Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-08
BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE DISPATCHES.
THE BATH TRAGEDY.
Still on the Huni-A Suspicious Char.
acter-Is He the Man!
Bath, Sept. Z.

BATH, sept. &.
From all that can be learned. the person
who was in Bath the latter part of last week
has nothing convincing in his favor to show
that he did not participate in the Lawrence
tragedy, and the fact that he was seen on
Front street in company with two other men
at about / o'clock on the night of the muir
der and that he canrot be found, places him
10 suspicious light. All who have met the
fellow are agreed that he was an evil looking
man As he was out of funds he probably
had as much inducement to rob a grocery
store as anyone would have, and the idea
that he was connected with the affair is
Strengthening the more we investigate.
Where the man lodged while here is mys-
terry. Officer kittredge tells of his coming
into the station about O'Clock one morning
last week and asking permission to lie down.
Kittredge told him he might, but said he
should have to lock him up when he went
home, until the day police should open the
station house. After lying some twenty
minutes the fellow got up and went out, sav-
ing that he guessed he would go down to the
Bath Hotel. He walked along Center street
and turned down Washington street in the di-
rection Of the hotel, and that was the last
Mr.. kittredge saw of him at the time. While
at the station he said to Kittredge Il was
pretty full last night; Bath rum is poor
staff"
In response to a telegram to Lewiston last
night it is learned that the man is not known
in that city, and the name of John Adams"
is not in the directory, and also that no such
person was ever engaged in numbering
houses in Lewiston.
T 1t will be remembered that the man
Adams stated that he had been in Lewiston
numbering houses, and that he had made a
plan of the city and wished to do the same
thing in Bath.
This is additional evidence to the fact that
the fellow is fraud, and no doubt remains
that he was an mposter and swindler.
Conductor Dillon met the fellow on his 4
o'clock train out of Bath Thursday afternoon
of last week. The man was out Of funds but
represented that he was about to make plan
of Bath, number the houses, etc., and on this
story got a ride to Brunswick. promising fu
ture payment of fare. The fellow was next
seen by Mr.. Dillon on the o'clock train
Saturday afternoon, having ticket to Lew
iston and return, but was still unable to pay
for his previous ride. He got off at Harding.
Trains do not stop there unless there is some
la, -
board the train that afternoon, and it stopped
for her. when this fellow got off. The train
would not have stopped if there had been no
passenger at the station, as the man who got
off had said nothing to the conductor about
wishing to stop. He seemed to leave the
train merely because it happened to make a
halt there. When conductor Dillon went up
with the o'clock train that same afternoon,
the fellow was at Harding station and the
train stopped and he got on board and rode as
far as Brunswick. The conductor did not
see the fellow on the train Afterwards, and
believes he remained at Brunswick.
To sum up, here was swindler about
town the latter part of last week, and seen
on Front street Monday night within less
than two hours of the shooting, in company
with two other men, and no one knows what
has become of him. His appearance was
much against him. The fact that he told
Mr.. Swanton about leaving tools in Lewis
ton is against him. His swindling operation
in putting numbers on peoples doors is
against him. Nothing is for him. And the
fact that he disappeared at the time of the
murder, is very much against him. Further,
this man cannot be far off, as he was sdead
broke" and could not travel on the cars or
steamers, and are quite prepared to believe
he was the man chased into the woods Tues
day morning, and that he is still in the vi
entity.
The man was herhaps 81 years old, five
feet eight or ten inches in height, would
weigh about les pounds, rather muddy com
plexion, heavy dark mustache, dark eyes,
had on dark clothes, coat somewhat lighter
than the rest of the suit, yellow faded straw
hat with round top, soiled linen, was quick
in his movements, did not impress one fav-
orally.
The two Brunswick men were released
last night, giving their word they would re-
main here until morning to be ready for an
examination if it was deemed best to have
one, but it was not, Judge Tallman this
morning entered mol pros in the warrant,
and they were at liberty to return home.
Foul Play Suspected.