. "No, you must
not touch it; you must not touch any
thing till the authorities arrive"
II rememb Der distinctly that she said
something about horses kicking him. u
Lewis went over to the Lowell house,
took a mouthfull of water, and said.
want you, and you, AMI you, to come
over and witness that Mr.. Coburn is
dead"
"Mr. Coleman said something that
seemed to make jest of The matter. l
said, No. am not TESTING; 1 am seri-
ous.'n He did not hear GRAHAM say any
thing. They went over to the stable,
and Coleman found that the horse was
loose. Somebody said that the window
was open. Witness made some remark
about that, and started to harness the
horse. II remem Der positively that Mrs.
Kim ball said, 1t looks like MURDER
and I said murder has been committed
here
Finally the horse was lee. out and Mrs.
Kim bali was standing by the body ana
said. as Lewis passed out, "Oh. if 1 had
only come out here with him, but if 1
had maybe should have been dead"
II don't remem Der that I made any re-.
ply.n AS they were starting to drive off,
Coleman said, "Here's bloody axe
here.n He was standing just inside the
door of the tool house. The axe was
standing just inside, on the left, leaning
against the door. 81
Witness did not remember hut that be
told Coleman that he found the lantern
on the right of the axe, facing in. "The
lantern was on what | should call the
door sill, and almost touching the door,
I should think, although of that I am
not positive" GRAHAM was standing
near the team and about 20 feet away,
while witness viewed the axe. Witness