The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-23

through the country. He (Merrow) had
taken the silverware in payment for the
horses board and would sell it cheap.
Cross-examined. TheI, were two
dozen silver knives anu rks, dozen
silver spoons, and set OF gar spoons.
DEPUTY MARSHAL STERLING.
Deputy Marshal Sterling testified as to
the bringing of the alleged stolen goods
to the station by Officer Pickett. He
identified the goods in court as being
those in gu estion.
JOHN G. JOYCE.
John q. Joyce testified that he lives in
Boston. He has stores in Boston and
and Portland in company with his BROTH
or. Hs has an agent who manages the
Portland store. Last spring Arthur
Webster was employed at the Portland
store. Last September witness examined
the alleged stolen goods in the police
station.
| Witness was asked to examine the sill
verware, produced in court. He did SO
very carefully. The forks and spoons
were done up in peculiar forms. They
was a special method that Joyce Broth
ers employed. They were usually in one
dozen packages. He knew of no other
dealers who handled half dozen packages.
| The lot in court was worth about $40.
: Witness identified his firms stamp on
the three castors They sold them for
IS apiece. Witness identified the lace
curtains by ticket on them indicating
| that they were especially manufactured
for MS nrm. They were worth SIS a pair.
| witness examined the rugs He had
similar ones in his store. They. sold for
| So piece.
The above goods were offered in evil
dence.
Cross-examinad. Witness sold these
goods on the installment plan. The prices
he had given We're the regular prices. T ne
forks cost them So dozen. He listed
them Tor So. The knives cost about So
dozen. They were listed at &c. II the
whole lot was listed at $40, they cost wit
ness from SIG to $50. This lot Morrow
sold for SIS.
The curtains cost about $165 to s1.70
pair. The oastors cost about SIS
apiece and the rugs about 81. IS apiece.
Mr.. kelliher was in charge of the Port
land store.
Witness never knew Webster was dis
charged by Kelliher for stealing and then
hired back again.
HOSTLER MCDONALD.
John A. Mcdonald, hostler last spring
at Merrow's stable, testified that he went
to the store on Commercial street with
Arthur Webster early one morning last
February. Webster brought out the 10
boxes of tobacco. They carried it in the
sleigh to Merrow's stable and put it in
the loft. Witness saw Morrow looking
over this tobacco the next morning.
That night Webster and Morrow had
the trouble. Webster was out with Con-
cord wagon. They had the row in Mer-
rows office after Webster came back
with two boxes of tobacco. They talked
loudly about a key. The next morning
witness found pieces of a key on the
floor of the office.
Cross examined After the row Webster
kept bringing tobacco to the office. Wit
ness delivered one box himself because
of note from Webster.
Webster brought tobacco, the first time,
when witness went down to Skillin &
HAWKES. store with him. He never
brought any before to witnesses know
ledge. The night before. Webster asked
witness to go with him the next morn
ing about or 4. so O'Clock. He didn't
say where they were going. Webster
hadn't been off that early before with
a team. Webster had paid witness but
two or three times for the use of teams
He paid 10 once at the time of the Rigby
races
The next morning after they brought
back the tobacco, Morrow asked if Web
ster had been there and then went up and
examined the tobacco.
Ibid you ever tell Morrow where you
went that night?'
81 don't ever remember of telling him,
but. he knew it all the same" He heard
Webster ask me to go with him. Morrow
used tobacco then. He used to send wit
ness for it to Gould's store.
Direct resumed. Once a box of tobacco
was opened in the stable and the box
part was burned in the stable.
Cross resumed. A bundle of rugs were
left at the stable office at one time. Wit
ness didn't remember of ever saying that
Webster left them there.
DEPUTY MARSHAL HARTNETT.
Deputy Marshal Hartnett testified that
Webster was arrested the 18th of last Sep
TENDER. The same day witness tele-
phoned to Lynn asking them to arrest
Morrow. Witness went to Lynn the next
morning, and with the aid OF a local off
Ger they found Morrow in q small bed
room under the bed,i certain boarding
no use. Morrow demanded the reading of
the warrant. When he heard it., he made
no objection to coming to Portland.
NETTIE e. LAWSON.
Nettie e. Lawson testified that last
July Morrow sold her two rugs. He told
.S-, If man knew he