Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-04-20

woman stumbled n before but on
reaching the carriage. double-seated
carrya.i. was steady aud composed
enough not To attract the notice of the
4 driver.
Crossing into Biddeford, the carriage
took the road down the right bank Of
the river. towards the coast. During
the ride very little was said. The driver
undertook to draw out his unsociaba
passengers. but without success. Tie
man WAS quiet and cool: the womSn
silent aud reserved. Her face wa, ua-
covered. Once or twice she asked.
''llow much further is it?'' aud her
companion replied, Only little way
Passing the house abou: five miles be
low the Saco bridge, occupied by tie
family of Henry l.. JOY, the man called
her attention 10 IT, saving as the drive
understood him. FLETCHER lives here"
\ mile or so further on, at a plao,
where the road i shut in by the wook,
out of sight of any dwelling. the driver
lcit his passengers. by their reoues
and returned Ia Saco. Thcy were seen
the same evening, lettering in tie
| vicinity, hy some boys. VINO said tb,
man was Henry JOY, but the womn
was not Mrs. JOY. II was remembered
afterwards nj the hotel, that the Won
an had once called Mr.. II. g.. GosH
Henry. These children are the lat
persons who are known to have seca
JOY and the woman who accompanied
him alive.
Henry l.. Joy was the son Of "a fisher
\ man. born and bred not far from the
I SPOT where he was seen under these
circumstances. Nearly twenty wears
/ ago he married the widow of his brother.
who had been drowned in the S,co.
and lcit one child. 4 mason by trade.
Henry. during nearly the whole period
OF his married life, has worked in Bos.
ton, earning good wages hut spending
them himself. and contributing very
moderately to the support of his family
/ which indeed he has only seen al rare
intervals. His wife ut first went out
washing; two of his daughters have
| since worked in the Biidefori mills /:
I he hal four children, three girls. the
eldest now eighteen. and boy-aii
/ bright. Intelligent, industrious aud well
\ spoken Qf 10y the whole i.hborhooi l.
I HIS wife Was some wears older THAI
l himself. was sorcly tried with him no
4 doubt, and deserved small blame if sll
sometimes told him what she thought
/ 4 4
4 cr, aud her brother. Thomas Fletcher,
. Is master Of cOAs;in- vessel nov IN
I Portland hArbo.. and has made hix
home ~ Mt-. Joys from time 10 time
between voyages. 1t Is said, however,
that he WAS not there on wednesday
ui-ht, Marcia 22. but it happened that
William JOY, an elder brother OF
lienry's WAS there.
William Joy is carpenter, and was
putting up fence in front of house
not far oil, and on Thursday morning.
March 33d. went TO his work as usual.
but presently was called IN great haste
b, his sIster-in-law The Youngest
daughter. on gong Ia the front door
al about O'Clock. had found on the
step a bundle wrapped in an overcoat.
On opening it, Mrs. Joy found her
husbands pocket-book. containing
s57j. his account book. watch and
chain, "A bunch OF keys, two railroad
checks for baggage. aud some other
small articles, with letter written in
pencil on "A leaf of the account book,
stating that he had concluded 10 leave
this world and it would be Of no use 10
look for him. and directing his wife to
present the checks at the Biideford
depot for two trunks, one Of which be-
McCarty. The latter he directed TO he
sent to John McCarty, care of Hall
Brothers. Chelsea, Massachusetts.
The two trunks were found at the de-
pot. and were both brought to Mrs.
joys house. Mary McCarty's was a
large Saratoga trunk, unlocked, AMI
filled with fine clothing 1t remained
in Mrs. joys house for eight days.
Then her brother, Captain Fletcher,
took 1T TO the depot and asked to have
it sent 10 the Boston 4 Maine depot
in Boston without any address. but
finding this course mad aiissable, ship
ped il according TO joys directions.
The story of joys disappearance was
repeated by his wife and brother-ln-
law.
On the following Wednesday, April
9th, the body of an unknown woman
was found on the Saco Beach at high wa
ter, nearly opposite to joys house in
Biddeford. An inquest was held
on Thursday, and continued on Friday
and Saturday On Friday the body
was Unidentified as that of the woman
who left the Saco House with Jov lust
two weeks before she was found with
her face buried in the sand at Ferry
Beach and her body wrapped in sea-
weed. Her clothing was all new and
costly. She had on black velvet
jacket, frogged. black alpaca dress
trimmed with green velvet ribbon and
green oval buttons, a gray stamped
underskirt. congress boots, and white
ribbed cotton stockings. A waterproof
cloak. such as she wore on leaving the
Saco House, was found on clam bed
before the body was discovered her
chignon, which was noticed at the
hotel, has also been found: and on
Saturday her black velvet hat was
found in the water. There were no
marks of violence upon her person.
The medical examination showed that
she had never been a mother, and was
not pregnant at the time of her death.
The opinion of the physicians was that
the body had been in the water about
ten days, more or less, and that the
woman came to her death by drowning,
through there is possibility to be de-
termined by analysis Of the stomach.
that she may have been drugged and
thrown into the water