The Portland daily press., 1897-10-02

wore long coat and wore a badge
Pickett told Jones to watch Waite, and
went looking for other suspicious people.
He made a search for Waite, but could
not find him after q few minutes.
The next day, after Waite's arrest, wit
Waite was talking with his wife. Flick
EFT had said to Waite, 'How could man
like you, with a family do thing like
that and set fire to so many buildings?"
because L was d fool" Waite ans
wered.
There were no questions on cross exam
ination. mir. Heckbert in a very dra-
matte manner told Pickett to step aside.
Officer Thomas A. Quinn knew Waite
before Dec, 1886. He went to the Con-
gress Hall fire and saw Waite there.
Waite wore badge and long coat.
Witness got to the fire Immediately after
the alarm. 1t was about 7.30 when he
saw Waite at this fire.
officer Thomas Bonner, of the Police
Department, testified that he heard a con-
versation between Waite and his wife
| after Waite's arrest. Waite said to his
wife: 81 sec long road ahead of me,
and l am afraid" A man called Bert,
who was with Mrs. Waite. asked Waite
what he could do for him Waite said he
wife: LAS to the Harrington block fire,
1 can't tell where [ was" Mrs. Waite
said, why don't you say you were at
home? Say you were, and I'll prove it. p"
Waite said it would be useless because
the Marshal had told him he had man
who had seen him there. Waite said he
got into the trouble because he was blind
and foolish. Waite said he had gone into
club of fellows who were to do a snug
Cling business. He had joined them be-
cause they said there was money in the
scheme. Officer Bonner said he was in
the small lodging room under the bed
and heard the whole conversation.
| Chief Engineer Eldridge was recalled
and said he had never given Waite any
authority to go on with his patrol system.
1t made little difference whether Waite
had his authority or not He had given
the badge to Waite because Waite told
him lie wanted to take pictures of fires.
1t was after Waite came home from
LYNN that he told Chief Eldridge about
| the patrol scheme.
At this point. 1910 O'Clock, Mr.. Libby
asked for an adjournment, as he was ex-
| peeting witnesses on the one o'clock
| train, who could not be here in time to
testify until the afternoon session. At
the County Attorneys request Court
adjourned until pm
| The crowd in the court room when the
case was opened in the afternoon was
| not as large as it has cen on other days
of the trial. but there were about the
usual number of ladies present. 1t was
anticipated that the state would have
some sensational evidence to introduce
in rebuttai and the audience in the
court room Was hushed in eXpectant ex-
element when the county attorney called
the first witness.
Francis L. Littletield was the first wit
ness called. He is the city editor of the
Argus. He remembered about.the Far
ringtonsblock fire on Middle STU and said
it was onJune 10th. There was no cross
examination 9
! Rose Bucknam OF Bangor said she had
| seen Waite in a photograph gallery in
Bangor on the evening of July 10th.
| The defense objected to the admission
OF this testimony and the evidence was
excluded by the court.
| Mr.. Libby said thai. the state would rest
at this point.
Mr.. Reckbert thenToffered some testi-
mony in rebuttal. He called for 4. S.
| Macreadie, but he was not present. Mr..
Heckbert wished to introduce time
table as the official running schedule of
the Cape road. Mr.. Libby had no object
ion to this admission of this time table
for what it said
| Willis S. Strout was called and said that
in December last he was employd at the
Cape Power house. He identified the
time table as the official schedule of the
!. road. The time table was placed in EVIL
dence.
On cross-examination witness said he
knew it was the official time table.
George t. Gushing, conductor on the
Cape road, was called and asked if he was
] in the employ of the road on December
~, 1897. He said he was. On that day
he made return OF the number of pas.
sengers carried by him on his car. His
first trip to Knightville was about
| 1925. Waite did not ride on his car on
that trip to Kniehtville He came in on
the second trip with him.
| On cross examination witness said he
had not found a line of hose across Fed
eral street on his 7.1S trip
James e. Brown conductor of the Cape
road, testified that he made his first TRIP
from Portland and Rochester atss6.20
He was blocked on his second trip. Waite
did not ride with him on his second tril
to Knightville.
| Gross exanination-Wa stopped on hi:
second trip into Portland at 7.30 by {
line of hose across the street and wa.
stopped there until Z. As o'clock. He gol
over 10 Knightville on his return trip
about sos. He had few passengers with
him on that trip. Waite was not among
them.
II. NJ. Bigelow was called and identi
fed the placard of reward which was post
ed in the police station. The placarf
was put in evidence.
The defense rested here and the. testi
mony was now all in.
Mr.. Libby said that the state entered {
mol pros Oh the i4th, 18th and 18th counts
Of the Indictment relating to the fire il
the Salvation Army barracks on Deem
Der Goth.
The state also entered mol pros on
the count against Waite concerning TIT
fire in the Harrington block, Locke
office, which is alleged to have occurred
on June 9th
MIR. Heckbert was then called by thu
court to make his
| ARGUMENT FOR THE DEFENSE.
He began by saying: ~ am sure
that | begin to feel very much relieved
when [ know that the great burden
which has rested upon me so long is sool
to be laid aside. And | wish to say t.
you, gentlemen, that none Of you know
how that burden has weighed down up
on me, knowing as L do that the respon
dent is absolutely Innocent.
The court interrupted Mr.. Heckber