Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-05-05
KNEW HER ASSAlLANT.
Maine Woman AtrOciously Muir.
dered-Other Homtcides,

dered-Other Homie ides.
South Berwick. Me. May 2-The bod,
Of Mrs. Fannie Spriggs aged 80, daush
ter of Thomas ABBOTT of South Berwick
was found in badly mutilated condl
ton in barn owned by Florence ]
knight at South Berwick Junction Tues
day morning under conditions which in
oicate a murder OF u most attrocious ma
ture, and the attempt on the part Of tn,
| murderer TO burn the barn and conceu
all evidences of his crime. No trace o
the murderer has been found.
The body. which was found In a smoul.
dering mass of excelsior. was enlirel,
nude. with the exception of corsets and
shoes the remainder of the clothing hay
ing been eaten away by the flames and
the LETT arm was burned to a crisp. Ii
is believed that when she left the house
to 80 to the barn she was acquainted
with the party who accompanied her.
Thrrc are no evidences OF n struggle IN
the barn. ard it is generally supposed
she was struck II terrible blow over the
head. and was afterwards dragged Ia
a horse pen. where her throat was cut
in three places. The body was covered
with excelsior. and then set on fire.
n man in Eliot, with whom the woman
had lived previous To her coming here.
and who she recently said vas response
Bile for her delicate condition. was out
of town yesterday. He returned To his
home last night, and the officers will
ask him to give an account of his where
abouts during Tuesday forenoon. Many
are of the opinion that the murder was
committed by a amp. but the officers
believe she was we'll acqua int ed with her
assailant. and went To the barn of her
own accord.
Northampton. Mass. May Fran
els tmilion was arraigned in the dis
trict court here yesterday on the charge
of numbering Jack Emusick in CRANKY
l'milion was held for the May term of
the grand jury without bail. Evidence
was presented that Emusick was Jealous
of t7milion, who had married girl who
worked at the Keith farm. and that
Emusick wrote letter to Polish priest
saying that tmliOn had Il wife in the
old country. 1t VAS stated that Cmilion
had threatened to kill f;musick if he
wrote the letter. Medical Examiner
Perry, who test flied, said that an axe had
been used in Staying Emusick, and that
his heart had been cut out with n knife.
BrocktOn. May 1.-Two men severely
assaulted Marcus Leach at his home
near this city, and robbed him of $50 in
money and valuable papers. Torrance
Kecnan. % years old. is held on u charge
of felOnious assault. Two men called at
Mr.. Leach's house and wanted to buy
some cider Mr.. Leach, who is 20 years
old. went with them to the barn, and
while ne was STOPPING over the cider bar
rel one of the men struck him a heavy
blow over the head with a bottle. The
men then gave him n severe pounding.
After taking his money and papers from
his pockets they lied. Mr.. Leach's
wounds are not likely to prove fatal
Meadville, Pa, May 2.--On the night
of April 81 Il man drove up in Il wagon
saylng that he had heavy dry goods
box for person in Burlington. VT AS
no money was deposited to guarantee
freight charges the railroad agent wrote
to the consignee, asking if the charges
would be paid. No reply was received
Yesterday ii was decided to open the
box. Tn it was found woman's nude
body folded together and packed in saw
dust. 1t was that Of a dark complex
ioned woman, about AZ years old. There
We're no marks of violence the surgeons
examination showing that she died of
pneumonia.
AttleborO. Mass. May 2.-Clrcum.
stances which point to probable mur-
der developed here Tuesday, regarding
the death of Mark Shepard. whose body
was found in a barn at the Field place, on
the West Mansfield road, Sunday. No
marks of violence were found,
so that no further examination was con-
sidered necessary. The authorities,
however, have been informed by girl
IL years old that Shepard died in the
house, and the body was carried to the
barn. 1t is believed that there was a
row at the house. and that the man
was murdered as result
Calais, Me-, May 2.-F'rederick Rey-
Eolds, who was charged with murder in
causing the death of his wife and two |
was found not guilty by reason |
Cf insanity. The crime was committed |
on March 20 last, at the house of Rey-
.olds, at Red Beach, when Mrs. Rey-
aolds and one son We're murdered and
another son so badly assaulted that he
died the following day. The house was
burned, but the bodies Of the woman and
hoy were recovered before the flames
had entirely consumed the structure.
The jury was out 30 mirutes.
Jersey City, May inlay was yester-
day fixed as the day for the execution of
he death sentence upon Edward Clifford
who, about five years ago, killed William
G. Watson, division superintendent of
the West Shore railway. at Weehawken.
This Is the sixth time a date has been
set for the execution of Clifford.
Frankfort. KY, May Judge Can.
Irill granted the change of venue in the
Eases of the five defendants in the Goebel
murder case who prayed for it. Those
granted change Of Venue are Youtsey,
Davis, Powers, Whitaker and Combs.
Had an Eight Years Thirst.
Fitchburg, Mass. May 2.-After a
'eriod of eight years of no liquor be-
ng sold in this city, the recent vote for
license has gone into effect, there being ,
s licenses granted, and as many places
pened up for business Tuesday morning
Before o'clock most of the saloons
1nSel in a fa in ct a 40 |