The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-30

street church. testified, "I have been
janitor Of the Park street church for 1s
years. met Mrs Alien a shoot time
ago. she came to the church with an
other woman and asked II could tell
who was pastor OF the church 81 years
ago. l could not tell them, but told them
that II they would call on Saturday I
could tell them. On Saturday they
called again and we went into the chapel.
told them the pictures Of the former
pastors Of the church we're on the wall.
were not others. and went out ana got
the picture of AR. Murray. She said that
was the man who married her. asked
her II there were not witnesses 20 the
marriage, and she said the minister s
daughter stood up. with them. told
her that Mr.. Murray had no daughter
Mrs. allen asked where marriages were
usually performed aud showed her in
to the ladies' parior. She said that was
where she was married. =,
MIR. Choate: "You heard Mrs. Alien
testify that when she drove up to the
church to be married Mr.. Allen got out
of the carriage and rang ths door bell
Now can You tell us about the tiSne
that bell was put ins''
"The bell was put In lass than 10 yeats
ago. IL was put In for me since I weht
to work there -
Charles q. Lit ,hdeld OF III Bssoo;n
,trset, q member of Park street church..
to fed:
al have been connectsi withf Pa-k
STREET church for IS years. and III have
been clerk Of .e.se, ',-ch.- In isf72 there
was no record kept Of marrisssses. There
was hook ksi from isoJ to 1865, In
which marriages were ksrt {but meth ing
has teen kept since tbsft time. There
was no book kept In lss7s Tor newly mar
risd people to sign.
cross-esami9eaF- During 1878. 1873 and
1879, No. Murray used the study of ths
k1fnh 10 sieep In, didn't hes"
I "Yes."
And that is where Mr.. Murray was
to be found mort of the time, wasn't its'
"Yea"
''Prvious to the placing Of the bell on
the Park ,trsst door there was q bellon
the study door. was there notf'
<Yss. cir, on the fremont ttrsst side. |"
John l.. Parker Of St,neham tntided;
"I have been connected with Park
street church since 1853 or 1867. 1 am
now one of tho deacons.
"Mrs Harrilt Allen came tn see ms
this fall, three or six weeks ago. She
came t, find where Rev. Mr.. Murray
was. In the course of conversation shs
said she was seeking II get informal Ion
In regard D her marriage which, she Gays,
had been performed by Mr.. Murray In
March, 1872 l was int irestsd In the mat
| ter, and asked If she had witnesses, ana
she said she had one. l asked about "A
marriage license aud she said She could
find no record of the marriage. told
her that the mint ,r ought to have res
ported the marriage. and tnut it ought to
be recorded. In the course CT the, CONVEX
sation there were some Inquiries as to
Mr.. Murray 9 habits. l know Mira. Alien
asked me whether thought MIR, Murray
would marry couple without a license,
and I told her I thought he would do
no such thing. asked Mrs. Allen
whether she did not remem Der some
thing abont the appearance of Mr.. Muir
ray. for he was off striking appearance.
and II any body had once met him they
ought 10 have remembered him."
Attorney Choate introduced a certificate
from the secretary of state William NJ,
Oiin, stating that the marriage OF Harriet
h, Snow and Elbridge G. Allen does not
appear In the records OF returns of marri-
ages in the city Of Boston for the years
1871 to 1873.
William Q. Allen Of ar Columbus ave-
nue., a brother of the late Elbridge q.
Alien, testified that he never knew aay
of the Snow family before leaving Port
land. He saw Harriet Allen first in the
middle of March, 1872, In Portland. He
was on the Portland boat on his way tor
Boston when carriage came rushing
down the street. and out stepped L. q.
Allen, and he assisted u young lady out
They started for the boat. K G. Allen
had handbag with him They got on
the boat aud went at once to the ticket
office. Then they went to their state
room, and both entered. / SAW e. q.
Allen later as we were passing down the
harbor. had no knowledge that he was
coming ON the boat. 1 hadn't seen him
for a month. l asked him what this
meant, and that 1t looked like q marri-
age. He said he couldn't help that
didn't see him again for year. The
woman saw with my brother was
Hattie Snow.
Mr.. William c. Allen told OF the funer.
al which was held at his house, ana Of
the burial at Sweden, Me. At the ceme-
terry the family gathered around the
grave, while Mrs. Allen No. drove up
In carriage outside of the cemetery
fence and remained there. The night be-
fore the burial We sent word to Mrs.
A lien No. 1 to come over and view the
remains II she desired TO do so. and she
accepted the invitation.
On the cross examination William G,