Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-12
ROSE CONFESSES,
Left Her Infant Child Alone
in the Woods to Die.
Tells of Terrible Visit to Woods,
Urged On by Her Mother.
Large Party Searching for The Remains Case
Continued to Saturday.

Portland, Dec. 11.-Rose Dolley, the
suspected child murderer. appeared before
the municipal court, this morning.
Rose was brought into the court room
attended by the police matron. who took a
seat beside her in the dock. When she ap-
peared at the door of the court, Rose began
TO sob violently, holding her handkerchief
to her face and walking so unsteadily
that the officer In charge had to support
her TO keep her from falling
After counsel had communicated and
consulted with the court, Judge Robinson
announced that the case would be con-
tinued until Saturday morning.
Rose Dolley was then taken out of the
court room, and, few minutes later, her
mother was brought in and given the seat
that had just been vacated by her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Dolley was perfectly calm and
collected. Her face.was set and stern, and
showed no traces of emotion She was
dressed In black and wore a heavy black
veil draped about her face.
. The county attorney said he would not
ask for an arraignment. Judge Robin
son then asked Mrs. Dolley If she had
counsel, and she said no. He told her that
the court would assign counsel to her if
she wished, and upon her expressing such
a desire, he appointed Mr.. Anthoine Mrs.
Dolley's case was then postponed until
Saturday, like her daughters.
The father OF the child supposed to nave
been murdered is not now alive having
died of consumption before the child was
born Rose has always borne an excellent
character. Her mother was much op-
posed to her going with the young man,
now deceased, and after his death and the
birth of the child gave Rose no peace, con
tinually nagging her for her folly.
Warren Dolley is still in Jail. being held
in custody us material witness At. 3. 80
O'Clock, this afternoon, nothing had been
heard from the searching party at Prides
bridge
Today, three deputy sheriffs, with
searching party composed Of young men
living near Pride's bridge, secured the
woods after the body of Rose Dolley's
baby. They are acquainted with every
corner of the woods and Were guided by
the directions given by Rose, but they
were unsuccessful. They now intend to
use fox hound for the purpose.
Rose has made confession She says
that after she and her mother took the
baby from the house in this city, where il
had been left, they drove to their tenn
porary home in the hope that the child
might be received there, but found that it
could not. They then drove to Prde's
Corner. The horse was stopped and the
young woman alighted. In her arms was
tbe infant. only six weeks old and the
girl and her burden passed from sight of
the woman in the carriage.
Had any one followed Rose Dolley on
that stormy evening" they would have seen
her turn to the left after following the
wood road little way, splashing through
the snow and low branches, ana, turning
aside to avoid the trees and clumps of
bushes, she soon came to another wood
road
Apparently the girl had already become
confused, for on this road she made her
way nearly back to the main highway and
then turned, retraced her steps and fol-
lowed the winding into the heart of the
woods. As she crossed from one road to
the other, the baby's little hood had fallen
off, and with it the handkerchief which
was the one n kiudhearted woman bad
pinned about the little ones head
As Rose walked into the woods, she took
off the little dress Then she wrapped the
garment tightly around the baby's head.
Then, as she wandered along, she stepped
from the road into what she described as
an open place with no trees.
There she knelt down and laid the little
body in hollow in the ground Upon it
she laid pieces of brush. until, as she saws.
she could not see the body The brush she
took from heap which she could reach as
-he knelt. Having buried the child, the
girl stumbled on through the darkness and
storm
She lost her way became frightened and
confused, dropped the dress which she had
all this time been carrying and also lost
a tasscl from the baby's jacket She went
within few rods of an old house which |
Der having seen it. She does remember |
and describes, however, a fiat rock on |
which she sank exhausted for moment |
Then she arose. and striking off nearly |
At right angles to the general direction |
-he had been following, came out in the |
lane leading to Mr.. Pridc's house Down |
this lane she fastened, passing young |
Lawrence on the way, and so regained the |
quarter Of mile from the |
place where she entered the woods.
Then she went back to the wagon, which |
ler mother bad been driving up and down |
al the time, waiting for her daughter.
md the two guilty women rode home to |
Windham.
Soon after that Rose went 10 Boston.
and got place to work in Dorchester,
where she remained until arrested
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