The Portland daily press., 1898-12-12

was more cheerful toda. than when VIZ
PRESS reporter saw him in his cell 'sso
night, after his long seige in the coroner :
INQUEST. He had dried his tears, recovel'1
his appetite and had good night sioep.
Following the instructions OF Coro'ie.
Bradbury no one was allowed to talk VIVA
the prisoner in regard to the charge Va
which he is being held for examanaeioA'
but several visitors to the jail were e'soA
the privilege of looking at him 40 As
walked back and forth In the gravy
corridors. He expressed himself as Saws
fad with the treatment that had been ~,
corded him by Jailer McIlwaln a
seemed hopeful of being finally acqni'oeu
OF the charge on which he was arrespea
He has made no statement other than MS
| isngthy testimony at the inquest. !.
In the morning he will be relieved OIL
the beard which has SO changed his apper'
aance since he took the long ride Win
Farmer Mason from Bar Mills to Porc-
land the m arning after the murder. ne
will also be asked to don the long blaoA
cutaway coat which he wore on that occa-
sion. and which was found in his lumber
camp in Vermont at the time OF his
arrest. Then the witnesses who met the
mysterious stranger in the vicinity OF
North Saco on the night of the murder
will be called in to look at him, and SEQ
| ii thsy can identify him.
His voice is impress vely deep toned
and is cross between that of a westerner
and Nova Sc otian. Charles Pullen,
North Saco farmer, who was asked tine
night before the murder to leave his bed
and assist in raising fallen horse Will
have an opportunity to converse with the
prisoner to see if he recognized the gruH
voice he heard in his dooryard that night
Miss Merrill, house keeper at Mrs.
Parcher's where Ivory Boothby was work
| ing heard the voice Of the man who lured
his victim from the house. She. too, Will
be asked If Crellin's voice resembles that
of Boothby's salayer.
| Another witness who has been sum-
moned for the inquest is Mrs. Jennie
Bernstein, who keeps lodging house and
restaurant ON india street, Portland. She
has recognized Crellin's picture and says
he stopped three nights in September IN
her house The first night he paid in
silver for lis lodging and the next night
rendered a S. bill, which she had to send
out to get changed for him. Her testi-
mony is considered important as Crellin
| told the coroner's jury yesterday that he
| hill uvhQn he
| left the lumber camp at North Shapleigh.
| 1t is said that Coorner Bradbury has
cup his sleeve some other evidence more
Importance than any that has yet been
published.
Crellin in an interview with Mayor
Lord today denied all knowledge Of the
crime and WAS emphatic in his statement
that on the night of the murder he slept
on the station platform Of the Portland
and Rochester railroad at Bar Mills q
considerable distance from North Saco.
At no time after leaving North Shapleigh,
his home, was he within half q dozen
miles of the scene of the murder. He
said, however, if he was acquitted he
should leave the country immediately.
The coroner's inquest will be resumed to-
morrow. Crellin will probably be given
hearing in the municipal court Tues
day afternoon. The diagram made by
Crellin of the roads which he travelled
after leaving North Shapleigh up to the
time he arrived in Portland and which
was submitted to the coroner's jury, was
drawn it has since been learned after he
mad been placed in his cell in this city.