The Portland daily press., 1896-12-31

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for that
"Well it was rather stubbly, was it?"
Eyes, decidedly. !"
City Marshal Triokey testified that the
respondent told him he had never seen
Mrs. Stevens to know her prior tn his
arrest.
For the defence.
WARREN E. BAILEY,
the respondent was the first witness. He
testified in answer to EMF. Meaher's
questions:
1 have been writing cards and engras-
ing door plates for the last year. For
two months I have been kworking in St.
Johnsbury in the newspaper business.
am married. On 1.-THE 9th of October I
was in Brockton, Mass. had some cor
respondsnce with my father at that time.
Atthis point Mr.. Meaher produced an
envelope bearing the Brockton post mark
80 p. m. October 6. Mr.. Meaher' 8
method of putting in the letter lead the
court to direct him to first Esubmit this
and other papers to the county attorney.
Continuing, Bailey said:
I do not remember writing to my faith
er on that day but always mailed my
letters myself. l know that I mailed
this letter on that day, from the post
office stamp. / stayed while in Brock
ton with Mrs. Daniel B. Carr.
A postal card was also presented. The
witness said. know I wrote and mailed
that postal card to my father. No one
else mailed my letters.
remember getting to Brocktun the
night before the Brookton fair began,
either. the last of September or the first
of October. We stayed there ten ssdays. I
was not.in Portland during that time.
l did not 60 to Mr.. Stevens's house to
get,the stamps supposed MI. Stevens
hada a collection because he bought
stamps of me. l learned from my father
that there was charge against me but
when came home he said it had all
blown over. On Monday went into the
police station because it occurred to me
on the street to go around to.the police
station and see what the trouble was
about.
The witness described the clothing he
wore early in October saying that he
wore an overcoat and that his trousers
differed from those he now wore almost
as much as black from white. A state
ment which he made about his
moustache or rather his attempts to raise
one, was afterwards commented on by
Mr.. Webb in his argument Bailey said
that2Mrs !. Stevens's description of the
evidences of moustache which she saw
on the man who took the stamps just
fitted his own case.
On cross examination, Bailey told of
leaving Portland early in September and
of going to Maiden, Cambridge and
Brockton. From Brockton he went to
st. Johnsbury by way of Boston. AT st.
Johnsbury he works for j. E Harris as
oanvasser and typesetter. He adver-
tised in ST. Johnsbury paper and had
some correspondence about advertising
in stamp journals saying that he pro-
posed to do considerable advertising. He
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He did not intend to advertise. The
letters were thus not strictly true.
Mr.. Webb put in postal card sent by
the respondent to Minnesota publica-
tion. This the respondent signed with
his wifA's name, L. A. Bailey, because,
as he admitted on the stand, his own
reputation among stamp collectors was
not good. He signed another letter phe
South Park Stamp Company. He did
this because he intended to give writing
lessons and advertise over his own sigma
turs and did not also want to appear
as stamp collector.
The witness said he did not come
from Brockton to answer the charge
against him because he did not have the
money. A pass and money order were
sent him to provide for his transporta-
ton to st. bloomsbury. He could not
have afforded to come home even if he
mad had the money. The witness told
of his movements during the time Mrs.
Stevens followed him Monday morning,