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

you worked therr?
The witness guessed from three to five
quarts.
Where did you get it?
Bought it of Everett.
Mr. Swasey pursued the inquiry rela-
tive to the piece Of fuse.
That was in the wheel track?
Yes, sir.
And wasn't there stone on it?
Yes, on one end of it.
How long after the explosion did you
find it?
Several days-when DR.. Bradbury and
DR.. Littlefield were up there.
Wasn't it nearly week after?
1t may have been.
And you hunted that ground all over
Friday?
Yes, sir.
Was that fuse there the first time you
went over the ground?
don't think it was.
Did you put it there?
No, sir.
The situation Of the blood spots and
the body as pointed out by Everett was
reviewed, and court then adjourned for
Wednesday night.
Thursday morning the cross-examina-
ton of Howe was resumed, and Mr..
Swasey questioned him closely as to why
he had made measurements Of the dis
tances of tie several blood spots, asking
him if he was doing Il to prepare himself
to act as witness. He said he was not.
Mr. SwaSey did not continue the cross
examination at length.
On redirect Mr.. Howe said that after
the inquest he found the clasp and iron
bar in the stable, lying on the sill with
little hay over them.
James w. Gibbs Of Paris Hill testified
that he was employed on the Brown
mine from some time in 1906 until after
the explosion. He had charge of the
blasting and drilling. On the day be-
fore the explosion, he was working with
Charles Howe on the crystal cut.
He remembered sending for some
dynamite either the day of the explosion
or the day before. Wallace Everett
brought it from the direction of the big
dynamite house.
Witness related meeting Everett at
the mine the morning after the explo..
sion. He asked Everett what they'd
been doing the night before, and Everett
said Ed Radcliffe was there the night
before. and got blowed all to hell.
Witnessed shoyeled over the dirt in
the hole when the cOrorer's jury was
there. and found no splinters of wood or
other foreign substance in it.
oo;J that inSi1a the little
dynamite house there was a shelf, and
box which was a continuation of the
shelf. used TO keep the dynamite in.
Witness related the search for Eds
foot, and the finding of the eagle dam
per aud the knife on Friday. Wallace
Everett discovered the knife when he
stopped to pick up the eagle. His testi-
mony was similar to that of Mr.. Howe.
How did Everett act?
That would be hard to say.
What did you say to him about his
actions?
| told him he acted nervous.
What did he say?
He said, my God, why shouldn't Do
nervOus?''
Gibbs testified to finding some Eagle
blasting caps few feet from the hole
the next morning after the explosion,
and produced two from his pocket.
Witness testified that Everett had told
him of Ed being at the mine on several
occasions. He also said he had himself
seen Ed there at noon, in the cook
house.
Did Everett ever tell you about Ed
being there in the night?
4 IL hntn fhara
night before.
What did be say about II?
He said Ed was OF there the night
before, and il he came over again he
would get hole through him.
Did you assist Mr.. Brown in searching
the cook house?
| did.
What did you find under the floor OF
the cook room?
Some longneckers.
Empty or full?
Full.
Do YOU know what was in them?
No.
Have you purchased whiskey OF
Everett?
| have.
On the mine property
Yes.
On Monday morning following the eI.
plosion, where did you see Everett?
In the door of the mill.
What did he do?
He caught me round the head, and
said, "G- d you, Jim, l am good
mind to kill you"
Did he have anything in his hand?
A knife.
Cross examination: Have you had
any means of refreshing your memory
since you testified before in this case9
No, sir.
Testified twice before, haven't you?
Yes, sir.
On your first testimony, did you make
this reply when asked what Everett said,
that he said "Ed broke in and was
blown up?"
can't say.
Reading answers of the witness, at the
preliminary hearing and the first trial,
VARYING from his answers at this trial,
Mr.. Swasey asked the witness If he re-
membered making those answers. To
most of them he replied that he did not
remember making those answers. The
cross-examination proceeded no further.
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