The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-16

A HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE.

HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE.
Yesterday morning, few minutes after four
| O. clock, a man came running into the police
station and told Deputy Williams that Thomas
Pike, the keeper of notorious drinking house
on franklin street. had killed his wife, Maggie
Pike in a drunken brawl. Deputy Williams
| summoned Officer Hanson, the only policeman
| who happened to be at the station, and the two
| proceeded TO Pixies house. as did Coroner Gould
| and DR.. Ring, who had also been called. On
| entering the building they fonnd ten or doz
| en- men in all stages of drunkenness, scattered
about the bar-room. In the sitting room ad-
| joining, four or five men and women were lying
upon the floor stupid with liquor. while cards
| and drinking glasses were scattered upon the
| floor. Pike sat asleep, at the foot of lounge,
| in one corner of the room upon which his wife
| lay dead with her neck broken, and her hair
sweeping the floor With much difficulty Dep
uty Williams and officer Hanson succeeded in
arresting seven of the party, and taking them
to the station. 1t required much skill and no
little fnessing on the part of the Deputy before
the arrest could be effected but he proved him
self equal to the occasion, aud deserves much
credit for success. The arrested parties were
Pike, John Ramsdell, Charles Deshon, Arthur
Authis, Frank Wiswell, Alexander Scott, well
Known to the police as 'Scotty," and Mary
Ann Doherty. On arrival at the station the
Duherty woman attempted an explanation of
the scene just witnessed. She said that the par
ty were assembled for the purp- Sc of drinking
and gambling; that Pike and his wife had both
been drinking freely, That Pike called his wife
into the sitting room about nine o'clock; that
she refused to come, whereupon he
seized her by the hair of the head aud dragged
her into the room, and threw her violently up
on the lounge There she lay while the party
went on drinking. About four O. clock some
one discovered that she was dead, and gave the
alarm; then word was sent to the station.
Yesterday forenoon Coroner Gould summon
ed jury consisting of Chas. Holden, G. Rich
ardson, J. B. Hudson, John True, Sewall Wa
terhouse, and Jacob S. Lewis The examina-
tion, which was held with closed doors, was
conducted by M. M. Butter, Esq assistant
County Attorney. The jury viewed the body at
Pixies house, and then adjourned to the City
Marshlls Office, where the examination of wit
nesses was gone through with. All the arrest
ed parties, except Pike, were summoned be-
fore the jury. The body was examined by Drs.
Ring and French and found to be mnch bruis-
ed, Blood had clOtted on the brain.
The unfortunate woman who came to her
death in SO foul a way was but 10 years of age,
and had been married scarcely year. She
was sister of Nelson Leightons wife, and was
well known about town by the name of Maggie
Blades,
The examination of witnesses was not finish
ed last night and the inquest was adjourned to
ten o'clock this morning.
AN INTERESTING WoRK-There is soon to
be issued by Dresser, Mcclellan s. Co., of Port
land, from the press of VIM. S. Noyes & Co.,
of Saco, history of the celebration of the Cen
tennial Anniversary of the incorporation of
Buxton, Maine, which was held at Buxton
Lower Corner, August 14th. 1872, containing a
brief delineation of the occurrences and exer-
cises on that day. The Historical Discourse by
Cyrus Woodman of Cambridge-will be an au-
thentic history of the settlement of the town
then called Narragansett No. 1, and its princi-
pal events down to the date of its present name
1772: list of the soldiers of the revolutionary
war; an grafton by Hon. Mark II. DInnell of |
Minnesota; poem by Charles G.. Came Of the |
Boston Journal; speeches, toasts and letters re-
ceiveJ on the occasion-to which will be added |
an Appendix containing genealogical sketch |
of the pioneers and their descendants as far as |
the present generation. The work will lie en- |
belshed with stereoscopic views of the grounds |
the vast tent or coliseum, the assemblage and |
the old church, by S. Towle, of Lowell Mass.
Printed on tinted paper, containing about $50 |
pages with an index.) Sold only by subscrip- |
tion at price not to exceed the cost of publ |
cation, &c. All orders should be addressed to |
j. M. Marshall, Buxton, Maine.
PROF.. TowNsESp.-Thef following notice of |
Prof Townsend, who is to deliver the next |
lecture in the z. M. G-A-cnnrse Mnnlau nun.
ming next, will not fail to be of interest to our
readers, especially those who patronize the |
course, -r-c-45 -..t+al
Prof. Townsend first became known to the |
&c neral public as the author of "Credo' a vol |
ume which was received with great favor and |
was the subject of many appreciative and COM |
mandatory notcef from the press, Since that |
time he has grown in public esteem as the au
thor of works of similar character, and also a |
pulpit orator and lecturer. --
He is now Professor of sacred rhetoric in |
Boston University. Vigorous energetic thought, |
combined with a flowing popular style have |
made him not less successful in the latter than |
the former field.
He is an Alumnus of Dartmouth College, |
and on the occasion of the last commencement |
delivered with marked ability the annual ad-
dress of that institution. He is one of the few |
men who combines in re markable degree the |
qualities of success a teacher, writer and pub
lie speaker
PERsoNAL.-Mr. Bion Bradbury, Jr., of the |
U. S, Coast Survey, is for the present at the
Grand National, Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr.. Samuel L. Gibson of Waterville, has re-
signed his position as master carpenter of the
third division of the Maine Central Railroad,
and is succeeded by Joseph Nichols of Pitts
field Mr.. Gibson still remains in the com-
pany's employ. sis.-o.s
Miss j. E. R. North, a Rhode Island girl, beat
all her male competitors in a recent written ex-
animation at Bates College, where she is a stu
dent. ~
Josiah Pierce, ESQ.,, has arrived in town from
uis Thanks.
The following letter addressed to one of the
officers of the Scandinavian explains ITSELF
S. SHIP SCANDINAVIAN, I
January 15, 1874. i
Sir:-The steerage passengers request you
will be kind enough to convey to the captain
their expressions of gratitude for the extreme
kindness and attention they have received from
the stewards ofthe vessel. Their wants havelbeen
attended to with punctualiIy that claims most
sincere thanks, and their courteous and civil
behaviour to all will not easily be forgotten.
On behalf of the s.eerage passengers I re-
main, Sir, your obedient servana,
JAMES BEAUMONT.
NJ. G. M. A. LECTURE.-This evening the
eighth lecture of the NJ. G. MA. course will be
given at the hall IF the Association by c. p
Kimball, ESQ.,, who will take for his subject
1.-The Declaration of American Indie ndenca