The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-02-07
A Tragic Story of the Woods.
A Lowell (Mass.) special has the

A Lowell (Mass.) special has the
following.
In the latter part of November last,
tall, handsome man, who gave his
name as Arthur LIE Grand Stafford,
landed in New York from an Inman
steamer and took rooms at an uptown
hotel, it is believed the st. Nicholas.
At any rate, at this hotel Stafford met
a sporting man, q Southerner, by the
name of Schwartz, and soon quite
friendship was struck up between the
two. Stafford gave out that he had
come to this country for a fishing and
shooting tour. but had decided upon
no particular ground, and when
Schwartz proposed a trip to Maine for
a deer and bear hunt Stafford at once
Jumped at the idea. Schwartz said he
was acquainted in Bangor, having
stopped there some time few years
ago while on q fishing tour through
Maine. and offered social inducements
to Stafford, if he accompanied him
north. That made the trip all the
moro inviting to the young English
man.
The hunting outfit was purchased in
New York, Of a celebrated firm on
Broadway, and the pair proceeded to
Bangor, by way of Boston. A fort
night was spent at the Hub in sight
seeing. and one night at Young's Hotel
Schwartz, as he AYERS, said that Stat
ford, while under the influence of wine
said that he was natural son of the
Earl of Dunraven, and produced GER
tain papers indited personally by His
;Lordship, which, as Schwartz says,
! proved satisfactorily the statements.
These facts were given by Schwartz to
a friend of his in this city, to whom he
made flying visit, upon the eve of
his departure for the Maine woods.
What follows was taken from q let
ter just received from Schwartz: At
Bangor another stop of fortnight was
made. Here Stafford became acquaint-
ed with Miss Caroline Grace, from
New York, who was visiting friends in
Bangor. 1t was case of love at first
girl of 20, highly accomplished, and
she proved as irresistible to the young
Englishman as he to her. 1t was with
difficulty that Schwartz prevailed upon
Stafford to leave Bangor, and he did
not leave that city until troth was
,plighted between him and Miss Grace.
The hunters destination was Pamadu-
mock Lake. near the center of the
state. A guide was procured, and ten
days ago the party went into camp on
the west shore of the lake.
Late in the afternoon of December q
Stafford took his rifle and went for a
stroll in the woods, leaving Schwartz
and the guide in the hut. Night came
on and the Englishman did not return.
A heavy snow-storm had set in in the
meantime and Schwartz and the guide,
who had set out to look for the missing
man, could find no traces of him. They
searched until midnight and then re-
| turned to their fire. In the early MORN
ing they were up again and away.
About two miles from camp they came
upon u terrible sight. A dead half
grown cub lay at the foot of a tree in
the glade. A few rods distant the body
of Stafford was found in the firm EN-.
brace of she bear, also dead, with a
bowie knife sticking from behind her
left shoulder. Both man and beast
were half buried in the new fallen
snow, but the tale of desperate
struggle was evident. Stafford and the
bear were frozen stiff. The cub had q
knite-wound in the heart. The guide
says that Stafford must have first tack
led the cub and was then set upon by
the she and squeezed to death. Then
Schwartz Immediately left for Bangor,
where Statfiord's tragic fate was told
10 Miss Grace. The shock was SO great
that the poor girl lost her reason and
her future sanity is now despaired of.
The details of the sad tragedy have
been kept from the public until the
present time. but to-day cablegram
was sent to England informing Stat
ford's friends of his fate, and late
dispatch says Miss Grace will probably
be removed tomorrow to the Elnir,s
Asylum until her condition is deter1n-
ined for the better or worse.
There is scarcely doubt that Stat
ford was what he represented himself
to be. and if Schwartz gives to the
public the papers he now has in his
possession, some curious details of
aristocratic condescension may be ex-
npotad