Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-23
WAS IT Amy,
Strange Story Of Thirteen Years Ago
from Salem. Nass.

Besrou, Nov. 22.-MHshsl Hart Of
the Salem polica tells the strange sscry !;
On Sunday. July 2i. 1873, = man BY the
name Of Msars wens cut to sail 10 dory
in Salem hArbor Thai night it vas re-
ported Il the police station ihs, be hsd not
returned.
.sTh. next day." Gays the marshai. with
other ficers found the boat on the MAJ
blehead shore. Tten We dragged the bar
Dor round abou. for thr,e days Either
Wednesday or Thursday . man. supposed
to b. Abnos or Ann. the murderer of
Christie Wsiden, came toto tue police sts
ton and ssksd me il everything vas beirf
done that could be done TO find the body.
ri piled, YES. and the suaeger wanted to
kaos II by hetipg reward other parties
than he polio could be Induced to go out
side on the search answered, no doubt
| they c uld
'Then,' said tie stranger, ''there 10 $50
you can ctf<r ia your osme IS reward. !"
and be handed me t-o $40 bills.
Il a,ked: Who are your The reply
Vas: Ne Mater then ssd, Il Won't
Ike to knew with whom I AIN dealing. and
| ire strs ger answered that his name vas
| George Abbott. ard he was then boarding
| in Summer street. He cane 20 the police
station sf,erwasd oace or twice, and ~snted
| to know If the police had heard anything,
and was answered. that the5 had not. bu
were dragging The har b,r in search Of the
body.
On the g. of August the body WAS found.
The neaical exam tner. DR.. Carleton, and
vent to Marblehesd and identified the body,
which Was dressed in an oilcloth suit. |
1 Sail. Hn~ A.d e h. hS8x ~ Mai
We asked who found il End the lishlh eeper
spoke up snd said. al did" Tbereupon ]
7, joined, Il have $50 in my pocket that
was TO be given to ihs person who found
the body, and handed the two $40 bills
over 10 the lightkeeper. He made some
inquiries ss to what the circumstances OF
the family were, and answered that they
were poor.
| The brave and generous Gghikeeper then
said: you take this back and give il to
| the widow" The medical exsmiaer and !
then drove to Salem aud sent over al IN
dertsker for the body. We then went to
The widows house. told her Of the dis
covery ard tnss the body would soon be
homsL said that the man who found the
| body gave me $50 fer her, aud Id her about
the young man leaving that sum with me
1 L II
Of the drowned man.
| "Very socn afterwArd this girl disap-
peared all Of sudden, and the mother
came and wanted TO know if the Salem
| police could find the daughter, ssying she
thought the gIrl had gone TO Canada. 'Wnen
did RI. go?' ssked, az che replied: This
morning.
photographed to Bangor, Me-, and had
the girl taken eff tie train. They wired
back thst they had the girl there awaiting
my reply. | notified the mother thst she
could hsve the girl by going for her. She
eplied that she had no money and could
not g }, aud said
| "fhere is nothing We can do but send
down word AID ask them 10 put her aboard
the train and send her home
| "ADd here comes the coincidence About
the same time that the girl went away, this
fellow Tho had given IRE the money dissp
! peafed from Salem. The local police Devef
| beard from the gri sfterward. the mother
coon left the cisy and was thought to have
| eoue TO CADada. The next l h ,Ard OF
| Abbott was when the officers came from
Windsor, W., srd notified me that he had
escspf d from jsil. never saw him sgsin
| until saw him N Manchester jail. To the
best of my belief this Amy 10 the came
man. | would not like TO have his life de-
| peud wholly upon my identification, but ]
| feel entirely Certain that Almy and the
| r'ysterioui strsrger who gave me the two
| SO bills 10 offer as reward are one and
the came person"