Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-09-02

| Afternoon, 10 BluueIoru, leaving ln6truc
tious for DR.. Turner to telephone him re-
garding the condition of the girl.
Tuesday, he went to Boston, and while
at the American house. received tele
gram to come to Gardiner at once, which
he did On arriving at the hotel, he asked
the girl what the matter was, bnt she re-
fused to tell. Was told by Dr. Turner that
the chances were against her. She would
not consent to have her relatives sent for.
To both Dr. Turner and the nurse he
| made urgent requests to learn from the
girl who performed the operation.
The county attorney asked Roberts why
she left Biddeford Roberts declined TO
answer at first but changed his mind and
| said that he learned that she was in a
delicate condition, and he advised her to 90
to her marred sister in Massachusetts
She went to that state, but not to her
sisters.
Roberts said that he tried to find out
who was the father of her child, but she
positively refused to tell him. He wrote
her to meet him at the American house.
Boston, which she did, and from there
they took the boat for this city.
The county attorney asked why she
brought her trunk il they were only com
ing to Augusta for short business trip
He said that she intended to 60 from there
90 Biddeford, and finish some work on his
books and then leave his employ for good
DIR. Giddings testified substantially as
did the other doctors.
The case was then given to the Jury
who rendered verdict that Miss Nc
Donald came to her death from the effect
of criminal operation performed by a
person or persons unknown.
The officers will continue to work on
the case until they solve some of the
mysteries concerning it, The two sisters
IF the deceased, who arrived in this city,
Saturday morning, returned to their home
near Lowell on the afternoon train, Satur-
day, with the remains, where they will
be inferred.
In the minds of everybody in this city
at all conversnnt with the circumstances
of the girls death, there Is no doubt as to
the connection of "a certain party with the
affair. Suspicion and circumstances point
strongly but proof at present is lacking.
Said a prominent official to the journal,
Sunday; We can't prove the correctness
Of our suspicious now, but time will bring
the guilty party to justice. Our clues
oIo eutohE 'tuu titttIy growing stronger.
Said another with every indication
Of the crime having been committed in
Massachusetts,, we could prove nothing
that would hold any suspected party
But the old saying, Murder will ont,
will surely come true in this case, in a
short time
1t is said that the sisters of the dead
girl were very emphatic in their remarks
to Roberts. They are said to have accused
him with being the cause of their sisters
trouble and death and to have told him
in very plain language their opinion of
him
They are said to have told him To bear
the expense of the trip to Gardiner, but
absolutely refused to allow the remains of
their loved one to be taken home in the
elegant casket purchased by him, Insist
ing that the undertaken should remove
them from it and place them in casket
purchased with their own money and
more suitable to their circumstances
They appeared Ike refined, Intelligent.
respectable ladies, and their grief at the
sad death OF their sister was almost un-
bearablc.
1t is understood that every possible clue
will be run down and the guilty ones
made to answer for their crime.