Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-03-26

The correspondents of the Boston Journal
has been investigating the stories and rumors
recently anoat in relation to the murder of
Cashier Barron of Dexter, and after two
days labor. sends dispatch to his paper.
Following is an extract from the same:
Whatever new evidence there is concern
ing the. affair it is Of 90 uncertain q character
that it would be unjust to the persons impli-
Gated TO use their names or in anv other way
to establish their identity, though they are
named freely by those who claim to have had
from them direct or indirect evidence of their
guilt 1t was the theory of such of the de-
tectives as worked upon the superstition that
Mr.. Barron bad been murdered, that the
crime was committed by skilled profession
ais, and one such character was released
from prison, where he was confined for an
other offence, on the supposition that he
would confess and implicate others This,
however, he failed to do. and the affair tas
remained . mystery.
According to the new stories, the murder
was committed By three men, one of whom
has since died. Although the widow of the
dead man has admitted that her husband con-
fessed before his death and implicated the
other two, the only positive evidence of such
confession comes from q man who worked a
good deal for the man who died. Here is
his statement, emitting names, as given TO
the Journal correspondent
What do you know about-assisting 10
the murder of Barron was asked at the be-
ginning of the interview. Somewhat taken
aback through the abruptness of the question
he replied:
II only know that he told me he assisted
In killing him..
On being pressed for the details of that
conversation, he said
about three years ago was working with
him in the woods, and to satisfy a suspicion
had about his connection with the case,
ran into the camp one day and said, The
Sheriff is after you for the Barron murder.
The devil" he said. and started for the
woods. Afterwards we came together at the
camp and he told me about the case, but he
threatened that if 1 told anybody he would
kill me. He said that he and the two other
men drove over to Dexter on the day of the
murder with q double team which they left
about mile from the village, in the swamp.
They then walked to the village and were stand
ing near the door of the bank building when a
woman came out. They then went in and
did the job. He put on the handouts and
the other two bound and gagged Mr.. Barron" "
''Did they intend to kill Barron?"
'He said that they went after the money,
and were determined to get it. After they
left the bank they took their team. drove over
through Barnard, left their team in an aban-
doned barn and went home on foot. The
next night one of the other men got the team
and soon after the three men left the coun-
try"
The remainder of the talk concerning this
case, which cannot be dignifed by the title of
evidence, NAV be summarized thus: The
three men named correspond in appearance
to the description given of the men seen leav-
ing the bank on the night of the tragedy; at
least two of them were in great need of money
before that day to pay notes which were paid
afterward; that whereas they appeared to be
poor previously, they subsequently gave
signs of having an abundance of cash that
one of them, when spoken to concerning the
theory of suicide, answered, "Suicide or not,
know who put the handouts on him. "
These circumstances, taken in connection
with the supposed bad character of the men.
form the only basis upon which the theory of
murder is revived. In themselves these
stories do not afford sufficient evidence for
accusation, much less conviction, with the
alleged murder of Barron.