Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-21
MYSTERY SOLVED.
PooIer. the WatervilIe Man. Finds Out How
His Mothers's Body Disappeared.

Watervillc, July o.-(SpeciaD.-Th
mystery surrounding the supposed dis
appearance of the body of Mrs. Mary
Pooler is explained. The Journal has
been constantly working on the case
until the problem which confronted Au-
gustus Pooler and puzzled the owners
of lots in the Catholic cemetery has
been solved.
1t will be Remembered that six years
kago Augustus Pooler buried his mother
in the family lot in the Catholic ceme-
terry and through the succeeding years
has been dutifully attending to the
grave, fixing up the lot and generally
beautifying the last resting place of his
dead Last week Mr. Pooler, who is in
the employ of the Maine Central Rail
road as a car inspector working alter
nately one week nights and the next
days. went to the cemetery to perform
the usual work. He found as he sup
posed that the body of his mother had
been removed from its grave and he
was thunderstruck and angered as We'll
at the disclosure. 1t was then thought
that a man in NaSsalboro had moved
the body of Mrs. Pooler to that town
through mistake. This man was in
formed of his supposed mistake and
Pooler anXiously awaited develop
mentS.
The NaSSalboro man proved to he
Daniel Keith and he replied at once
that he was sure that the body he re-
moved was that of his father the name
being on the coffin plate But to as
sist in every way possible in clearing
III the mystery Mr.. Keith came to this
city. and with MI Pooler, went to the
cemetery.
Judge of Mr.. Pooer's surprise when
Mr.. Keith pointed out to him as his
own lot the one that Mr.. Pooler had
been keeping in good order for the past
six years Mr. Pooler asked for an eX
planation and Mr.. Keith said that he
had taken his fathers body from that
lot, he was sure of it and that Mr..
Pooler must own the adjoining lot.
Mr.. Pooler could not reconcile himself
to the belief that the other lot was his
there should be only one, that of his
mother in his lot. After further in
vestigation. Mr. Keith satisfied Mr..
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his and that Mr.. Keith had made no
mistake. Now Mr. Pooler wants to
know who has been using his lot for
their own Evidently someone else has
made a mistake.
The position of the two lots in ques-
ton are among other lots along the
driveway. Mr.. Pooler can only explain
why he had made the mistake in the
graves as follows:
There is but one grave in the Keith
lot and when my mother was buried
the two lots became the same in ap-
pearance. 1t is probably the fact that
during my visits to my mothers grave
someone through mistake buried arela-
tive or friend beside my mother and so
the next time / went to the cemetery to
fix UP my lot the additional grave in
nv own lot led me to believe that the
adjoining lot was mine and so 1T was
there / put in my work in caring for
the grave AS Mr.. Keith only recently
removed the body of his father to
Vassalboro. | of course did not learn
NV mistake until / discovered last
week. that the grave was empty. What
| would like to know now is, who has
been buried in my lot?''
1t loks as though series of mistakes
had been made in the burials in that
cemetery, that neighbors had moved
I'D a notch through the carlessness of
some one, the sexton or the grave dig
ger. Mr.. Pooler is considerably re-
lieved to find that his mothers body
has not been disturbed.
1t remains now for the sexton to take
his chart, go over the cemetery and
out any other tangle that
may be found Surely the incident was
a queer one and it created much in
terest in those who have relatives and
friends burded there.
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