The Portland daily press., 1899-02-18

and It was found that- ID was written by
Miss Maud NJ. Warren with whom Pierce
Is very intimate. She confessed to having
written 1t and said that 1t was dictated
by Pierce.
In September, after the police and the
detectives had been working on the case
for some time and had obtained good
deal of circumstantial evidence against
him, at the suggestion of Judge Cornish,
but against the protests Of City Marshal
Wing. Pierce was called into Mayor
Newelps office and IN the presence of the
mayor, city marshal, Judge Cornish, and
Detective Odlin was told all the evidence
against him He made no denial, neither
did he confess, but when the officials told
him that IL he would agree to stop his
work no prosecution would be made, he
dropped back into his chair, and said:
81 will do nothing further"
He was then released, but the letters
continued to be sent and other things
happened. SO that the investigation was
continued. Early In the fall in three
places in the city big signs were painted
one night reading Newell and McGilli-
cuddy, liars, black mailers and thieves"
On November llth the anniversary of the
trial for assault on Bourchard, ex-city
marshal Teel received by Merchants ex-
press from Boston, bottle Of whiskey.
As he had ordered none and there was
| nothing to show from whom 1t came, and
as he also knew Of all the series of events
which have been mentioned, his sus-
picions were aroused and he turned the
, liquor over to the police for examination.
| This was also sent to Prof. Robinson
for analysis. and like the sugar was found
| to contain sufficient arsenic SO that a very
small drink would kill man. The
letters, which still continued now began
to be written upon a typewriter, and up
on what purported to be the letter heads
of the different alleged signers. Letters
on the letter heads Of McGillicuddy &
Mercy and signed by Mr.. McGilhcuddy
were sent to d. b. Stevens during the
trial OF the assault case of Callahan VS..
Stevens, assailing Mr.. Newell. Letters
signed w. H. Newell and A. r. Savage
were sent to the judiciary committee OF
the Maine legislature, and In fact letters
signed by various parties, who never
wrote them and upon every conosiveable
subject wero constantly being received by
prominent men. At the time of the
Buoksport murdey mystery letters Were
written to the Bucksport selectmen in the
name of Mr.. MoGillicuddy, which were
gross libels upon Mr.. Odlin. who was en-
Moved as a detective on the case. The
evidence needed to connect Pierce with
these events it has been gigantic task to
collsct and until the authorities were
very Gel tain that they had sufficient proof
they remained quiet keeping up the in
vestigation, but doing nothing to give
him alarm.
Detectives have Swallowed Pierce and
Miss Warren for weeks. The printer in
Boston OF whom the letter heads used in
the forged letters were obtained was dis
covered and the printer has been in Lew
iston and positively identified Pierce as
the man who ordered them anc TO whom
they were delivered. handwriting ex-
perts say that there is not the slightest
doubt that the handwriting OF the ad-
Grsss upon the package OF poisoned sugar
sent to Judge Cornish and the whiskey
sent to ex-Marshal Ieel Is that OF Pierce.
In is known that Pierce was in Boston
for two days prior to the day the liquor
was sent and it has been learned that
the package v as found on the steps OF the
Nerehants Express Office in Boston on