New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-15
THE MURDER AT LEE.
CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER-HORRI
BILE DETAILS

BILE DETAILS.
II viii be remembered that on Wednesday night
last, April G. house occupied by Mrs. Hannah Pot.
ter, her three sons, Oliver, Alexander and Marshal
by IRE at Lee. One OF the sons, Marshal pretended
to have escaped from the burning building by jump
ing from an attic windows at any rate after the ROOF
and sides had fallen in, he alarmed the nearest
neghbor, Mr.. Hsnscom, who returned with him to the
IRE.
An attempt being made by Mr.. Hsnscom and
spother neghbor who arrived about the same time TO
remove half consumed body from the rulnf, Marshal
abruptly took his leave, borrowed some clothes at q e
house Of Mr.. Whittier and the next day was no
where to be found. II was thought the suddenness OF
the event bad crsZed him. and that possibly he had
destroyed himself. Acting upon this supposition,
search vas made for him in the adjacent woods and
ponds, but no trace of him could be found. The
chared remains OF the three other bodies having
been removed from the ruins, certain msrks Of vio
lepce al Of them led to the suppos!tion tina. Msr
shals absence voluntary and intentional. On
Friday morning Deputy Saerif Bean, With posse,
started in pursuit Of the fugitive. As has been already
announced, he vas arrested in 81. Stephens, n. b.
When one of the pnrsuers Mr.. Burk, had overtsken
him. after hard scross the fields he (Burk) said
to him, was cory to come aftei you, MIR. Potter,
but am CAD TO get yen" The only reply Potter
Mr.. Bean arrived at Lee with his prisoner at twelve
o'clock on Sunday night. At nine o'clock on Monday
morning, Dr. Field, Coroner, arrived from Bangor,
whence be had been summoned TO nvestigae the
coSTEssIoS OF MARSHAL POTTER BEFORE The coRo-
MRS JURY.
At ten o'clock the jury of inquest met at the Town
Hall. In few minutes the room was filed TO over
flowing, in expectation Of seeing the prisoner and hear
ing him confess his awful crimes. When the prisoner
came in, 80 great was the rush into the hall Ia in
the second story that the floor began to SETTLE This
the signal for general stampede, and in order
crafty the public the jury convened the platfor n,
and the crosd, numbering about thousand persons,
ranged itself on the Common in front of the buildng
- xrs tad mi ahsl
made the following confession:
am guilty came home about 10 o'clock on
Wednesday night; my mother was up; she told me it
was tne tine Of night TO come home. One Of my
brothers told he had been over ~ Mr.. Ualscom's,
and carried bottle Of liquor with me; told him mad
net been there he told that had; told him tbs.
did not wait any more stuff from him, something
to that amount De told me then that III did not keep
suD should go out OF doors Itold him shoalint go
our. went into the other part of the house and got
shirgle maui an instrument made Of hard wood
twelve inches long ard elk in width and breadth with
handle about foot long in the end with which
took the hves OF them al. went il and struck Alex
arder with the single maui bit him in the f.ce and
or the head, and struck him q number Of times and
then struck Oliver several times the head and face
they neither OF them struggled after struck them.
My mother came into the room and got hold Of
me- swung round and struck her with the maui and
she fell she dd not struggle the hosue on fire q,
the time; the candle was sitting on the voci.box BY
the side Of the stove tipped il of the box into the
oox OF soavings the shavirgs took ire, and did no.
try TO put the fire out; then made clean sweep of
ali the rest in the house then left the house and
went out round II stayed round there till il got
pretty well are; tten vent over 10 Mr.. HAnscon's
called him Up, and told him the house was burning 10
and al there was in IT. he got up, and be and went
over; when we got there the heuse was pretty much
barIed through pretty soon / left there and went
back 70 M Hanscoms; stayed there awhile ana then
stGI,ed of sgain; / Travelled til got iato ~, Sc
pherssi j was taken there and brought back
here, ard that lie why / am here low;
killed Alber. his nephew, boy ten year.
odd; j killed them al; i think didn't strike Albert
on the head struck him the side OF the face with
tie msul; he eidrt struggle then; heard hun make
rose Afterwards he vas ying the bed. bu, don't
know as he was asleep; j cont know how the shaw
rgs ime N TIE ooIi taey were there before; mother
Wa mp and hitting At the stove when came IN my
two brothers were in bed; We had sone qusrsIias
before, b.; Lsttirg bat words TIE light ~ ss0 the