Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-20
JOHN c. BEST
Will Appear in Lynn Police
Court, Saturday.
Two Brothers Of Murdered Man Leave
Portland for Lynn.
Police Looking Up Past Actions Of cuspe cted
Murderer.

NAh't'4-7e 4'--4' WIZ bt- again continued.
Best being held without bail. Leonard
Pratt Of Boston. ana James 4. Odlfn
Of Lynn, have announced that they
have been retained as counsel by Best
and both had an interview with him
today
Best told an officer. today. however,
that had but 80 in money and he did
not believe he could secure c1unse! for
that and that he did not need any.
Two brothers of the murdered man.
Henry and Bejamin Bailey. are expect
cd here, tomorrow, having left Port
land, Me. on the boat, tonight.
The police want To learn what Fest
cid, Tuesday. and what on Wednesday.
IN fact. they want n know what occu-
pied his days and nights from the time
he says ne parted from Bailey until
ne was arrested in the room in the see
ond story OF the farm house that h.
jointly occupied with the man whose
murdered and butChered body has been
recovered peace meal, tied up in sacks.
from the dark waters Of Glenmere. a.
floating bridge.
Then, too. they hunt for some trace
n blood on leaf or stone in the woods
o. about the farm house thar may leal
to the discovery OF the spot where the
dead body was beheaded and denuded
n: the limbs. Tuesday
Best was in Lynn. one evening r.
Gently. Al J Z. Ke!lihers bar room
on summer street. near Butmun's mills.
on the road that leads to North Sau-
gus. Best called while the rain was
falling.
He was driving in a Democrat farm
wagon ana had on an oil suit
He had a drink and evidently haG
been drinking. In the bar room he met
Arthur Jordan. and together they att
at the lunch counter. Then they call
"a for more liquor, but Best vas 81
drunk that the bar tender refused ID
serve him. Tha people il the saloon
We're afraid that Best could not mar
age his wagon and horse alone. but
Jordan said he would look after him
ana drive With him a little way until
NJ was all right.
Then they went out and took the
horse from the shed and drove Off
That night. Winfield Rowe, who had
ben outside in The wagon waiting foi-
Best and who had been in Lynn and
returned with him, says that butcher
named Mcrri,lia. was Bcst's cnnpan-
ion.
Best declares that the man was ore
named Shaw. whom he never saw be
fore ana whom he did not know. HI
says that he drove him to the farm
house TO stay over night with him, but
tina, Shaw refused 70 stop. ~ n drove
him part way home This man was
Jordan. who is now missing.
Investigation looking TO discover the
alleged butcher. McCrillis. brings 10
light the fact that no such man eve
worked At the slaughter house nea-
Floating Bridge pond where McCTilli5
was alleged to have been employed.
Arthur Jordan. the man who was
with Best on Tuesday night, said by
Rowe To have been NcCrillis. IS away
from Lynn. He is a travelling sales
man for a harness man and is often
away from home. This time he l.
away on a trip and will not be home
until Saturday night. His parents DO
not know where he is or where he can
be found.
Before night falls. Winfield Rowe
OF North Saugus, will be detained al
the Lynn police station as witness.
The police think that he knows more
than he has told and believe that he
is best off for the development Of the
case under lock and key. The story OF
Wrigley. Of the wagon passing ms
house. Tuesday morning. fits IN with
the story Of Albert q. Day Of North
Saugus. who heard 4 wagon drive BY
his house along the road that leacS
through the woods from Breakheart
hill farm TO the road BY which Lynn
is reached. To pass the Day house
and cross the mill bridge 70 the street
that d wagon must have come by the
Breakheart farm at least. The time
Dav heard the wagon and that Wheh
Wricley heard j wagon with loose
front wheels Of the farm wagon IN the
shed are loose. corresponds - the time
that would be required to drive from
the farm TO the pond. passing through
LYNN woods by the water supply
pond OF the drive and through NEon>a
village and Glemere. This route. Sc
Guided. little travelled. and runs for
over three-Quarters Of the way
through woods Best knew the section
OF country traversed by the various
roads in this line We'll.
state Officer Neal has held another
interview with Miss Hawkes. She
talks Of the departure Of the farm
wagon when Bailey drove 70 Deary
with the milk on the evening OF OCT
:. She heard him return and then about
half an hour later heart the wagon go
out once more. Then she fell asleep
and it was along in the morning when
she heard IT rattle back. Medical EX-
arniner Pinkham says the man was
killed an hour after eating supper, oct
5 In the theory Of Officer Neal. bailey
was shot as ne sat in the wagon when
he had returned to the farm for the
night. Then the gunny sacks and the
two horse blankets were taken from
the barn. and getting into the wagon
the murderer drove away past the
Hawkes. house and returned early in
The morning. having either hidden the
body until he could dispose Of i at an
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