Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-09
FIRNDISH CRIMES,

Woman Found with Her Skull
| Crushed-Robbery Thought to b
the Motive-A workman Found
Dead by the Roadside-A Mysteri.
Gus Case.
GREENFIELD, Mass, Sept. S-The dead
body of Abigail Rogers, aged ffty-sighi
years, was found to day in her one-roomsd
house on lonely mountain road, half Q
mile from Farleyvillage, in the town Of
Wendell. Three fractures of the skull and
| q pine club covered with blood showed
that the woman was murdered. She was
| last seen alive last Saturday afternoon.
At times she worked for the Grange Knit
ting company and 1t was through a son of
E. @. Tolman of that company that the
murder was discovered. Mrs. Rogers had
some yarn belonging to the company
which she was to knit and yes
terday Mr.. Tolman went to her
house, which is merely a shanty.
The door was unlocked and a pile
of bed clothing and rags were on the floor.
AS he saw nothing of the woman he re-
turned to the mill, but to-day sent his son
to the house with orders to search for the
yarn or the knit goods If he failed to find
the woman. The boy in turning over the
clothing on the floor, which was held dewn
by stove covers, found the woman's body
face upward. He hastened back to the
mill and Selectmen Hunt and Baker of
Wendell and Medical Examiner Wright
of Orange were notified. They found
that the woman's head had been
struck three times, and that each
hInuv franfnrod tho aHnn foh1a
tanning food and dishes indicated a meal
there for three persons, probably just be-
fore the tragedy. The motive for the muir
der was undoubtedly robbery, as the wo-
man was known to have about $40, not q
cent of which was found on her person or
in the house. For year the woman has
lived alone. Her husband Is said to be at
Tewksbury and a son in Concord reforma-
tory. 1t is said the woman had many dis
solute visitors. The crime was probably
not committed by tramps, but no one is yet
suspected. The body was taken to Orange
today, where an inquest will be held to-
morrow before Justice Bicknell.
WITH HIS SKULL CRUSHED IN.
HoULToN, Me-, Sept S.-Tuesday after
noon two boys named Hellmsn, while
partridge hunting. between the Ward Open
ihS oho ooAhoAu 3NOaO, nlllcS
from Houlton, about four rods in the road
discovered the body of man beside q
stone. They notified the selectmen, and
q. G. White, chairman, after satisfying
himself it was q case of foul play, mas
much as the mans face and head were
smashed and his clothes bloody summoned
Coroner Essterbrooks of Fort Fairfield,
who this forenoon drove to Dyer
Brook to view the body. A jury was
impanelled and an inquest held. From the
evidence obtained the man is believed to
be William Scott of Cary, or Glenwood,
who had worked on the Bangor and Aroo-
stock railroad for W. /. Johnston, con-
tractor, leaving the 9th of August on &C.
count of trouble with the boss of crew. A
book was identified by Johnston and con-
tanned memoranda of work done and the
time of leaving. A hat and a bundle con-
tanning a gray shirt and socks were found
in the road two rods away, and a pair of
light shoes tied together and watch were
picked up in the bushes near the road sup
posed to belong to the murdered man.
From the appearance of the
grass and bushes beside the
road it is thought the man
met death in the highway, being struck
with club or stone, and was afterwards
dragged or carried to the place where he
was found. His height was five feet, ten
inches; of sandy complexion and probably
thirty five years old. At the time Scott
left work man calling himself Flynn left
with him and went to work or the railroad
for Contractor O'Neil, boarding with Daniel
Cookson. Since the find ing of the body
he has acted strangely and this noon paid
his board and left house suddenly. The
were buried at Dyer Brook. The
jury will render a verdict to- night.