The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-18
STATE RESTS ITS CASE.


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home. In Clouse's absence, his testi-
mony before the coroner inquest was
admitted. He said he was out riding
Sunday, September 81, 1891. and returned
some time after II O'Clock that evening
He saw dim light in the basement of
the hotel and also in the second story
window i'll the north side ofzthe block.
There was no light In the parlor or
off ce. He heard no noise or disturbance.
Herman H. Welt, a tall young man, in
olined to stoutness, and with smiling
and rosy countenance, testified thatsshe
now lives in Lynn, but in 1891 was en-
ployed "doing a little of everything"
at the Exchange hotel in Waldoboro.
On the night of September 81, 1891, MIR.
Welt went to bed early III the evening
and heard no disturbance. The next
morning at about o'clock while empty
ing ashes at the back of the house, Mr..
Welt saw the body of Moore. In response
TO question as to what he did, Welt
said: well. hollered at him and then
went and kind of lifted him with my
foot and rolled him over. Then I saw
he was stiff. 1 though he was frozen or
something"
The witness was asked at length about
the position in which the body was ly-
ing. 81 should judge he was five or six
feet from the hotel wall. kind of between
two windows in he.back ofs.the building,
one looking out from the hall and one
from bed ROOM" This is the third
story in the back end OF the bull ding.
There are windows under these third
story windows. he DO dy was not direct
ly under the window. The body lay
couple of feet to the north of the win.
dows. I hat is the body lay with its feet
to the south and line drawn from the
windows at right angle to the building
would pass two feet from the extremities
of the body. A bottle lay partly under
the body which might have dropped
from the mans pocket when Welt rolled
the body partly over with his foot
On Gross -examination, Welt testified
that. he was IS years old at the time of
Moore's death. There were five floois
in the hotel at the rear of the building
The two lower flights of stairs were
very narrow. The hall between the office
and stairs was very narrow. Between
the office floor and the kitchen at the
rear of the building there was story
where there was light which might
be left burning, but was not likely to be
unless somebody forgot to extingu1sh
1t. There was light at the bead. of the
stairs which was depended upon to
light the stairs and part of the hall.
"When left the body to summon the
doctor, Rogers was there and had
called Brackett, who was dressing and
said he would go down.
MIR. Pierce asked Welt in relation to a
window in an upper story of the hotel
and the fiat roof of an adjoining build.
ing. asking il the roof was not nearly on
the level with the window and but two
or three feet from it. The witness could
not recollect clearly about the windows.
There was one in Rogers's room but he
could not recall whether there was
window in the small hall adjoining.
Young Mr.. Welt, who had smiled pleas
antly during his examination, joined In
the laughter which greeted his last an
swer.
81 suppose" asked Mr.. Pierce, "that
you were somewhat excited2 You
ies?"
"Well," replied Mr.. Welt, with his
customary cheerfulness, "I'vs seen some
In und ertaksrs' rooms. I worked for An
undertaken
Charles H. Davis of Rookland was the
next witness He testified that he was
in Waldoboro on the night of Septem-
Der 81, 1891. staying at the Medomak
house. He had room in the rear of
that hotel and from his room could see
the Exchange hotel. "During the
night" said Davis, 81 heard a noise
and looking out of my window saw two
men leaning over what looked like the
man. One was taller than the other.
l could not see what they wereIdoina.
This was about IL or O'Clock / should
say. left for home about 7.o'olock In
the morning.
On cross-examination, the witness in
substance said: 81 did not hear of the
death of Moore BEFORE leaving. / had
breakfast. l don't know the mum Der of
the room / occupied. 1t was quite
large. l was walked up by the noise.
I said nothing Eabout the matter in the
morning. I saw the clerk in the MORN
Ing. l went to the..stable for my horse.
didn't hear anybody say anything
about Moore's death. I haven't seen
Detective True. There's a man been
there. but haven't seen him. told
Lawyer johnson about 1t yesterday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Pierce-How did you locate the
date of your visit to RocklandP
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