Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-08

of my officers failed 10 disclose any cvs-
dence to prove il. have three or four
wircs out new and may find something
+. later on At this momen, can say there
is nothing To connect any memhcrs of the
family with the murder.
+ We can reach a certain point, hut from
thence forward things will no, match and
twe canno, make them. A grea, deal has
been sand about the fact that no arrests
have been made up to this time, These
/ persons in the house have practically been
nu,icr arrest for the past few days, With
I the present evidence nobody could he held.
\ II would he folly for us 10 place the family
\ behind the bars, when there are So many
outside clucs 10 h. tracked up. We had
/ MIR. Jennings with Us during the search of
{ the house Yesterday as he is Acknowledged
counsel of the family, and W. believed he
/ should hc about while Investigations were
being made"
The police guard has been KEEP, up
around the house all day. There is n
Catholic church very near the residence
and after services the attendants crowded
down Second street 10 view the scene of
the tragedy. Many carriages passed and
repassed the house and the occupants al
most in,ariabl, stopped their horses and
gaxed up a, the marked homestead. Dur
ing the day the most important callers were
Andrew j. Jennings. the family counsel
aud Assistant Superintendent lianscom OF
the New England linkerton detective
agency.
The latter was brought here by Counsel
Jennings but declined To bc interviewed
further than to say that the crile was the
most mysterious affair he ever encountered
rnd would require hard work to unra,cl it.
Mr.. Morse is talking more freely than any
person in the family with the possible cS-
cep,ion of Hiram Harrington. who married
sister of MIR. Borden,
Harrington is embittrred intensely against
the family and does not hesitate 10 say the
most upfounded things. The most surpris-
ing event of the day WAS the visit of Messrs.
Davis and Howe of South Dartmouth, who
drove To this city to visit Mr.. Morse. They
said Morse was not connected with any ca
tensiye horse trailing business that would
connect him with the Borden financial af-
fairs.
IL was true he brought some Young colts
of his own raising and sold them as west
ern horses. but was not in any way athli-
atcd with gangs of traders selling Montana
horses in the southern section of the state.
These statements knocked the bottom out
of the Wcstport theory
City Marshall llilliarl is receiving many
letters Offering assistance and suggesting
clues. sonie coming from persons very high
in social and financial circles in surround
ing cities. He states frankly that the mo-
tivcs and details of the crime may hc more
fully looked up aud understood by citizen
or private detective, than by his own
officers. Strange rs II may seem. the police
do not put much faith in the statements
made by Dr. Bowen who was the first
physician on the scene,
He saw Mrs. Borden dead when he yis-
tied the house the first time. but did not
discover that she had died from murderous
wounds until his attention was called to the
blood on her hair by policeman and II
reporter. According to the statements of
the authorities. he does not speak with that
freedom which might be expected of II man
in his professional position. The autopsy
made directly after the discovery was not
sufficiently exhaustive to relieve the exam
lining physicians of many doubts that have
arisen since FRIDAY afternoon.
Stomachs and parts of IyerS of two vie
Tins sent to Boston for analysis. but there
may he some things called up rs time goes
gu. which may he demand another close
investigation. Accordingly the bodies will
he kept in the tomb awaiting the orders OF
Medical Examiner Dolan. There is much
fault finding in town at the progress OF the
ease. Most people think the family should
have been compelled to talk long before
this time. also that thorough search should
have been instituted at once.
At present the persons who were near the
family are under the protection AMI drcc-
ton of cx- Inspector iIanscom and Lawyer
Jennings. with instructions to refer Ia them
all inquiries even when asked by their
most intimate friends. Excitement in po
lice circles ran high this evening, when II
was reported that an unknown woman had
been found murdered IN lonely spot in
South Somerset, near Williams pond.
Investigation showed that Mary clifford,
20 wears of age was dead and had been
found living in some bushes near stone
wall the position Indicating that she had
fallen naturally from weakness. Two hot
ties were found near her. both of which
smcllcd strongly of liquor. Medical FIX
amincr Dolan was III doubt as to whether
or not the woman had been treated violently
before death and proposes To hold an au-
topsy The woman was dissipated and well
known to the police.
At late hour tonight IT is reported that
the suspicious of blood spots on the hatche'
in possession Of the police are well founded
and that there is every reason to believe
that members of the family are directly ac
countable for the death of the two victims
The poison theory is still being followed.
Providence aud Boston detectives have ar
rived and are working on the case. District
Attorney knowl,on has hecn called here
and an autopsy is expected To take place
| TUESDAY or Wednesday.