The Portland daily press., 1896-11-19

story incidentally revealed the fact that
the liquor law was not stringsntly en-
forced in the town of Waldoboro five
years ago. In fact, the barroom is the
scene of m3stss uf the events described by
many of the witnesses in the remarkable
not remember many things about the
events of the night of that unday, but
whils he could give no additional details
of history. he did not change it. He
could not remember his testimony at
the coroner's inquest. AT that time he
said he went home at quarter past ten,
his wife telling him the time. Soule
testified to rat hunt in the hotel parlor
which might have accounted for the
noise like that of a scuffle, and on cross
examination, he told considerable about
his row with NJ cCarthy over board bill.
While Soul. was the central figure,
there were other pieces evidence of
almost equal interest. T"A attempt of
the defence to undermine the testimony
of Davis, the livery table employees, was
one of these. The full force of this effort.
however, was lost when Mr.. Murphy, one
Of the owners of the table, was virtually
forced to admit on cross-examination
that his statemenJ that none OF his
horses was driven to Wa1doboro on that
Sunday in September, 1891, was a mat
| ter of judgment rather thar Of absolute
knowledge. Mr.. Murphy STARTED out
with the statement that his hooks proved
his claim. After rigid oross-examina-
ton, during which his attention was
called to many entries in the ledger, it
became apparent that while Mr.. Muir
ply might be lead from his books to be-
| lieye that none of his teams went to
Waldoboro at the time in question, he
could not prove by the record that such
was the case. Mr.. Murphy showed,
however, so great a reluctance to admit
this that the examination was finally
| brought to a close with some rather
caustic comment by the presiding JUS
tice.
| Another bit of Information bearing on
the testimony Of Davis, came in the shape
of the following telegram to Mr.. Bliss,
Of counsel for the defence:
"Hiram Bliss, Wisoasset.
"Charles Davis never stopped in my
house night in hia life.
81. EDWIN EATON"
| Mr.. Bliss stated that Mr.. Eaton would
be oil hand later in the day to testify.
The testimony of former employe of
the Medomak house was also put in
as bearing on Davis's story that he had
| fuU0 Hbc
a third in the rear of the Exchange
hotel, but it was not of much conse-
quenoe, either way. The most of the re-
nainder of the evidence was merely cor
roborative of what has gone before. The
testimony of Mr.. Willett, the undertake
er, as to his observations of the appear
anoe of Moore body on the morning af-
ter his death, was much more favorable
to the theory of the defence that 1T may
| have been due to a fall than. was tina
testimony Of previous witnesses who saw
the body.
When the case was adjourned last eve
ming
! THE DEFENDANTS WIFE
had just been on the stand and testified
with great clearness az to her husband 8
movements on the night of Moore's
death. This testimony fatty contradict
ed that of George L. Sides, who, at this
trial, has said that he saw Soule in the
Exchange hotel an hour or more after
Mrs. Souie locates her husband safely In
bed and asleep. When Court came in