Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-09-20
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 20 1913.

would leave he La d that led direc' to the
creek beyond the village. About 9 o'clock
also, or little alter, the cries of a female in
distress, were heard BY the PEOPLE at a house
sbon 30 rods beyond The creek they were
heatd twice or thrice very distinctly and sf
'erwai Us rather faintly bu' imagining that
they must be deceived, and that it WAS The
NOISE OF he boys u he village, they thought
but iiiue efi' nnil the neat day, when he
absence OF Miss IL was ascerlsined blood
Was found UPON he timbers or the bridge
th't Crosses the creek, where two of the
plsnks were missing. The creek was now
sea- chs d, but all no suppose and in this
state siaiul ineerti uce, The search was
renewed Ola Saturday. The. third dav II be
absence, wien tie BODY was fousd a.
bout half mile up the creek beyond tie
biidge, nearly IS far SIS a boat could be push
ed. The body was at erwards placed IN he
charge OF a jury summoned for the Purpose,
( N winch were two physlcians) who con.
seyeJ IL to her fathers house and after an
exafn nation Of evidence, &c. they were u
nanim, usly ct the osinion that he young
lacy had been rpiJalb murdered BY tore Per
son 0, persons Hta0zsn. From the coroner X
several Of the jury. we Understand that the
skull above the left eye Was fractured, that
the upper part of the cheek bone under the
left eye wss broken. that her hands were
much lscsrsted, each arm near the shoulder
bore The marks of having been seized there
with violence, and on her breast there were
marks of hlowS-~nut ,ha, lowe down her
body, there were no signs of VIOLENCE hav.
ing beer offered her. go
The conclusion drawn from all these cir
cums'snces, is, that q, the time of her pass
ing The corner into the street that led 10 her
fathers house, where .h- siined cries of
woman were heard, she was forcibly seized
BY ruihans and conveyed, BY land OF water.
TO tome place inthe vicinity of the creek
before mentioned, where The alternative was
probably offered her, Of submitting to the
hellish embraces oil these mui aerefs, OF oil
instant death al this time ii most undoubt.
edly was, that she uttered thoae moving
shfleks which were heard at the house north
ut the creek, and when TO stop her shr,eks,
aud 10 pfesen, as they Probably conceived
all possibility u detection, the blows were
ir'ieted tia, terminated her existence AT
,et thus II sppes.S probable, ihst the mur.
derers took the bod, 10 the bridge and from
thence plunged IT into the vater ard i, drift
ed up The creek, OF else tia, it was lower.
ed down from the bridge into q boat and
conveyed TO near the place where II WIS
found one of tie plsnks OF the bulge be.
ng found near the body, is in support of
| The former position, but the circumstshce
oi their being htlie or no current in the
creek from the tide, argues that The latter
mode was sdopie6.
Miss HApiLIos wss about % years of
age, II respectable family, and possessed
! 10 the full an equal share Of the attractions
and complishm, MS of her sex superad.
ded to which, she enjoyed mos, IRE :
! proaohable character. Tier funeral was at
tended on sInd y BY large concourse of
| cilizens from tbs city as well - irom the
| village Of Athens and no occurrence has
ever taken place IN this vicinity, ths, hiss ex
| cite9 10 an .qusl degree, the sens b.hty Of
The community. Suspicion rtsis upon no per.
son residing in this neg hbourhood but TO
| De more particular on tins head At tie pres
ent moment nigh, Jeop.r3ize The prosl eel
here Is IT app ehending the perpetrato's Il
| this sir cious act, for we are not without
tie strongest hopes of soon being able to an
n upce 10 The public, that The Williams have
been detected