The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-13
Harmony Fires
rtR1HEG pEyElorMf~ MORE ARRESTS
AMP CONFESSIONS.

TtRTIIEE pENELorMf%rs MORE AKKESIs
AMP CONFESSIONS.
The arrest of Mr., Emma Brown chron-
iclcd in our last c,uscd quite stir in
Harmony. although it was the talk about
town before it did take place that it was
Ia hc done She WAS arrested Tuesday
and the examination was put down for
down for Thursday. Trial Justice o. Il.
Bachelor was called to set on the casc.
and Merrill and coffin appeared for the
respondent, but the County Attorney "a>
called 10 Pitt>hcld on very important
bu~ines, and the trial was continued IN
til Monday at 10 O'Clock \. NJ.
The Fairfield .IouHdl man, whom the
account of the confession of Alfred iiurd
in the REPORTER caused to "smi e visit
ed the youth in the Norridgewoek jail last
week. The hoy stated to the journal re-
porter that he didn know as he set the
buildings: told the detective lie did be
cause they told Ii III they would help MN
if ne confessed. did not sci the buildings
and did not know who did; had no trGuh-
le with Mr. Laughton; that one detective
threatened him and one didn t. .on
leaving the reporter asked the lad II
There WIS any message he wanted To send
to any one ir Harmony breaking INTO
tear, he said he wanted 10 see Mr.. Laugh
ton and tell him he did not lire his barn
Is Mr. Iaughton9 interest III nun Was
mentioned hc sobbcd and cried Ike
child. Ills last word WIS be sure and
send Mr. Laughton up TO see nm.
"Wednesday last Melvin {, Rowe, lad
~ wears of age after the detective had
worked on him some time confessed to
the burning Of John DORIS buildings IN
Wellington After the confession, he
WIS arraigned before Trial Justice
Whitchonsc and in default of bail was
committed to Bangor jail. Rowe Is re-
ported to be Il shrewd boy Inc report
is that the boy and Charles Gordon had
been digging potatoes in the forenoon.
In the afternoon Gordon went 10 the hcld
first Rowe lodged around the barn, set
ting fire to the hay under the sill and then
followed About the time they got there
he turned around and said - he barn l.
NIL on fire" 1t is also said he seemed to
enjoy seeing the buildings burn.
The examination in the case OF Emma
f. Brown charged with setting lire to,
and burning, the barn of Alvin w. Book
er on the 18th of Sept last, commenced
PROMPTLY at ten o'clock Monday forenoon
before q. r. Bachelor, Trial Justice, in
town hall, which was packed to It's ut
most capacity, with men, women, emil
drcn and babies. j +. Holman OF Attn
ems and j. q. Bradbury. County Atty APP
reared for the State and T.. n Merrill
Esq. of Skowhcgan for the respondent
The first witness called was Alvin W
Rocker. the complainant. His eXamina-
tiou took all the forenoon and short
time i'm the afternoon. WIN. T.. Evans
,vas III. next. He is the father of Mrs.
Rocker and was at Bookcr's when Mrs
Brown came in and told them that she
saw man 90 into the barn and then 20
for the woods and that the barn was on
fire. She told Evans that she went from
her house across the field to the barn,
went in to the large doors at the north
end INST the whole length of the barn
noor into the ticup near the south end
and ont of the south end of the barn near
the southeast corner and that barn was
on fire Evans told her she lied, but went
to the barn and Mrs Brown followed and
went into the same door, Mrs. Brown
said She came out off, from the ticup in.
tn fin, harm floor uudcra head scatiold and
went towards the north end about hall
yov the floor, turned around and saw the
fire on the hay on the head scailiold ther
covering about Il square yard. The hay
on the head ,cailod was about one and (
half feet high in front and nearly to tn,
beam. next to the wall 1t is claimed
that the story about seeing man 20 int
the barn is all myth, that she has to
different stories about seeing the man
and that she has never attempted to de
scribe him. Nine other witnesses wcr
examined in the afternoon.
The examination was continued Tue,
day. Mr.. Bachelor visited the premise