Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-13
SOMERSET COURT.
December Term Of the Supreme Judicial Court
Judge WisweIl Presiding.

okOWneSaH, Jan. II.
The examination of the plaintiff in the
| case of Henry j. Dillingham; VS. Willie
l.. Kill was continued. this morning.
Plaintiff went after his wife last about
one week before Christmas. Learned
| that she was at Oakland. Went there
| and got Deputy Sheriff Hefsom to go to
o'clock in the morning and a light was
| burning in the house. Saw a man in a
| team drive rapidly =, away. Witness
| thought il was the defendant. Hill. In
CURED If his wife was there and was
told that she had not been there for a
week. but plaintiff heard her talking in
the house while he was standing in the
yard.
| On cross:eXamnation plaintiff stated
| that the defendant. Hill. did not come to
PLAINTIFFS house to do chores except when
Hill about his coming there so often. He
| told his wife he did not think Will ought
TO come there so often. 1t was about
three years rear; ago when plaintiff first sus-
| STAYING at Hills over night when plain
| tiff was away. Went there at plaintiff $
| request. because there was no other
place for her to go. She could have gone
| to Mr.. Pooler's, and plaintiff several
times asked her to go there but she said
she did not want to. At the time of the
| witness. Did not see Will Hill till we
| sot to Watervlle. Took in the parade.
| then went to the circus viii walked up
| with my, wife. We all went with the
| crowd. ! thought Hill was too ntima tie
with her. When we got there We split
and went in different directions. | went
| up TO see the horses. My wife went with
viii Hill. Then | wanted her to go into
the main show, but she said she wanted
| to so into the side show with Will Hill.
She went with him the rest of us going
| into the main show. My wife and Hill
| came in later and she sat by Hills side
part of the time.
That night. told my wife thought
il did not look very pretty for her to
| be with VIII that day. did not say
anything to Hin about it. The circus
| day and the fact that Will used to come
often TO see my wife We're the only things
| that saw in particular before this suit
was brought. At Oakland where
heard the voices of VIII Hill and Inez in
the house. ! heard also Mrs. ,Cleaves
suit was assigned for trial. The most of
what | have seen against Hill was since
| this suit was brought.
Plaintiff denied that he had ever sat in
n hammock with the Fish girl or put his
| arm around her. or kissed her or slept
with her. Admitted that he had sat in
Il hammock with Il Mckinney girl. but
denied having said to any one that he
had committed adultery with Rose Coop
er or Mrs. Lorenzo York. OF some others
| named. He denied having asked the
postmaster at Fairfield Center how much
it would take to buy Lorenzo York, or
| that he asked if he could be bought for
so or any other sum. but stated that the
postmaster did tell him that Lorenzo
York could be bought for % cents
Plaintiff detailed the facts of a settle
ment with his wife. when he paid her
sl1o, and he decided his real estate to his
father. his wife releasing her right of
dover.
Mrs. Horatio Dillingham;. mother of
Henry J; Dillingham;. was the next wit
son and his wife lived with witness fam
| lily for six or seven years. and during that
| time they lived very happily and We're
| ness had visited them when ii was neces-
sary for her to go for their comfort. one
time witness went there and noticed that
Hill came after candle light and lnez
lighted the lantern and they went to the
barn together and We're gone from one
half an hour TO an hour. When they
came back into the house they sat in one
room and talked together
Witness and her sister listened to hear
what they said. but could not distinguish
what they said. Hill staid there, until .
o'clock. Hill came nearly every day and
often staid until 10 o'clock at night. Hill
was almost always there when witness
was there. At one time Hills niece came
staying SO long. Hill would talk with
anyone that was ready to talk with when
he was there.
The intimacy of Hill and Inez was
much talked about between witness and
her sister. Witness was summoned here
| by the defence. Henry appeared to treat
| lnez properly. 1t was a common thing
for Henry TO take his wife on his knee
During the time that the couple lived
with witness family they all lived one
family. lneZ generally declined invita-
tons to pass the evenings in pleasure.
Their little girl has made her home with
witness for the most of the time since
she was born.
| Cross examnation-On the day Inez left
| Henry. the child came to her and said
| that her mother had sent her there as
her mother was going away. lnez had a
good many more dresses than the wit
| ness. Witness did not know that Inez
| had many new dresses after they went
| to live elsewhere. Could not remember
when Inez bought her last black dress.
| Witness went 10 care for IneZ when the
latter was ill. Was with her during her
| sickness most of the time until her
| mother came to take care of her. Inez
was ill enough to require nurse con-
stantly. Since her sickness down to No
vember. 1893 witness had seen nothing
! in particular between lneZ and Hill TO
be suspicious of.
Could not say that there was anything
| unusual in Inez going out to the barn
with Hill to do the chores. only that it
| had made arrangements with VIII Hill
| to do the chores. Witness did not want
to say that Henry was lazy. but he was
have mind to-" lnez had only her
| homework to do. Witness had always
| taken care of her child. Child was near
| it with her.
One time when Henry and his father
had trouble. Inez left Henry and was
gone for some time. Never wrote lnez
that if she would come back she could
have u home with witness but Henry
could not. Witness could not remember
that she ever was afraid of Henry, but
would not say that she never told Mrs
Smiley that she was afraid Henry would
break into the house He was not neces-
sarily ugly, but he was quick tempered.
Witness could not say that she ever saw
Hill pay any particular attention to IneZ
Hill called often: sometimes Henry was
there and sometimes he was not Could
not say that she ever saw IneZ sit in
Henrys lap during the past three years.
Henry used profane language in the
house, no matter who was there. He
might have used vulgar language but
witness could not remember.
Horatio Fl. Dillingham;. father of the
plaintiff, was the next witness. Witness
testimony was in corrobora ton of the
evidence of his wife. for the most part
lnez was IA very still. quiet nice woman
and witness always liked her Assisted
Henry In buying his farm and held a
mortgage on 1t. He was frequently at
Henrys. He was usually wide awake
and always good company. Witness had
always refrained from meddling with
Henrys affairs.
Henry put in good deal of time look
ing for a girl to do house work during
his wifes Illness. Remember indistinctly
when IneZ left Henry First learned that