The Portland daily press., 1897-08-10
THE NORTH ADAMS MURDER.
A Maine Girl Engaged to One of the
Victims.

North Adams, August GAS deep
as the Borden mystery"
That is the characteristic utterance on
the streets of North Adams regarding the
murder of Henry and Blanche Reed, and
to all appearances no one has got nearer
to solution of this crime than to the
famous Fall River tragedy.
The police have succeeded In locating
one who is, without doubt, the only liv.
ing person who has any knowledge of
Reed 8 recent business dealings. That the
important person is a woman, and
lover of Reeds which makes the story Of
greater interest. The police refuse to give
out what they had learned concerning
Reeds love affairs, and it was CLEANED
only after several hours of inquiry.
The woman in the case is Miss Jennie
hay. She came to this city from Water
vile, Me-, her birthplace, about three
years ago and took up her home with
street. He is boss spinner in the Beaver
mill in this city. Miss Ray, since her
residence in this city, has been forelady
in the shirt waist factor of w. G. Ellis
Co., on Holden street, and is known as q
conscientious worker and q lady of very
lovable disposition. She is 81 years of
age, of medium height, light complex
ioned, and weighs about 100 pounds
Reed became acquainted with her soon
after her arrival here, and their acquain-
tance had developed into mutual love-
She had roomed during the past year
with Mrs G. III. Cook of 25 North Holden
street, and Reed had been a constant cal
Ter there. His attentions to her were
we'll received by all save his own sister
Juh tc 1ie1;I I. al IN
being supplanted as his housekeeper.
Miss Kay had been in the habit of go
ing to drive with Mr.. Reed on his trips
among debtors, and had given him quite
an amount of her own money to invest.
She has been engaged to marry him and
the date of the wedding was supposs to
be not far distant.
acquired a thorough knowledge of his
business dealings, and had been made
his confdante, and his only one There
is no question but what she knows more
OF Reeds business than any one alive
today, and her presence is especially de-
sired by the police. Last Tuesday she
went to Oakland, Me-, on vacation and
telegram reached her of the tragedy Her
arrival here was looked for all day, but
she has not yet arrived. Reed and his
sistcr was knowGsto have quarrelled fire.
quently, and it i@shought that his matri-
monial possibility was one of the causes
of disputes.
Mr.. Ray states that his sister will glad
ly do all in her power to find the mur-
derers.
There was report that Reed had left
will in favor of Miss Ray Neither
Mrs. Cook or MIR. Ray would confirm the
rumor, preferring to make no statements
concerning possible financial relations
between the two.
One rumor which spread rapidly to-
night, and which caused endless specula.
tion, was that Reed had been seen com
ing from Mrs. Cooks house on North
Holden street, where Miss Ray, his fan
cee boarded, little after 10 O'Clock Fri
day evening. Mrs. Cook said today that
Reed was negotiating for the purchase of
horse for her, and had taken her for a
short drive at Zylonite, Friday afternoon,
behind the horse owned by Hiram Tin
ney, which was driven by Reed and Tin
ney to the Lawsonian field that afternoon.
where she was witnessing game of base
bali. She did not say whether Reed had
called in the evening or not. If he called
it was probably to talk about the horse.
as Mrs. Cook says Miss Ray went to Oak,
land Tuesday and that Reed had accom-
panied her to the train, which left after
midnight