Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-02-01
Murder of Two Aged Women
near Auburn.

SATURDAY evening lhe lie.es. and frozen
bodies If ->Hraansh klusleE.s :1uE e
Justin kuslee, aged about sixff -tesfr Fe..Ts.
and of Miss l'oI, Caswcli, a saa'3ea lady
about sixtv- seven yea:s.wc1c found LeTri
bly, mangicd. IN thu house owned iy Mrs.
X and occupied Is both, abeu. Asll q
,sile this side 81 Wet Acbdsn, % tie road
leading from that iiace - tiie civ. aAI
about tour Inies from lcre' Tie Cn3tl-
tiou OF the hoifee at rtc- - Ve3 HAT &
most shocking murder had ben commit
ted, ali the circumstance Of 5EAsc.. know
at the present writing. are L. follows:
SATURDAY. night about 3n.} tlF Isaac Lii
hey. a shoemaker. living the :i.:si LyE.e
tins side OF Widow k.n>ley'= lgeIEafs IL
distance Of a quarter Of Z Ill.c. aen. 10
her house Tor tic purpose 81 Obtaining
some sAses Il .iitA ,!e and Mrs GasGcG
had been binding or stitching IL nri.c-
ed that no track had been u.;.de - ;..e door
SINCE the storm II TAar=3a,. ha: thought
uothjDg OF the fae, that lie Two deoTs or
the front side Of tie house we're Fastened
~ the in,aates were advanced IN year.
and lived ,lonc. He WeA; u lie shed
door sud tioBud HAT unAaspel but !4s'
eDed by a prop leaning a.ains: il iF0;..
fse iIsi1e. IAis led hilU 10 no.ier tina;
there was no smoke issuing fsesis lie clil!-
nev. -agd beng soDeN has -tari.ea. liz pro
ccvaed to the ntaTest neg jog. M O:.s
Keith, about siXfyt or oac i.Enlre3 rod
distant. aud requested lin to 20 sliA i...n
TO the Widow kcEsiey'=
Mr.. LibLey and MrEsitl. wsu. hack
to the house Gf v dow k.ussef. and pss-ea
around tie buildings to - Fear SIS here
they fou:,l tire b;yck door epea, and
snow hipwea into tie SB,a.8= eH.ry. rs
door leading directly fraa. tic eBtFy into
the small n:Iy. Ias door ias.iiug alFect
II from the eEfrT into 4 ia. Goa room
perhaps eight feet sqgare- "a. sci "A. al
other leading from the coeh TEela TO ta-
siitinc room. we're shut but mot fastened
Opening both doors and lookia. around by
.sss diln light Of the moon. they discovered
a -~bts object the f.0Or-so suggestive
Of some horrible tragedy that bolH gentle
men at once beat hasty retreat and pro-
cceded TO mi lib rs 10. Oh an lantern
and assistance. Having procured both,
they returned to the house and there dir
covered scene which u.ade tlsc blood a.
most freeze IN tlseU veins.
On The !rJof, lYiug across the dseT -toG.
ofan open dooi leading into d siha.t esify
separating the sitting room from re T.
ing apartment, vas stretched the liieiess
body OF Polly Caswell her head and
.i.oHIders in the entry and her body and
ibwcr limbs IN the sitting room. The
body was partially covered with night
2Yess, and on proceeding TO take hold 81 1t.
it was found frozen stiiiy, and giving cyl
dcncc Of having been i'll that B1.'eE
for several days. 4 broken clair. covered
with blood. lay near atfordiug cvideuce il
self that it La been used iii aiding in the
murder Of Mis- {
Hardly had this terrible scene been re-
ssizcd before another still more terrible
met their gaze. In the bed in small
bedroom, about tel feet square, adjoining
the sitting room. aDdconncctrd with it by
d"or.-whieh was opeE--Was the lilcless
and giastls body OF the widow kinsyc,
also frozen stiff. and lying with her night
clothes on. in a pool OF eoDgealed blond
The bed clothes were matted with blood
the quilt and feather lick torn. and feath
ers were scattered ahunt. and everything
indicated that d terrible struggle for life
bad there taken place. Mrs. kiusley being
large and powerful womah
The body Of Mrs. kinsiey was horribly
cat and mangled. The .iuenlar vein was
severed by deep cash on ihe SIDE vi the
throat There were also cut ON tie left
Jaw bone and on the left forehead, Il cash
nearly six inches in length on the lelt leg,
and severe bigi .es Oh the left shoulder, not
10 mention many minor cuts aid bruises
The evidence was conclusive that 4 rape
had been committed or attempted. The
immediate canse OF her death was the
seyering Of the jngalar wen Appeuanc.
es indicate that the murderer or nurdcrcrs
had attacked Widow X. in her bed, from
which she had not arisen.
Miss Caswell had received severe blows
an her head and face Frobahly by the
shairl. her skull was fractured, her l.lt
wrist broken. her wrist and left shoulder
bruised There was also bruise oyer Der
right eye, a CIT on her left arm above tire
elbow. and cut 0n the left knucklcs. The
immediate cause of her death was probably
the fracture OF the skull. although It il pos
sable that this might only haze productsd
insensibiliiy and that freezing did the rest
Bio d was found l,v the side Of the stove
in the sitting room near the mantfl piece,
indicating that MissC had been attacked
there first, and pursued towards the door "a
the entry opening into the room. where she
vas stricken down. The supposition is
that Miss C., who slept in room IN another
Part of the house was awakened kY the
1isise a tie Rtugele in Widow kinsley''
roam, and arofc and came out into the sit
ting. rooaI. aud was reaching to the mantcl-
licec ior IA lamp aud a match to light IL
,.l,en she vac struck bs the villain lWllo
probably lad eomplrtrd hIs work With Mrs
x with Il elGlil Miss {. not hein% ron
derei senseless b. the blow, probably at
tempted to gre 10 her r0on' the Villain
following and beating and cutting her I'M
iii she I'LL in the lalrGaY. Her wrist was
undoubtedly broken in attempting to yard
of the blows Of the chain.
There WEIR no indications tllat the hons.
III any ot the bureaus, drawers, or ifnnA
Aadheen ex lninel. Or Il. q anything had
been removed The murderer he'd leit npih
jag be bind which had hcen asedh5 him IN
thr. commission of The crime except the
hroke 4 chair. Alth,rg' hs doth uus' l'y
been mnre or less GO. erred vita Lipod IRON
The stongsl,. with Mrs. i4nsltt,yet 40 n
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