The Portland daily press., 1901-02-08

May ne was narrowing IN tine nei1 10
the rear OF his house and could see Dor
tIcn Of the road In ths direction OF the
Thompson house. Saw Edwin II. knight
when he leaned out OF his window to
speak to Mr.. Lynch who was taking
orders for groceries Later saw respon-
dent at Goodwin's house whore he asked
witness for the use OF q bridle. This
was ct o IS. One hour later he went TO
the Florence Knight placs on being In
formed by Mrs. knight Of the murder.
Alice Mol<sy Of Rochester, N. H.. was
the next witness. She was q resident Of
South Berwick about the time of the
crime and kept boarding house-a sort
OF shanty-for men who worked in the
woods. samuel Locke was one Of the
boarders. Witness saw latter on the
morning OF May /, Inc read near which
the shanty was situated extends In the
direction of sr. Newell's house.
Cross-sxamine1, W itness was asked by
Everett Goodwin whether she saw Locke
pass, to which she answered in the stfir-
native.
In re direct examination she said Good
win and Norwsil passed the shanty TO-
gether engaged In conversation.
Deputy Sheriff James II. Miles, the at
torney general stated, was called next,
simply to Identity certain articles OF
clothing. witness testified that on June
%. at Edwin II. knights place there
was delivered to witness the clothing
respondents wore on the day latter went
to the pond pasture. He produced only
the trousers and a jackknife found In
the pocket, but promised to deliver the
other articles later. The clothing was
given to chsmist e. Il. Angel OF Derry,
N. H., tor examination. Respondent
delivered the articles freely almost with
out hesitation.
wnen the name of MIR. Angel was an
nounced there was some hesitation and
after q conference between counsel, q
chemist was procured who was present
with respondents counsel during the ex-
pert testimony.
Prof. Angel was then called and stat
ed his occupation was that of chemist,
but that his principal was that of an
analytical chemist. he was asked 10 ex-
anime the trousers delivered to him by
Deputy Miles to see whether certain
stains on the garment were from human
blood. In the right hand pocket witness
found q stain which had the appearance
of plocd lie testified that tho jaokkn,fe
delivered. with the other articles, had
stains on both blades. The knife was
free from dirt and appeared to have been
oleansd and wipsd. On request, he then
outlined the method pursued In his
analysis. The piece OF blood-stainsd
cloth from the pocket, which was sub
jeSted to analysis turned blue In pur-
suance OF the treatment scien3e has de-
determines human blood.
TIE measurement OF the oorpusoles rs-
vealed that their size was the same rs
those of the human blood. The blood
ccrpuscles developed from the stain on
the pocket and those developed from the
strain found on the knife, were made
by blood from the Same source.
Cross-examined. witness gave the range
In diameter of the large majority OF
different specimens OF human blood ex-
amined.
Attorney Yeaton drew from the wit
ness the opinion that the ranges in the
size of human and the MAMMALIAN blood
corpuscles where practically equal. The
sizs OF the stain found, witness said, was
about as large in diameter as the end
OF lead psnoii. He thought the amount
OF blood necessary to make the spot In
question was small fraction OF drop
lie did not know the amount that con-
ssitutsd the unit OF drop OF blood. He
again asserted that he was positive the
stains on the knife and cloth were made
by human blood. Witness admitted that
ne could not be positive whether the
broken corpusoles developed from the
stain on the knife were human blood.
Rust disintearates blood corp1fcles.
Witness thought 1t was not possible tn
determine whether the disintegrated
blood corpusoles came from human
body.
Redirect, witness said both pockets
OF the trousers contained patches.
Nelson Bellamy OF South Berwick tes-
tilted that he examined the stall in which
Fannie Sprague's body had lain, found
partially burned matches. He examined
the victims stockings and detected the
ordor OF kerosene and spot on one stock
ing. The matches were stained by
the person who uss1 them.
David Sarsfield OF South Berwick also
found partially burned matches bearing
blood stains.
Gross examined he thought that blood
saturated clothing might have stained
the matches for they were so close to the
spot where the body lay as to render this
theory possible.
MIR. John A. MoIntire, the coroner,
when caIled 20 the stand, showed the
shoes and one stocking removed from
the body when 1t was prepared for buri-
al.
This concluded the testimony for the
day and court adjourned until . O'Clock
on Friday.
DEATH OF EX-GOVERNOR STEELE.
Colorado Springs. Col, February T.