The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-28
Results of His Investigation in
HopedaIe and Boston.
Partial Identification Of Graffam and
The Negro on Capisic Street.

Every day seems to add a little to the
store OF information concerning Edward
Graffam, charged with the murder of
Clifford Mosher and 20 tbs evidencs
against him. Last night Deputy Sheriff
O. A. Plummer arrived home from Bos-
ton and Hopedals, Mass, where he has
been putting In some hard work In this
case. He brought home with him the
register OF the salvation Army barracks
of Boston, which shows that GRAHAM
registered there under the name Of L.
Il, Milliken and Wednesday and Thurs
day nights previous TO the murder, but
was not registered there on Friday night
as he claims he was. There may bs some
evidence on this book to show that
Graffam and the negro were at the Saliva
tion Army barrArks together on these
nights, but ths b5ok has net bsen care
iull examined, yet IL is not fully known
what 1t viii diGclose.
Mr.. Piummer also brought home with
him the register OF the EImwood hotsl
wnsre GRAHAM claims he engaged a room
Saturday morning, the day Of the muir
der, and which shows that though
GRAHAM registered In this book under
the name of E. X. MilIiKen on the paper
devoted to Saturday and claims he was
the first to register there that morning,
his name does not appear at the head
OF the list, but under four names. The
deputy sheriff also had with him the reg
lister of the Hopsdale boarding house, 5.
A. Andrews proprletor, where GRAHAM
claims to have stopped on January sth
and 9th. This book does not b ear the
name OF L. X. Milnken or any signature
Graffam's writing. Besides
these things which tend to show the
falseness OF GraffAm's alibi, Mr.. Plum
mer has the pair OF tan shoes found in
Grsffa ms room at Hopedale, which are
said TO bs splashed with blood, some
under clothing belonging to him ana
o ther articles.
In addition to the information obtained
by MIR. Plummer In Hopedale and Bos-
ton on Saturday, full account OF
which may be found below, Mr. Plum
mer obtained Sunday more valuable In
formation and evidence.
He questioned Mrs. Shumsn, the wife
OF the proprietor of the Eimwood house
in Boston, very carefully, and she told
him that 1t was between $50 and 10
o'clock Sunday morning when GraffAm
came to ths house to get the room. She
charged him 90 cents q day, and Graffsm,
who had been sleeping in l5-cent lodg-
ing house, according to his own state
ment, previous to going to the Elmwood
house, paid for three days In advance
and then only occupied the room for
two days. He looked as though he were
tired and had travelled far, according to
Mrs. Shuman. She did not notice any
blood stains on his clothing, but she
says that there were two towels In the
room assigned to GRAHAM and after he
had left, one OF these towels was found
10 be missing and she has not hesn able
to find 1t since. She heard him washing
himself after he went into this room,
but did not notice anything unusual
about the water he had used when she
,ame 20 fix up the room. Graffam told
5his woman that he had just arrived In
Boston on the boat when he asked for
this room.
Mr.. Plummer also saw Mr.. Cewen,
who keaps the employment agency on
Hanover street, and whom Gran am says
he saw ON saturday and asked for rail
road or general work. MIR. Cowen says
he does not remember OF having seen
such man on this day or any ether
lay, but he said that had man ap-
Piled to him for general work or rail-
,oad work on that day or any day he
would have been able to have found
place for him beeause he has constant
demand for lahorers for this kind OF
work.
GRAHAM says he saw the mate OF the
fremont on Saturday and asked him for