The Portland daily press., 1901-02-06

In the Municipal court yesterday morn
ing the hearing In the case Of Edward
GRAHAM charged with the murder OF
Clifford. ..Mosher was concluded and Judg
Hill held the man without bail for the
May grand jury, GRAHAM was not at all
disturbed by the finding OF probable
cause by the judge at the conclusion OF
the hearing. He did not even change
countenance and as far as the effect on
himself was concerned he might have
been an entirely disinterested person.
At the commencement Of the morning
session County Attorney Whitehouse said
that he had only the deposition of Mrs.
Rufus Mosher the mother of the mur-
dered man, to present. This testimony
was taken before the coroneris jury. 1t
was read to the court by Stsnographer
Hayden, and was to many present an In
tensely interesting document Mrs.
Mosher did not vary a hairs breadth
from the story printed In the PRESS the
morning after the murder.
She told how with her son she was
sitting by the stove IN the kitchen read
ing when the knock came at the door.
She told her son 1t must be John McLain
and told him not to 60 to the door. They
turned the lamp down and sat in silence
for half an hour and they thought the
man who had knocked had gone away.
Then came tho knock at the wood shed
door but the knocker finally went away
from that door and they thought he had
one for goou. An hour passed SO Mrs
Mosher thought when there came the
crashing In OF the window. She saw that
the first man who entered was broad
shouldered and large man but beyond
that she could give no description of
him. The first man tackled Clifford who
jumped to his mothers assistance.
The second man came through the win
dow and hit Mrs Mosher over the head
with the club aud she put the over
turned light out and crawied into her
bed room. While there she heard the
murderers crashing around in the parlor
for a time, saw them 60 down cellar and
then heard them smashing open Clifford s
boxes up stairs. She related the story OF
the negro's smashing IN her bed room
door and demanding money, her prayers
for protection and the negro whom she
distinctly saw for the first time she de-
scribed well and said she would surely
recognize him If chs saw him again.
The white man she did not see distinct
ly and would not be able to recognizes
She knew he had broad shoulders and
thought he was very large man, but
owing to the suddenness Of the attack she
did not see him distinctly.
The rest or her story of her escape from
the house was very dramatic but did not
differ at all from what has been told
about 1t before. She had only few dol
lars In the house but thought Clifford
had considerable sum. She knew he
nad gold $40 plecs, a 50 piece and
several 81 pieces which were usually
wrapped in paper, but she didn't know
a birdseye maple box. His money,
change and money for current expenses,
were usually in a small bag in his pocket.
He had drawn some money, s1C0 Ehe
thought, from the bank a month before
the murder, aud was uncertain whether
he had 1t at the time. His watch, one she
bought for him, WAS q gold stem winder,
large, with engraved cases and a gold OK
chain with square ana compass charm.
lie had two wallets owned by his father,
one large and yellowed with use and
crossed in the old fashioned way. She
had not seen 1t since the murder, but
would know 1t. She identified wallet
presented by the county attorney as the
one owned by her son, or Ike 1t. She
recognized 1t by certain marks, crosses on
the back. Ut was the pocket hook taken
from GRAHAM by the officers and in evil
dence at the hearing.)
She said Graffam had worked for a
while at her house six years ago and
roomed next to Clifford. She didn't
think they had any trouble at the time.
though they didn't like each other. After.
ward Clifford had accused GRAHAM Of
stealing his traps and they had high
words, though they did not come to
blows. After that Clifford never spoke to
GRAHAM when they met. Witness said