Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-04

his memory seemed to be very poor
He remembered that Roseby had told
him that he expected to live every
time he had seen him. He did not
reeollect that when he was talking with
Mr.. Goddard that he said that he was
in pain and that it hurt him to talk.
Fred LageueuX of Lawrence, testi-
fled that he had been with Quirion.
Saturday forenoon, and that they had
been engaged in making little ladders
for the girls. Neither of them had
knives and had borrowed them. In
the evening they had been over to
Waterville and Joseph Quirion had
purchased carpenters plane. They
had gone down on the Plains and on
their return they met Joseph. and he
had given Frank the plane to carry
home for him. Later they all went in
to the Dayon house. He was with
Frank when he had got the pie. He
had seen no knives. They went out
together and Frank went into the
Dayon house and he remained outside
He had heard Frank say nothing
during the day about not being in
vited to the dance. or any expression
that showed that he was offended be
cause he had not been invited.
He had seen the two men near the
house. but did not know who they
were. Poulin asked them what they
wanted. and they had replied: If you
want to each the rabbit, chase it,"
He with several others went out.
Frank was talking with a man he did
not know. The crowd increased.
Frank had returned to the Dayon
house before the witness. and he had
heard nothing said about quitting"
Frank did not wash his hands after he
came in or his clothes. and had no
- conceal d knife.
Saw Frank and Louisel talking.
Heard noise in the big crowd which
sounded like a shirt tearing or clothing
of some kind. After he returned 70
Doyan house he saw a torn vest. When
he heard the tearing sound he turned
around and when he next saw Frank
ne was on sidewalk talking with
Louisel. Between the time of the sound
and when he saw Frank was five or SIX
minutes. He did not hear anything
about cutting anybody in connection
with the sound of the tearing.
Thomas Laycneuy Of this city. was
the next witness. He boarded at the
house of Gus Doyan in Winslow at the
time of the fight Frank was in the /
house when he came back to supper. /
Frank with the others went down on
Plains after supper. They returned as
far as the Bay View where Frank left
~ rIc. home alone
He saw Frank again near the Bay
View about a half hour later. He
went home with him to the Doyon
house where he spent the evening. He
did not see Frank drink. although wit
ness knew there was some liquor there.
The first time his attention was called
to the fight was when he and the
Poulin boys went out from the Doyon
house. He saw two men near the cor
nar of the house moving off. Poulin
said he wondered what they wanted.
He did not hear anything said about
rabbits. He then went to Doyan house
where there was crowd of eight or
nine. This increased. When he got up
to the crowd he saw Frank talking
with Louisel. Saw them talking on the
sidewalk about 20 minutes later. IL
had been among the last to leave the
Doyan house when the trouble COM
menced because he had left his hat ana
had to go back after it. He saw Frank
on edge of crowd. not in it. He did not
hear anything said about cutting. He
did not see Frank have any knife in the
Doyan house. He had not seen him
wash his hands or change his clothes.
He had seen him arrested, but did not
see the officers search him. He had
not seen Frank near Roseby. He had
not seen Roseby at all.
Miss Quirion, sister Of the respon-
dent, was then called. When she re
turned from work. Saturday afternoon.
she had seen the knives on the table.
Her mother told her to put them away
and she did so, putting the better one
in her fathers room. beside the clock
on the mantelpiece Frank was not at
home when she came. In the morning
the knife was on the mantel just where
she had left it the night before and in
the same condition. She first saw
Frank that evening at the Doyon
house
When the trouble began and she left
the Doyan house she first saw Frank
talking with Louise. He returned to
the house before she did. She had not
heard anything said about cutting.
After they returned to the Doyan
house Frank was not out of her sight
until arrested.
They had some beer at the house.
She had one glass. She did not know