Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-12-05
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The excitement caused BY the Paris
HIN tragedy has about quieted down
and We will now 70 over tho Held and
plck M few scatterings which were
overlooked and omitted In the haste OF
making up the first reports.
We have obtained from Omcer Gar
land q list Of the articles taken BY him.
self and his assistants In the search OF
the premises which We give below.
In addition to these, other articles In
Guiding two revolvers and number OF
keys were taken by State Detective A. p.
Bassett OF Norway and some diagrams OF
keys, etc., by State Detective O. n.
wormell Of Bethel. =
Oficcr Garland, 40 We said last week,
has been In the case from tho first and
has been untiring In his Efforts ~ have
also his assistance, Mcssrs. 8. Z. New.
ell, Loren b. Merrill and l.. Kimball
Stone. To Mr.. Stone belongs the credit
Of discovering the secret hiding-place
where the money was concealed. and
credit IL due Capt. Cyrus Ripley too, for
assisting In obtaining 'rhorne's irst con-
fessiou.
Thorne himself seems to like jail life.
He appears and expresses himself a.
happy and conteuted. Capt. Ripley
called upon him Thanksgiving Day,
bringing with him some articles OF food,
expressing sympathy for his condition,
and telling him that he feared he would
be obliged to 10 to Thomaston for life.
Thorne showed no signs Of remorse and
said to the Captain: "You needn't
worry about me; I'm all right"
Jailer Garland says he hardly ever had
q prisoner, even for thirty days, who
did not 'wilt" some, but Abner Thorue
IL an exception. He spends much timo
In reading and appears to have good
appetite and Il to all appearance happy
and perfectly contented. He talks and
laughs, and to some boys who went by
the Jail on the day Il ralned last week he
laughed and exclaimed: "lt's fine
weather for ducks!"
Notwithstanding Thorne denies hav-
Ing done any burglary previous to the
last Of last winter, some OF the goods
taken from his possession have been ALB
solutely Identified by Mr.. Newell as
having been taken from his store two
years ago.
Mr.. Newell now says that he Il per-
fectly satisfied that the man he Crap
pied with did do some shooting, though
he thought at first that he did not.
Newell says he must have been stunned
and thinks he was hit early In the
ARRAY and before going of the piazza.
Here Il officer Garland's list Of plum
der. II Il not pretended that all the
articles included In this list were stolen
by Thorne, as some Of them are known
to have been bought by him and paid
for presumably 10 stolen money:
Patent growing plane.
Knuckle joint block plane.
| Rachel bit brace.
Combustion tool.
Rosewood double mortise gauge.
No. l Stanley odd jobs and two foo,
rule.
l2-inch back saw.
Pair seven inch pliers.
Is twist drills.
Peg awl and handle with wrench.
Counterslnk.
Screwdriver for bit brace.
Pair Of double pliers.
Key saw blade.
Wood rasp.
~ small pine boards.
O boxes screws.
Cabinet rasp 10 inches.
Flat file I Inches.
Three-cornered file 3 inches.
Pair Of skates and key.
Iron clamp 3 inches.
Iron spoon II inches.
Iron melting ladle 10 Ia Inches.
Sash brush, size 8.
Tooth brush.
File card 3 inches.
4harps.
Brass flute.
Box paints.
Tin whistle.
Nickel pocket compass with gilt chain,
One combination lock made by Abnei
Thorne Ia imitation OF lock on safe 10
Paris Town House.
Bolts.
Nursing bottle stopper.
Cherry knobs.
Dark lantern made from jelly tumblei
and supposed to have been made BY
Abner Thorne.
u callbre Stevens ride, 10 inch barrel
skeleton stock.
Pair rubbers.
Wooden block containing type, the
entire alphabet.
Box 81 calibre cartridges loaded.
Box No. I couical bullet breech caps.
Box copper rivets and burs.
Block with holes containing cart
ridges.
2boxes Of waterproof caps.
Box containing cartridges, found 10
box Of buttons.
Pint can Of drop black.
Bottle shot.
Box gun wads.
Bottle Rubifoam.
Base ball.
Pack trick cards.
Can LePage's glue.
Shoe backing.
Bottle dentifrice.
Bottle cologne.
Bottle Modene.
Glass graduate.
Magnifyiug glass.
Key rings.
Rubber bands.
Lead pencils.
O colored pencils.
Penholders and pens.
Ivory paper cutter.
Tape measure.
Johnson's fountain pen, black rubber,
gold pen.
Bag oakum.
Gilt and pearl watch charm.
Pair ear drops-plated and coral.
Pair ear drops-plated and brilliants.
Pair plated cuff buttons.
Shirt studs-plated and brllllants.
Bevel eraser.
Envelopes.
writing books.
Band book.
Writing paper.
Package circulars and correspondence.
Violin and case with extras, for which
Thorne says he paid e25.
Small memorandum book containing
drawings Of keys and combination OF
Hutchinson & Newelrs safe.
Music books.
One book-"Boxing Instructor"
Story books.
Plaid vest containing whistle aud six
3a-callbre cartridges.
Clothing.