Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-04

MEYERS MYSTERY.
The Aged Lady Liable to Die
At Any Hour.
30 Arrests Made ard No Solution
Found Of the Affair.
sss clezyss tees Danger 10 tha Threstsasd
Attack uscn Frstse.isn.

/ PoHTLASp. Dee. 3.-Mfs. MeyeFs, the
I sged vie;im Of the dasiAraly deed commit
III in the village Of Yarmouth on Tuesday
evening", sltli lives, Displaying the mest Fe-
faarkable vitality aad causing the ~ender
Of sll yeGs,l Eitb the facts Of the case.
DR.. Hanson says thai she csnn5t live many
days logger. Her only sustenaEce consists
ia beef tea, which is supplied to the con-
staatiy weakening ~ steas by means Of IN
leciien.
The meath is amost flied up, it being
only possible to Insert the edge OF thin
case Nnife. Her tongue Is much injured
asA shows signs Of modification, and the
atteE.iiDg ply sieiAn thinks that an opersti0n
MAJ be found necessary. Il is simply q
question Of very shoTt time when the en-
erglas MIST De worn out. Deputy Sheriff
Clsr nee l., Buchanan has been present at
the scene all day. Yesterday mor1ing he
~aded along the course Of small stream
in the Gear vicinity. Such action was taken
for the purpose Of learning whether any
weapon could be found AMI clue thereby
discovered
The search proved unsuccessful. Friday
ght there vas a heavy storm and the rain
toTned into snow, the ground b-ing entirely
covered by this morning. his made 1t bad
for the purpose Of scar hing.
Mr.. Bucknsm snd Constable Blake are
husily engaged on the case. They say but
little on the subject but doubtless have OBJ
tanned some important, evidence. As re-
ported Thursday, but denied in some quar-
ters, there was family disturbance last
Sunday Mrs Meyers said that she de-
.ired TO go to the home of her son John to
live for tAe rest Of the winter.
The accommodations for herself during
the cold weather would be better than at
her daughters, Mrs. Prosder. She is a
Swiss woman and formerly lived az Cam
bridgeport, Mass The amount tf her prop
erty is about $1,000, of which the most of it
is thought to be il government bonds. Ii is
said that in a chest of the house Mrs. Prov
der had about 500 in ready cash when the
shooting took place. Mr.. Provder is un-
able to Tx the time of the shooting, bat be-
ieyes that it was about o'clock in the
evening.
lie SAYS that the first thing he did was 10
20 70 a ueighbor. Mr. Gerow, whom he de-
sired to send for the doctor, and Mr.. Jobn
J. Movers. lie then returned to the house
and went up stairs TO ask for the lamp.
which he thought had exploded. lie foui d
taat su h an explosion had not occurred,
but that the lamp was on the floor covered
with blood and With the chimney unbroken.
Mrs Meyers had said;
The lamp has exploded" He thought
himself that the o Il lady might have been
shot a hen he heard the report. lie said TO
Mr Gerow that h. thought that either TIE
mp had exploded or Mrs. Meyers had
been shot. Pfowdtr was greatly excited
that evening, "a all who SAW him At that
TIM declare. II WAS very dark TINE of
night = be n he started TO 60 to MIR, GeroF 5,
but preyions TO t6e tine hen he vent N 10
have a smoke he rad been splitting wood
hack in the shed without the aid of any
hight. He sent Mr.. G ro4 for De. Han on
ard John J Meyers, snI then asked sn-
other man. G ofge Cater, I, do ihe same.
His objection 10 ing f,r ttr doc Or
himself vas that ae dii ut TX 80 lAdve LIS
witr aion &i.4 t,c n ~ 4 ~utGao-
MIR Prowder b-iaE German 1t Is not al
ways az easy m3tier 20 talps him 10 con-
versatlon and ble .tsicmelts ar' oftenti 'e'
vague. Tb, re ia a zen rai r'poTt that
abgut two yesre ~ Ms. Me- cfs mldr a
viii, but thRt H. kls sin % been tesir1l e.
AMI a new one made No arrests have yHI
takea place 40 vii! there BE- uat4 a,lef
tl. heath Of Mrs MgYrrs