Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-02
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Jones states that he has been working
very hard of late. He had been haul
ing pressed hay to the station on the
Wiscasset & Quebec road and had been
making six trips per day. This was
an unusually hard days work. even for
a man accustomed to hard work.
About year ago, two children of Mr.
Jones sister died of diphtheria. Mr..
Jones. having no children of his own,
thought great deal of those of his
sister and with Mrs. Jones nursed
them through their last sickness. Their
sad death was a shock to him, al
though this is not considered by his
relatives to be the direct cause of his
present illness. The affairs of his farm
were progressing favorably, but Mrs.
Jones mentioned financial embarass-
ment that has been troubling her hus-
band tor some time.
1t Is believed that trouble and over
work have unbalanced his mind. Moth
ing peculiar had been noticed about him
by anyone before his strange disappear
ance. lie had been in poor health for
some time. but he was considered a clear,
el-headed man. None of his neighbOrs
seen by the reporter had noticed any
thing peculiar about Mr.. Jones and were
unab bic to account for his strange actions
Mr.. Jones, who is 45 years old was
born on his fathers farm, about a mile
from the one on which he is now living.
Until within about two years he has
lived in Massachusetts. He has been an
attendant in the Insane hospital at Au-
gnsta and some of the prominent ones in
Massachusetts. Two years ago he pur-
chased the farm known as the Captain
Cox place and has since lived there. He
has often said that he would rather die
than go 10 an insane hospital as an in
mate. and 1t is thought that this may be
one of the reasons that keeps him in
hiding. 1T is considered possible that he
may be able To realize that he is men
tally unbalanced and that the fear of the
hospital makes him prefer the woods
He is about feet ~ inches tall, weighs
about 1850 light complex and has a
thin light mustache. When last seen he
had on his every day working farm,
clothes, consisting of oVeralls and frock.
and has an overcoat which is old and
worn. II il believed that he IL stili in
I hiding about his farm but that il Is pos
sihle that he may attempt to wander far
! Their away.
The neighborhood is considerably ex-
| cited over the affair and most Of the men
are unwilling to meet the missing man
alone in the wood. lie showed no signs
Of temper when seen. Saturday, but
rather seemed to want 10 be left alone
and 10 Keep out Of the way Of everyone
Arrangements were made. Saturday
E HiriN. u Tftitif Hifii dDput MS CIV II
I home and that OF his father. in the hope
4 that he might again return 10 one place
/ or the other in search Of food and that
| he might then be captured. So far as
known, today, the plan was unsuccessful
| The missing man is subject to malaria
| and if ne remained in the woods Satur-
day night, without protection from the
! cold. IL is feared the consequences ma
| be very serious.
Some one started a fire in a chopping in
the woods near the house Of the elder
| Jones and il is thought that ii Nigh,
! This has somewhat reasSured his friends
I as IL i thought that he may be able tC
care Tor himself in spite Of his menta
condition. Mrs. Carr. one of the neigh
/ hors. reported. late Saturday afternoon
that she saw AR. Jones near his father
house, and so far as known this is tbs
last time he has been seen.