The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-17

the route Crellin took from the Shapeign
lumber camp, and his whereabouts 20
tween seven and seven thirty o'oiock on
the evening of Wednesday, September ~
when the North Saco murder was Gull
mitted. lie had testified at the inquoe0
that he was at Bar Mills, but that tesu'-
mony is not formally before the cout0.
The prosecuting attorney endeavorea ~
the testimony OF several witnesses
locate the respondent nearer the scene u
the murder than Bar Mills.
Napoleon Bush, wood chopper. VIM
had worked in the Shapleigh woods WIN
him, testified that Crellin left there on
foot, Tuesday morning, September TO-
with some clothing, two razors and otner
articles done up in pillow case. MIS-
Melissa A. Day of Lyman and her TWO
sons, Elliot P. Day and Harry R. Day.
passed tramp that day on the Holils
Centre road, headed toward Salmon Falls.
He was carrying a white bag. But they
could not say that Crellin was the man.
or that they had ever seen that tramp
since.
Mrs. Frank J. Leavitt was tending
store for her husband, at Salmon Falls,
that afternoon and tramp called ana
bought lunch which he ate in the store
He had light colored bag, which he ierc
ou tside the door. He went off In the
direction of Buxton Lower corner. When
asked ii Crellin was the man, she replied;
81 am very positive he Is the man." But
she tes titled that her tramp wore stiH
hat, while other witnesses in the case had
pictured Crellin with soft hat.
One of the most important witnesses Tor
the government was John Meserye, a
clerk In his brothers. store at Bar Mills.
Crellin called at that store early the next
morning after the murder. and bought
some cookies. There is no dispute over
that fact, but Mr.. Meserve's testimony
about his conversation with Crellin Is the
material part He said Crellin asked the
direct way to Portland, and when the
Portland road was pointed out to him he
wanted to know If that road led to q
meeting house in front Of which is big
| common. Mr.. Meserye replied that the
meeting house is at Buxton Lower
corner, and to go there would be out OF
the way, unless Crellin wanted to go to
Portland by way of Saco. Thereupon
Crellin replied that he didn't want to go
to Saco; he had seen enough OF Saco that
he had been at the fork of the roads in
front of the meeting house the night be-
fore, mistaking the Salmon Falls road for
the road to Portland, and had come to
Bar Mills by way of the railroad bridge
over the river.
Coroner F. 9. Bradbury was, OF course,
an Important witness, but much OF his
knowledge of the case was obtained In
the coroner's inquest, and as the absence
of Mr.. Hasty. one of the jurors, had pre-
vented the rendering of a verdict today,
the coroner did not feel at liberty to
divulge the inquest secrets. He was sus-
tained in his refusal by Judge Burbank.
who ruled that testimony pertaining to
evidence taken at coroner's inquest not
yet completed would be inadmissable.
Lawyer Haley tried hard to draw out
the testimony in question, and In his fail
ure to do so In one instance proceeded to
charge Coroner Bradbury with having
used unfair means to procure evidence
from the respondent, and chad tried the
torture act to get admissions from him. !"
Judge Burbank repeated his rulings,
and the hearing proceeded without the In
PRODUCTION of evidence from the inquest
Considerable time was consumed In
getting at the facts in regard to Crellin's 9
arrest. Coroner Bradbury contended that
the man was not really under arrest till
he was handed over to the custody OF City
Marshal Burns in Saco, last Saturday
noon the only warrant served was that
issued from the Saco court, directed to
Marshal Burns and that the Gak1ng OF
Creilin was simply the bringing OF him
as a witness for the inquest. The coroner
said they had no trouble in bringing the
respondent; he expressed willingness TO
come without requisition.papers. A part
of the way he was handouffed to the
coroner, but all the way this side OF St.
Johnsbury his hands were free. Lawyer
Halev declared that the arrest took place
in Vermont, and the prisoner was denied
his rights 20 tpeeuy AOoAAnS, s' VS.
ouizzed before he had been warned
against self -incrim ination. Most OF the
other testimony brought out was de-
scriptive of the scene of the murder and
the incidents leading up to the arrest.
The witnesses were: City Marshal Henry
M. Burns, whose testimony related to the
investigation of the murder case immedi-
ately after the discovery of the body DR..
". J. Maybury, who described the two
bullet wounds and delivered to the court
the two battered, blood stained bullets
which caused Mr.. Boothby's death Miss
Rens Merrill, house keeper at Mrs. Abb1e
Parcher's home, where Mr.. Boothby was
employed in farm work; Albion Boothby,
Lemuel Boothby, and George b. Rice,
North Saco residents; Simeon 81. Watson,
postmaster of North Shapleigh; Warren
Mason, who gave Crellin ride to Port
land from about two and one.haf miles
east of Bar Mills and Mrs. Jennie Bern.