Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-18
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FL. HeTseys Boston Shoe Store,
a AUGUSTA,
For Ladies' and Gents Patent
Leather Boots, Ladies' Patent
Leather Dongola + White Kid Slippers
on NINE WARRANTS
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house was owned by Pierces mother
Trouble ensued.
The next day, when Bouchard was bid
eng Maude Warren gOOdby, nc saw
lerce looking in the window. He wen,
cut IN the yard and there was trouble
iiouchard received IL number OF wounds
on the head which he claimed were in
iiicted with knife in Perce's hands
iiercc's defence was that Bouchard az
lacked him and he merely acted in self
eefence. When he pushed Bouchard. the
man fell against the fence and struck his
head on some nails Marshal Teel served
The warrant which Bouchard swore out
The court adjudged that Pierce used UNI
necessary FORCE and he was bound over To
NE we ri higher n, court The case was finally
who disappeared The criminal case was
mol pressed.
Soon after this trial. all the parties con-
nected with the trial Of Pierce began 70
receive anonymous letters defaming thei!
characters and making mysterious ale
cations In general. Nearly all the men
IN public life received them. but the only
sometimes male and other times a fe-
male. seemed to wish to injure. were,
Mayor Newell, Mr. McGilicuddy ard
iudge Cornish.
II was soon after that Mr. Cornish wen,
10 the back door and found a bag Of
sugar The name Cornish was written
across the bag. Mrs. Cornish asked her
Quantity. and as he had not ordered any
and on account of the mysterious, pecu-
liar appearance. ii was analysed and
found to contain rough on rats
Some children in passing the residence
Of Mayor Newell. found some candy on
the steps and ate IL. If there had been
Fewer children or. greedy one in the
killed, as the candy contained poison. AS
1t was, the children We're all very IN.
Shortly after this the residence of Judge
Cornish was, daubed with paint This
10 LNsstt,
was reported to City Marshal Wing and
since that time he has worked untiringlv
on the case. After a time mass of evil
denee accumulated and after considerable
trouble Pierce was located. He was taken
before the parties he was attempting 10
injure and promised he would stop.
While Detective Odlin was at work on
the Ware murder case in Bucksport, sew
ccal Of his friends received letters pur-
porting TO be written by Mr.. McGilli-
cuddy They were lbellous and 1t hap
pened that they fell into the hands Of
of the other circumstances. it was almost
evident where they came from.
About this time Mr.. Stokes and his
sumably to operate an insurance business
as ne opened an Office and advertised as
representing company. This man was
q Pinkerton detective. who followed Mr..
to talk with him. Mr.. Stokes also board
ed at the house owned by Pierce and oc-
cupied by Mrs. Warren. Mr.. Pierce wrote
10 the Lowell Arms Co. about buying a
typewriter. bu, as Mr. Odlin is the agent
in Lewiston. the letter was turned over
to him.
Shortly after Pierce went to Boston and
upon his return the typewritten letters
appeared. These letters tried to entice
the men. to different points, to which if
they had gone there is no telling what
might have happened. About this time
H. r, Teel. who was the city marshal at
the time of the Bouchard case received
a bottle of whiskey by express from Bos-
ton, but he was suspicious of it, as 1t
sediment. 1t was shown by an
alysis to contain arsenic enough to kill IL
Pierce was known TO have been in Boston
at the time the whiskey was sent.
A Pinkerton inspector came to Lewis
ton, Feb. 6. and after consulting with De-
enough evidence 1t was decided to fur
Their gain the confidence of Pierce and
Miss Warren, and since that time the two
have never been out of sight of the Off
GERS, only when they slept.
1t was known that two rifle shots We're
fired. one on the night of the 9th and the
other on the l0ht. One of the bullets
lodged in the house of j. T. Small on Sc
baths street. and the other in Mayor New
ellis house.
The Boston agency by this time located
the place where the letterheads were
printed for McGllicuddy & Morey. and
the printer was brought to Lewiston
where he could see Pierce He positively
Identified Pierce as the man who bought
the paper. Miss Maud Warren was ar
rested with Pierce and is said to have eX-
claimed in her grief: .'If you want a mur- |
llerer. arrest that other fellow tmean-
ing Pierce).
The wife of Pierce has recently brought |
4 suit for a divorce. in which cruel and /
abusive treatment is alleged. She asks |
for $1,000 .aimony.