Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-02
MRS. GER0 HELD.
Coroncr's Jury Charges Her
With Husbands Murder.
Fred Holt Tcsti6cs He Heard Fall,
Rushed into Cabin
And Saw her With Bloody knife Standing Over
Dying Man.

MILO Me" NOV. l.-couuty Attorney
DurSin and Sheriff \. f.. Leonard re-
turned here. tonight. from chcsun,ool<
lake. where they have been Investigate
ing the murder of Thomas Gcru 1T that
place. Before their return III. coro-
ncr's jury which had been impancll,d
1T th >Sunconk reported 4 verdict, find
ing that Gero came to his death from
wound inflicted 10y his wife. Mrs. Gcro.
with Il knife
McSSrS. Dur@in and Leonard left
Milo. "Wednesday morning. \: Fox
croft they were Joined by Deputy
Sheriff Dcarth ana III Grccnvillr Or.
Hunt. who is coroner. became one of
the party. They also took along four
guides. The officers took a steamer at
tr""nNillc for Northeast Carry. arriV-
ing there at ) L. NJ. They proceeded
immediately to the Half Way house
which is half way between Northeast
carry ANA thtSunrouk. by canoe ana
remained thcr" over night The next
morning they went out To thcSlnrook.
Here cor"ncrs jury WIS impancIlcd
with sheriff Leonard as foreman. The
jury Immediately crossed the lake To
the Gcro cabin where they viewed tho
rrmtinS Of the murdered man. Dr
Hunt made an examination Of ih.
wound. II was found that the man
had been stabbed but once. ANA that in
the right leg near the hip. This cut
severed an artery. causing the man e"
bleed to death. probably in 10 minutes
after the wound had been inflicted
The body was ordered buried and
Mrs Gero. who had been detained ~
Constable l.. NJ. Barnes. was given in
charge Of Sheriff Dcarth. Tho jurors
and officers then crossed the lake to
Chcsuncook and proceeded from there
TO the Half Way house where the
hearing was resumed.
Tile principal witness before the in
quest was Fred Holt. Holt was out
in the lake in Il canoe when he heard
cries at the Gero cabin ana padded
UP there. He looked through th. win
dow and saw Mr.. and Mrs. Zero en-
gagged in a struggle. He went around
To the door and as he did 50 he heard It
fall. When he opened the door Mrs.
Geru was standing in the room with Il
knife in her hand which was drippin.
with blood. Gcro lay on the floor
bleeding profuscly. Hc diI not speak
ANA soon afterwards died.
Thomas Gibbons. lumb"rmHn. was in
the room nj the time but apparently slI.
p.ticd by drink
Holt crossed over to th. chcsuucoon
houS" ana told what he had seen and
later Constable Barnes went out and ar
rested Mrs. Gtro and Gibbons, Evidence
was introduced to show that there had
been cuuSidcrablr drinking going on at
the Gcro cabin thought Mrs. Gero is saI1
not tn haN" been very drunk.
1t WAS tn" intention Of the officers to
have Mrs. Grro brought from Ch"sInCook
to IA" Illf Way house to testify before
tn" Inquest but She had s"v"rll fainting
its ANA il was not pussbl" in briH;; her
up.
She admits that she and her husband
engaged in a struggle over the knife, but
says that h" stabbed himself after they
had parted. She does not say how lie
managed to do this.
Tho knife with which the cutting was
done has disa ppcarcd and thc officers
have not been able to find 1t. The affair
occurred after = o'clock Tuesday fore
noon
After hearing thu testimony at IL"
Half Way house the coroncrs jury re-
ported Il verdict as above stated. THe
officers Immediately proceeded to Moose
head and thence down the lake. Sheriff
Dcarth remained 1T Chcsuncook vita
Mrs Gcro. He expected to start from
there at O'Clock Friday. and will prob
ably arrive at Dover. Saturday afternoon
with his prisoner.