The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-30

On cross ex animation the marshal de-
nled making any threats or offering
Waite any inducements. Witness said he
DIG not tell Waite that he did not know
VINO the men were to whom he confessed.
he did not ask Waite if he wrote the pa
pers himself for at that stage OF the
game he did not know any papers had
been used.
The witness did not know that any re.
wards had been offered for the conviction
Of the fire bug. He said there was nc
such card hanging in his office or If there
is be haa never seen it. Witness said he
did not know, positively, that rewards
had been offered. He had not put in a
claim for reward in this case. There
might be reward placard hanging in
the deputy marshaPs office but he knew
nothing about it.
This ended the cross examination and
the court took long recess while Dspu.
ty Marshal Hartnett was sent for, he be-
ing the last witness in the government 8
case.
Deputy Marshal FHartnett after a
delay of about Is minutes
entered the court room and was put on
the witness stand. He said that on Dec.
%, 1885, he visited Congress hall block
about five minutes of seven O'Clock. That
was the morning the fire occurred. He
went up stairs in the building tried all
the doors, looked in all the closets on the
second floor and on the third floor and
went out of the building. There was no
fire about the building at this time. The
stairway was open to the street. He in
yestigated some of the fires which &C.
CURED during the fall and winter. All
of the Railways leading to the buildings
where the fires occurred were open to the
street and the doors were never locked.
Coming down to tho day of Waite's ar
rest the witness said that no promises or
Inducements were made to Waite to get
him to talk.
The marshal when waite was brought
into the Office asked him if he had any
thing to say. Waite said he didn't care
about talking. The marshal asked him
if he didn't want to tell him what he had
told others. Waite said he didn't as he
had talked too much already and had put
himself in hole now. He said the men
he had talked to were very sharp. Waite
told witness that he thought the men
were using him square and he wanted to
use them square.
About $3.50 O'Clock Hartnett was given a
note by the prisoner to his wife. The
deputy did not give the note to Waite's
wife and has 1t nov. He read the note.
1t read: "Im in trouble at the police
station. Whatever you hear believe me
records at the request of Mr.. Libby.
Hartnett told Waite they didn't run err
rands for prisoners. He had not told
Waite that the note had been delivered.
Waite had another interview
with the marshal later in the
day. Hartnett had asked Waite If he
hadn't thought he would treat the men,
meaning Brady and Prichard, square as
they had treated him square. Waite had
replied that was it. Waite had not told
the marshal he was present at every one
of these fires. Had not heard Waite tell
the marshal where he was. Witness had
not told Waite he had better make friends
with the marshal and help him out. Did
not tell Waite 1.-The marshal will make
it hard for you if you go against him.
In the month of March witness was
present at a fire on Middle street in q
shoe store during the time that Waite was
running the patrol system.
The defense asked witness If he had
told Waite to get out of that store.
The state objected to this question on
the ground that it was irrevelant. The
question was asked so Mr., Heckbert said
to show the spite of this witness against
Waite. The question was excluded and
the defense entered an exception.
On re-di ect testimony the deputy mar
shall said he had sent word to Mrs. Waite
CT her husbands arrest as soon as he
could get away from the office.
Mr.. Libby said 1.-THE State rests here
Adioyirrr,1npt was taI Qu until q n, cJool-