Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-16
MURDER IN MAINE.
rwO CANE wAHDEss sHor BY rOAcnERs.

s,rram whose source Is a small lake on
the borders Of township No. ~, in
Washington County. II flows across the
nOrih-sss, corner Of township Nc. SO.
a distance % about twelve miles II
smp,iss into the ffs, Maehias Lake.
The eoan,ry Is well wooded and the yiein-
iiy Is fAvori,e resort for spostsmen a.
game Is quite abundant. For the past
few year. Washington County sPortsmsn
have spared neither time nor money TO
prevent illegal huniing and fishing
Through their efforts large number Of
game varlsns have been aPPOin,ed-
men who. With possibly one or two sx-
csp,iors. thoroughly understand and be.
lisve in The principle Of cur game lAss.
possess cool judgment aud courage. and
have the confidence Of the community Al
large. Owing 70 their wA,ehialness and
iirsless activity game has rapidly inersas'
ed in Eastern Maine. and each suecsed.
ing year add. evidence that il only needs
wise game laws jadiei0u,ly administered
% make this section a yeri,able sports
mas paradise.
Game Wardens Lyman o. Hill. u
East Maehias. and Charles Niles, Of wss-
ley. bad been looking Coz Poaehers shieh
infest The MAchiAs waters II va three
o'elock Ia The afternoon. Mclday. They
were pAssiag along tote road near
Fletcher Brook. and were accompanied
BY q seventeen ,eAr-old boy. named Me-
ReAvsy. when jus, ahead Of them they
observed = couple Of msa and a team.
They knew The men ihA, i, Il y sup
posed they did, aud though, they were
poachsrs. Ba, Whatever they thought
they advanced toward them.
lie who Afterwards proved to be James
Mcfarland. al ia the one-hose express
wagon. Nth = dog between his knees
There VS. some talk about han,iag
deer with dogs. after which the huaief'
wen, into tie camp. soon coming oa'
again.
Grave. ,lil 1--WE will 20 home AID
take The dos With as
McFnl.nd thea seized the dog snd
Jumped iuin the wagon. Warden Nle'
pulled ca bis coat. eHelAimias. "loa
shA'n't take that dog" Cal,ia Graves
stood by ~hsel. : loaded Winchester
repeating rife by him. wAfdsn Nile'
stepped forward 20 seize The dos. when
Graves bfossh; bis repeater 20 bis shoal
der. took lightning Ain Aad fired. Nle'
dropped wiih a groAn. shot dead. Ihef
Graves Instantly sao, Warden Hal. The
whole ihirg. from al reports. was ,doa'
in a,,h H.il stepped back Asd feli
about = rod rom bis pariner.
Young MsRsAvey va thea addfssscl
by Tie hua,cr.. sAying "Ihsts the ~al
70 Do L."
Bat The yoang fsllo~. loang Mclssa'
vey. ~as jss, about frightened o. death
lie thought iha; h.s fee would BE- 90
same ~ those ~ton be secompan,ei
80 Yea I'D good iting then. BE- sH'
claimed. claninsly siling IN ~lia ,hs
nan Who dl the shoo'lng; "ihey De-
served 10. they bad % business nay az
here Perhaps ih,ss words saved hin
for be was nj, harmed Tbs huaier
pat confidence Ia him. Pretty soon
however. McRsAvey edged away
Thomas McRsAvsy. the boy father
bad been in The woods near by exPloTin.
!or The wia,er's operations snl heard ih'
report q The gln. The isffiasd boy
s,Gmmsrsd Oh, the horrible story and ,a'
t~o we1i back where q; The s.te u ih'
little tote roAi. their rifles IN their hands,
the dcs Which bad caused the ifosble By
them. stood The two men gaEing d1~r
upoa the dead bodies o! the o,h,sr.
"Hsllo. what's iAi, . Inquired ih'
eide, McReavsy. thoroughly Asiouadsd
a. be teash the l.selsss forms
"Yog can see Coz yoensf, sid oE'
q The murdsrrrs.
Eve eoa!da', help H." rFl.sd ,h'
other.
"WhAi DO yol mean
1--WE eoaldn'i help II.
"COaldn's help it ,"
"Self.dsfsnss.
"whA, did yos shoe; them f5f ,"
"Seli-dsfenss We were AFRAID they
would ALL - We ihoash, they we're
g0ins 20 90 -.
MsRsAvsy thea to,l them the bes,
thing they ooald DO woall be % clear
cut CT give themselves UP 20 The author
iiiss.
Thea Grave. Aad MsFAIland diseu',-
ed The situation aside.
In = fe~ minutes they decided that
The bes, ihing they could DO would Be- 70
e; on. And without making much talk
other than adhefins 20 the explanation
that tie dreadful crime was committed
Ia .elf-dsfease. they mogn;ed their wAs-
on seat Aad drove slowly away toward
the Air Line road AID Bedling;on. leav-
ins The father and son behind with the
victims.
Carl Fletcher lives = little OF the main
road half dozen miles from Ellsworth.
Al daylight. Tuesday. when be wen, OF,
o. doors. Calvin Graves came driving up
70 hi. house. lie knew Calvin Graves
Aad supposed TIA, be had been away on
= hunting expedition. Graves tod him
that be vAs on bis return from hunt.
and tia; the team be drove belonged TO
Hale q, Ellsworth. lie was in = hurry
10 get home Aad thought that be would
take the Gu, through the woods. He
wanted Fletcher 20 Be % accommodating
A. 70 take the team 20 Hale And LAY
TIA; be world 70 over 70 town sooa.
Fletcher Vas agreeable. Noi much more
talk vas made AID Graves struck OF ia
20 the forest IN the direction Of Hancock.
he was alone And had bis rife. The
wagon which be had come in bad no
load. No, word was spoken with re-
gard % MeFArlAai.
A. last accounts a large force Of men
we're in pgrsai, Of the murderers, and Il
is though, they nus, eventually secure
them. though !; = possible they may
have 70; away BY water. boa, beiag
missing from the landing below Els