Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-15

murderer or murderers was not ROD
berry was materially strengthened, To-
day. when in searching the ruins OF the
house a gold watch belonging TO Mr..
Allen and quantity of silver coin was
found.
The belief that the four men VINO
held up the Willimantic stage might
have been responsible for the murders.
which gained prominence through
story told by man named Johnson,
who claimed to have been held up by
four men near Bunker brook. carry
Monday morning. is by no means so
general as it was, yesterday. Johnson
was in town, today. and repeated the
story Of the alleged hol1-up, but there
We're Inconsistencies in his narrat. "
which caused many to believe the taie
was inspired by the stage robbery ana
that he did not meet any strangers on
the Bunker Brook road
Hundreds Of persons from all parts
of Monson. Shirley and surrounding
towns visited the scene of the tragedy.
this forenoon. and We're present Wiiie
the premises Were inspected by Coro-
ner Martin and County Attorney Dur
gin, who had arrived during the night
Coroner Martin empanelied jury,
this morning. and nearly the entire
forenoon was taken up in looking over
the ruins Of the house ana barn and
the land adjoining. The jury was made
up of farmers living in the vicinity of
the Allen home.
After 4 careful examination of the
remains found in the barn il was de-
cided beyond doubt that they were
those of Mr.. Allen, as reported last
night. The only means of identifica-
ton was from personal effects of tho
dead man. found lying near the re
mains. but this was considered as con-
elusive. Beyond this there was littl"
to be gained in tho way of intelligence.
as all marks and even the body Itself
had been almost entirely destroyed by
the fire. The blood spots near the
barn door. in the yard which were
found. yesterday, next claimed the at
tention of the Investigators. and after
they had been thoroughly examined.
the blood ana the earth beneath, to-
gcthcr With the gray hairs found in the
blood. We're taken up and will he sent
to Prof. Robinson of I;owdoin College
for analysis.
In looking over the ruins Of the
house one of the jurors found n pair
Of false teeth such as Mrs. Allen had
Worn near the remains in the ell of the
house. 4 bit of upper jaw with
natural teeth attached, was found near
the remains of the other body in an
other part of the house Thus the two
bodies in the house are thought to be
identified.
There was no trace Of another body.
but in one corner of the ruins pieces
of burn flesh, which We're identified as
the remains Of 4 barrel of salt pork.
We're found. L: is believed the report
that four persons had lost their lives
gained circulation through the belief
that this burnt flesh was the remains
of a human hody.
This afternoon. the coroner and his
jury came to Monsoon and the inquest
was formally opened. Only four wit
nesscS We're heard and then the in
quest adjourned for one week from
today. Those who appeared before the
coroner. today. We're Charles Tibhctts.
who found the bodies in tho ruins of
the house and barn, yesterday. Am
brose Arnold and Calvin Arnold. broth
ers of Mrs. Allen. and John Randall.
a neighbor. Their testimony developed
nothing of Importance beyond what
has been told in the press dispatches.
One of the interested spectators at
The inquest. this afternoon. was Henry
Lambert, a guide and hunter. who
owns Il cabin within 4 few rods Of the
Allen home ana who was at first re
ported to have been one Of the victims
OF the murders. Lambert was in Green
vile. Sunday night.