The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-24

teams nights and had suspected John
II. Mcdonald, and for several nights
watched the stable, and at last saw
Webster drive up and heard him say to
Mcdonald "Open the door John, Mer-
row may be around.' He went in and
charged Webster with stealing his team,
and demanded the immediate settlement
OF his bill against Webster then amount
ing to SIS. The next day he took two
small boxes of tobacco and allowed him
~ on his bill. He sold it for a5.
He denied ever having been to the
store of Skillins q Hawkes. with Webster.
He never drove out with Webster but
once and then he tried to drive Webster
to the station in IL minutes
One Sunday Webster said to him, EDO
you know of anyone who can make a
key today?" He told him of a young
man and tried to find him but failed
The next Sunday he met the man and
six weeks when Webster said, "Have
you heard from that young man who was
to make me key?" The witness said.-
Haven't you got that key made yet?''
and Wesbter replied eyes, but I've lost
my key to the store and shall get the
devil If don't get one" They drove
about the city to find the young man,
and at last met him on the street, and
introduced Webster to him, and later
went with him to the shop but found
that the young man had tailed to make
the key not having blank He went at
the request of Wesbter Then Webster
asked him to get key made for him
because he was at the island and couldn't
get up in the morning. He went to
Gabrielson's shop and he made the key
The witness paid so cents for the key nd
charged Webster 81 for his time, but
Webster refused to pay the bill. and the
witness said, "Give it back to me. -
Webster put the key behind him, but the
witness took it from him, and broke it.
He said that Webster began to bring
clocks, and other articles to the
stable claiming that he was delivering
goods for Joyce Bros.
He later threatened to put in a bill to
Joyce bros. and witness begged him not
to.
The witness said he had tried to collect
his bill of Webster and that the latter
had told him he would fix it when John
Hernandez paid him (Webster) The
witness took some silverware of Webster
and allowed him SIS on his bill. Later
the witness sold the silver to Mr.. Cobb
for SIG. Witness also took rugs and cur
tains from Webster as part payment of
Webster's bill. He sold these goods to
Rev. S. y. Pearson and others.
Webster had told him that the rugs
were at Hamlin's store, but he did not
go there to look at them and later on
Webster delivered them to him, doing
it openly the goods not even being Gov.
cred up but thrown over the seat of a
Concordswagon. In all cases when he
offered goods to parties he said that he
received them from a commercial man
on bill. He had been in. the habit of
trading in everything from jack knife
to house.
On cross examination, the witness said:
GWohotor ho1
paid me less than $40. and his bill
was over $50 month" a
Did you ever go to a gambling house
with Webster to play poker?" asked Mr..
True.
81 was never in gambling house in
my life.
Mr.. True handed the witness a paper,
read the signature, and that it appeared
to be his, he was not able to read the
body of the document.
Morrow both on direct and cross exam
nation said that he could not recollect
to whom he sold the tobacco, and there
was something of sensation when Mr.
True said "Mr. Sawyer please stand up''
and then said, 'sMr. Morrow is that the
man you sold the tobacco to?''
"Yes'
He said Webster told him that his sal
ar was s1s week, and he knew that
he "paid 800 for diamond ring for his
girl"
He said he is the George B. Morrow
who was sentenced at Auburn to years
in the state prison, and to a Jail sentence
in this county.
To Judge Savage, 81 was IS when
was sentenced at Auburn"
FRANK ELLIS,
a stable keeper said Webster had left
tobacco and sometimes rugs at his stable.
CHARLES ]. BERRY,
who bought Merrow's stable testified
that Merrows had introduced Webster to
him as one Of his customers.
At the afternoon session very little ad-
ditional testimony was given.
MRS. FLORENCE MERROW,
wife of the defendant, testified that Mer-
row brought the curtains and rugs to
that at his request she did look at one
pair of curtains to examine their quality,
and told him they were good for Not
lace. She said the curtains he
carried away number of days before
and the rugs on the morning of the day
she left him.
ARTHUR.C. WEBSTER
was recalled by the state and as rebuttal
of the testimony for the defense that
there never had been any intimacy be-
tween him and Morrow. testified that
he had been to houses of Ill repute,
drinking saloons and a gambling house
with Morrow.
The arguments in the case were fin
ished and Judge Bonney will charge the
jury this morning.
Sultan Hesitates.
Constantinople, January 23.-In spite
of the urgent representations of The
United States minister, Mr. Alexander
W. Terrell. the Turkish government still