The Portland daily press., 1897-10-01

Bayard lodge K of p, South Portland.
He went home to supper at $50 O'Clock
and went to South Portland at about
seven o clock. When he got at the lodge
room he played on the organ and the
other members sang.
On June 7th he got pass to Bath and
return from Mr.. Coo in Mr.. Boothby s
Office at the Maine Central office. This
was given him about IL o'clock. On the
next day the 9Th, he went TO the office Of
| the Eastern Steamboat company and got
a pass fer Boothbay. He was going to
take pictures for photograph album to
i be placed in the parlors of the Preble
house. He saw Mr. McDougal and Mr..
Wood, the minister with whom he took
tea. He registered at the Weymouth house
that night land he Unidentified his sigma
ture on the hotel register of that date.
Waite said: ~ left Boothbay early in
the morning of the 9th, and came back to
Portland by the way of Lewiston, getting
here at 5.45 o'clock.
ION the noon of June 18th was at
Mp. Heckbert' Office and went home
about eleven o'clock where I had dinner.
After dinner | did some work on my
souvenir book and about two o'clock L
1 came down town and went home again
later in the afternoon. That afternoon l
went to Falmouth with my wife.
81 came into Portland on the morning
| q ~N~~
morning, went to South Portland about
1915, photographed Bayard hall, south
| Portland about one O'Clock
The picture of the hall was put in evil
dence and it showed that the streets were
muddy 1t was raining when this pic
| tllre was taken.
ssI left South Portland at about 10.
Before I left saw Virginia Dyer at the
post office. I came into Portland and got
| to Monument square about lao O'Clock
Eand went into Rideout's studio. | didn't
stop there more than three minutes l
ran down stairs and across the street and
boarded Munloy hlil car. 1 dld not go
As when boarded that car. l did not
go into the Harrington block at all went
up to North street where | got off the car
and photographed the Smaller school for
Miss Adams, the principal. After this
I went to my house and went to work
on my souvenir book staying there all
day
The photograph of the Smaller school
was put in evidence.
Continuing his testimony, Waite said:
81 was on the evening of June 10Th in
the lodge room of Longfellow lodge. l
got there at 8. 10 and only went out of the
room to get some badges from Wesley G.
Smith in the grand lodge room. From
the time I entered that building at SIG I
did not leave the building until I went
! home | wore the same suit / have on
now "a dark blue suit.)
/ "a few days before the fire in the Nc
earthly building | went up to Fessenden's
studio and left my camera there. The
camera is not insured. 1t was there
during the fire. | had there at the time
of the fire negative which was worth
$35 to me.
II never wore light suit of clothes in
June. l wore light suit for the first
time in the summer the day of the
| Pythian parade.
Mr. Heokbert here handed Waite the
alleged confession and asked him if he
signed it.
II did, said Waite.
why did you sign it.
because l was told that if [ signed it
/ would have $500 and have position in
the company worth $500 month to me.
when you signed that paper were
any of the statements it contains truei'
II object" said Mr.. Libby.
Witness may answer the question, +"
said the court.
"They were not true" said Waite
did you, Mr.. Waite, set any of these
tres?''
II did not" said Waite in a very de-
cided man ner, facing the jury.
9That's all, said Mr.. Heckbert.
There was ruffle of excitement in the
room when Mr.. Libby took up the cross
Denomination.
On cross-examination Waite said: II
! lived in Lynn once, from there moved to
Hartford, Conn, and came to Knight
vile on March 16, 1896. [ was at home
on December 18th.
~ usually got up at O'Clock and
came into Portland on the $40 car. Once
came into the city earlier than this
about a week or a week and II half before.
| oIr how ff.d linn md
the IL O'Clock car for Knightyille. | was
at home evenin excepting on the meet
ing nights of Bayard lodge. Never came
into the city very often. On the day OF
December nth / was at work at Ell. M.
Smiths studio, on my oalanders.
ION December 10th. was at Smiths
studio. l got there about $50, leaving
hnightyille at $40. At noon time of
that day l was at dinner at the usual
hour. l was at dinner until about Ito
O'Clock. left home Deoem Der 21st in the
morning at about $40 O'Clock. / have
no particular recollection about the time,
but am sure followed my regular Gus
tom of taking the $40 Car.
SON December 22d, 1 got up about z
o'clock. I don't remember what l did
until $40 o'clock l got into Portland at
$50. l got off the car at the foot Of
Temple street, Said to the conductor:
There's q fire up there. Some of the fire
uSpdrUuleub UedllS were standing Unefe In
the streets | don't know that the street
was DISTRACTED by hose, but 1 think that
it was, though | am not sure. / went up
to the fire few minutes later. / entered
the building and saw there Melville
Stickney and Chief Engineer Eldridge. J.
was not at this building before this time
or earlier in the morning.
ION June 10th don't know where l
was. On June 18th [ was living In the
city. l wasn't at Smith studio then. I
left home ut 10 o'clock that day and went
to Mr.. Heck bert's office and suaid there
some ten minutes then went home and
staid there until about two o'olock -
calling your attention to June 14th
where were you on that day? We're you
at any poet Officer" asked Mr.. Libby.
~ wasn't at any post office. / saw Will
Allen at South Portland and saw
Virginia Dyer at the post office. Yes was
at the post office there, come to think of
it. I left for Portland at !. 08 or 1 10 by
electric car. l got into Portland at /. 20.
went to RideouJ's studio, had some
talk there and then went out and took a
Munjoy hill car. l took this car at 2. IS or
there abouts. was at home all the after