Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-04-24

"Wednesday, at the time set for T.rIios
hearing. Judge Hache lder, therefore
postponed the hearing to 10 A. NJ
Thursday.
Skowhegan, Me. April 23-One of the
strausest Incidents in connection with the
murder of Matthew Pare at Asuuith has
been brought to the attention of Sheriff
Penncil by w. NJ. Batter of FoXcroft
who reported To the sheriff that he had
found clothing and other articles, for
merly the property of the murdered man
IN tool chest in his house in Foxcroft
These articles We're then contents OF the
missing extension case which Pare had
%tth him when last seen alive and the
explanation made by Mr.. Butler for hav-
ing them in his possession presents a
most peculiar train OF circumstances and
may have an important bearing on tn,
case.
F'renfthe first the officers had been par
ticuiarly anxious to find the missing ex-
tension case. and when they were in
formed BY Mr. Butler, last Saturday. that
he had Sten n ease, open ana empty, ly-
ing at the bottom OF little pond near
where the body was found, Sheriff PEN
nell at once sent man 10 the place to
make an investiGa tion. This man had
not retuIHed when Butler reported to tn"
sEeriH, st6S;e he had found the Gead mans
missing-A cfothins in his house. and re-
qtlestedstke sheriff 10 go at once 10 Fox
Aecor4fng to- the story told by Butler
on ApfE1 he was moving his household
goods from. lockwood, where he had
passed the winter numbering, to ASquith
t4fOm Whence they wOuld be taken to his
homesin Foxcroft by train. " men he ar
rived at the Asauith station with ont
load he noticed that an extension cas-"
containing clothing belonging to- himself
and his wife. was missing. evidently hav-
ing been lost on the road. He was just
preparing to return fer anothe' load ani
to search for the lost case on the road.
when strange man in team drove up
and reported that he had seen an eXten-
sion case lying on the road and had
stuck it in a snowdrift nearby. When
Butler and his companions. Fred Pooler
and Joseph Morcau. came i'm sight of the
case they swerved out so Pooler could
reach it, and il was picked up and tossed
in the team while they sped along at Il
good gait Arriv' ng at the house in Rock
wood. Butler took the extension case to a
+! room in the upper part of the house ana
emptied the contents into Il tool chest
and threw the empty case under the bed
1t was his intention at that time to leave
the tool chest at lockwood but when he
arrived at Foxcroft he found it had been
brought there with the other household
goods He opened the chest. yesterday.
to get some clothing that had been in the
case and was very much surprised to iind
instead the missing suit and other ciotn-
ing that belonged to Matthew Pare. He
then made known his discovery TO the
sheriff.
Sheriff Iennell returned 10 Skb"H
touay, with Butler and the clothing round
in the chest. and the men Were in consul
tation a greater part OF the day; ihr
sheriff said the story tod by I'ntler M
cry effort would be made to learn me
name of the strange man who reported
seeiag the case by the roadside. lie SAL
that according to Buffers story IT Wa was
| less than ~ minutes from the time BUT
ier's case was lost until Pooier picked ~
what lc supposed 10 be the same on
| is altogether impossible. he said. that thiS
Grin could have been in that position
from March II, the day Pare was muir
dered. until April !. without having been
seen. and in his opinion 1t had no, Dee.l
| there more than Il few minutes. mo.
oueh Investigation of this story Will ne
made, and If Il is unravelied the on'ccIn e. y
| think they will know about all tha' can
be learned about the case.
Watervlle, Me-, April 25.-(SpeoiaD'-
Sheriff Pennell. of Skowhegan. was IN
| the citv. yesterday, with Willis Butler
who is wanted by the State in the Pare
murder case. the preliminary hearing oi
which will be held In Skowhegan TO-DAY
| If seems that BItler believes that he mas
in his possession the very extension cas-
which Pare carried on the day OF III.
murder, and the story of how he happen !,
10 have 1t is very interesting. Sherlii
Pennell started. Monday, for the sceie
of the murder IN Stafcn OI tne en- /,
case but finding Butler In Foxcrolt ai'' az.
hearing his story, decided to return WIN
him. ,,.,ar ,r, +,
II seems that, on April l. Butler wa va
moving his wife's property from . noeN ,
| wood to Asquith and in the stun Wa .
grip containing a few pieces OF cIoln'.'s ,,s
This was missed and search COMM con. hein-
ed Johnny Romeo. a boy who was herp
, ing Butler in moving. learned from ,S 'nd
drivers of some tote teams that thef nr "n
foind a case on the Misery tote road ni a..I.
thinking that the owner might come 10" u
10 look for il, had placed il In the snoT ,asi
alongside the road where 1t could DC co.
. ly seen. ,ood 70 AS
ou;th a watch was Kept for the e,ip,
| n was seen wneIe the toteri han ~, i,. a,
ed Fred Pooler was with Mr. but;.n' II
| the time and got the grip Tor mn, IL n,
wns then taken to lockwood WItn in !,
and the clothing removed anu ILL., hcin ?
! tool chest without anything NOR ,irs,
thought about 1t. so mach for NJ Morea,.
rrip Now on April l5 joseph ss''niIn
and Willie Butler set out iion' - Mrs
70 trace some goods belonging W r,ny-
Butler and which had been lost ~ ~
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