The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-11-11

| be learned, a peaceable citizen. lie is re-
puted to possess a very quick temper. Said
he to friendin Ellsworth Friday:
Would you get mad if gave you piece
of deer?"
NO, don't think / should said the
| friend.
''Well,'' continued Graves. ''I'm going into
the woods after DEER and will send you some
in few days" He then went away with
Mcfarland.
A Franklin man who knew tine poachers
thoroughly thinks that they went home al
once and spent part of the day there arrang-
ing to escape by taking to the woods again
and hiding.
Still at Large.
BANGOR, Nov. i0-0ficer Hartman has
just returned from Ellsworth, and reports
that the two murderers of the game wardens
are still in the woods, heavily armed, and
their capture may require some time, though
every avenue Of escape is closely watched.
Major c. II. Boyd Of the United States
Coast Survey has just returned from three
months sojourn in the violently of Maehias
and the hunting grounds, in which the trou-
BILE between the Shaekers and the game war
dens exist. Major Boyd has charge of the
triangulation of the eastern part of the
State and possesses an intimate knowledge
of the deer and other game abounding there.
He is sportsman who has hunted on all the
best ranges of the country from Texas to
Maine and speaks in the highest terms of
Maine as a. State in which sportsmen may
find the best reward OF their search. Major
Boyd was seen by reporter last evening at
his residence and in the course of CONVEX
sation upon the recent tragedy in Wesley,
shed much light upon the subject
Major Boyd said that he knew of both of
the game wardens who were shot, having a
personal acquaintance with Mr.. Hill and a
knowledge of the high reputation as a man
and an officer enjoyed by Mr.. Niles. Mr..
Hill was one armed veteran of the war,
and courageous man, who never faltered in
the line of his duty Mr.. Niles has entered
Indian camps and killed the dogs kept for
unlawful deer hunting, with no help near
him except the revolver and Winchester rife
which he always carried. Major Boyd feel
ingly expressed his deep sense of the outrage
inflicted upon the community by the murder,
and said that in his opinion it was deliber-
ate act and not the result of moments
passion, threats having frequently been made
by lawless parties who range through
the woods ''dogging" game in violation Of
the law. In regard to the character of the
inhabitants of Wesley, Major Boyd said
that they were a dangerous set of people
when baked in their unlawful proclivities.
DIR. ). b. Hunter, whose active service in
aiding the game wardens in the enforcement
of the law, has brought upon himself the
wrath of the poachers, has received many
letters threatening his life, and two men are
now under sentencein Machias Jail for max
ing such threats. The danger threatening
the wardens in their work has recently so
increased that it has been decided not to
have men come through the woods alone as
formerly, but that they shall travel in COM
pany.
The deer range covered by the almost un-
settled forest stretching miles into the in
terror of the State from the eastern portion
of the coast line embraces an area of about
500 square miles. This vast tract has been
bereft of the greater part of its valuable tim
bSA W 3ohbC1lhC1 anu tLC lOICSb Is HOW III u
state of reproduction. Through this region
deer wander in such numbers that in the
opinion of Major Boyd there is no other
deer range in the country equal to it. Houses
away from the coast, are found only at rare
intervals, there being whole townships with
not even a road running through them. To
this attractive hunting ground every year
great number OF sportsmen come from out
side the State to hunt the deer in a lawful
manner. The law abiding citizens of that
section of the State extend a ready welcome
to the sportsmen, knowing that their visits
are material advantage, it being estimated
that at least fifty dollars are left in the State
for each deer the sportsmen kill. They pay
liberally for the services of the guides who
accompany them to the best spots, as well as
the boys who go to tend the camp. The
teams which transport the camp equipage
are hired Of the livery stables in Maine
towns and the supplies are bought in Maine
stores, while the sportsmen in going and
coming to the range stop at Maine hotels.
The citizens of the State enjoy the same
privileges in their right to hunt deer as do
these visitors from away, so there is no just
cause of complaint against the law.
To prevent the extinction of the deer, the
State law provides that they shall not be
hunted with hounds. "Still hunting" said
Major Boyd, twill never drive the deer
from the State while the forests last, but the
cry of dogs frightens the deer from the
ranges and they will not return for long
time when once frightened off,"
fTha =. H.
their duty, whenever they have been in
formed that a party of hunters have gone
into the woods with hounds, give chase and
cruise until the camp is discovered, and then
woe to the dogs if they are kept for killing
deer; the wardens make short work of them
DIR. Hunter, who is mentioned above as be-
ing subject to the threats of the poachers,
has given the wardens much useful informa-
tion in regard to different parties in the
woods. Only week ago, he told Major
Boyd of party on the MAPPING river with
dogs, and said that Messrs. Niles and Hill
were after them. For all the region of 800
square miles there are but four wardens, and
however vigilant they may be, they cannot
suppress poaching and dogging. Il wish"
said Major Boyd, shat you would say some-
thing to arouse the interest of the people of
this part of the State in regard to matter
of such value as the preservation of the
game. With close time Of five years upon
moose and caribou, these animals would
again become abundant. Maine is ahead Of
all other States in her game laws, but the
fact that the officers are defied and molested
shows the need of a larger number of men
engaged in enforcing the laws. Thirty or
forty men should go into the woods every
year for this purpose
Major Boyd added that were it not for the
law, there are men in the hunting region
who would go into the woods next winter
and kill all the deer that they might sell the
hides at seventy-fve cents apiece. The deer
now range near the coast, as we'll as in the
interior, butno complaint about them comes
from the farmers, as the deer will pass over
cultivated land and do no injury to the crops.
A New Railroad Line.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 1O.-E. p. Will
bur, of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany, was in the city this morning and gave
an authoritative denial to the stories con-
Meeting that corporation with the construc-
ton of q new through line to the West The
Record tomorrow will say:
"There are number of gentlemen, however
who are Interested in the Iehigh Valley Railroad