The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-11-14


S9s in his presence. Reputation Of req
pondent good. On cross examination he
said Terlio did not say where he got the
money. Made no minute Of the affair.
just remembered it.
Neil Gregory, Fairfield, grocer, test-
fled that he knew Terrio q years. Board
ed in his family one year. when at work
in the mill. Reputation good. On cross
examination, said he never heard any
thing about him after he left Fairfield.
His testimony as to reputation applies to
the time he was In FAN field. Terrio
owed him balance when he left Fairfield.
Paid him $40 afterward. Knew OF no
time when he struck man, nor did he
know of his gambling He told Sheriff
Pencil that he heard he gambled. Think
it was 1899 when Terrio paid him $50.
j. r. Emery, Madison, testified that he
knew Terrio when he lived in Madison,
four or five years. Reputation good
as far as he knew. On cross examina-
ton he said he Judged of reputation be-
cause he never heard it WAS bad. Had
heard three or four men speak of Terrio.
Mrs. Annie Pareut of Greenville, who
lived second house from the Terrios
when they lived In Greenvile, Was the
next witness. She testified that three
years ago she saw money in Mrs. Terrio's
sewing machine drawer. Mrs. TeTrio.
when sick, sent for her. She gave her a
twenty dollar bill to get things at the
store. She asked Mrs. Terrio if she
hadn't smaller bill. Mrs. Terrio, not
knowing how to count bills, passed her a
roll. She counted over a hundred dol
lars before finding a one-dollar bill.
Then she stopped counting. She thought
she had counted q little over half the
roll in bulk. She maintained her story
in the cross-examination.
Mrs. Josie Baker of lockwood testi-
fled she and her husband started for Ask.
with with a single team to meet Ed
Morrison of FoXcrost and the paymaster
They left their home at lockwood at l.
O'Clock. Where Pare's body was after.
ward found she saw blood and greer
boughs by the roadside but no grip
Her husband told her not to investigat,
| the boughs as probably deer had beer
killed and they would be summoned as
witnesses. it being close time. Sht
| saw a moccasin track leading to Askwitl
| but no snowshoe tracks. She saw nj
grip and did not meet Simeon Newton
| On cross-eXamination witness testified
| that the travelling was very hard, anC
| that slow progress was made on the wa,
to Askwth. Near the "piers" they saw
a stranger who might have been Newton
She did not see the blood stains until tn,
horses hoofs had turned up the snow
| The moccasin tracks were very clear.
John Baker testified in corroborstiol
of the testimony given by his wife, Mrs
Josie Baker in most particulars. II,
did not see a mound beside the road
VIM. B. SHELTON, county attorney fo
| Androscoggin county, identified som'
cartridge shells as those which had beer
used in making experiments. He alst
| identified a target made OF twenty 18-incf
pine boards, fastened together at in
tervas of one inch by strips along tn,
sides, into which bullets had been tiret
by three 5000 rifles.
E. NJ. Field of Lewiston an exper
machinist and gunsmith, testified tina
he had fired shot with Terrio's riff
against the target. The bullet penetrat
| ed Is boards at n distance of 10 feet ant
| ii boards at a distance of 80 feet. Ill
made similar tests with other 30 30 rifle
and obtained practically the same results
| The cartridges used were some found a
Terrio's house, commonly known a
'soft nose bullets Witness said tina
II bullet of this kind striking a oont
ordinarily would shatter it. In hi
| opinion, if soft nose bullet was tireC
| from distance of 80 feet and passeC
| through two ribs, the ribs would hav,
been crushed. Field further testified
| that he had made tests with the shell
said to have been found within 90 feet o.
Pare's body, in Terrio's rifle. 1t did no
fir the rifle at all, being too large. Tn,
micrometer showed the cartridge to be-
one-hundred of an inch greater in diane
| ter than those fired in Terrio's rife. II
| his opinion it would have been i'm
possible to have used that shell in tn
gun.
Three witnesses were then called II
impeach the testimony of Simeon New
| ton.
Felix Butler testified that Newton
told him in September that he saw moth
| ing on the tote road, March IL. excep
bloodstains and the valisr.
Mrs. Annie Miller of lockwood. wht
| lives near ferrio, testified, giving details
OF talk she had with Newton in which
he stated that he had never seen Territ
| but twice, once on the drive and once il
| Jail. This was in September. She alsl
said that some time in March she saw
pair of snow shoes sticking up in th
snow near the bank Of Moose river
| They were not far from the Territ
house. Upon cross examination sh,
| stoutly maintained that Newton told he
he had seen Terrio, just twice.
State Detective Maxine Beauleau q
| I or tnl q ipp mi ri
| Newton which was held at John Hol
| den's place. Sept. 10 last. The witness ties
titled that Newton was asked il he knew
Joe Murry and said that he never hat
seen him until two weeks before tina
| time wht n he met him while they wer,
making the map of the road along Mis-
cry stream. Mr.. Beauleau said the mex
day he asked Newton if he had under
stood what he had asked him. Tina
Newton answered that he understood
fully and repeated the conversation
Mrs. Mary Butler, the wife of Feli1
Butler, and Il sister to Mrs. Terrio, re-
siding at lockwood, about half mil,
from the Terrio house, testified thai
her husband owned some snow shoes III,
first of March. That she loaned then
to stranger and he never returned
them. she afterwards learned that the
man was Mr.. Thompson, On cross ex
animation the witness said they had got
their pay for the snow shoes; that hel
husband blamed her ut the time fol
lending the snow shoes and Terrio, who
was there, said: II lent mine about the
same time and have not got them back
She did not do any worse than did"
John King, farmer residing at Rock.
4 l. L. I i Il.