Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-16
HENNIkER TRAGEDY
A I5- 5-Year.0Id Girl Brutally
Murdered.
MADENE0 BY JEALOUSY.
Suspicion That He Intended TO Com
nit Two Murders Instead OF One.

HKHNIKER, N. IT,, Aug l0.-Arthur
Mclean hired n team at one of the livery
stables here Tuesday evening, and In com
pany with Miss Nettie Douglass left In
the direction Of Contoocook. About 3
o'clock yesterday morning the team came
back TO the stable with no one in the car
riage, but nearby the lifelcss BODY of Miss
Douglass was found with three bullet
holes In her head.
Search was made for Mclean and he was
found In field half mile from the viii
lage. He is 1s years Of age and Miss
Douglass was 10. This Is the first murder
ever committed in this town. Mclean
borrowed n revolver from gunshop here
Tuesday evening and purchased cartridges
at another place.
A New and Startling Theory
IN the case developed here last night. A
middle-aged man OF this town Is said 20
have been very intimate with tho Douglass
family. or late. Nettie Douglass has been
much seen In his company, and has driven
In one of his teams almost every day.
When Mclean shot the girl, inc evidently
started up the horse homeward, and then
made break directly across the country
TO the house Of the elderly man. When
discovered, he was lying behind n rock
only few rods from the house.
The theory is that Mclean was insanely
Jealous Of the other mans attentions 20
his girl that this was the oause ol quar-
rel on Saturday night; that during Tues
day nights drive Mclean tried TO mako
Miss Douglass promise 10 give up the elder
man; that she refused, and that Mclean
thereupon shot and killed her.
II Ia further surmisod that Mclean,
after leaving the girl In the buggy, made
for the other mans house with the inten-
ton Of killing him also, but that his cour-
ago failed him. This seems the most rea-
sonable Of the many conjoctures SO far ad-
vnnced.
Mrs. Douglass Story.
In an interview, the mother of the mur-
dered girl stated that the young couple
had considered themselves engaged. Mr.
and Mrs. Douglass, however, opposed the
engagement on the ground Of their daugh-
ter's extreme youth, and the latter finally
yielded and told Mclean that the engage
ment was of, and returned 10 him ring
which he had exchanged with her for one
OF hers.
Mclean did not like this. and while no
continued 90 visit az the house he mani
I6bteu u ltF from COThlul bplIlb bOWhfub Une
old folks. He told tho girl, 40 she reported
TO her parents, that no should leave town
yesterday "wednesday, and look for work
elsewhere. When he came for her Tues
day night he waited outside while she
got ready, and refused an invitation to
come inside
Miss Douglass was student in the high
school, and q very intelligent and well-ap-
peaI1ng girl. The autopsy revealed that
she was extraordinarily we'll developed,
physically, for girl of her age.
Mclean was taken TO Concord last
night in charge of Sheriff Fellows. He
still preserves impenetrable silence
Held without Ban.
Mclean was arraigned in the Concord
police court last night on "A charge of the
wilful and premeditated murder of Nettie
Belle Douglass. Through his counsel,
=. IL, Gould, ne waived the reading of the
complaint, and pleaded not guilty. County
Solicitor Donovan asked for a continuance
until Wednesday next. This the court or
dered, and as bail was denied, Mclean
went back TO his cell He appeared abso-
lutely unconcerned throughout the pro-
ceedings, and his face changed Its settled
expression neither when his counsel de-
clared his innocence nor when Mr.. Dono-.
van spoke in the strongest terms Of the
terrible crime that had been committed.