The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-17
LOST THE RIGHT TEAM.
New Hampshire officers Searching Along
the Maine Forder.

New Hampshire Officers Searching Along
the Maine border.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.T
Sanford, April l6.-Constable Rowe to-
night arrested tramp who answers the
description of one Of the Somersworth
murderers and he viii be detained in the
lookup over night. The man tells a
pretty straight story, however, and
probably had nothing to do with the
affair Constable Rowe went down to the
depot 10 NEST the one O'Clock train from
Rochester and met this man walking
along ths track from that direction.
He stopped him and questioned him.
Inc man gave his nanle as Alexander
Lorrile, and said be walked from East
Rachosier TINT day. He had no particular
destination in view. He was in Somers-
worth Ihursday, but knew nothing
about the murder
He IL somewhat Older than the men
wanied for the murder are said to he.
Deputy Sheriff Fogg received tele-
gram from the mayor of Somersworth
ssaging that the cHshier had been
Ne ordered and that it was thought the
InuTdereTs had come to Maine. Tke
deputy and Nr. B. a. Guodall drove five
2nii7sinto Lebanon where they meg Com
s5atles Howe, frank Beal and a. j. MIC
GibbQn OF the i5pringvale house, WHO
veresloaEing for the murderers.
a little lndsr they met ex-Chisf OF
Pclic5 Enhts and Charles O'Shea of
SoneEswortn. who had heen chasing two
tie ms from that city. While stopping to
otnef wAieh went in the direction Of
Naples. They followed the second team
To SpTinRvale and found it contained
people belonging in this place. Ex-Cbief
hobbs telegxapbed to Somerswortil to
haze ofilcsis Harmon end Walton go to
lnay have gone.
Sanford Notified.
Sanford, Aprsl l6.-City Sheriff Newell
z. Fogg Of Sanford and County Sheriff
Thompson Of Nswfieid, were notified late
this afternoon of tho bank tragedy at
Sonerswcrth,. N. II.
A despatah from Rochester, N. H.,
says that late in the afternoon two
strange men were seen driving a black
horse at West Rochester, which is seven
miles from SomeTsworth. They were
driving rapidly, and were going towards
Darlington, a small place which gained
notorietY faw years ago through the
killing of Deputy Sheriff Smith by Nc
Arthur or Simpson, rs he was often
called, the notorious New Brunswick
horse thief and bigamist. The authorities
are securing the country all along the
Maine boundary.
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officers Appe ar to Have Been on Wrong
Scent, However.
WalthaE,, Mass., April 16.-Con. Harti-
gait. the New England ex-amateur 1875
pound boxing champion and . friend
named johnny Briggs were ossted al
4.33 O'Clock this afternoon OF ieiOn of
being concerned in tire Teele ioobery OF
Wednesday night. The officers at the
police station had scarcely completed the
sesrch CT tbs two men, which, by the
way, revealed $50 and same confederate
ooin. when a telegram was received from
tbs mayer of SoGsrsWnrth, v. H., asking
that these geTg men be apprehendad. The
first telegram was followed in few
minutes hT "a feuond and that in turn by
third, all to the same efTeat and nil
urging the local police to use their Ut
most eFlde2 vo1s to aecure the mea.
FARMER Teele has identified Hartigan
rs the man vino not only robbed him but
threatened him with n terrible death by
burning. Mr. Teele could not however.
identity Briggs.
Shortly after his arrest Hartigan ad-
United that he had been in Somersworth
toaay. He stated that ne and Briggs
went there on Wednesday, but was
positive that both OF them left Somers-
worth az ten o'clock this morning,
coming direct TO Boston,
Late tonight it Was learned that in the
fourth e0d last telegram received by the
laenl authorities from Mayor Hanson of
Spme-swoIth, tie latter stated that the
supposed murderers Of Cashier Stickney
left fnr Boston on lie 2 10 p. NJ. tra'n II.
This statement apparently cleurs Hmrti-
gan and Briggs of any completely. in the
affair, - the train does not reach Boston
until 40 while the men were arrested in
this city twelve miles distant at 45S.
Fire at the University of California
FTiGa7 afternoon destroyed the building
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