Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-21
BETTlR DAYS
had Been Seen by Late Mrs.
McCredy of Randolph.
Letters from a Son AMI Daughter,
Both Now in ireland,
are Full Of Love and Affection for Ther absent
Mother.

Gardiner Dec. eos .,eciaD. Thurs
day, In searching the ruins of the house
IN Randolph, where the three victims lost
their lives, last Monday morning. a small
wallet was found near the spot where the
woman met her fate 1t contained some
scraps OF paper, which, when taken from
the wallet dropped to pieces on account
OF the excessive heat which they had passed
through. The wallet also contained two
o-cent nickels and a 10-cent silver piece.
A very common bedstead, table and a
few dclapidated chairs comprised about
all the furniture in the house There was
plenty of bedding, however a good part
of which had never been unpacked, and
was in the attic, and from its appearance.
had seen many years Of constant service
In trunk was found good supply of
very fine clothing, which undoubtedly be-
longed to the woman, and, by its quality,
indicated that she had at some time lived
in different circumstances than for the
past two years, during which time she
has lived in Augusta, Hallowell, Chelsea,
Randolph and other places in this vicinity
from son in Ireland, signed Robin. who,
during the month of September, was stop
ping at 1.-THE Masonic School, Bally
Shannon, in which he plead for ESQ, to
enable him to commence the study of
medicine, if his mother was still anxious
for him to follow the profession of his
father He also asked for financial aid
as he was nearly destitute and asked her
to send him 10 or even shilings
A letter dated last October, from the
daughter, Henrietta, who was living in a
suburb of London, was of a most attec
tionate nature. She stated that she would
be Is years of age next March; that she
had just recovered from an illness, and
needed small sum of money to enable
her to make respectable appearance to
apply for a situation. This daughter had
been teaching before becoming ILL.,
Both the son and daughter mentioned
persons who might be relatives. possibly
brothers and sisters. They each spoke of
the struggle that had been their lot since
the death of their father.
The letters were directed to Mrs Ellen
McCredy, Hallowell, Maine, U. S. A.
From a letter of the trustees it shows that
they held $500 in trust for Mrs. McCredy,
and that they sent her drafts for e7, IS.
and Cd, at regular intervals from the
Providential Bank in Ireland, (town not
mcntioned) on a firm in London, Eng.
Mr. b. A. Cox first selectman of Ran
dolp, has used every effort to obtain solu-
tion of this complicated case, and he is
meeting with good success. As stated in
Wednesdays Journal. he found n deposit
of $40 in the Hailowcll Savings bank, and
with this sum he was able to save the
three bodies from paupers' graves, with
but a small expense to the town of Ran
dolp.
He has written to the trustees in Bally
Shannon, Ireland, an account of the sad
accident 1t seems that Mrs. McCredy
was married to man by the name OF
Fulsoin, in St. John, n. b., and he was
the father of the little boy and girl who
lost their lives by the fire.
The woman also claimed an inmate OF
the National Home, by the name of Con,
who died about two months ago, as her
third husband, but it is very much doubted
if marriage ceremony was ever per
formed.