The Portland daily press., 1897-09-29

| Mr.. Libby objected TO TINS questlon and
it was excluded by the court at first but
the question was afterwards admitted
Mr.. Heckbert gave the paper to the jury
| for their examination.
| While the witness was writing the
alleged confession of Waite, Clark was
sitting near the window and occasionally
| Joined in the conversation. Witness said
| that he wrote the paper at Walte's dicta-
| tion and took down what Waite said
word for word. Witness wrote down the
expressions Waite used as nearly as he
could. The paper was satisfactory to
Waite after he had read it to him. After
| If, was written Waite said, "let me see
| that paper again. Z" Waite suggested the
addition of the word building" which
was added. Witness then gave the paper
to Waite to sign. He hesitated for while
used were furnished by the Preble house.
| The word building was written at the
same time and with the same pen and
| ink.
| "Look at it and see whether the ink is
the same color as the rest Of the paper, -
said Mr.. Heckbert.
| maybe it isn't the same color but it
was written at the same time and with
| the same pen and ink" said the witness
| 81 show Ethe paper to athe jury to
show where Mr.. Waite was made to sign,'
| said Mr.. Heckbert.
The jury examined the paper with great
care.
| Nothing was inserted at this time in
the paper which Waite had signed after
he had signed it, Waite was not asked to
sign two Inches and half below the
matter which Brady had written to give
space for the insertion of any more writ
! ing.
companied by the witness, went. down
Middle street to the postoffice. AS they
passed the MCCARTHY building Waite said
in q loud voice 50 that he could be heard
by anyone passing by, You might as
| well add that fire to the Others.
| Witness was in the city to find out
about the fires which occurred early in
| the winter and although he was looking
for the firebug he did not investigate this
fire in the Thompson store. He did not
consider it any of his business at that
time. In reply to questions he said he be-
| lieyed there was no reward offered at that
| time for the arrest of the person who set
| that fire.
Witness and Waite went down to the
telegraph and post offices. He had no
business there but told Waite that he had.
Later they went back to the Preble house.
| Witness told Waite he had better keep a
close mouth.
| Waite said to witness. ''It is in me to
set fires. When was in Lynn as small
| boy used to set fires and my father
knew that l set them. He would take
me up and do all that he could by punish
ing me to make me confess that set
these fires and I never told him any
thing. That will show you what close
mouth I have and how we'll can keep
my mouth shut when want to.
| When Brady started to give this testi-
| mony Mr.. Heckbert made an attempt to
stop him giving the evidence on the
ground that he was not answering the
question put to him, but the court or
dered the witness to proceed and he told
| the story.
This conversation occurred on the side
walk in front of the Preble house.
| Witness told Waite to come down to
| the Preble house after dinner and he
would find witness and Clark or Prichard
| there When Waite came down ABOUT 3
o'clock there were two police officers con-
cealed under the bed. Witness described
the positions of all the persons in the room
and explained the contents of
the room and where all the articles OF
furniture In it were placed.
The officers came to the room at 2.05
and Brady put them under the bed. Two
minutes later Waite came and was seated
in the arm chair.
Prichard said to Waite: ave are about
to send this bond of yours to Montreal
| TO show that everything is all right. "
Prichard then read the confession all over
and told Waite If there We're any connec-
lions to be made he could make them.
| Waite said it vas all right. Prichard said
he. would send the thing on to Mon
treal by the cypher telegraph at once.
Waite told all about the fruit store fire
and asked this store to be added to the
list. Waite also told about the electric car
hold up and putting the dummy on the
Cape road. After this was done witness
sat down on the bed and said:
swell you have been much better
man than / thought you were. How did
| you do all this?"
Waite then began at the Lynn fires and
went through the whole list, telling
how he set them all and giving all the
particulars. The officers were under the
bed all the time.
Witness then told what parts of this
paper Prichard had written and he ex-
p lained at great length.
Witness had said that he had not ex-
amined the fire in the Thompson store
until after Waite's arrest. Mr.. Heckbert
asked the witness from what he had
found out about this fire since he ex-
amined into it, If he did not know Waite
had not set it. Witness said he couldn't
say. Mr.. Heckbert tried to find out what
the witness had been able to learn about
| this Thompson fire without much success
Witness said he had learned something
about the cause of this fire from what
other people had told him. 'fAll of your
statements about this smuggling business
were falsehoods, were they not" asked
Mr.. Heckbert.
"They were, said the witness quietly.
stTben your business as much as any
thing else is that of professional liar, is
| it not" asked Mr.. Heckbert.
The witness was silent. The spectators
were thunderstruck and the Judge i'm
mediately looked sternly at Mr. Heck
bert and said:
'You may withdraw that question
sir''
Mr.. Heckbert bit his lip and was silent.
You could have heard pin drop in the
court room.
1t was the most dramatic situation so
far in this very sensational trial.
"Will you Withdraw that question:"
demanded the court sternly.
81 will, said Mr.. Heckbert after q
while.
~ thought you would, ;, said the court.
s'The principle you work on is that the
end will Justify the means?'
"Question excluded, =. said the court.
''Ihat's ALL said Mr.. Heckbert, and
| the cross examination which had taken