The Penn's Grove record., 1884-01-19
NUMBER "a.


There IS some mystery concerning d
supposed murder IN B%iddeford, Maine,
en- saturday night December 29.h. ga
Sunday morning, the so b, a large guam
iiy of blO.d nd hair was found uear
the corner Of Summer aud Birch streets,
ltaup.cd into the snow, giving evidence
that d Struggle had occurred. ~ family
tv nc in the neightorigo4 heard a team
DIVE up al about 10 o'clock on Satur-
day evening, and not long afterward
yroaus were heard
Traces Of blood we're followed Tor sew.
eral rods on Summer street and a womsn's
bat was picked up near the spot where
the blood Was found. More than FIVE
hundred persons visited the scene on
Thursday, and 1t was generally believed
that a murder had been committed.
10 day DR.. Grafton solved the mystery so
far as to account Tor the pools Of blood
IN the snow, but MS statement throws no
light on who were the parties TO the
tragedy, and leaves the whole affair a
greater mystery than before.
DR.. Braton says that on Saturday
night he vas called upon by two mea.
wlo engaged him to 90 with them.
They refused TO give their names.
When they reached Franklin street the
men put a bandage over his eyes and LED
him through several streets near the Meth
odlst church. They entered a house
which he thinks Was In that neighbOrhOod.
and led him into an uncarpeted bedTOoI,
with a painted floor. where be was locked
in, his companions leaving him Here no
found q young woman with q deep cash
extending from the right car down the
throat. she was extremely low from loss
OF blood. She said: "Dpctor, for Gods
sake, save my life He feared she would
die While he was there, and does not think
she could have lived five minutes longer IT
he had not been present. he connected
the arteries aud DaLdaged the wound and
then Knocked at the dOos. He was I'M
medlately taken TO another room, where
he found a man with a cut from his nostr1l
down to his mouth, and one tooth knocked
Jut. After treating this patient he was
taken back to Franklin street, ~ollndiolded,
and be was then left with the bandsge
over his eyes. Taking it off, he saw the
men lodging away, and he got no further
view Of them. While in the house he
heard noise in a another room, and also
heard a mans voice saying, Il will have
his blood Or he nine"
Heary HAReneI 1t who3e house a mar
ID a sleigh called On Saturday night, says
that the man 8 face was ~distguIed, and
mat there was apparently something
under the robe, which was q portion o. an
old quilt, and which hung out OF one side
Of the sleigh. Mr.. Wakefield told the
mau that he was losing his robe, and he
replIeC: -" the rObtl | want TO get
home lie appeared quite nxlou to
know if people would suspect from his
appearance that he had been fighting.
Not long sfter this, at about midnight, the
same mar inquired Of Harry Kelly. near
the post fl e, the way to Ssco, and hely
rode over with him. lie noticed that The
mans face was very badly bruised, but
there was nothing in the sleigh TO attract
his attract his attention.. lie got out OF
the sleigh as soon as they reached S4co,
and the man drove off, but where ne went
10 is not known.
DR.. Grafton says that the men promised
to ay INN well, hut with the stipulation
hat be should consent to be b~llndfolded.
lie TOOK his case of surgical instruments
and accompanied them. At the foot Of
he Office s.sirs one Of the men placed q
bsndage over his eyes and led him toward
the west part Of the city. lie thinks he
was walked about for nearly a. hour,
hen passed through a gateway, and, as
cendlng three steps, entered q house. de
PASSED through two rooms into a third,
where the bandage was removed. In this
room, on a bed IN one corner, was the
young woman. Dr.. Grafton describes her
as about 20 years of age, a blonde, and
very handsome. Her pulse was as low
as 40 at the lime of the DOCTORS visit,
he feared she might die ietore he
left the house. In an adjoiRing
found the nan stretched out OF a led
and bleeding from a cut extending from
the right eye to the corner of the mouth.
Tbs man was of medium build, with &
dalk complexion and small, dark nous
tache. After dressing the wound the
doctor was again blindfolded, and con-
Quoted to his cfice and left, after being
PAD IS. lie says he would know n
Of the men If be should see him again.