The Portland daily press., 1896-02-08

but said he bought alta reduction of % to
IL per cent. 1t was his nractfoe to pay
Ed in cash. He was still being ex-
amined in rebuttal when the Court adj
journed at O'Clock.
The Afternoon Session.
There was large crowd present at the
afternoon session.
DOMINICUS e. HAMLIN
was again put on the stand and was
cross-examined by Mr.. True He denied
again that he bought goods of Edward
G. Webster at 30 per cent oft the list
price. He was given Is per cent off on
tB & L' and 25 per cent off on other
grades of tobacco.
EDWARD G. WEBSTER
was recalled and ss,d he met Dominicus
r. Hamlin on ComhAsroial street and
he sasked him at what price he could
sell ''B & L., and he replied that there
was but one price for s'B & L." Both
sides rested.
HON. FRANK NOBLE
OF Lewiston then began his closing argu-
ment for the respondent. He claimed
that There was plot that originated
with Edward G. Webster and that the
parties concerned with him were George
b. Morrow and Arthur c. Webster The
three men plotted together. and they
looked about them to find Some one to
M M they could sell the stolen goods.
damlln was known TO them all. He was
young man of good character, doing
small business, and they fixed on him
as the one who could handle their goods.
The firm Of Joyce Brothers was raided,
but it is claimed that Hamlin had moth
ing to DO with it. Had Hamlin been
a 'par' OF Arthur q. Webster. he would
have been In that job also. Who did
know of it? Morrow, and Morrow also
knew about the case of Skillin & Hawkes..
II have no doubt that John Hernandez
had secret understanding with Arthur
Z. Webster, and that he knew the goods
came from the store of Skillin &
Hawkes., but the parties to the plot
wanted some innocent party to act as
delivering agent, and used Hamlin and
Hamlin is not as sharp as those two
boys. Take the confession of Edward C.
Webster. l never saw confession Civ
en- with such a face and such q manner
He claimed that the first of Hamlin's
taking checks from John Hernandez
and cashing them as he did, is strong
proof Of his innocence. He claimed Ar
thur G. Webster tried to shield 'sEd".
Arthur said he never went to the store
alone but once, aid that was early in the
series Of visits he paid to it, and he
must have had confederate when Mr.
Hawkes. and Mr.. Skillins watched the
store, but Hamlin was in Buxton Was
that confederate Morrow or ED Web
ster. 1t could not have been Hamlin.
He asserted that neither Arthur or Ed
ward told the truth, and said that the
confessions were not honest.
He spoke of the events connected with
Hamlin's giving himself up. He net
Edgar E. Rounds, and Mr.. Rounds sail
TO him. Edward C. Webster has been
arrested. He has made a full confession.
He has implicated you, John Hernandez
shot himself. Your store is attached,
leave at once and go to Canada" For
the moment he took the advice and did
leave the city. but once outside his bet.
and gave himself up. Canada was but
a short distance away, but he did not
go.
Then could Hamlin have become a
criminal in momentP Arthur G. Web
Of r says he told him that he had key
TO the store of Skillins & HAWKES. and
Hamiin replied ssGood. Well go there
uOSOuACIs uloQ xSiAA GItu udlly 1uUO
crime, but they do not rush into vic
ious life suddenly. He claimed that due
weight should be given to the testimony
of Mr.. Bowers. He had no interest in
the case. He closed by strongly insist
ing that Arthur G. Webster had but one
motive through it all, he wanted to shield
his brother Edward. He made an eio-
quent appeal for a verdict of not guilty.
After recess
COUNTY ATTORNEY TRUE
begun his closing argument. He remind
ed the jury that the only man on trial is
Dominious E.. Hamlin. Whether or not
Mer row, Arthur G. Webster will suffer
pr1sonment, is not question for the
jury. He denounced the assumption that
anyone will be saved, but said that ample
justice will be done. He asserted that
the state had shown the intimacy be-
tween Morrow, and Arthur O. Webster
Hamlin did know where Arthur worked,
how he lived and his opportunities for
making money Morrow and Hamlin
were the older men, and Arthur was the
boy in the enterprise. When Hamlin
bought tobacco for IL cents pound less
than the list price from an office boy
earning So week, he must haze known
and he did knowithat something was
wrong. The goods were bought in I'M
usual quantities and times. He de-
nounoed as false the statement that Ham,
lin did not know that Arthur G. Webster
took the tobacco from Skillins & Hawkes.
He took up what he termed enormous
discounts on standard articles, - and said
that even not accepting the evidence
given by Edward g. Webster, that he
got horizontal reduction of so per cent,
his own admitted discounts should have
shown him that something was wrong
Hamlin had stock of $500 and his out
side business with the Webster boys was
more important than his grocery trade
He argued that the evidence given by
the two women employed by John Her
nandez allowed Hamlin's guilt. He knew
that the goods delivered to Hernandez
were unfairly, improperly and unlawfully
obtained. Something had to go with
Arthur G. Webster, and there is not a
line of evidence that Arthur and Edward
were seen together. 1t seemed to him to
be reasonable for the jury to believe the
story Of Arthur C., Webster relating to
what took place in tina store of Skillin
q Hawkes. when he anu the respondent
were there.
MIR. Noble termed the statements of
Edward G. Webster confession, but
that statement while it did not let Ar
thur out, did let Edward in his whole
hjonesS What iDCiuced him to make