Morning journal and courier., 1886-11-11
THE POACHERs, VICTIM.
A Graphic Tale of the Murder by an
Eye Witness.

| A Graphic Tale of the Murder by an
Eye Witness.
MAcHIAs, Me, Nov. 10.-Frank MeReavey,
| the witness of the murder of the two deputy
sherifs by poachers, says he was on his way
| to deserted cabin when he heard the sound
| of loud talking. Going nearer he saw Sheriff
Hill make an attempt to catch a dog. The
dog sprang back few feet and growled. At
that Sheriff Niles said: edo not touch him;
he'll bite" Hill made no reply that Nc
Reayey heard, but drew revolver and aimed
at the dog. At that a man who had but a
moment before called the dog to his side
said: "Put that up" meaning the revolver.
sect out of range" said Hill. The next
moment the owner of the dog fred and Niles
fell dead. Another man said: "Take the
other" Hill saw he must die and made
brave attempt for his life against terrible
odds. He had No time given him as he was
shot dead while in the act of lifting his
weapon. Frank says that after being shot
Niles half lifted himself, but Hill was per-
fectly motionless and died on the instant.
The Mortified witness to the tragedy was ur
able to conceal his presence and the man
who had fred said: "There's another. :" 'fTake
him, too," said his companion and the trem-
bling boy found himself corne red by the
gun of one and the revolver of the other:
"Don't shoot" said Frank. "Who are you?"
asked one of the men. "Only boy,'' was
the reply. At this the men lowered their
weapons and one of them said: "Come
here" The lad obeyed and as he came near
the bodies the man who did the shooting
said: 81 had to kill him." 'tServed him
right" said Frank, who was then
brought to this place last night.
Ten or more coarse shot entered
the right shoulder and neck. He was only
a rod from the muzzle of the gun. Niles was
struck in she head SO near that shot made
but one abrasure. Circumstances point to
two persons named Mcfarland and
Graves, who reside near Hancock, as the
murderers. The one supposed to be Graves
did the shooting. Yesterday Graves hired
a man in Waltham to take his team to Han
cock. On leaving his team Graves took to the
woods. Nothing is known of McFarland's
whereabouts.
BANGOR, Me-, Nov 1O-It is rumored here
that Officer Bowen of the police force has
been shot while pursuing the murderers of the
deer wardens near Ellsworth. The excite
ment over the murders is increasing. It is
thought the illegal business of deer hunting
will be broken up.
The National Academy of Sciences.
BOSTON, Nov. 10.-At to-day's session of
the National Academy of Sciences paper
was read on primitive forms of Cephalop-
oda" by Professor Alpheus Hyatt, of the
Benton society of natural history. The aim
was to demonstrate the evolution of the gy
roceate archaeological shells from the
straight forms. Two papers, ga case of ev
olution in the fnigration of. forms" and Slit
utites of the limestone of Phillipsburg,
Canada," were treated orally. Two papers
followed ON the subjects "a chart of the
stars in the group Presepe" and GA cata-
logue of stars from the positions in various
astronomical periodicals" by G. II. F. Peters
of Clinton, N. Y. Remarks were made
congratulating Mr.. Peters on the completion
of his forty years labor, the cataloguing
of twenty thousand or thirty thousand stars.
The next paper entitled GA catalogue of
bright lines observed in the atmosphere of
Beta Lyrae" was read by o. T. Sherman and
remarks were made by Prof Pickering of
Harvard and Prof G. A. Young, the director
of the observatory of Princeton college. The
next paper was by DIR. w. L. Elkins, of Yale;
on the subject ''On the relative motion of the
Pleiades group deduced from measurements
made with the Koenigsberg and Yale college
heliometers." Congrstulatory remarks upon
the last paper were made by Benjamin A
Gould, formerly of the Argentine republic,
now of Cambridge. The announcement was
made of paper to be given tomorrow by
Prof Wallace of Godalming, England, on
"The wind as a seed bearer The meeting
then adjourned and a business meeting open
to members only was held at o'clock.