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

it down in book. That was after the
row about the key. Morrow never told
him that he owed him 500 for horse
| hire. s,sTs
He never paid for teams by giving Mer-
row rugs. When Morrow was getting the
goods from Joyce Bros store, he only
paid witness $40 or sl2, and that was in
small amounts of % and SO cents. AT
that time he was paying AMerrow for
horses hire. Morrow did not come to
Joyce Bros. s store the first time by ar
rangement with witness. He took about
Sl2 worth of silverware. He told witness
he'd give him half of what he got for it.
Witness couldn't say whether he got any
money from Morrow that time or not.
The next time Morrow came In he said
nothing but helped himself and went out.
In regard to receiving money from Mer-
row, Webster said:
'tHe used to say he got rs cents for So
castor and he'd give me half. He'd gen.
orally give me 70 cents and owe me the
rest which never got.
The key of HAWKES. store was kept in
Merrow's possession. Witness used to get
it from under a cushion in the stable in
one OF the carriages. Morrow would put
1T there for him. He wouldn't trust wit
ness with the key.
Witness had key to the stable When
he'd tell Morrow that he wanted to use
| the Skillin & Hawkes. store key, Morrow
would put it under cushion in the
| stable.
Witness went to HAWKES. store only
once In April. He took two AZ lib. boxes.
He went alone That night Morrow told
him that he Swallowed him all the time.
| Witness had not told people while in
Jail what Merrow's connection with the
| case was.
He was not ash ed why he charged this
to Morrow if he wasn't guilty. He had
not been charged with thus duplicating
Morrow in order to protect himself.
Direct resumed. Up to the time of his
arrest witness was in the habit of going
to Hawkes. store with Hamlin. They
| went once or twice a week. They sold
the tobacco. Witness got So each timo.
The last payment from Hamlin was SOL
Witness also sold to Hamlin silverware
that came from Joyce Bros.
| This was introduced to show how wit
ness came into possession of enough
money independent of Morrow, to pay
for the teams he hired of him.
| At this point the session was suspended
for the noon hour. Webster showed him
self to be young man of unusual COOL
ness and keenness of mind. He told his
story very clearly and did not allow him
self to get caught in any of his state
| ments
He was manifestly not at all frightened
but seemed like one who had determined
| to make clean breast of everything that
he knew. The fact that he will plead
guilty and is not under the necessity of
defending himself Of course has great
deal to do with his composure of manner
The Afternoon Session.
Arthur G. Webster resumed the stand
in the afternoon and testified, on direct
that the first key he used was taken
from his brothers. pocket the second
time he took it from his brothers. bureau,
and that day, which was Sunday. the
duplicate was made. Morrow gave it to
witness the next Tuesday. Morrow gave
him a pattern and he got another key
made for himself.
Cross examined. He got his key made
from the pattern by man on Plum
street named Gabrielson. This was in
the middle of April, after he and Mer-
row had made up their differences about
the key. a
The second time he got the key he took
it from the bureau. He had seen it be-
fore. Witness went to New York in March
and came back with new suit of clothes
and silk hat. He took nothing there
to sell. He went there for pleasure. Wit
ness was confined in Jail because of these
thefts. No promises had been made to
James M. Cobb testified that he kept
restaurant at 1903 Federal street. At
about the 25th of May, 1895 he bought
plated silverware of Morrow, who said
he had these goods to sell cheap. He paid
SIS. He kept the goods till the officers
came for them. The silverware was pro-
duced. Witness wasn't sure of them, but
thought his cook knew.
ERNESTO PONCE.
Ernesto Ponce testified that last July
Morrow sold him three castors for 81 at
his restaurant on Exchange street. Wit
ness gave the receipt to the city marshal
The officers took the castors. Morrow
offered to sell the castors to him.
Cross-examined. Morrow came to see
him in the morning. He did not bring
the goods at first. There was no secrecy
about it on the part of Morrow, who left
the goods in broad day light.
REV. S. F. PEARSON.
Rev. S. F. Pearson testified that Mer-
row about the latter part of April OF first
of May. came to see witness. He said
that his wife had left him and asked for
advice. Soon after he came again with
some rugs and draperies. He said that
he had to break up housekeeping and
owed man 500, and must sell these
household belongings. Witness said
that he didn't want them, but later his
wife said they might have use for them
in their new house on Park street. Wit
ness offered $40 for the rugs and Sc for
the curtains, since that was what he had
learned was the regular price. Morrow
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