Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-10-22

j THINK ne told me 20 once.
When was that?
/ think it was Saturday before he came
after the lock Wednesday.
Questions developed the fact that wit
ness had frequently heard Everett speal
of Radcliffe.
What did he say about him?
That Ed was coming over to do hin
up.
When did he say that?
Quite often, through the winter.
On cross-examination witness said thai
he had never seen the dynamite house
since he delivered the lock, and did moi
know whether Everett put it on the
house or not.
Charles A. Howe Of Norway testified
began work on the Brown mine In
June, 1908. / was hired to do black
smithing, but have done blasting and
other work. Have boarded in the cook
camp, with Wallace Everett.
We returned from work on the Paris
Hill water works to the mine Monday
before the explosion.
Did you do blasting after your return9
Yes.
Did you have occasion to ask Everett
for dynamite?
did.
Following the attorneys questions, the
witness stated that on Wednesday or
Thursday the week of the explosion, he
called for three sticks of 60 per cent
dynamite, and Everett said he would
have to 90 to the big dynamite house
for 1t, because he didn't have it at the
other, and he went to the big dynamite
house for it.
When he delivered the dynamite to
you, at the crystal cut, did he carry any
down with him?
Not to my knowledge.
Witness further stated that they were
exploding at that time by electric prim-
ers and battery. They used the bat
terry Thursday afternoon, and left it
there.
How soon after the explosion did you
see Mr.. Everett?
The next morning.
Did he tell about the occurrence of the
night before?
Yes, after the coroner's jury had gone.
In answer to questions, witness stated
that Everett had several times told him
that Radcliffe had been at the mine
property the night before-three or four
times.
Did he ever tell you that Ed ever came
there for anything besides supper
He said once that Ed was there the
night before, and wanted some money.
Has he told you about seeing q man
on the property the night before the ex-
plosion?
He has.
Did he say who it was?
He said it was Ed.
Witness told of Everett telling him
about going home with Ed one night
when Ed was intoxicated and "wanted to
fight with some of the Bucks"
Mr.. Howe, have you ever bought
whiskey of Everett?
Yes, sir.
Wherep
At the mine.
More than once?
Yes, sir.
Where did you 60 to work Friday
morning?
On the crystal cut.
Go by the little dynamite house?
Yes.
Did you ever see it locked?
Yes.
Witness stated that lock shown him
was similar to the one on the house,
also that he had made staples for Everett
to use on the house, one four and one
five inches long.
Everett told US about the occurrences
of the night before about noon.
Witness then related Everett's story of
seeing a man trying the doors of the
buildings, and so on, substantially as
had been related to other witnesses.
Everett said he knew we'll enough 1t
was Ed that he had shut in.
Did you search around the hole in the
ground that afternoon?
I did, with jamie Gibbs and Wallace
Everett. Yves spent half or three-quarters
of an hour.
Witness said that they dug over the
loose earth in the hole, but found no
splinters of wood there.
Witness also testified to finding q
board with two strap hinges on it at a
distance from the hole, across the road.
Did you find any of the rest of the
door?
No.
Witness described the search that the
three men made, and related the finding
of the eagle, also the finding of knife.
Who first saw the eagle?
Jamie Gibbs.
How soon after that did you find the
knifeP
Within minute.
Who picked it up9
Mr.. Everett.
The knife was shown the witness, and
he identified it.
What part of the knife was visible
when you first saw it?
The whole of it.
What did Everett say?
81 never see that knife before.
wonder what in the world the boy could
be doing with that. He must have had
it to cut the staple out with. Let's
hunt for his pocket book"
What did Everett do with the knifeP
He put it back where he took it from,
at my suggestion.
What was the condition of 1t?
The big blade was open, and the knife
was bloody, except an inch and half OF
the tip of the blade.
The distances of the blood spots from
certain points, as measured by the wit
ness, were given by him. One IL inches
from a tree, and feet II from the
hole in the ground. Another 81 inches
from the first named pool of blood. 10
feet inches from the hole in the ground
to the farthest pool. Another pool 3
feet 8 inches from the spot where the
knife lay.
Witness described the process OF in
serting electric primers in dynamite, as
he had done it, generally using stick,
but sometimes a knife or spike.
Did you see any dynamite around the
hole in the ground9
About an eighth of stick of 30 per
cent dynamite, northwest Of the hole.
Since the explosion have you seen any
caps picked up?
Three.
Any fuse?
Yes.
Where?
In the road.
A piece of fuse was produced by the
county attorney, and witness identified
it as one that he picked up, nineteen Of
twenty feet from the hole. The fust
had been fired.
Witness stated In answer to questions
THAT for one man to see another tryinf