The Portland daily press., 1897-01-28

Court-Big Attendance and Muoh
Morning at 10 O'clock.
seldom has anything short of murder
trial attracted the interest and attention
that the public Is giving to the case OF
State vs.. Murray now Oh trial in the gu
perior court. The court room was
crowded TO repletion all day by
crowd who paid the closest attention to
all the evidence, which occupied nearly
the whole day. The case was conducted
with excellent good nature on the part OF
counsel throughout. The arguments mao
been finished at adjournment last night
and Judge Bonney will charge the Jury
this morning at 10 O'Clock. Full reports
of the days proceedings follow.
OFFICER ROGER Moo RATH
resumed tho stand at the opening OF
court in the morning and continued his
recital of his movements as patrolman,
| in connection with the case on trial. he
told of seeing a map on the soutnerly
side of Commercial street late In the
eseHing, Of about Sne appearance ana
build of the defendant. He did not &C
cost him or question him. He was one
of the posse ofgotficers sent out by Deputy
Sterling when the news OF the explosion
was received by him By telephone. In
| The conrse of his Investigations he tried
numerous doors in the vicinity Of Union
and Commercial streets. Officer Stewart
who was with him went across to the
Cold Storage Co. and found the doors
open. He (stewartlss Immediately blow
his whistle and MoGrath hurried across
to min him He drew his revolver and
watched the doors while other officers
went in to the sstore and lit the gas.
Then he entered With the others and
found the scene of the burglary and thu
condition OF thin gs which has already
been fully described. 1t was in his cross
examination that Officer McGrath. stated,
in answer to Counsel Morrill,, that no at
tempt was M ado " intercept or question
thesinan resembling the defendant whom
he stated in his direct he had noticed
the night of the break on the south
| erly SlQ6 VI OOluu0rCldk oolOOts
OFFICER A. f. HARMON
testified to the written record of the vari-
GUS police reports or calls by telephone
on the night of September II and IS.
DEPUTY MARSHAL STERLING
was called and told of his participation
In the events Of the night of Sept. 18th.
He told of receiving oall from Officer
Stewart by telephone who notified him
that there had been loud explosion,
somewhere on his beat. He Immediate
ly sent out Officers McGrath. Woodsum,
White and Cousins and few moments
later started out himself. He proceeded
downsExchange street and went through
the alley way below ellis restaurant.
In few moments he heard voices in the
| Gold Storage Company's store and went
| in finding the same conditions existing
there as described by previous Witnesses.
| Fl returned to the station and found the
defendant there under arrest. He had a
conversation with the defendant there.
| This was in substance as follows: asked
Murray where he came from and how he
| happened to be at out that time of night
He said he came from Boston on a
freight train and got off at station with
name beginning with W--but the
name he couldn't remember. he claim ed
| he took the next freight train to Port
| land and got of somewhere about II
O'Clock in the freight yard. Walked
toward the station (R. R.) and inquired
the way to the Canada railroad of a
| man in the yard. He then walked back,
crossed bridge and kept on toward the
Grand Trunk as he had been directed.
He said he was on his way there when
arrested. Ibid any body else hear your
conversation with the defendant?' asked
Mr.. Libby.
Eyes sir.
"Who was is?''
'sElliots q. Mitchell