Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-03-29
FOGG'S LATEST.
SAYS HE DID HELP MOVE SARAH
WARES BODY.
TOLD SHERIFF HOOPER so LAST WE'D
NEsDAY, AND REPEATED STORY.
TO HIS FATHER MONDAY.

Joe togg, it,, on whose testimony Will
liam +. TreWorgy was held for the grand
jury and on whose retractlon TreWorgy
VAS admitted to bai aud released from
confinement, nov says that his first story
was true, and that he did help rreworgy
move he body and aid tell his father and
mother before the cody was found.
This story was told to Sheriff Hooper
last Wednesday,, and again to Fogg's
father MONDAY. The story told to a
Bangor Commercial man Saturday Fogg
explains by saying that his second re-
traction was made to Sheriff Hooper in
confidence, and he did not know it had
been tde public, SO when the Com
merctdt man called on him Saturday Fogg
stuck to the story of his first retraction.
Owing to the many and conflicting
stories told by Fogg, it would be a rash
man who ventured TO say which is true.
THE AMERICAN merely relates the cir
cumstances attending the telling of each
OF the recent stories, and allows each
reader to draw his own conclusions.
On Wednesday of last week, in the pres
ence Of THE AMERICAN reporter, Sheriff
Hooper read to Fogg the efiidavits of his
father and mother, vino testified that he
told them before the body WAS found hat
he had helped move it.
At first Fogg said his father and mot her
had sworn to a lie. Then he said he did
not remember whether he had told them
or not. Having thus committed himself,
he asked to talk with Sheriff Hooper
alone, and then told him in confidence
that he did help rreworgy move the
body, and did tell his father and mother
and Joseph Mink before the body was
discovered
This story WAS published in Thursday
morning papers, and caused sensation
in Bucksport.
On Saturday Harold II. Crane. the
Bucksport correspondent OF the Bangor
Commercial, called on togg and inter
viewed him alone in his cell. The re-
suit OF that interview was story pub
iished in saturday evenings Commercial
TO the effect that Fogg had again re-
traeted aud declared he did not help move
the body.
Monday morning Fogg's father and
brother visited him at the Jail. To them,
in the presence of Sheriff Hooper and The
AMERICAN reporter, Fogg again declared
that his story to Sheriff Hoo per was cor
rect, and he did help move the body. He
aid the reason he told the Commercial
reporter saturday that he ola not move
the body. was that he had made his CON
fession to Sheriff Hooper in confidence,
and did not know it had been published,
so stuck to his original retraction.
Fogg, senior, when he was here, was
very emphatic i'll declaring that the atii-
davlt WAS correct, and that his son did
tell him, and also his mother, before the
body was found, that he had helped move
it.
Mr.. Fogg asked Joe why he had told
Mr.. Hall what he did. Joe said: Mr..
Hall told me he knew | was lying when |
testified against Treworgy, and could
prove it. Then he read to me out of
book, and said il | told such lie | would
go to State prison for lie. l have been
thinking of that ever since" And here
the tears filled Fogg's eye and he choked
so that he could not speak further.