Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-31
MYSTERY SOLVED,
Team Left at Cummings Stable
Belongs in Unity.
Brought Here by Alleged PittsfeId
Eloping Couple, Aug. %.
Parties Not Located in City. Probably Gone 10
Manchester. n. H..

There has been mystery at the sta
Die oi henry cummings i'm this city. as
10 the owner of Il team which was l,.ft
'icic ABOUT ~ O'Clock Friday evening.
Aug. %. The parties who brought it
there We're man and a woman who
gay" instructions to have the horse fed
that night and the next morning when
&c coiGing To the understanding of the
| men about the stable the parties would
call for the team. They did not appear
| and finally Mr.. Cummings began to
lnistruSt that there was something
wong.
There was a mat in the buggy upon
which was printed. George Jewell.
NateiVille. Me" Mir. Cummings te,e-
phoned to the stable formerly conduct
ed by Mr.. Jewell but could find no clue
To the ownership of the team. Inquiry
M other places revealed nothing
The mystery was not solved until
yesterday morning. when Deputy Sncr-
III ". l.. Gray Of Troy. and l.. f. Webb
u Unity. came here and identified the
! OUTFIT as team hired by Ulysses s.
Mosher from II. =. Mudgett Of Unity.
M"shrr is the man allegs q to have elop-
81 WIN MISS MIS Jones 81 ortant.
The story already published saws
that Tor month previous TO the ap-
pcarance of the couple III Augusta they
had leen boarding with George Hardy.
near Carmel. where they posed as Mr.
and MIS-. l.. +. Stanley Of New York
From there they went To Detroit where
tIey hired a team OF Horace Gilmore
hiosher said he wanted to go into the
south nf 10 a
tdrn in 4 few hours.
From Detroit he Went t. Windemerc
PIX and left the team. A short dis
tanco from here. in the town of Unity.
he hired another horse. saying that he
wished to go to Monroe. This was the
te am which he later left at Augusta.
Mr.. MudSett finally placed the mat
ter in the hands of the officers, who
made a thorough search of all The sur
founding towns and at last came 10
Augusta. Thursday night. on late
train. Yesterday morning. they started
out in search of the team and the man.
They We're informed Of the team at
Cummings stable by the police and
soon identified it.
In their search for the parties who
itit Att team IItN Ntit Tess successful
All day long they We're looking up va
Iious clues and with the aid of Mar
shall Breen's force they made a thor
oush search of the city. \ party who
answered the description in some re-
spectS was reported 10 have registered
at one Of the hotels Of the city. but
an Investigation gave no facts Of value
in the case.
Deputy Leighton followed q lady who
answered the description Of Miss Jones
buy finally lest track of her. She was
later found in Gardiner. where she was
III, ntifird as Il resident Of Augusta.
Later il the day man answering
TIC description Of Moshcr was taken
On suspicion by the police but soon
| nroVtd that he was not the man
wanted.
\ letter written in this city has been
received by Miss Jones parents at Or
! land saving that she was in this city
where she had n position in "A millinery
store and asking that certain articles
| Of clothing be forwarded to her. She
| also asked chat she be addressed at this
| place.
At the post Office no letter has been
| received directed to her. but letter
! has arrived asking that her mail he
| forwarded to Manchester. y. H. This
| letter was ma lied on the train in the
! vicinity of Dover. y. H.. which would
| lead one to believe that the elopers had
| zone to New Hampshire.
| Having made up their minds that the
parties for whom they sought were not
at the time in the city Deputy Cray
| and Mr.. Webb started. last evening. on
their return journey to Unity. taking
f! the team back to its owner.