Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-22
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
a. L. B'nn. Wcsi Wudham. N. H.. Accused
OF Poisoning His Housckeepcr

J.. flimn of West Windham n. H.. was
arrested This afternoon. ON a warrant
sworn out by Coroner II. S. Baketel on
Suspicion of having poisoned Mary f.
n'i.tIl; naH en'iSekeeper but no rclation
Ma'th l3. The Woman died under Sus-
piciouS circumstances al his home ana
alihotIsh the physicians gave II death
rvr11n[il'r alleging hcmorrhage of the
stomach rs he cauSo. the sclertmen no
tilted Dr. liaketcl, who performed an au-
tnpSN anu sent the Internal organs to
hrmlst Edmund Il. Angel OF the state
board OF health. Tho coroher's Jury will
llhlSh ltS duties. tomorrow. Blihn was
hfuHEht before Justice Poor of the Derry
police court, this aftorhnoh anu pleaded
not guilty. The casr was CONTINUED until
March -, To allow the coroner to com
pIrtt the evidences nhd allow Prof. Angel
t" present his report Biinn was taken TO
nil at Exeter. tonight.
Last N"Ntmher tlannoh Case of Hollis,
Il i"rmtr captain iii the Salvation Army.
went |" Elinn's house on Il visit. and died
after hnxihs been there a month. III great
agony The coroner investigated the ease
put evidence Of responsibility for her
death was not forthcoming.
Mary bllnn was not related to Abner,
h"r maiden name being Daily. She mar
ricd a man who called himself Frederick
l. W llllanS, in Aver Mass, about Il
wears ago. She found that the name Of
llrr husband WAS assumed. and that he
had Il wife and children living SO they
Wrf" married in Clinton by Rev. James
Nudge, IN September. 1872. he giving the
name of Frederick +. Hlmu. He deserted
her i'll l>e and since then She has been
out at service in various towns in the
nciGhhurhood of Nashua.
Hlinn met her at Mrs. Cases house III
Hollis. last fan. and engaged her to work
Tor lllln. None of his nCigNnorS however.
were aware that any woman except
i|llnn aged mother was in the house I'M
III tn" fact of the woman'S death became
public. No one save Hlinn and his mother
know the circumstances attending the
death of Mary Blinu. as they were alone
&" clock on the night of March T., accord
ing 10 the story told the police by Blinn.
and dicu III : o'clock the next morning.
\" physician arrived untn after the
death had taken place.
Twelve years ago. Binn WAS married
to 4 woman in Harvard, Mass. and lived
with her eight years until he discovered
that she had 4 husband and children.
subsequently she obtained a divorce from
him ON the ground OF cruelty. Three
Years ago he married Mrs. Johnson of
Berlin. Mass. a woman much older than
himself. After living with her for three
weeks. She told him she hau never been
divorced from her former husband. He
then deserted her. taking with him hor
adopted daughter.
At the inquest held on the hody of Mary
Hlinu, some of the neighborS testified that
Blinn WAS cruel and ahusiN" to his
mother and that she had been compelled
To seek refuge in their homes Blinu is
It years of age ana rather ignorant.
What prOVocJtion there could have been
for the alleged crime is a mystery. rs
there was no insurance ON the life Of
Mary Hlinn. The arrest Of Bhnn has
caused "a great sensation in thus vicinity
ana the outcome OF tnc ease is awaited
with much interest.