Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-03-15
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SIGNAL SERVICE
MAINE DISPATCHES.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
OF the Horrible Tragedy at Benton

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| Special 10 the Keunebsc Journal
WArEEYmLE, March IA.
! 1t always happens time passes that NOR,
and more the particulars of any AFFAIR viii
gradually be brought TO light and become a
part of the publlc's knowledge of the event
This is-t#se especially IN regard to the Ben
ton tragedy, v bich has 20 thoroughly shocked
the community Little by little facts ar,
being brought 10 light vi hich show more con
clusively the true nature Of the horrible
crime which has been perpctrated. Yonr re-
porter has been about among the neighbor.
of the Warren family today, aud has learned
further particulars that are interesting From
! them he has learned that at half past fouI
o'clock, Tuesday morning. Annie, the little
eight -yesr-old girl, came to the neares,
neighbours house, crying bitterly and clam
oring to be let in.
"What is the matter Annie:" they asked
"I'm freezing and mamma is sick"
"What is the matter with your mother
they asked her, after she was in doors
80 dear don't know. Papa says she
is awful sick and cant live half an hour, and
wants you To go for the doctor"
And the little one burst into a fresh tor
rent of tears
Half an hour later the same little girl
aroused another neighbor and said her
mother WAS dead and her father wanted
some one to lay her out. Mrs. Wtheo hur-
rled to the house and went in. In a little,
stived room next to the kitchen. Mrs War
ren lay dead and stark. There was nothing
over her In this room and ting kitchen
there were marks of "A truggle The furni-
ture was strewn about and upset. Bits of
hair were seen on the flOor-as if Mrs War
rens assailant had torn it from her head.
Mrs. Wthce was startled to find the floor on
fire in front of the stove. She put the fire
out, and then went about the last sad offices
for the dead woman # is now thought that
Warren designed to burn down the house
in order to wipe out the vestigcs of his in
humanity.
These facts came out at the coroner's in
quest held in the hide school house not far
from the Warren place. Added to the opin-
ioa OF the doctors it left no doubt in the
jury minds that Warren was murderer Z;
and at six o'clock in the evening the sherifs
formally arrested him.
All the afternoon Warren had been kept in
the custody of a keeper, in his Kitchen. The
house is a two story building in fair order, on
the river road. not far from the ice-bound
kennebec, Warren WAS gloomy all the
afternoon, occasionally rising from his chair
to pace the floor or look ont of the window.
He did not speak of his wife, and indeed,
said nothing except when spoken to, but
what horribly busy mind he had and how
fearful was the result of his deliberations q,
As he was in these quiet hours in the
kitchen, the vile man may be pictured Ap-
parently he was about b years of age, a lit
tie older than has wife. His skin and hair
were dark and his eyes were those of a dull
brute. a wcll-trimmcd beard covered his face
He was not popular citizen, for there was
something in his face which made people
distrust him. He came to Benton with Il
bad reputation. People said he was wife
bcater, aud fired his course vhen he lived in
Manchester.
4 am obliged TO put yoG under arrest
said Sherid lIhi AZ half past six. Tuesday
evening as " arrea sat in las chair looking
stolnlly at the fire. Nar,u did not look up
and did not answer. The officers produced
a pair OF hand cutS aud put them ON his
hands. He quietI, allowed this to be done,
saving not a word Warren was left in
charge of Constable Reed, who was caution
ed not 20 lose SIGHT OF him fora moment, and
the sheriff went OH to another part OF the
house with the coroner and county attorney.
II saw" said Warren. Nv hat is it, Can't
| Sc, the children before go?" Reed said
he might and went with him. Warren went
to the bed where the children lay, and tax
ing revolver from one of his pocket placed
it against the side of the head of the Oldest
child and fired.
The constable SANS that the first thing un-
usual that he saw was the flash of the revol-
yer. The conclusion of the air in the room
mt ont the light and he thought discretion
the better part of yalor aud came down stairs
as Quickly as possible. After he got TO the
botton of the stairs he heard another report
Two reports were all that he heard, but when
the officers, who had all this time been IL
the front part of the boase signing the pa
pers for Warreus arrest got up stairs, they
found both children shot through the head
and Warren living on the floor dead, with a
bullet in his heart.
Warren had pulled revolver from hl'
nocket with his manacled hands, and hreo
three true shots. One bullet wen
through the older girls forehead. Anothe
pierced the back of the younger child's head
The third plunged into the murderer
own heart. II was all done IN less than nal
minute-and the horror-striken officers
opening the door, stood paralyzed in thei
tracks.
/ Not Il rroan came from either Of the bleed
inc. diving victims. The revolver had don'
an awfully perfect work
BOwDoIN ATHLETES,