The Portland daily press., 1901-02-05

Q-How many timesf
A.-Am obliged to answer these
questionsf
Ths judge-I supposs ths records are
the best evidence.
Q-Nr. Trne--Is tnis the fret time you
have been 10 Thomastonf
A.--No. IL is NOT.
O.-Feehan told you murdsr had been
committed before vou said anything about
thisf
Ayes He told me on Monday
morning.
O How long before Graffsm's sentence
expired did he tell you about this old
womanf
A.-A year before all along for a year,
before his ssntsnos expired.
Q-For all of a year before his sentence
expired he was talking Of committing
another crimeP
Ayes.
Q.-Ths oversser told you man named
MeLain was mixed up In this murderi
Ayes, he said the negro had been
arrested ont in Soarboro but that Nolan
had not been caught.
Odd MIR. Fsehan, the overseer, refer
to this murder in general way or did he
come ana make this talk to you person
allyP
Ale told several others about it.
Q.-Mr. Fsehan has the daily papers,
doesn't her
Al don't know whether he has or
not. am not supposed to know about
such things.
OIL anything of unusual interest
transpires Mr.. Feehan tells about it,
d oesn't her
A.-Yes, or any other officer of the inti-
tn tion does the same.
Deputy Sheriff U. A. Plummer said he
went to Boston TO find GRAHAM. He went
on the morning of January 4th to Hope
dale. he went 20 the Draper Iron
foundry and inquired for man named
MilIiken. They told me where he worked
and walked around through the paint
department.. He walked up behind and
said: Hello ed. Graffam turned pale and
grew excited. GIaffam WAS so excited be
coul1 hardly talk. Witness told Hraffam
that he was suspected OF knowing some
shing about the Gorham murder. Graf.
fam taid he could prove where he was on
January 18th, Witness took
GRAHAM to Boston to the Elmwood MOTEL
where GRAHAM showed the witness his
signature ON the book. They then saw
Mrs. Schum IN, the lady OF the houss.
She spoke to Graffam. Witness asked
the woman when GrAffam came TO the
houss. GRAHAM spoke right up and said:
"Wasn t 1t Saturday morningg" Witness
told GRAHAM to keep quiet and asked the
woman again and the woman said it was
morning. Ths man OF the house
didn't know anything about 1t. Graham
said he got supper on Saturday night at
the Scar restaurant and bought hiss sup
per of man with a red beard. With sss
found that this man with the red beard
had been discharged from this rssaurant
on Friday before the murder.
On the way to Portland Graffam
asked Plummer twice II the old lady
couldn't identity this man with the
negro. At the Portland Jail GRAHAM
mads statement which was taken dow n
III WAAeAAA W tho shoAAAt @SASAc eA0
statement was made GRAHAM was asked
II the statement was made voluntarily
AMI he said IL was,
Cross examination-Mr. True asked
witness II there was anyone in the oar
riage with him and GRAHAM ths night
they got here from Boston. GRAHAM
asked for counsel sometime
k.t ~
he could have it. 1t was nearly IL O'Clock
when this statement was signed. The
formal arrest Of GRAHAM was not made
until the next morning.
Q-Did GRAHAM tell you when he
went to Hopsdalas
A. Yes, he told me when he went to
work there. He had no other money on his
person besides his pay received at Hope
dale.
Sheriff Pearson testified that he went
to the Mosher place the next morning
after the murder. He took into his
possession the bloody lantern and the
wo clubs with which the murder was
The witness was present at the jail
when the statement was made GRAHAM
was asked II he was under arrest and
9raffam said no. He was asked II he
wanted to make q statement and he said
he did and no threats were made or in.
ducements offered him for his statement.
Before he signed ths stRtnient he was
told that he need not acknowledge any
hing he had said, unless he wanted TO
ana after the statement was made he was
given a chance to make any sugg stions.
He said he had none to make and Graffam
then signed the statement.
The county attorney offered the state
ment in evidence.
MIR. True said he should object to the
OF this statement. Inc cir
under which It was made
shows that 1t was not voluntary state
ment and 1t would be manifestiy unfair
under the circumstances to use it. They
had kept the respondent upon the rack
for several hours and the mere fact that
khav rad told hin, he amid unt no ,,,.da