The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-14
he Had Gone to The Island to Sheet
Himself.
His Home Was at Old
Orchard.
Farewell Message Written In Q
Note Book.

1
| John Prince, a travelling agent for the
Oakdale Manufacturing company OF
Manchester, n. H., whose home is In Old
| Orchard, shot himself ON Little Diam ond
island yesterday afternoon and his dead
| body was found about half past five
O'Clock by an employe of the United
| States buoy station. A man named An
drew Clausen, who works at the govern
ment station, was walking up the hill in
the rear of the station when he saw the
body of man lying beneath u clump of
bushes not far from the summer cottage
of Bishop Healy. Clausen at first thought
the man was asleep but on approaching
nearer found cheap ~ calibre revolver
clasped in his right hand and wound
in his right temple. At the time Claussn
found the body 1t was warm and the man
had evidently not been dead a great
while. Clausen got help and Coroner
Perry was summoned from Portland. 1t
was very apparent that the wound in the
man head was self inflict ed.
BY the side Of the body was also found
a pocketbook containing some papers and
$2l.70 in money. In his pockets were
found block of blank orders of the Oak
dale Manufacturing company of Man
chester, n. H., whieh concern evioentiy
Is engaged In the business Oh manuiac-
turing oieomargerine or putoerlhe.
BESIDES these plahk oroers there WAS
an account BOOK which the man had evil
IDENTIFY used to Keep an itemized statement
OF his expenses ana the name Johh
Prince was signed IN IL several times.
Besides TINS there was an empty envelope
In MS pocket bearing the auoiess oohh
Prince, 10 ureeh streee, Diuueioru, me-,
with the pos1inark Oh Mahchester' ~. n.
AS near as coulo DC iearneu iast hisht
Prince went to Little Diamond Island on
one OF the Casco bay company ooaes
on the haii past Ten "Trip Yesterday MORN
ing lie was seen wandering ABOUT the
island during the forenoon put the last
seeh Oh MN aiiNe as i'r as oouiu 10 e"ihou
last night was shortiy ai1er hooh' rrihoe
was frehenmah ana was DERIVES ~
ana 10 years oid. ne weigheu ABOUT y"
pounds. His compexion was oark ana ne
had oiack eyes anu large piacA mus
tache. lie wore wen httihg Drown SUIT
Oh cioehes' fancy VesV anu orowh s'iii
ha1'
The weapon used by the man was
cheap 81 calibre revolver with only one
cartri dge fired. In his pocket was found
a box filled with cartridges.
Prince was undoubtedly insane and
went to Little Diamond island for the
purpose of committing suicide. That he
had long contemplated making away
with himself the pages of the account
book in his pocket will give plenty of
evidence. Half of the book was filled
with very poor writing the words being
badly spelled and the sentences rather
Two and q half pages OF the book con-
tanned the following message which is
given as 1t was interpreted from the
poorly spelled words and ID sconnected
sentences:
II have fallen in the enemy's hands,
that is with people which have been hired
to work against me for their selfish
interests. This life is too short to prove
myself Qnnocent) with this gross mis-
representation but this will be known by
new generations. l have been robbed not
of my life but my honor. 1 hope those
villains that have siandered me some day
will share worse than my fate. 1t is with
pleasure that this my farewell Is given
for l do not shorten
my life. They can do so If by giving
pleasure your death is for my wealth and
advance in science"
In the above farewell message one word
"a supplied that was evidently intended
a., a,.h, ,,Iac, .h, 81, =. ,a,,r.,so,,t
anu ~ ano'no' poe vAo s'1.S iep'
words which couid not DE oeciphereu.
The pages of this account book are
6,,od with strange and untel,igihIs scrib-
-, ~. - -. -,
ping some Oh the innings "hich co"i"