The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-01

| ohthh Liz PAOPOouA OFCT CAREFULLY dllek
| write him a letter in less than month
as to how she would consider his suit.
Singularly enough the young man
snapped at this promise OF else some
CLEANS of returning sense warned him
OF the position he had placed himself in,
for he permitted thesyoung lady to leave
the room. AS soon as she got out of
doors she fed like deer towards her
home, while the young man, evidently
fearing that all would not be well for
him, ran down the railroad track
towards Woodfords
AS soon as Miss Dana reached home
she was almost overcome with fright
Mr.. Dana, hearing the facts, started with
Deputy Sheriff Chute and posse OF citi-
zens to try and find Worthley. Deputy
Chute finally found the young man
and arrested him. in his posses
sion was found the revolver with
which he had threatened Miss Dana and
which had five barrels loaded. Worthley
when arrested talked in semi-wild and
very excited manner. He was brought
to Portland and lodged in the jail for
safe keeping He may be brought before
Judge Palmer of the Westbrook munich
pal court this morning for preliminary
hearing, or the hearing may be postponed
until later,
Miss Dana was much Frustrated. The
nervous strain of that three hours terri
BILE interview had been severe. It is
probable that but for her GOODNESS and
bravery Worthley would have shot her.
The general feeling of the people of
Westbrook yesterday was that her escape
had been very narrow indeed, and there
was corresponding feeling of satisfac-
ton that the peril had been averted.
A representative of the PRESS called
last evening on Mr.. 1T. True of Deer
ing, superintendent of the toothpick
factory. Mr.. True's wife is a sister of
young Worthley, and he has been at
their home frequently during the sum-
mer He was there last Monday about
five o'clock, evidently just before he
went to Westbrook The news of the
arrest had greatlyssurprised them. He
was not in their house when arrested the
night before and they had no knowledge
of it until last evening. Mr.. True said
that young Worthley had given no indi-
cations Of .unsound mind or of being
absorbed by any romantic notions. He
was naturally of nervous disposition,
and had been out of the mill all summer
recuperating his. health, which had been
somewhat injured by two three years
of constant work in the silk MILL The
first of the summer Worthley bought an
old boat which he repaired and made in
Lou" perhaps an abbreviation for
Louise" Miss Dana's name. The cabin
of this yacht he had fitted up
comfortably, even elegantly; and
on board the yacht he has lived all
summer. Mr.. True thought the
fact that he had thus lived on the
water and in the vicinity Of the wharves
would explain his having the revolver.
Mr.. True was 10th to believe that young
Worthley could have meant any great
harm. Such an escapode was entirely
foreign to his nature. He was and had
been for several years an active and con-
scientious member of the congregational
church. Mr.. True paid high compli-
ment to all the members of young
Worthley's family.
From other sources it has been learned
that all Mr.. True says about the other
members of the Worthley family is true.
The father and mother have been for
many years honored members of the
Congregational church in Brunswick,
and have brought up all their children
in most careful way.
Mr.. True said he had never noticed, as
some Westbrook people say they have,
any crankiness" on young Worthley's
part. He had never mentioned either to
him or Mrs. True, the name of Miss
Dana, and they had not the remotest
idea Of his infatuation.
1t seems probable that Worthley was
very much in love and that during his
solitary cruises in his yacht during the
summer, he had brooded over his repulse
until he became unsettled on this sub
ject. In this state he probably conceived
the wild plan of carrying off on his boat
the object of his affections