The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-28

work, but the mate does not remembel
of seeing any such man GRAHAM said
ne also saw the mate Of the tow boa
Juno, a white painted boat belonging to
the Union Towboat company, ami hs
described the mate as a short fat man
with a smooth face. Thsre is no such
nan employed on the Juno and the mats
does not answer this description. In fact
all OF Graffam's stories turn out to be
fabrications.
Mr. Plummer, as far as could be
learned last night, had not found any
money secreted by GRAHAM or any arti-
oles showing blood stains, although he
may have such information which he
does not care to make public a. t his
| time.
Although GRAHAM says he worked in
Portsmouth at tbs dry dock under boss
named Albert Rom beaux, from Decem-
Der Sd or 18th until January 9th, he can
not give the name OF a single man be
worked with and there is little question
about this whole story being false. He
had on when arrested a shirt which was
almost new, and which he says he
bought in Portsmouth, n. H., but it is
believed that this shirt was bought by
him after the murder OF Mosher. Today
a man from Berlin, N, H., is exDsotsd
to reaon Portland. He says he identi-
fed the negro and Graf am as two men
who boarded with him the last of the
December or sthe first OF January and
that they stole an overcoat and rubber
coat from him whsn they went away
without paying their board. IL he
identities GRAHAM and the negro when
he comes 20 see them 1t will show that
these two men had travelled together,
though tha negro claims not to recog
uizeS GRAHAM.
A man wac at the jail yesterday af-
ternoon who identified Grsffam and the
negro as the two men he saw on Capisic
street, going towards the Saccarapps road
late Saturday afternoon. He says that
few psople pass along this street, and
on Saturday he was standing by the
Earn door of one OF b is neighbors when
these two men, the negro and the
white man cam elong. He said that
the negro had on can and the white
man hat. He picked out the hat he
thought the white man had on out Of a
half dozen hats which were placed
on the table in front Of him. The hat he
picked out was the one the negro had
on when arrested. He says he followed
these men down the road quarter of
mile and saw them pass his house which
he was afraid they would go to. This
man will be witness at the Coroner's
inquest today.
GRAHAM keeps his own counsel at the
jail and will talk to no one. Yesterday
he asked newspapers and Sheriff Pearson
sent into him the Youths Companion
and the Christian Scientist. The man is
very anxious to get the papers, but they
are being kept from him.
The negro Hands told tine sheriff before
GRAHAM was arrested that he had told
the white man who was with him the
night OF the murder that the Draper
shops at Hopedals was a good town in
which to get work as a man could al
ways get a job there. The evidence Mr..
Plummers has obtained shows that
Graffam never went to Hopedale until
after the murder and that he never ap-
piled for job at the ice pond, as he
says he did. IL Is believed that 1t was
because of the nergo's suggestion that
GRAHAM turned to Hopedale after the
murder as 1t is certain that the man had
never teen there before.
Two men from Westbrook who wera
in lunch cart in that place ablut 5
o'clock Saturday, January II. saw
Graffam yesterday at the jail. These men
had seen Grafram's picture in the papers
and had also ssen photographs OF him.
They thought they could identity MIN
bsyond question a. man who had called
at this lunch cart on that Saturday night