Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-01
GIRO MURDERED.
Ihree Persons Under Arrest
at CheSuncook for Deed.
Mrs. Zero. Thomas Gibbons of Ban
!. gor' Fred A. Holt of Augusta.
Iou"'y Attorney OTgin on the Scene and vii,
Hold Hearing. Iouay.

obtained from a staff ,orr.snon,,
rs numerical. who is at Kineo in
'eieph"hic communication with che
S"hc"ok' 1t is learned that Thomas
gibbons of Bangor. foreman ror
''''''"erliS concern. Fred 4. Holt of
augusta. and Mrs. Zero are unaar AZ,
r".-' Tor the murder of Thomas c.ro
ana that their hearing win no b.,a
Friday. ''V'''
county Attorney Durgin commenced
The inres tigation of the crime ~
GAY ~ the Chesuncook House soing
across the lake later to the scar, nf
the tragedy.
According to j. E Hartshorn of St
'"'tiSpurE' VI, hunter. who came.
"'"'''Sihy' from theSuncook. which
ne reached, Tuesday evening. from .
"TRIP In the wilderness beyond stnnnoa
az the Chesuncook house and there wac
lo!d Of the murder, for the death az
holnaS Zero was hardly caused hv
accident
>. r. HartShorn Of st. Johnburv. N
hunter who came. Wednesday. from
'hesuncook. which ne reached. Tines
gay evening, from "trip in the wilder
FesS beyond. stopped AT the Chesuncnol
rouse ana Their" WAS told OF the muir
'ef. Tor the death OF Thomas Zero
was hardly caused by accident
me story as told 70 the sportsman bv
the clerk IT the Chesunconk house
winch Is situated directly across tina
lake. distance Of perhaps three-uuar-
ters OF a mile from The Zero hous,a i
as follows:
y little before 10 o'clock Tuesday
forenoon, the people at the hotel no.
ticed flag moving on the shore across
the lake, near the Gero house. Think
ing that assistance was desired for
some reason some of the men Wen,
across. they landed at about the sam,
time as mar named bridges. who is
brother Of MIS-. Zero ana who had
been summoned by The l2-year-old son
% Ny. ana Mrs. Zero. VINO had rowed
across for him 10 ask his aid
Proceeding to the Gcro house Il hor-
ilhie sight met the eyes Of the party
Stretched on the ground in the ward
near III" house was the body Of :; man
partially covered by cloth. The body
was awfrlly mangled, and was covered
with blood. but was easily recognized
as that Of Thomas Zero. There were
no less than /, cuts on the corpse ANA
rom its appearance II was evident that
the man had not given III His life
without a sjrusglr. There We're wounds
all over him which had apparently been
made with 4 knife rr razor
on one side near the ribs was hOr
ribly deep cut which. it is thought.
VAS made with an axe. The sight of
The manglcd corpse was dreadful one
which will never be forgotten by those
who GaZed upon it.
According to Mr.. Hartsholns in
formant. Mrs. Zero ana 4 man, whom
nobody seems to know, We're standing
near the corpse and Mrs. Gero told
them not to take the body away as she
was going to keep it where it was and
put a tent over il. 1t is stated that
both Mrs. Zero and the strange man
We're considerably the worse for liquor.
Mr.. I:arnes. justice Of the peace,
who lives nearby. was notified OF the
event and he at once gave authority
to one Of the residents to act rs Dep
uty. Later in the day the strange man,
who is thought to be tramp, ana
Thomas Gibbons, who was stopping at
the Zero house. were taken into Gus
todv and il is rumored here that later
Njrs Zero was arrested. Mr.. Harris
horn. however. says that when he left
chesuncook. Wednesday morning, Mrs
Gero had not been arrested.
The events that led up to the trag-
edy are. not known here. but Mr. HartS-
horn saws il is the belief at Chesun-
cook that Mr.. Zero met his death as
the result Of drunken row.
Gibbons. who is said to be the lore
man OF a woods crew, had made no
statement Wednesday morning. main
tanning complete reticence. MRS.
Zero and the unknown man are said
10 have told conflicting stories.
According to Mr. Hartshorn IN
fornant. Mrs. Zero states that her
husband inflicted his wounds upon
himself. but the stranger says lhat ne
was passing the Zero house ana. LOOK
inc through window. saw Mr., ana
Mrs. Zero struggling. closely locked IN
each others arms. That he had started
,ov.ord the door when Mr.. Zero reeled
,brourb calling out. Help. for Gods
;n,o the ward and then fell dead
Gibbons was not in the yard when
the marty arrived from across me iake.
some neighbors were attracted by the
noise and going to the scene 'hes
waved the flag which was seen al me
Chesuncook House.
The little hamlet in which the Zero
bousa stands consists of a few dozen
houses scattered along the shore OF the
lake for several miles. The locality Is
not a savory one and the reputation
horne nv the Zero family IS not TO us
credit The murdered man is sad 10
have been rather an inoffensive man
hmt his wife. according to one suia@'
.oould lick any man in the vicinity
Tho Zero house is said TO nave peen
sort Of road house where liquor was
served and when asked as to its repu-
alton the guides shake their heads
dubiously and say that they had exo
nocted there would be troupie 'i'efe
| sooner or later.
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