The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-14

ana uouH2 as oiu the Newspaper ueh hn'i
the officials who coon arrived ct the scene
Of the tragedy. The tracks Of the two
men could be followed around the house.
IL could tie seen where they had tried
60 look In Through windows into the
kitchen, whore they had found the sled
stake from pile near the corner OF the
barn and where they had stood when
they made their first jump into the kitch-
en- through the window.
Around the side Of the hon Sc from this
window, on the side towards weltbrook,
ths men had walked q good deal The
tracks were all the same, those made
early In the evening being distinguished
from those made later by the depth Of the
snow In them. One OF these tracks
was made By . man wearing about a
No. shoe with rounded or square tees.
The other was mace BY man
WITH LONG POINTED SHOES.
These latter tracks were made by the
white man as IL turned ont About them
In the rear OF the house were found some
bloody stains.
In the meantime DR.. Horr had arrived
and had dressed Mrs. Moshier's wounds.
He had found the woman somewhat K
cited. but bearing up well under the ter
riflo strain. The wounds are not serious.
A deep scalp wound is the only bad one
thourh the wo nan was also cut some ~
flying glass.
About three O'Clock the newspaper men
and Coroner Perry accompanied py
Deputy Sheriff Dunn arrived. MIR. Perry
at once took charge Of matters, got de-
s.riptions and SO forth and began to
make plans for the pursuit. Deputy
Sheriff Bragdon was left In charge oil the
house which was closed to everyone.
During the forenoon Sheriff Pearson,
Deputy Sheriff Leach and County Attor.
new whitehouse accompanied Mr.. Ferry
to this place and they went over every
thing thoroughly and got many valuable
pieces OF information. Mrs. Moshisr was
interviewed by the coroner and the
PRESS reportsr and told her story as It
has te3p given above.
The tracks of the two men were fol-
lowed into westbrook. Halt way down to
westbrook, lust this side Of the watering
trough ON the hill place was found
where the men went in behind a tree by
the side of the railroad track, 1t turns
out that they went in there
10 ESCAPE OBSERVATION
from a passing car of the Westbrook,
Win iham and Naples railroad. This car
passed them on It's ten O'Clock trip into
Westbrook and the conductor and motor
man noticed where the tracks left the
road ut that time and thought 1t singu-
lar. Near Mr.. Bixby's house the men left
the main road and went down on to tbs
railroad track of the z. and Il. This they
followed into Portland.
1t was the Portland Sunday Times
complete story of the murder with all the
facts which appeared two hours hefors
that of any other paper in Portland
which led to the quick arrest OF the me-
gro. MIR. William Heber is the driver fer
the Chemical Engine company. He lives
on st. John street and was on his way to
breakfast when no met the negro ON st.
John street. The man locked at him in
very peculiar way, cycling the brass but
tons on MIR. Heiber asksncs, and Mr..
Heller was struck bv the fact that he
was q strange negro and seemed not to
like brass buttons. When he got home
Mr.. HELLER sat down to read the Sunday
Times account Of the murder. When his
found that negro was concerned in 1t
he got sxoitsd and hurried off to notify
the police or the man hs had seen
striking off along the Is. and III. tracks.
Deputy Marshal Firth promptly tale
nh ha
reach.
Among others he reached Mr.. Fred
Nswcome, constable at Oak Hin station
Mr.. Newoome was on the lookout for the
negro all the forenoon and about noon he
saw one coming up the track. Mr. New
come hailed him and asked him where he
was going. The negro said he was going
up the line to cnt wood. Mr.. Newcome
told him he had some wood to be cut and
WOULD HIRE THE NEGRO
to do 1t, thinking thereby to detain him
until the Portland officers could come
and get him. The negro was susr icious
and Sc med TO be in hurry to get on. He
said he couldn't cut wood without he hi d
something to eat. Mr.. Newcome told him
ne could nave somethin1 to eat II he
would come inside. Thereupon the negro
went inside and sat down to q table to
eat. Five minutes later up drove Deputy
Sherltrs Plummer and Dunn. They had
got word that the man was on the wsy
towards Boston and started on with u
fast horse to ovsrtake him. This horss
was driven too hard and was pretty v ell
played out. Tbs road was hard on horses
yesterday and the sheriit's animal could
not keep up the pace they wanted to
make. just as they thought they would
have to let up lit Mr.. Harry b. b. ct
drove up with lady behind a fast horse.
The sheriffs told him they would like to
swap horses even If 1t was Sunday. ana
explained why. MIR. Best jumped ont,
put his horse IN this sleigh OF the sheriff