The Portland daily press., 1868-12-07


in Maine:
The quiet little village of East Orrington,
situated on The banks of The Seoeunkeuupk
stream, iour and halt miles nom th, city, |
was .nfo% WI into stale of the greatest excife-
meut 9n thursday last. by the discovery of
that village
, M. Warren George, an estmable citizen of
East orriLgton, between sixty and seventy
years OF age, has lived during the past year in
small Que store house, containing one room
below and sleeping room above, having lor
MS Ie low Iarder young man Daneu W
ara A. Cleveland, abont q years Q, age. mr
George is w.dower who's. Sous ana daush,ers
are grown up and live away from nom, 'nu NC
IL ~ ilyed In this manner 10 Irssen ,ns eApense
o. living He had been making arr an = m 'nts
TO 90 10 NJ ,ssacbusetts TO visit his chliren,
and was 10 start on Wedn, sdav, the 18Th of
Noyamber On the evening of Tuesday he
was al the house of his brother, leaving there
about nine O'Clock TO go home. The next day
he was not seen, and it was supposed that
had left for Boston, though it was thought
strange that he had not called, as he had
agreed to do at the house of his sister for a
letter ami package which he was to take wi h
him. HIS friends did not feel easy about his
sudden disappearance, and his sister wrote 10
his daughter TO know if he had been there and
on tuesday last received answer that he had
not and that she knew nothing of his where.
abouts. By This time suspicion was painfully
Meantime young Cleveland had disappeared,
having been seen at work about the house on
"Wednesday, the 18th, and had eoSe ava, on
the next day.. Beside this all the goods in the
h 'nse had been removed 10 the house of Mary
A. Blaisdell, mother of Cleveland BIZ former
marriage. Accordingly after hearing III {
ueorge was not In Boston, his brother went to
the mouse OF Mrs. Blaisdell and called for the
Key OF the house which had been occupied by
ner son ana Warren, George. She refused 10
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house and Howard left the key with her for
Ter 10 rent It, After some further talk and in
quiries, IN which she informed him that How
ard and George had gone up river, and was
gong to Boston upon his return, he went
away.
On Thursday, the citizens of the place being
determined TO solve the mystery, said they
should enter the house il they were obliged 10
break the door down. Mrs BlaIsdell then
went with them and opened the door. Upon
entering, Micjah Cnrrier, Esq, one of the
persons present, saw at once some Ulond tho
side OF the stairway. Upon going up stairs,
nothing remained in the room but q bedstead,
from which all the clothing had been removed,
and which had been taken down. A close ex-
animation revealed to him more signs ct blood,
and places where the floor had been scraped az
II to remove what had detied attempts at wash
ing away. The truth was then apparent that
there had been foul play, and the next thing
was what had been done with the body? While
lower room, il was noticed that Mrs. Blasdell
kept her position over part OF the floor where
there had been trap door. AS she stepped
aside it was observed that the boards wers
nailed soldly down, and a spot OF blood was
| discovered.
To tear up the boards was but the work Of
moment, when pile of tan bark was dlscov-
| cred under which something was evidently
| ND. Scraping away the bark loose earth was
| found, when oae of the men went for shovel
annt, H.
away. At this time Mrs. BIaisdell comp!ai ned
OF being chilly" and saying she could be of
no futther use went home. Upon the shovel
being brought and two or three inches of dirt
shoveled away. quilt was seen, which, upon
opening, was found TO contain the body OF TIE
missing man. After sending for coroner the
body was examined, and it was found that
GEORGE had been murdered by being shot
| through the body, the ball entering the right
SIDE and coming out near the left shoulder -
Ihele was also confusion or fracture of the
skull over the eye, which appeared to have
been made by striking with a pistol or other
instrument 1t was proved at the irquest that
cleveland, on the Monday preceding the muir
der, borrowed pistol at the store OF Mr.. Cur
rer, ostensibly to shoot raccoon which he
had seen, and returned it again the day af'er
the murder was committed. On the same day
"Wednesday he hauled a load of tau bark
from the tannery, as he said to bank his house,
brit which he really used to hide The body
Thursday afternoon he left this city on the
cars, remaining at WatervilIe over night, from
whence he proceeded to Boston the xt morn
ing.
Mr.. George was man who had dons con.
siderable business, aud had, it is supposed from
Ills statements and the knowledge of his neigh
bors, money aud bonds variously estimated
IL I'M three hundred to one or two thousand
dollars, and it was to obtain this that the mur-
der WAS committed. He also had a god watch,
but nothing has yet ben found which was his.
fiie bed upon which the murder wa commit
ted, aud clothes worn by the deceased on that
day, are neither OF them 10 be ound aud are
supposed to have beet burned
Mrs. Blai dell, who is an oil woman of near
w seVt n y is said To have been at work at the
house on tn day succeeding the murder, and
the day when the tan was hauled with which
to cover the body.
An inquest was held and a verdict rendered
Charging Cleveland with the crime and nam
Ing Mrs. Blaisdel as an accessory after tbs
fact. Marshal Bolton, of Bangor, started i'm
mediatelY in pursuit of the murderer, and ar
rested bin at No. 96 Leverett street, Boston,
about 3 o'clock Saturday morning. He was
found in bed with his own sister, woman
twenty years old. On searching Cleve and,
after his arrest. officer Shaw found in his pock-
ct loaded seli-cocking pistol, and pistol, on
the case of which was engraved the ma ne of
OF Bangor passed through this city Saturday
noon On his way to Bangor with his prisoner.
Mrs. Biaisdel has also been arrested.
SOMERSET RAILRoAp.-We had the pleasure
OF call from Joel Gray, Esq, President OF the
Somerset railroad, and are happy to learn that
the work of construction is going Oh with
great vigor. From West Waterville % Nor.
ridgewock good progress has been made in
grading the road, over 200 men being nov at
work on the line, so that the cars can run to
Norridgewock by the first of July, the grading
being in such state of fDrwardness that the
road viii be ready for the rails by the first of
June, On this eleven miles there is no bridge
whatever. A force of rs men is at work be.
tween Norridgewock and Arson, and an equal
force will be put, the present week, upon the
section between Arson and Carratunk Falls.
>. s. Thompson, Esq, the contractor for build.
ing this road, is confident of having the cars
running TO Carrasunk Falls year inside his
contract
The company have petitioned for an extern.
sion vt their charter from Carratunk Falls to
Moosehead Lake