The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

was with him only a few minutes before
he arranged things. He told me to go
| get some tools and he forced me to do it,
| and hessaid he'd kill me II didn't do
it,"
FtDid he ever tell you he'd kill you be-
1 fore this?' asked Mr.. Lyons.
! eyes, once he came to our house and
| took knife out of his pocket. He said,
/ Joseph are you ready to dep l told him
/ wasn't ready to but II God wanted me
| to, I was willing and didn't know but
1 what it would be good thing. Then he
came at me with the knife, but he didn't
kill me. He shut the knife up and put it
| i'll his pocket and laughed. If you knew,
friends, what a man you had in your
| town who went around threatening to
kill innocent boys, you wouldn't like it
| would your
! "What's this get to do with the case on
trial?' asked the county attorney.
The purpose is to show the animus
heawitness has against Day, replied MIR.
Lyons.
"I've got no hard feelings against
Day." spoke up Rounds. Goods leading
me right and the devil is trying to lead
me wrong. Gods powerful for the right
and hell lead everyone out fof trouble
! got nolhard feelings against Augustus
LAY If | was TO die today or tomorrow
what am telling you.is athe truth and
Day is the guilty man"
Il got the dress 1 wore out of the waste
basket in the woodshed. 1t once belonged
| TO mother. Day forced me to put IL on
land made me get all Of these things. lie
waited me to be disguised so if tho offic-
ars chased US he could skip out and let me
get.catched, ssyou might say leave me IN
the DEVILS power / didn't see mother
when got the dress. | saw her the next
morning. She was a little worried then.
1 got the axe out of the woodshed TOO,
and also shovel. The shoVel celonged
to Mr.. Remission, and the axe belonged to
Harry. l put the dress on in the wood
shed, 1t was dark there and1 had no
light. We started up the street and met
no one."
Mr.. Lyons went on to question Rounds
about how he had gone into the cemetery.
The witness said:
"What would you do, Mr.. Lyons if I
should bring three or four men up here
who would say that they thought Au-
gustus lay did that thingP'
Judge Bonney then took the witness in
hand and after few simple questions
ascertained what Mr.. Lyons wanted to
know. Rounds said, 'We went into the
cemetery through the path by the school
house and Day led the way. When we
got there Day began to dig first and /
ing of the terrible thing we were doing.
Then Day forced me to help him. He
stood aside putting and blowing while I
worked. Then he took it again and then
Istook IL. When we came 10 the coffin
Day took the axe and broke the top off it.
didn't do any of the chopping. The n he
forced me to get down into the grave
with him and help him pull the body out
of the coffin. | had the dress on all this
time, We carried the body down to the
pond. Day took the head of it and.I took
the feet He led the way and seemed to
be in IAN awful hurry. l don't know
whether Day covered the body up or not.
I didn't do 1t and he must have gone
back afterwards and done it. He didn't
there. After we put thelbody blythe pond
/ went up the bank. IEsaw Day wiping
the slime off his hands with the pillow
cases, | Don t know where he got them.
didn't see him when he took them but
I thinkshe stole them off some clothes
line. We had no lantern to work by. -
ssWe was something like the owls with
one old leader my brother read to me
about said the witness with laugh.
Day didn't get up the bank as quickly
as / did. He's lame and slow. He start
ed for home right off down across the
railroad and left me to stay and I'LL up
the grave.
II wish that four good reliable, strong
minded men had come along just then
and caught both Of us. Then they d have
hung Mr.. Day, poor fellow
III staid at the grave and filled it up like
a gentleman. didn't run away like q
traitor as Day did. Then I started for
home and l felt like death l can tell you
When was going home | saw a lady
come out Of house on her way home. I
don't know who she was, and don't know
- 80 !, he
alone and at this time there were lights
in the houses and heard loud talk in the
house where she was going. The house
she came out of was on the last street as
you cross Union.
II didn't burn the dress in the grave
yard. | wore 1t home and took off the
waist and shirt and burned it in the stove.
Day was there the next morning, but he
didn't help me 90 it. No one helped me,
/ can't say where mother was when did
1--WE drank the liquor Day had little
ways from the house. I didn't drink
much OF it.
ibid you know Mr.. Roberts or Mrs.
Roberts9" asked Mr. Lyons.
ssNo. never knew Them replied the
witness.
"You spent a good deal of time in the
grave yard. didtf't you," asked Mr..
Last summer I was in the grave yard
and neund among my friends. suppose
they were Gods people, that's who they
said they were
ssCan you tell me their Names" askedI
Mr.. Lyons.
Mrs. Barbour can,'' replied Rounds.
sI don't know their names. "
IT didn't mean no hurt at all in the
grave yard said the boy. 1T was there
tho same as the rest were, but never went
there at night.
AL this point the noon recess was taken. |
Joseph Rounds was recalled to thel
strand when court came in at three pollock |
and his cross-examination was resumed
ssI was not at Mrs. Roberts's grave the |
first time she was buried,'' said tine wit |
ness. 'I was there when it was dug up
the second time. Mr.. Barbour asked me
who disturbed the grave and l said
didn't know. 1 did know who dug ii up
INT was afraid l would DO killed il / |
lid tell him The shoes wore that night |
ara down to the Jail, as l had new pair |
Of shoes given to me. I wanted people to !
know that Day led me into trouble, but |
I was afraid to tell Mr.. Barbour aboutFit |
had no talk with mother about digging |
M the body. 1 don tssknow IS ever said |