The Portland daily press., 1900-05-03

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OF MaxwsIls' right hand and reached In
usdsr the oapsain and took hold Of his
left hand. Then the osptain got mp and
ran sft. Then the saptaio got up and l
saw that Maxwell hsd knife. Both
men had put mp pretty good light.
should say that they were lighting for
couple minutes or more"
Rsfsrring 10 picking up OF the captain
after he fell overheard, he said, "MoIn'
tire rowed aad soullsd and the captain
kept crying out. We ruwed In the wake
Of the vessel and 10 was about ten or
twelve minutes before We gct 20 him.
grabbed him by the hair OF the head and
pullsd him out Of the water. We worked
over him for Ave or ten minutss and
rolled mora or less water out Of him.
Some blood also came out Of his mouth. "
This concluded Csmpbslrs testimony.
Ire p. Aysrs American consul ct 81.
Johns was the next witnesr. He shipped
Oliver I. Campbell a. mate OF the
schooner Vandus IN aud two others. The
mats before Campbsll was the prisoner,
Elmer Max well. lie was not cross-sx-
amined.
frank l.. Snowde of st. John was the
steward ON the Vandussn. He said
thav Max we'll was In the galley about six
O'Clock, Nov. 18th. He refused to sign
the ships articles whsn asked to do 40
and the captain put him out of the galley
and looksd him into ths forscAstls. The
witness went on to relate the story OF
MAxwell's attack On the oapsain. The
captain and MAXWELL olinehsd, after the
latter broke out Of the forseastls. and
rolled on the deck together. The captain
called upon the mate for help, crying the
man had q knife. The mate pulled the
captain Of Maxwell and the captain ran
aft to the after houss. the witaess was
aft the main mast and saw the captain
run aft. Witness saw Maxwell standing
By the mizzen rigging and spoke to him
asking him to come and leave the oap-
tain alone. The witness then went into
the cabin for q minute. came OFT and took
the wheel from AoIatire. he heard
some one say 1.-THE Captains oysrb GARD.
He at oncs threw the veasel up into the
wind and lay to an hour and quarter.
de then kept her on for Beaver hArhcr,
where they Game TO anchor for the night.
The witness saw Q jaokknifs in the
right hand Of Maxwell when he stood
by the mizzsn rigging with the captain
el,nging to the stsrboard shrouds.
After the capain fell overheard Maxwell
went int, the galley and Bwashed his
hands. He wiped them on . towel and
the towel was covered with blood. There
had been no blood on the towel before.
The witness also saw blood once on the
deckload of the schooner where the oap-
tain and Maxwell were lying when the
mate separated them. MAXWELL told the
ehisf Of police of st. John Monday morn
| ing when the chief. asked where the knife
was, that he had thrown 10 overheard.
On GROSS examination the witness said
that he had charge of tbs ship after the
mate went on to pick MP the captain.
He stssred her into Beaver Harbor and
on the way in, Maxwell had the wheel
for about i've minutes The flight after
the murder Snowden said Maxwell slept
In the forsoassis and he slept In the cab
In. The next night he and Maxwell slept
| In the forecasts. The witness further
said that when Maxwell was standing
BY the mizxsn rigging tine iAttsr's ncss
was bleeding and his facs WAS all covered
with blood.
John McIntirs, the next witness, u
man sixty -ops years old and Of good ap-
psAranes. Witness after telling about the
schooner getting underway said th2t he
had 9fvan Max @ell N meW nina An thu
forecAstis after supper. Witness said
something to him about storm eominR
up. Maxwell said he didn't care 90 he
wssn't going to turn TO anyway. Max
well said 10 the witness whom he found
out he was going 10 live with him In the
forsoastls; "You follow me. To HI
with them that's aft. I'm going to run
this ship"
Witness then went on to say that about
the time this conversation occurred he
heard someone say: "MoIntire you take
the wheel and the captain wants Max
well oft to sign articles" Maxwell said
he wouldn't sign articles. MoIntirs went
aft and took the wheel The frat he saw
of the row Was when the captain ran aft.
Maxwell followed him saying: 81 will
| fnish killing him now." The captain
climbed out onts the mizssn chains and
his head and Q part Of his breast oams
Just above the deck load. Maxwell
grabbed the back stay and swuag out
board. The witness saw Maxwell hold
ing ON to the back stay with his left
hand and banging at the captain thres