The Portland daily press., 1897-11-10
THE MURDERER'S FLIGHT.


about taking care of the horse. he SUI
he desired to go to Union and being tlieu
riding he would take the train to Ohioi'
and return with another team.
Robert f. Hurd of Berwick testineu
that he saw Kelley at the Riverside house
in Lebanon about 3 O'Clock on the ai'or
noon Of April 49,.
Milton, testified that he sold ticket loi
Union to short man on the afternoon Oh
April IT,. .or
Willard /. Brackett, baggage masce =.
on the Conway branch of the Boston 1 q
Maine railroad, testified that Joseph ~.
Kelley was a passenger on the nortn
bound passenger train on the AFTERNOON
OF April 16. -,
George c. Paul, express messenger on
the train with Brackett, was sworn anu !,
identified Kelley rs the man who boaroeo
the train at Milton.
John Babb of North Conway, SAID en az
he was the acting conductor on the tf aEut
that left Milton at 4. II p. m. and ne A,s /,
saw Kelley at Last Wakefield as ne 9lu y
not go to the baggage cor until 'n@'
station was reached. hid
John w. Long of Lancaster was caii sS =
He said that he was brakeman on Sno
Maine Central railroad between tSue ts y
junction and Lime Ridge, taking = ea ao
-
p. m. for the latter point. AZ QuopTo
junction he first noticed small n sn -,
The rear car. His age was between ~ o,t na
20 years and wore gold bowed gi' TIa
and his upper lip was discoloreo. 1no
stranger asked about mail trains anu -
presses and expressed wish to 20 siNen :
an opportunity to mail two letters. az
North Stratford he gave the brakeman :"
package to mail and addressed 10 u. >.
Sullivan Montreal, and handed him one
qoliaf Tor his trouble. The witness SOU
ne had the letter mailed at North Stra6-
1ord: Then Kelley asked for advice ABOUT
getting over the line by the revenue OH
GERS.
He said he had some things in his grip
ne did not care to have examined. ne
said he Gid not see the dress suit case
unUll the revenue officers had been passed
at Beecher's Falls. At Cookshire juno
ton the vii ess made move to assist
MI. Kelley from the train. He took noiu
OF the dress suit case and discovered "
was very heavy. "You see to those chill
dren,' said Kelley, land will LOOK out
for the grip
The cross examination of this witness
was very lively. Mr.. Edgerly asked
Long VINO IS so years Of age, !, ne
the revenue officers. The witness said
he did not know as he had.
Did not you know that there was
money In that dress suit case? the
witness was asked
No, sir he replied.
Did you get any?" asked Mr.. Edgerly,
and the witness replied: "Out OF MS
pocket, yes, two dollars -
''Then Mr.. Edgerly asked him what
that was for, and the answer was quickly
given. zone dollar was for mailing the
package and the other dollar he pressed
into my hands for glass of water.
Mr.. Edgerly asked the witness If he
did not seq something suspicious in the
mailing of the package across the l1ne
Mr.. Lang said that all he told Kelley was
that some times the revenue officers were
strict, and frequently they were not. he
gave Kelley 40 assurance that this was to
be one of the strict times, and although
Kelley had said that he desired to get by
the officers he did not appear disturbed
when he was given an explanation.
George B. Thomas, conductor on the
road from North Conway to Cookshire
junction, told how a young man paid his
fare on his train on the night of April
10th from Intervale junction to Quebec
junction. He handed him $40 bill the
fare, being 81. so.
Mr.. Thomas said that he saw Kelley
again when he was on his way back from
Montreal with the police. At the con-
clusion of Mr.. Thomas's examination at
6.01 recess was taken until O'Clock to-
morrow morning.