Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-15
THE PRINCETON MURDER.

Lie eAcllLueuG over the murder o
the eleven year old son of Mr.. L
w hittemore of Princeton is still at it
height. The boy had been missing fol
nine days before he was discovered
Friday his body was found near the
town lying on the shore of the river
the head being in the water. TIL,
place had been passed a great man,
times by parties searching for the boy
and it is supposed that the body haC
been placed there. The throat wa.
cut from ear to ear and the skull wa:
fractured as if by blow on the fore
head, showing unmistakable signs OF
murder. The last time the boy was
seen was nine days before the body
was found. On that day the family
of the boy was intending to 60 to
Wausau. Mr.. Whittemore having
purchased a farm there. They were
to go on the noon train and a sister OF
the boy went down town to notify the
older brother, who keeps a jewlery
store, to come to dinner early as they
were going away CD the noon train.
On her way she saw the brother that
was murdered, and that was the last
seen by any body alive, as far as
known.
Mrs. Geo. Long of Princeton is
charged with the murder. She was
seen going toward her own house with
the boy the last time he was seen
alive. A bloody club, bloody clothes,
and spots of blood were found in her
cellar, and it is thought that she
murdered the boy and hung his body
in the well, which is sunk from the
cellar bottom. where it remained
until the night before it was found.
Stories are told of improper intim-
acy between Mrs. Long and Mr..
Whittemore, and from actions and
words of hers since the arrest the
belief is current that the two are
implicated together. 1t was found
impossible to give Mrs. Long a fair
examination at Princeton, there is so
much excitement, and this, together
with the fear of lynching, caused her
removal to hartford.
Mr.. Whittemore has moved his
family to Wausau and last Saturday
the Wisconsin Central published an
interview with the father of the
murdered boy from which we quote
the following: Mr.. Whittemore said
he had come to Wausau to stay, and
pursue his business as a sewing
machine agent. He did not desire
any further mention made Of the sad
affair, but finally consented to talk
with the reporter about the matter.
Mr., Whittemore is a gentlemanly
looking man, modest in his demeanor
and conversation and unassuming in
style and dress. He is rather a small
man with dark hair, small black
moustache and goatee, blue eyes and
rough, hard hands, furnishing suffi-
Gent evidence that he is a man who
tolls honestly for the necessaries of
life. In answer to the question
whether he had any friends in Wausau,
Mr.. Whittemore said:
eyes, DR.. [. W. DeVoe is an old
friend Of mine,"
sit has been stated in the papers,
and the general rumor has it, Mr..
hittemore, that you were arrested
shortly after the murder as knowing
something about the murder, or at
least an accessory after the fact
What have you to say about it?"
Il will simply say that very much
has been said about the affair and my
connection with it that is wholly I'M
true. The fact is I have not been
served with any papers, or, in truth,
been what you might call under arrest
at any time since my sons murder.
There has been, you know, if you
have kept track of the papers, some
very bad stories published in reference
to the affair, tending to implicate me
with Mrs. Long, the person now
under arrest charged with the murder.
All Of these statements are false, or
facts distorted beyond recognition.
"Who is this Mrs. Long?" queried
the reporter.
"Mrs. Ellen Long is my wife's first
cousin, and a daughter of Judge A.
Fl. Meyers, one Of the most prominent
and respected men in Princeton. She
is widow woman with two children
and we'll known in Princeton.