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

}, Who had charge of the mining proper.
ty from Friday morning, June IA, to
Monday noon fol!owing9
Did you have caretaker there?
l did.
Who was it?
Wallace Everett.
And he was in charge of it all that
time?
All except short time when he was
called away.
Asked to describe the condition of the
stove, Mr.. Batcheller stated that 1t was a
general wreck-had been struck very
heavy blow.
Daniel Winslow of Paris testified:
was occupying a room in the Office build
ing of Mr.. Brown on the 18th of June.
received telephone message from Mr..
Everett to the effect that the small dyna-
mite house had been blown up and some
one had been either injured or killed.
We went to the mine, and saw Everett
in the mill.
Cross-examiuation: What instruction
did you give Mr.. Everett when he tele-
phoned9
told him to lock up the mill and
stay in it until we got there.
Hiram R. Hubbard of Paris, sheriff of
Oxford County, testified to going to the
mine on the night of the explosion, and
finding Everett in the mill, with rifle
in his hand.
With reference to the hole in the
ground, where did the body lie?
| South of it.
Did Mr.. Everett make any statement
of what had transpired that night?
He told about following a man, seeing
him 60 into the dynamite house, come
out again and light match and go in
again, when Everett shut and barred the
door. Everett said he started for the
mill, and heard the explosion before he
got there.
How was Radcliffe breathing when you
first saw him?
Rather loud, gasping breathing.
When did you first see him to know
that he was dead?
About quarter past eleven.
Did the body lie parallel to the road,
or at right angles?
At right angles, head nearest the
road.
The condition of the body was describ-
ed, and two pools of blood were describ-
ed between the body and the hole in the
ground. The witness saw no pools of
blood under the body after 1t was raised.
The body was taken to Paris Hill and
put into my store, which was locked that
night. The key was given the next day
to Mr.. Wheeler, the coroner.
l afterwards upon request took and
preserved the clothes of Radcliffe, get
ting them at Mrs. Bucks.
/ arrested Mr.. Everett Monday, at the
mill.
Was anything left in your charge by
the coroner after the inquest?
A bundle was left at the house, said to
contain Radcliffes washing. had pick
ed it up, in the junction of the roads at
the mine.
did.
A knife was produced and identified.
What was the condition of it?
1t was covered with reddish brown
rust.
To whom did you deliver the knife?
To Professor Robinson at Brunswick.
What else did you take to himP
A pail containing the contents of the
stomach.
The knife was offered in evidence.
Cross-examined Where did you 60
first?
To the mill.
Then where?
To the little dynamite house, or the
place where it was.
Everett 60 with you?
Yes.
Wasn't Everett sent back after some
lights?
I don't remember that he was.
Didn't the body lie in depression?
| should say his hips were in de-
preston.
Didn't it look as if he had rolled into
1t?
l should say not.
Weren't the pools of blood in a de-
preston?
This knife was given to you by whom9
Mr.. Batcheller.
Do you know whose knife it is?
do not.
The bundle of clothing that you found
at the corner of the road. Do you know
what it contained?
No.
Asked to describe it, witness said it
was small bundle, wrapped in piece
of enameled cloth, but afterwards cor.
rected it by saying that the bundle and
the enameled cloth were separate but
near together on the ground.
Did you examine the territory around
the little dynamite house?
did.
See small pieces of corrugated iron?
did.
All sizes and shapes?
Yes.
The details of the removal of the body
to Paris Hill were reviewed by MIR.
Swasey.