The Portland daily press., 1899-10-23
LAST SCENES.
In ths Tragedy whssh Began Thur-.
day Noon.

/ gay NOON.
The ooronel's inquest TO inysstixats
the causes Of the deaths Of William
GfeNer and Mrs Jennie l.. II. Lsrrow,
which occurred Thursday noon, met In
the county attorneys room In the City
building Saturday forenoon. Coroner
Ldttlefield had charge and the following
witnesses were examined; DIR. E. A.
Bessenden. Deputy Marshsl Firth. ofEcsr
Jones, Thomas J. o'Nsii, Mrs. Jennie
Wentworth ANA Miss Rose UndsrhliI.
Dr. Fessenden testified he, had been
one Of the first to errivs at the house 81
Brown street. after the shooting had oo-
Cured. He examined the bodies and
found that life was extinct In both Of
them, the shots that had been fired being
sufficient to cause instant death.
| Deputy Marshal Firth said he arrived
at the horss within very few minutes
after the shooting. He entered the front
parlor and there found the dead bodies
of Grewer and Mrs. Lsgrow. some of the
furnishings in the rssr parior were
dissrranged but whether or not this re-
suited from struggle witness conld not
say.
Officer Jones stated that he went to the
housa He was unable to open the front
| parior. unless by using force and went
into the back parlor and through this
room opened the door ana entered the
front parlor where he found the bodies.
Thomas J. o'Neil testified that Thurs
day mornfno noefcSrs q, n ra~,ar ,-a. u..,.
much under the influence of liquor and
thinking that he intended to harm Mrs.
Legrow, he sent her note warning her
that brewer was drunk and that she had
better look ont for herself In the opinion
Of the witness, Grower had been q dan
gerous mnn at previous times.
Mrs. Wentworth, at whose house on
Free street Grewer had hesn lodging for
some time, said that she had on num-
Der Of different occasions heard Grewer
say that he would knock the head off
Mrs Legrow. Thursday forenoon about
ten minutes before the tragedy, 6rewsr
had t1ld her that he was going to shoot
the woman. On Thursday he had been
drinking quite hard, more SO than for
Ach6 sAhtOs baAAh1k bn0 lOfcuuOu bHb
saw him take two drinks from bottle.
Miss Underhill. who lives Mt 81 Brown
street. said that she hal received the note
which had been sent to Mrs. Legrow.
witness began to read the note but seeing
that 1t was intended for Mrs. Lsgrow sns
discontinued ana at once went and
handed It to Mrs Learow. This was
ahout fan ~, irrfes -
| In answer to q question by ons of the ju-
rors, Miss Underhill stated that the out
side door OF the house was always locked.
In answer to another question Miss Un-
derhill said that, although In the house at
the time, she did not hear the reports
Tired by the revolver.
This finished the testimony ana the
jury, after delibsration, rendered the YER
dict that Mrs. Legrow had come to her
death last Thursday by shots fired from
revolver in the hands OF William Grewer
and that William Grewsr had come to his
death by shots from o revolver fired by
himself.
FUNERAL OF MRS. LEGRow.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Jennie L..
ii. Legrow took place at . 30 o'clock Sat-
urday afternoon from the residence of the
! mother of the deceased, Mrs. Lewis II.
Dyer, on the Ocean house ROAD, Town
House hill, Cape Elizabeth. A large
mum Der OF the friends of the unfortunate
young woman vera In attendance, sever
al going from this city.
The services which were most impres-
sive, were conducted by Rev. Mr. Nick
erson, tbs pastor of the Baptist church at
Town House hill. Mr.. Nickerson spoke
appropriately, offering words of comfort
to the aged mother and the two brothers
of the deceased. He read several selsc-
tions from the scriptures, among others
being the Twenty Third Psalm.
Mr.. Lewis Hannaford, Mrs. William
Hobbs and Mrs. Mortimer Bremen sang
In very feeling style, Under His Wings"
and "Lead Kindly Light" Miss Ethel
Jordan was the organist.
Many beautiful floral offerings had been
sent, the casket being almost completely
covered with these tokens.
Interment was at Bay View cemetery.
GREwER BURIED. 3.
Funeral services over the remains of
the late William Grewer were held Satur-
day afternoon at Rioh's undertaken z
rooms on Exchange strest The services
were private and were conducted by Rev.
Lewis Malvern, this pastor of the
Plymouth Baptist church. In.erment
was in the Forest City cemetery. burial
let having tesn bought by the friends OF
the deceased.
THE ROAD GETS THE RUM.