Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-03-24

? road with an iron rake.
/. How long had you known Edgar Rad
cliffep
Ever since he was small boy.
8 Had he worked for you and with youi
t Yes, sir.
o When did Edgar work for you last9
Q think in 1905.
Q What time of year did he begin work:
He began the first Monday in April
and worked four months and twelve
days.
!, Everett was asked about Radcliffe'f
life insurance, which was taken out that
year.
Do you know how he happened to
!, take. itP
Yes, sir. l advised him to save his
money, and take out small policy that
,, he could carry.
Everett further stated that he paid all
the premiums, and that the arrangement
was that he should have what he had
paid in premiums. The policies were
therefore assigned to Everett.
4 Everett related going to West Paris
Z with Ed to see DR.. Packard in 1905, and
t seeing Eds mother there. He had a
? conversation with her there.
! Did you at Mrs. Radcliffe's request,
continue to pay the premiums9
did.
When, after you were caretaker, was
Ed on the premisesP
+, He was there Sunday, the 9Th day of
May.
Did he take dinner there?
| He took lunch there.
Did he ever eat anything there, before
or after?
That was the only time he ever ate
nything there.
Asked about the liquor, Everett stat
|. ed that he sent with Gibbs and Howe to
Kentucky for the liquor, and they paid
him for their share before the order was
sent.
Had you seen Radcliffe on the prem
Uses in the night before the 18th?
Yes, sir.
When?
On the night of the 18th.
II Everett related discovering Ed around
the mill on the night of the 18th, and
following him about the grounds and
seeing him try the doors.
Did you get near enough to make sure
who it was?
did.
Did you telephone in to the Officer
No.
Why not?
Because he had't done no damage.
Before this had there been breaks on
the premisesp
There had, at the cook house. 1t was
entered the first time by pulling staple.
Six dollars in money was taken. On the
18th of May three dollars in money and
a lantern were taken.
Everett identified the lantern brought
in by Colby as the one stolsn.
On the night of June 18th, when did
you 60 to the mill?
About o'clock, as usual.
What was the first thing that called
your attention?
A noise from my horse.
Where did you go9
Down to the stable.
Everett related going back to the cook
house and putting on pair of rubbers,
taking a rifle and following a man over
the grounds to the little dynamite
house, where he fastened the door and
then started back to the mill and the
explosion came, as had already been
/
related.
Did you leave the mill at all, after
you got to the mill, till the officers
came?
did not.
When did you first know that it was
Ed Radcliffe you were following?
When / heard him kick and swear
after he had been fastened in.
/ Evanfo fo1louipo tho oyDlOai0p warn
reviewed without bringing out anything
new.
Shown the knife which was in the
case. Everett stated that the first time
he ever saw it was when he picked it up
near where the body lay.
Had you notified Ed to keep off the
mine property nights?
had.
On the night of the 18th of June, did
you use any violence on the body OF
Edgar L. Radcliffe?
No, sir.
Other questions in the same tenor
we're answered in the same way.
On cross-examination Mr.. Philbrook
questioned Everett about his interest in
Edgar Radcliffe, which he said was only
a friendly interest in poor boy.
In answer to questions Everett stated
that when Ed finished working for him in
1905 he had overpaid him wages, had
afterward lent him small sums of money,
and had advanced the insurance
premiums, so that Ed owed him perhaps
$3.50 in all; he couldn't tell the exact
amount because he had lost his book.
There was quite a lengthy examina-
ton by Mr. Philbrook on the matter of
the life insurance, showing that the
$1,000 policy was assigned absolutely to
Everett within two months after it was
issued, when Radcliffe owed Everett only
about SIS, and that the $500 policy was
assigned within month. Everett stated
that he did not know the latter policy
was to be assigned to him until 1t was
given to him by Radcliffe.
From the middle of April to the mid
die of June, how many times was Rad
cliffe on the mine property?
Six, as near as can remember.
And were those by day or by night?
Two of them were by day, and the
others in the evening.
One of the day visits was defined by
Everett as the 5th of May. Asked as to
how he fixed the date, be said that he
lconnected it with the night before, when
there were two men whom he did not
know on the mine property. On the
9TH of May $3.50 in money was stolen
from the cook house by Radcliffe.
Radcliffe's visits to Everett at the
mine were also reviewed at some length.
Everett's testimony in direct examina-
ton was gone over point by point by Mr..
Philbrook, and Everett was closely ques-
toned on all points. Everett's answers
were very prompt and given without
hesitation as rule.
Going along to the time when Rad
cliffe was shut in and the explosion
came, Mr.. Philbrook questioned Everett
at length as to whether it occurred to
him to 90 and see what condition the
boy was in. He said that he expected
likely he should be sent back.
And when you were told to stay in the
mill, you didn't suggest that your friend
was up there and might need attention,
and that you should 60 back thereP
No, sir.
In answer tn Mr.. Swasey on redirect,
Everett stated that his earnings at that
time amounted to $85 or $40 month.
Jailer Farrar was recalled and stated
that soon after Everett's arrest he took
possession of certain effects at the cook
house. On request he read the list. Ask
ed about the black-handled knife, he
stated that he did not take the knife in
b;a hands and did not recollect what