The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

An autopsy was held Monday noon at
the under taking rooms Of Hodsdon ard
Roberts OF westbrook. over the remains
Of the lats John Barry Of Mallis,n Fails.
South windhsm, who was found dead In
. well In the yard Of Mrs. Dtlcourt, his
mother-in-law ON Brown street. barry
with his wife and child was In West
brook to spend Thanksgiving. barry
spent the afternoon In visiting around
the city and In the evening with friends
called ut the home OF Alfonso Archam-
beau, nearby Mrs. Delcourt's. He was
missed that evening and some search was
mads. Friday about eleven O'Clock Mrs
Delcourt In looking out Into the yard
saw what appeared TO BE- mars fest
sticking out OF we'll about twenty feet
from the house. A young lad was sent to
Investigate and came back and reported
that II was the body Of a man. Help was
summoned and the man was hauled out
Of the mud and water into which he had
fallen for a depth Of three feet Tho man
was ct once identified as Barry. Coroner
MoDonough Of Portland was called and
after an examination Of ths body and the
premises decided that AN inquest was un-
necessary and ordered tbs body turned
over to Hodsdon and Roberts, the under
taker. Coroner MoDonough found two
bruises on the head which he decided
must have .bssn su stained In falling. Hs
also learned that Barry had left Archam-
beau's house In an Intoxicated condition
The funeral was arranged to OCCUR on
Monday.
Special Police Officer Edward Gilman
Sunday afternoon lowered around the
vicinity Of the fatality and overheard
group Of men whom ne thought to be In
toxioated. gathered together and talking
the matter over. Some Of the men had
been In the company o. Barry on Thurs
day night, and some Of the remarks the
ofiioer heard led him to believe
that there might be foul play ut the bot
tom of the trouble. In the conversation
tho men did not hesitate to accuse Arch
ambeau OF having had hand In tie
dsath Of Barry.
Officer Gilman reported ut oncs to
Mayor Raym ond and City Marshal Swan
and these gentlemen decided that an In
vestigation should be MADE. Marshal
Swar and Officer Gilman went to Port
land and conferred with County Attorney
Libby and Coroner Perry. 1he outcome
of the visit was the arrest Of Arohsmb beau
on charge Of drunkenness and dfsturb'
anos. He was arrested about midnight
Sunday. Yesterday morning Coroner
Perry assisted by County Attorney Libby
went to Westbrook to take charge of the
case. One CT the first things done BY
them was to stop the funeral services
which were TO be held ut st. Hyacinthe's
Catholic church. The body was then re-
moved to Hodsdon and Roberts's under
taking rooms. DIR. s. Ii. Weeks of Port
land arrived In Westbrook at noon tin o
20 conduct the autopsy. He was assisted
by DIR. A. n. Witham OF Cumberland
Mills. The only bruises on the body were
discovered on the head. bat thess were
not con sidsred to bs connected with any
rot Of foul play. A thorough examination
was made OF the body and the organs
ware found to be- in good condition. A
quantity of water was taken from the
lungs.
During the autopsy several OF the resi-
dents Of Brown street were examined and
questioned thoroughly as to their knowl-
dye of the affair. The stories were coz
niotipg, although Ii was agreed that the
men had been drinking heavily Thursday
night, and that Barry and Archsmbsau
had had words and that they came 30
blows. Il Also was brought out that
Archambeau threw Barry out Of doors
aud this was the last seen Of him.
Another witness said that he saw Barry
get up aud walk and try to walk In the
direction Of Mrs. Delcourt's. Coroner
Perry decided that an inquest ought to be
| held and empannslled tn, following jury:
| Mayor King p. Raymond, =. Howard
| Waterf ouss. Charles M. Waterhouss,
Stephen NJ Dresser. Wesley Z witham,
Charles Andrews. The inquest is to be
held on Thursday afternoon at one o'clock
at Westbrook.
After the autopsy the body was turned
| over to the undertskers and buried yes
| terday afternoon. Barry Was insured Tor
| . $1,000 In the Travellers Insurance com-
| pany and thsre has been some talk that
this money may be involved In some way
| In the case.