The Portland daily press., 1879-06-07
Oracle ST. JOHN CLEMANCE.
SHE is STOPPING AT THE DRESSER
HOUSE
The Particulars Of Her Capture.

| The PRESS yesterday morning announ ced
| the capture of Mrs. Oracle st. John Clemance.
| The particulars are as follows: Mr.. S. S.
| Cahill, baggage master on the Maine Central
| was sitting about o'clock Thursday evening
in the Office of the Augusta Hodse, Augusta,
| when lady came in. She said Excuse me
| sir, for coming in so late but I met lady
| friend who took me to boarding
house. I did not like the house and so
did not stop there" Mr.. Stets on, the clerk
| of the house, said to her, "Your name if you
| please?" She replied Mrs. Raymond of Rock
| land, Mass" Mr.. Stetson then said Chow
| long shall you be here?" She replied, ga
! fortnight or three weeks as 1 came here shop
J ping and to have some mourning made" Mr..
| Stetson said to Mr.. Cahill do you know that
woman?" Mr.. Cahill made an evasive reply
| as he had the idea the woman answered
| the description of Mrs Clemance which he had
| read in the Lewiston Journal copied from the
PRESS. Mr.. Cahill went and procured his
| paper and was satisfied that the woman was
Mrs. Clemance, provided her hair was cut
| short, but her hat was on and he could not tell
| tutb ldCl I1C dlSO f6lu6luDercu WudU NldrSlldl
| Bridges had told Conductor Philbrook We'd
nesday, and he then was certain as he could be,
| Mr.. Cahill communicated these matters to Mr..
| Stetson and said "let us wait until she comes
| from tea and then we can make sure whether
| her hair is close cut as she passes the office,
because she will have removed her hat. She
| wore long brown linen summer ulster over
her dress, and this she also removed, so that
| when she came from tea she showed that she
| had on the light gray sack and blue dress
! skirt mentioned in the Press, and her hair
was short.
On coming from tea she went directly to her
room No. II. Mr.. Cahill then worded the
| following despatch for Mr. Stetson:
Marshal Bridges, Portland:-A woman
| answering the description of Mrs. Clemance,
mentioned in the PRESS this morning, is here.
j. B. STETsoN,
Augusta House.
Marshal Bridges had just retired when he
| received the telegram He answered
| requesting Mr.. Stetson to hold the woman and
he would leave on the midnight Pullman. So
| quickly did he dress and get to the railroad
station that he beat the telegraph boy.
In the meantime City Marshal White of
Augusta went to the Augusta House and ar
| rested Mrs. Clemance remaining in her room
until Marshal Bridges arrived. The Marshal
| said, 81 am mighty glad to see you, Mrs.
Clemance, but don't suppose you are glad to
see me-" Mrs Clemance replied that she
| didn't know; she was about discouraged any
| way. The two Marshals remained all night
| with Mrs Clemance in the room and Marshal
Bridges brought her to Portland in yesterday
| mornings train.
Mrs. Clemance says she escaped Tuesday
evening at oclock-but that cannot be true
and spent Tuesday night in the woods just
beyond Woodford's Corner. Wednesday
night she slept in the woods near Cumberland
Mills. Thursday morning she ventured to a
house and begged drink of water. In all
that time all she had to eat she says was
| piece of bread and meat she took from the
police station when she escape d a part of her
last meal there. In the evening she went to
| the Cumberland station and bought ticket
| to Augusta. Her clothing was soaked, but she
| had managed to obtain a pair of boots in the
| place of the slippers. She says when she
| escaped from the Portland police station she
met man and woman on Chestnut street who
| directed her to the Deering horse cars, and
| then she followed the track; that she sawed
| off the bars in the lodging room with jack
knife last Sunday night.
In conversation with Marshal Bridges she
made confession that Mr.. Springs money
| was concealed in one of her dresses. Miss
| Patrick hauled the dresses out of the trunk
| (Which had been left at the station) the night
| dress was found, and the sum of $685. was dis.
covered cleverly concealed sewed in under
the fringes The crisp paper so closely resem-
bled the silk under which it was con cealed,
that it could hardly have been discovered
without the assistance of Mrs. Clemance. The
money is now in the hands of Marshal
Bridges with 1922 found in her possession
when she was first arrested. If her iewelry is
| attached, about $500 more will be recovered.
| 1t appears that Mrs. Clemance is an opium
| eater, which may account for her being able to
go so long without food. In her possession
| after her arrest was found a large lump of
| opium.
Mr.. James S. Spring is expected to-day ac-
| companied by an officer with a requisition for
| Mrs. Clemance from the Governor of Califor
| MIA. Whether she will be tried here or there,
| will then be determined