The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-15

The Eccentric Old Bachelor Loved
Little Sevilla Reynolds.
lie Sought Revenge Because She Spurned His
Attentions-HeId Without Bail.
(By Associated Press).

Pascoag, r. l., April Is. - His mind
hopelessly shattered by the spurning of
his love, Martin Mowry, who woked for
Edward Robinson on the Elisha Mowry
farm in the town of Oakland. some time
Tuesday night killed Reynolds, his wife,
and their 15-year-old adopted daughter,
Servilla, afterward setting fire TO the
house.
me neighbors were aroused by the
fire, and they had no sooner effected an
entrance to the house than evidence
which led to the supposition that the
fire was the result of arson, after mur-
der. was disclosed.
Mrs. Reynolds body, mutilated and
blood-stained. was taken from her bed
by those who were first to enter the
house.
The flames prevented any further
search, and not until the house was en-
tirely consumed and the ruins dug into
were the remains of Reynolds and his
daughter found. Both bodies were al
most completely incinerated, but iden-
tification was possible.
When the neighbors first entered the
burning house, they were met with a
strong odor of kerosene. The place had
been saturated by the murderer All
the doors were bolted. and every window
tightly closed Mowry. the hired man.
was not in his room, and this led to the
suspicion that he was the murderer.
Afterward he was found hiding in a
neighbours barn and arrested. He had
a bullet wound in the back of his head,
which was presumably self inflicted.
Mowry told an incoherent story of
robbers entering the house and muir
dering the inmates, but as he is evidently
insane no credence is given to his tale.
Medical Examiner Wilcox, assisted by
Drs. Granger and Capwell, made an
autopsy on all three of the victims OF
the tragedy. The body OF Mr.. Rey
nolds was, however, so disfgured as TO
be unrecognizable, while that of Miss
Reynolds was identified by the head.
The doctors made a careful eXamina-
tion of the body of Mrs. Reynolds, and
found deep wound in the head, made
by the butt end OF mus<et, while there
were no less than seven bayonet wounds
on the body.
The musket and bayonet were both
found i'm the ruins of the fire, and are
known to have been the property OF
Mowry.
actly.
The entire left side of the body of Mrs.
Reynolds was shattered, all the ribs
being broken, while there were bruises
on other parts of the body.
Immediately after the autopsy had
been completed, Judge Spear of the
Sixth district court signed a warrant
for the arrest of Monty, and he was
at once brought into court for arraign-
ment. After the customary prelim-
inaries, Mowry was charged with the
murder of all three persons. and upon
advice of his counsel, he pleaded not
guilty.
He was then committed TO jail with
out bail, to await the preliminary trial
on April 2l
The only thing like confession made
by Mowry was when Or. Wilcox told
him he proposed to etherize him and then
abstract the bullet that is now i'm his
head. Mowry said Il won't be ether
lied. You think if you get me that way
/ will tell my whole story"
Mowry is a bachelor. about 60 years OF
age. He has always been liked in this
section of the state. and has borne a
good reputation, although of late he has
been very peculiar. From some evil
dence just discovered. II is learned that
he has been paying considerable un-
called for attention to Miss Reynolds
during the past few weeks and ii is be-
lieved that her failure to respond to his
advances has had something to do with
his present condition. for there is no
doubt but that Mowry is a madman.
-