The Portland daily press., 1901-01-28

officers who examined Il Is having been
made By blood beyond question but they
may have been mistaken In this.
One OF tho most damaging pieces Of
evidence 90 far obtained against GRAHAM
was announced by the Press Saturday
morning In an exclusive story. This was
the fact that fellow prisoner IN Thomas
ton had been told By GRAHAM that he
knew where an old Indy lived who was
deaf and who had plenty OF money which
II would be easy TO get. saturday County
Attorney Whitahonsey verified this story.
When Warden Hilman Smith reached the
State prison Saturday morning he had
long talk with the man to whom Graham
told this story. The authorities have not
made public the name Of this man - yet
but 1t Is known that hs is serving q short
sentence for breaking and entering and
that his term has nssrly expired. This
man worked in tho paint shop OF the
prison.
Hewspapara are not allowed in the
person but OF course the news that
murder had been committed In Gorham
was soon Whispered about among the men
in the paint shop, The only particulars
known about the murder among the
prisoners were that a man had been
killed by parties unknown and that his
mother had also been assaulted. IL was
not known that the woman was deaf nor
was 1t known at that time who was sus-
psoted OF doing the job
This prisoner who had worked BY
Graffam's side for some years while
GRAHAM was In prison asked MIR. Feehan,
the foreman OF the shop, one morning,
''if the old woman was dead" Mr..
Feehan told the man that she was still
living. The man then told Mr.. Feehan
the story which was In substance that
one day when Graffam's time was nearly
panion would also soon be out Of prison.
II know OF an old LADY who is deaf and
who has son who is not very smart.
She has plenty Of money which It will be
easy forget All that we will have to do
Is to get into the house which will be an
easy thing to do, gag that fellow, take
the money and get QUIT
doASa buAS PEAoOhoA w joah
with him in this job. saying that 1t
would be an easy one. The man told
GRAHAM that he was then serving a
sentence for breaking and entering and
that when he got out OF prison he was
not going into the business again.
This story Mr.. Feehan told thu warden
and it was written out and sent to
f.-,,..- .s...hot Ersth ~ portland who
turned IL over to the Sheriff. Even while
the hunt for NOLAN was going on the
Sheriff and his deputies were trying to
locate GRAHAM which they finally sue
cseded in doing. This story was fully
verified Saturday by County Attorney
whitehouse. The most remarkable part
OF this story is the fact that the prisoner
should have spoken of the woman being
deaf whom GRAHAM proposed to rob be-
tore that fact was known TO MIR. Feehan
or the prison authorities.
Friday night Bill Hands, the negro, was
questioned about certain movements OF
his prior to the murder. just what the
negro said Is not known excepting to the
ofiicars but 1t Is believed that he gave
the officers some important Information.
The authorities have theory about the
way which the murder was committed
which may be shown to be true. The
negro's clothing, particularly the over
coat, was completely spattered with
blood from top to bottom. The left
sleeve of this coat was ripped out at the
shoulder and on 1t where some bloody
hand had grasped it was the marks left
by the fingers OF the hand. The legs OF
the mans trousers were also shattered
with blood as was the collar OF his shirt
and his hat.
The authorities believe that It was the
negro who was at close quarters with the
murdered man and that the white man
who accompanied him stood behind him
and while the negro grappled with young
Mosher the white man struck him with
the club, which is four feet Iong. This
Is why the negro was so badly spattered
with blood and the white man could in
this way have escaped getting much
blood on him.
The skull of Clifford Mosher, which is
TO figure in this case, shows that the
frontal bone was smashed up into small
pieces by the terrible blows showered up
on 1t while the back part OF the head had
also been crushed In.
The moro the authorities see Of Bill
Hands, the negro, the more they are In
clined to believe. that he Is q thoroughly
bad man. They do not bslieve he has
told them the truth about his movements
prior to the day of the murder and the
theory that the negro came here on Satur-
day accompanied by GRAHAM is growing
more every day.
OF the persons who saw Hands and his
white companion on their way to Cor
ham the night OF the murder nearly all
have seen GRAHAM. 1t Ia stated that the
man has not yet been positively identified
by any OF them, but two men have besn
found who say they win not take oath to
the fact but who ara almost willing to
syyear that GRAHAM was the negroes COM