Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-06-16

HGstOn, June IA train from South
Framnghnm arriving IN this city last
nlght brought George Champion, who
has been hunted all through New
England during the past three days, and
his wife, as prlsoEcTs IN the custody OF
inspectors MCCausland and Collins ut
The boston bureau of criminal invests
cation, The arrest was effected ~ Mil
iord last evening, with the assist
Hnoe uf Deputy ShcrihH Jenkins aud
Smell Of that town, IN l,ts than i've hours
after the couple had engaged Il lodging
AZ the house of Mis-. Fierce.
IN anticipation uf their arrival, and
win tho hope of catching u glimpse of
The supposed murderer large crowd
oi the curious had gathered ~ the south
station In this city hut little opl ortunity
was given them 10 II. iulgc their curloa.
ny. for the quartet were quickly In a
carriage and being driven 10 police head.
quarters, ~ the latter place small
army Of newspaper men We're watching
for their coming, but beyond getting u
good View of the SUSPECTS. they got lit
tie for their palma.
| The prlsonriS Were not permitted To
converse with anyone. They wore first
taken into the chief inspectors office and
booked. and then they were cl6sttcd with
| Assistant chief Inspector Dugan for an
| hour, during which time IL IL presumed
they were obliged 10 undergo a severe
ordeal of questioning and CrOss-uucs-
tionlng.
During the time In which the two sus-
poets ran the santlct of the newspapers
men. the nerve and coolncss of Cham
| pion was plainly evident. He appeared
wholly Indifferent to his surroundings.
ana once or twice asked uuo stions of one
of the officers as unconccrncdly as could
be imagined. His face was thin. but
bronztd by exposure To the sun while
his hands were darker than his face. A
small. black mus;ache and dark hair
and his height contributed to establish
the very striking veriication of the pub
lished descriptions Of the supposed mur-
dercr, with which this section of the
country has been flooded. CHAMPIONS
wife looked pale and sallow. or the two.
SHE showed the more nervousness al. |
though she was u great deal more coll |
lectcd than woman In her position |
would naturally be expected to be- Thera |
is no formal charge against her M yet.
but she viii be held until matters are |
cleared up
Although Champion Is wanted by the
local police tor his supposed connection
with the brutal assault upon Harold
Poole. a sailor lad, In this city some two
weeks ago, as well as by the Maine au-
no warrant has yet Deti issued ror hirn
in the former case and. as Deputy Chief
of Police Hanscom said, II Is possible
that none has as yet been issued against
him for the latter crime, although one
may issue at any time.
The prisoners were locked up In the |
Tombs, and will be held until their COM
plicity in or entire innocence of both |
crimes can h- assured beyond II reason
able doubt, and no efforts will be spared |
to make the investigation as thorough |
as IL is possible for skilled detectives to
make it.
After two hours examination of the
prisoner, Chief Inspector Watts this
morning gave out synopsis or the
statements made by the prisoner. The
latter acknowledged that his name was
George Champion. and that he was at
the Goodwin farm last Sunday night,
having gone there, he says, to escape
officers whom he thought We're enlcavor-
Ing to arrest him on suspicion of having
committed the assault on Harold Poole,
in Boston, several days before.
He said he reached Newlield Thurs
day at p. M, and remained at the
Goodwin farm until Sunday night at .
o'clock, when he walked to Union vii
lage some l6 or II miles. He had 81 or
IS in money. but said he preferred to
walk, so that nobody would see him.
When he left the Goodwin place, Mr.
Goodwin and the housekeeper, he said,
were in the kitchen. Scott Goodwin the
boy, had gone to church, and had not re-
turned home, while Fred Bertsch. who
lived some distance away, had not ar
rived at the farm. He had talked with
Mr.. Goodwin about the suspicious
against him in the Poole case. and Good
win told him that would be all right, and
that the housekeeper Mrs. Horne, would
also be all right, but he advised him to
say nothing to Bertsch about it, 1t was
because he did not wish to meet Bertsch
that he left the Goodwin farm that night.
He reached Union village at o'clock
| Monday morning, and stayed at the sta
| tion until the first train for Somers-
| worth arrived, and reached the latter
| place between and s a. m, then took
| the train for Boston, where he arrived
about noon Monday. He went to the
house of Mrs. Garrity. at G6l Parker
street. He said that he hired Il herdic
/ al t, hn mis-
house at the North End. where his wife
was stopping. to get her trunk, which
was taken to the south station, and that
they took the p. IN. train for Milford.
| Champion said that he had on the same
clothes that he wore when he left Bos-
| ton. a week ago last Saturday night
| IIpon one of his flannel shirts We're found
two or three stains apparently caused
Nv blood, and when asked how he ac-
counted for these, he replied "Oh, have
| nosebleed sometimes.
In regard to the Harold Poole case.
Champion said that the last he saw Of
| Poole was on that Saturday afternoon
that he left Boston. when he LETT MIN on
| Washington street.
| indianapolis, June IA. - Governor
Mount last night issued statement de-
clining to honor requisition from Gov
ernor Beckham of Kentucky for the ie-
turn to that state of w. $. Taylor. who
is under Indictment for completely in an
plot which resulted in the assassination
of Governor Goebel. Tom Campbell,
Town Two Hundred Years Old.
| South Fiaminghar,. Mass. June IL
| The celebration Of the 2O0th anniversary
Of the Incorporation of the town began