Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-05
BUCKSPORT MYSTERY.
WHO MURDERED MRS. SARAH
WARE
MISSING TWO WEEKs-BoDY FOUND
CIRCUMSTANCES STRONG
LY SUPPORT MURDER THEORY.

Inc nOuy OF Mrs. sarah ware, OF Bucks
port, was found Sunday in an unfrequent-
ed pasture nearly half mile from her
home. The skull was crushed, the jaw
bone broken, and small bag in W hich
she carried her money Is missing. These
! facts support the theory of murder.
| Sarah Ware was widow, fifty Years of
age. She was eccentric-"a little queer"
people said. Her home for the past five
years had been with Mrs. Robert Miles,
| in the lower end of the town.
Saturday evening, Sept. II, Mrs. Ware
left the house to call on the family of
John BULLDOG, in another part Of the town.
She had spoken Of making quite a visit
at the BULLDOGS, and no suspicion was
aroused when she did not return home.
week passed, and then Mrs. Miles
| learned that Mrs. Ware had left the
BULLDOG house the Saturday evening she
called. Still this caused no alarm, for it
was believed Mrs. Ware must be working
somew here in the vicinity as was her GUS
| tom.
| Not until last Friday was any serious
| attempt made to find the missing woman.
doc house at $50 on the evening OF her
| call. She was traced to Fogg's store on
School street, where she made some trif-
ling purchase, paying for it from a purse
she carried in small satchel. This was
the last seen of Sarah Ware alive.
When these facts became known, search
| ing parties were soon securing the coun-
trxr oil
the body was found in clump Of bushes
| near a lane leading from Pond street, on
which MIS-. Mile lived, to a pasture. 1t
was about one-quarter OF a mile from the
Miles home. The body WAS lying on its
back, and decomposition WAS far adj
vanced. The left side of the face and
skull was crushed. The satchel was miss
ing, and has not been found.
These were the facts as laid before
Coroner ID. l.. Fields, of Ellsworth, when
he arrived Sunday night. After viewing
the body he ordered its removal.
On Monday Coroner Fields summoned a
jury, consisting of Guy w. McAlister, A.
c. Swazey, $. Z. Hall, William Beazley,
Parker Spofford and P. p. G lmore. The
but established the fact, by medical wit
nesses, that the skull had been crushed.
Portions OF the bone were missing. 1t
was the opinion OF the three physicians
who examined the body that the bones
could only have been crushed as they
were by some heavy instrument in the
hands of strong man.
rf ba lat of
death by violence at the hands of some
person or persons unknown. The sixth
juror held to the theory OF death by ac-
cident while deranged.
The people who hold to the murder
theory, and who are largely in the ma
jority, believe the object was robbery.
Mrs. Wares eccentricity was known.
She was believed to have little money,
and was commonly supposed to carry it
in the satchel which she always had
with her. 1t is known that only short
time ago she was paid s65 for work.
The few who hold to the theory Of &C.
cidental death point out the fact that
Pond street, at the point where the lane
leaves 1t, is but little more than a lane
itself and at night Mrs. Ware might have
mistaken her way. Then finding she was
lost, she may have wandered into the
bushes until she fell where her body was
found. But this theory does not satisfac-
toriIy account for the crushed skull, or
for the missing satchel.
Coroner Fields arrived home from
Bucksport yesterday. He says there is no
doubt in his mind that the woman was
murdered.
Coroner Fields duties end with filing
his report OF the inquest, with the evil
dence taken. 1t is probable that some
action will be taken by the town Of
Bucksport to unravel the mystery.
Mrs. Ware has two children living, a
son and daughter.
County Attorney John E. Bunker, jr.,
was in Ellsworth this morning, and
left for Bucksport to set on foot an inves
tigation of the murder.