The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-25

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The man wore the suie Of clothes he
received when he left the state prison.
They are OF a grey check and he also had
on Scotch cap and new lace brogan
Shoes with q rounded toe. His shirt was
Of dark blue with n string tie Tbe
county officers pointed out the fact last
night that his description tallies we'll
with that given by the negro Hands Of
the white man who was with him when
Clifford Moshsr was killed. These clothes
were examined casually last night, but
nothing az far as known was found ON
them to indicate that they had been
stained with blood. In the mans posses-
sion was found little money and nothing
OF an inoriminatIng nature. Three let
tiers were found which had MT been read
at midniRht last night, so their contents
are net known.
The substance OF Graffam's statement
as given ont by the authorities last night,
Is as follows:
He left Thomnston OH Monday, Octo.
Der 10Th ana came to Portland, arriving
here that night and staid at Smiths
hotel on Mi1dle street On the NEXT day
he went to Boston and stayed at the Elm
wood house at S12 Washington street for
a week. Then he went to HaverhilI
and went to work for John A. Cameron
ksetting poles for an electric road. He
workid In Haverhill until December !.
Cameron Is a contractor and lives In
Gloucester. From HaverhilI Graffam
went to Portsmouth. N. H., and got a
Job In the dry dock under boss named
Albert Rompeaux. He worked there un-
I'll January o, 1901. Then he came to
Portland and stsid at Hotel Temple Mon
day niaht, January 7tn. The next day
he went to Boston on the Bay state, ar
riving there Tuesday morning January
sth. He get breakfast at the corner OF
Atlantic avenue ami Commercial streets
He staid about Boston until noon and
got bis dinner at the same place he got
his breakfast. He took train after din
ner for Hopedale, Mass, and got there In
the afternoon. He went to Hopedaie
because the men at the dry dock said he
could get work there. lie went out to
the Ice pond and asked Mir. barney, the
foreman, for work ana got job, but
didn't go to work that afternoon. That
night he remained at the Hopedale house
kept by q. w. Andrews, whom he saw
| and talked with. The next day IL rained
aod Tuesday and "Wednesday night he was
at this house being unable TO go to work
| on, account OF the rain. Wednesday he
went to the Draper foundry and applied
for work In the paint shop. MIR. Willard,
the boss. said he had no work then, but
told MIN to come around again. Thurs
day noon January 10, he went to Boston
on the train, leaving Hopedale at a.
M to see II he could find work. AT
ten o'clork he got to Boston and went
down the wharves calling at the Gloucss-
ter, Bangor and Portland steamers for
work. Ssw the mate Of che fremont and
asked for work, but got mons. Got din
nar near the wharves and remained
around the docks during the afternoon.
That night he staid at the salvation
Army barracks on Washington street
and had supper there. Friday, January
IL, he had breakfast at an eatinI house
near or on Atlantic avenue, ana was
about the docks looking for work all dsy,
but found none Get dinner at the same
placs as he had breakfast, and supper at
another restaurant Went to bsd at the
Salvation Army barracks. he said he
went to the barracks because 1t was
cheap, only costing him 10 cents lie got
his bed from the clerk and registered as
E. Il. Miliken.
Saturday, January 18th he took break
fast at the Pine street Central restaurant
run in connection with the Salvation
barracks. Saturday morning at O'Clock
he registered the name of E. X. Miliiken
and got a room at the Elmwood house,
paying $i.51 In advance, He engaged
this room OF woman named Soheuman,
whose husband runs the house. The num-
her of the room was 6 l-2,a he took the
key. Then he went to Cowan's employ
ment agency on Hanover street, and asked |
for work. He saw MIR. Cowsn. He is a
short. stout man, with a black mustache. /
GRAHAM asked him for work on the rail
road or general work. and was told that
nothing was to be had at that time |
About $50 a. m, he went to the beat
City of Gloucester and saw the mate and
asked for work, but was told there was
none to be had there. Then he took DIM
uer at restaurant about Atlantic ave-
nue. and loafed around the wharyes until
o-clock and when he went to the ELM /
wood house and read the paper until
clock.
Then he went out and got supper at
the Central restaurant on Pine street and
then back TO his room at o'clock to read
the paper and went to bed at O'Clock.
He slept there ali night.
This was the night Clifford Mosher
was murdered.
Sunday. January 18th he got breakfast
on KaseIand street about s O'Clock.
Then he went back to the Elmwood and
read the paper until O'Clock. He did
not see Mr. or Mrs. .Scheuman when going
In or out OF the room at any OF these
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