The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-15
CHAMPION IS
AGAIN IN Maine
Alleged Murderer Confined In
tho Jail at Alfred.
ARRAlGNED Before A JUSTICE.
Shirt Which The Prisoner Discarded Fsuni
iii Railway Staten.
SAID TO Be COVERED WITH BLOOD.
Atls Champion hssshsd The Jail No Was Given
an Ealiy Change si cIsihmg and Thsn
Seemed 10 Collapse.
Shirt Which The Prisoner Discarded Fsunl
a Z Railway Staten
SAID TO Be COVERED WITH BLOOD.

Alfred, Me-, June 15.-George Cham
pion was locked up in the Alfred Jail
last evening after a rather uneventful
trip from Boston The party, which con-
sisted of Inspector McCausland, Sher-
in Thompson OF York county and OFF,
Ger Miles. arrived, accompanied by
number of reporters. at the Jail shortly
before o'cloI. The party came by
way OF Kennebunk by train, from
there TO Sanford by electric car. at
which latter place a blackboard carried
the prisoner and his escort 10 the Jail.
Champion was handcuffed to Officer
Miles. and when the jail was reached
the prisoner and officers were shown 60
the office OF the institution. where
County Attorney W. 3. Matthews and
Officer Frank Matthews OF Farmingtor,
~. H.. were waiting. Officer Frank
Matthews had with him the bag con-
talning the shirt which il believed to
be the strongest evidence against
Champion. The shirt was found at the
Pennington railway station Monday,
sbut as 1T was rolled up in bundle, its
identity was not ascertained until yes
terday morning.
After Champion had been introduced
to County Attorney Matthews. and
both had shaken hands. Champion was
taken into the wash room OF the Jail
and given an entire change Of cloth
ing.
ARRANGEMENT TODAY.
+ 1t was thought he would be arraign-
ed last night, but by the time he had
dressed himself he was almost in a
state of collapse Arraignment was
necessarily postponed until o'clock
today. .Gfter a light supper he was taxi
en- into cell 49, on the first tier in the
Jail.
The strongest evidence against
Champion is the blue shirt which was
found In the waiting room at Farming
ton. ". III.
Champions movements have been
traced thoroughly. and IL has been as
certained that he arrived at Farming
ton between and o'clock on Monday
morning. just in time TO lose his train.
He was very much chagrined over
this incident. AS soon as the clothing
store i'm the village opened he went
there and purchased a shirt. Taking
his purchase into a nearby saloon he
removed his old one in a side room for
the new. The shirt which he purchased
was wrapped up I'm bag such az IL
usually found In country stores, and
into this ne placed the discarded gar
ment, which he carried TO the railroad
station. For want of better place, he
rid himself OF his bundle by throwing
it into the box used for holding time
tables Half an hour afterwards IL was
found there by a boy. and shortly after
the attention OF the station agent,
George Wood. was called to II. Think
ing nothing or the incident. Wood took
the bundle from the box and threw IL
upon a shelf in his ONCE.
BUNDLE REMOVED.
Yesterday morning two officers came
TO Pennington in search OF the miss
ing shirt. They thought first OF going
down to the river bank, but concluded
first to try the lavatory at the railroad
station Wood now remembered the
bundle he had carelessly thrown upon
the shelf. IL was found 10 be covered
with blood. Under one arm IL looked as
il the owner had tried to wash spot
from NJ. The blood was scattered up the
shirt from the lower part OF the bosom
20 she right shoulder. Champion main
tains that he had the nosebleed. but
the way the blood IL scattered on the
shirt shows conc1usively that the nuid
was thrown up on the garment rather
than down upon II. The shirt was given
to Of1ccr Matthew's.
THE ARRAIGNMENT.
Chamr1on was arraigned I'm his cell
nj the county Jail here this morning.
Warrants charging the murder or eacn
of the four victims were read 10 MN.
and he pleaded not guilty to each ana
WAS then bound over without ball 10
await the action OF the grand jury
which sits on the third Tuesday or
September.
Champion slept very well last night
and appeared perfectly composed al
most defiant. this morning. At 1:45
o'clock Trial Justice Drew with County
Attorney Matthews. Officer Miles and
Sneri Thompson appeared and prepa-
rations for his arraignment were made
at once. Champion seemed desirous of
avoiding. II possible the gaze or the
curious crowd which he knew would
greet him in the court and he asked II
he could not be arraigned in his cell.
This was agreed to and the trial justice.
with the other officials entered the
gloomy cell and concluded the work
very quickly. Hardly ten minutes were
occupied In the proceedings.
Trial Justice Drew read each uf the
warrants TO Champion. charging thu
murder of George oodwin. Mrs elsie
H. Horne. Scott Goodwin and Fred
Bertsch. Champion listened with
bowed head hut In reply 10 the usual
question. he answered ,emphstically:
"Not Guilty"
Champion. at the present time has not
secured lawyer. and Il IL doubtful
if I've will do so. The inquest upon the
death " the four members OF the Good
en family vii be continued today and
much interest IL manifesteu by the