The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-26
WASN'T HANSON AT ALL.
An Identification Which Wasn't An
Identihcaeion.

Gloucester, Decem Der 2o.-AIteF an
almost positive Identification of tho dead
Quincy burglar as Charles Hanson by
three different persons in this city last
night, 1t ne vertheless seems more than
probable til at Hanson is enjoying excel.
lent health AS one of the crew of..the fish.
ing schooner George e. Lane, Jr., and
that he has not been ON shore since that
vessel left for trip to Georges Banks on
December 3.
Detective Ferguson of the Quincy
police left here last night. fully salts fed
that he had established the indentity Of
the dead man found last Thursday
morning in the house of John Shaw In
Quincy, but his stay here last night was
Of such short duration that he did not
pursue his inquiries further than with
three lodging house keepers, one OF whom
was Mrs. Wilson who descri bed the dead
man with apparent accuracy and after.
wards was positive that photograph
shown her was that of Hanson.
There was an intimation last night
that Hanson might have sailed on the
Lane but Mr.. Wilson's testimony seemed
so clear that officer Ferguson did not
hunt up the owner of the vessel and
unless he left the schooner unknown to
Frank S. Smith, who saw the vessel of
and who Is executive clerk of the owners.
Hanson is without doubt alive on the
schooner unless she has been overtaken
by disaster.
Hanson with one of his most intimate
friends, jerome Campbell, shipped on
board the Lane during the last week in
November and received his outfit for
the trip form Messrs. Lane s. Brother.
The schooner was ready to sail on De-
cember 1st, and actually put to sea that
afternoon, but when some miles out in
he bay she encoun tered severe blow
and was forced to go back. Mr.. Smith
says that he was on the wharf when she
sailed on December 1st and cast off the
lines and he Is almost positive that
Hanson was on the schooner.
The schooner arrived back from her
first attempt to put to sea on Thursday
and left again the next day During the
SQOrU blIu6 SL6 was LII POlp3 @t31s oiAAus<
saw her skipper but he said nothing
about Hanson's not being on board and
Mr.. Smith says that he is almost sure
that he did not come ashore while the
vassel was in port. The Lane has not
entered any other port since she left
December 81, and her owners are daily
expecting her return.
Hanson's picture, left here by the
Quincy police. was taken to another
boarding house keeper this afternoon and
that gentleman whose name is Erio
Tson, and who claims to know Hanson
well, said he was sure the dea man was
not Hanson.
Chief OF Police Littlefeld and Officers
Ferguson and Larkin of Quincy reached
this city tonight and at once mads a
round of the sailors boarding houses to
see If they could get information regard
ing Hanson They exhibited a photo.
graph of the dead burglar and several
times it was identified as picture OF
Hanson. 1t seems that the ground for the
belief that Hanson is the dead man came
came IrOm bno Soory onau hahooh ioAo oAAo
Lane before she sailed the second time
and that he was seen several times in
the and around the city since December
8. One man claimed to have seen Han
son within two weeks. Charles Brown
and Charles Watson, who knows hanson
we'll, will go to Quincy in the morning
and see the body. They are positive that
the photograph is that of Hanson.