The Portland daily press., 1897-10-01

Odd Fellows association, heard the alarm
on une 18th and started for the fire. He
met man running down Green street
away from the fire. He had on snuff
eoiored suit and wore light Kossuth
hat. De was running for all he was
worth. Witness thought this strange as
everyone else was running towards the
fire.
On cross examination witness did not
think the man he saw running away
from the fire was as tall as Waite.
Frances c. BURNS testified that
she remembered the evening of
evening of the fire in the Friends church
on Oak street. She was visiting friends
in house opposite the church. She saw
some one go into the church after the
nesting began that night. This person
had on light summer oyercoat and a
hat. She saw him in the entry walk
toward the window on the Congress
street side of the building and then walk
towards the windows on the other side.
After staying in the church for a few
minutesashe saw him coming ont.
On cross examination she said she did
not see this person come out of the
church but was sure he did not go into
the vestry. He only went into the entry.
Witness was sure she had not seen the
man come out.
Ma A. Floyd was recalled to the stand.
On the night he saw Waite at Longfellow
Lodge June 10th he did not have on q
bicycle suit.
On cross examination witness could not
tell what sort of a suit Waite did wear
that night but he was sure it was not
a bicycle suit.
Wilbur F. Quint was at Longfellow
lodge on June 10TH He and Waite was
there. He fixed the time of the closing
of the lodge at 10 O'Clock by the time he
got home that night There was an in.
of he at ~
Waite left theRlodge room at about $50
O'Clock and was gone about three min
utes. sg9a
Witness on cross examination said Waite
Ealuted the presiding officer when he left
the lodge room and saluted again when
he came back. He did not leave the
lodge room again during the evening.
Mrs. Wilbur M. Waite, wife of the re-
spondent, was next called and sworn
In June last did your husband own
light suit of clothes?"
He did own light suit but hadn't
worn it for six months. He wore a dark
suit during the whole month of June"
Witness said Waite wore light pair of
pants which he owned, on the Sth of
July. On July 4th Edgar W ate and his
wife came to pay visit As a result of
a conversation with them Waite hunted
up the light pair of pants to see If he
could wear them for the K. Of P. parade.
ers SO that Waite could wear them.
She was dismissed without cross exami-
nation.
Edgar W. Waite of Lynn, Mass, fore
man of the glazing ROOM was called. He
corroborated Mrs. Waite's testimony
about the light suit of clothes. Waite
had bought a pair of light pants and af-
forwards exchanged them for pair
which he needed more.
Wilbur L. Quint was recalled. Witness
said he had made mistake in giving his
, testimony before. He should have said
the inter1nission of the lodge was $50
instead of g. 30.
Frank P. Simpson, clerk in the employ
Of Foster. Avery & Co. He sold Waite
pair Of light pants on July 18th. He
afterwards on July 8th exchanged them
for a bicycle coat.
Witness said the bicycle coat was of
check, neither light nor dark in color. &:
MIR. Heckbert offered the camera, which
has figured in the case so much, in evil
dence. An intermission was taken at
this point.
George NJ. Hathaway testified that on
the night of June 10th at Longfellow
Lodge Waite did not wear bicycle suit
He wore a dark suit of clothes.
Daniel K. Smith, photographer, at the
suggestion of the defense took certain
photographs on c, street in Knightville.
He identified the pictures.
Frank A. Greenlaw testified that he
lives in Knightville. Is a carpenter and
knows Waite. On Dec. 18th he lived at
q G street in Knightville.
Mr.. Heckbert said this evidence related
to the fire on Dec. 18th at in the morn
ing.
Witness lived in the same house with
Waite at that time and identified a pic
ture of the upper and lower tenement of
this house. Charles A. Tibbetts lived in
the house next to that of the witness.
The State objected to the admission
of the photographs. Mr. Heckbert said
these pictures were material and he
would show why a little later.
Witness continued his testimony. In
morning of Dec. 18th witness got up
5Seen 5 and $50 a. m. and did some
Jrlz about the house. Later he went out
doors. AS he went out of the house he
und about two feet of snow in the yard
I'd on the walk. Witness shoyelled
9ath from the back door to the street and
<~ent to breakfast at 6.10 O'Clock. He
left the house to go to work at $50
O'Clock. Up to that time had heard no
indications of movement in the house and
had not seen anything of Waite. AS he
left the house to go to work he saw Mr..
Charles A. Tibbetts who was shoyelling
snow in his yard. The witness was asked
about the habits of the Waites, but the
question was excluded. On Dec. 20 wit
ness lett the mouse at 3. 80 O'clOck and at
that hour no one in the Waite tenement
was up.
On Dec. 81, no one was up in the
Waite tenement when he went to work
at $50 O'Clock. Witness went to work
every morning at $50 O'Clock and in De-
cember never saw Waite before he went
TO work.
Gross examination-Witness did not
know anything about Waite before he
moved into the house with him on c
street. HeEhas known him about year
now. Never went into his house. Quite
often saw him during the evening but
never in the morning.
A nnie B. Greenlaw, wife of the former
witness testified. She remembered the
morning of Dec. 18th. She had break
fast at 6.10 O'Clock and her husband went
to work at $50 o'clock Up to that
time she had heard no signs Of life in
Waite's part Of the house. She saw Waite
that morning between and eight O'Clock,
She fixed the time about 73O O'Clock.
He asked for a snow shovel and went out
of the door with it, The Waites usually
got up between and 7.30 o'clock. That
was the first time she had seen him that
morning.
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