Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-08
NO NEW CLUES
In the Mysterious Murder Of
Miss Clara Morton.
Pawnbroker Fails to Identify Mason
As Man Pawning Watch.
Picks Out Another Man from Batch Of
Prisoners.

Boston. Nov. 7.-Prompted by the
finding Of the watches Of Agnes Nc
Phee and Clara A. Morton, the two wo-
men who have been murdered in as
sault cases in this vicinity, in a pawn
shop here. the police are pressing with
all their energy to locate. if possible,
the responsibility for the crimes.
the state police. having brought
about the arrest Of Alan G. Mason OF
Boston, are accommodating evidence to
supplement that up which Mason was
1cld. last Wednesday, on, a charge of
numbering Miss Morton.
The Boston police, having found the
watch not only of Miss Morton who
was killed at Waverly, last Saturday
evening, but also that of Miss McPhee
who who was fatally assaulted in
Somerville, Oct 3. are probing for evi.
dence to show whether one person
could have hcen guilty of both crimes
an2 also to explain several mysterious
phases of the two cases. Thus far ii
appears that one watch was pawned by
a negro, while the other was sold by a
white man. To find these men, the en-
tire police force of the city has been at
WOth III vain 10 AncinWI tl1c
it has been learned that "a negro en-
ployed by the Mason family has gone
away from the city and the police can
not, ascertain where he is. 1t was a
negro who pawned the Morton watch.
Joseph Nemser, the pawnbrOker,
failed to pick out Mason as the man
who pawned one of the watches when
he looked over row of prisoners at
the pail in East Cambridge, today.
Nemser, accompanied by State Officers
Proctor. Neal and L4etteney. arrived at
the Jail shortly before II o'clock. The
Jail officials and state officers took
Nemser into n room where six men
were lined up. Nemser carefully scru
tinized each man in line and then pick
ed out one as the person who pawned
the watch. 1t was not Mason.
Iii the jail office awaiting the result
were Richard r. Ware, counsel Tor
Mason, and w. II. Mason, a brother Of
| the prisoner. Mr.. Mason said that even
| if Nemser had identified the accused
man it would not have been conclusive,
| for the speaker was positive that when
there is an opportunity to place Ma
sons side of the case before Judge
|
The negro who has charge of the
house where the Masons live, was
about his work. today, although the po-
| lice claim he had gone away. He said.
today, that he was at his post. yester
day, and that he could have been found
there by the police if they had looked
for him.
state Officer George Durham is in
.lned to the belief that Nemser, the
pawnbroker. is mistaken in saying that
tile Morton watch was offered him on
| the night of the assault. Mr.. Durham
| said. today:
| II am inclined to think that Mr.. Menu
ser was mistaken in saying that state
ment. If any man offered a gold watch
to Nemser looking anything like the
Morton watch it must have been on
some other night. Nemser says that it
| was Saturday night just after ii
| o'clock. The assault occurred in Wa
| verify at lust before 8. OF course there
| was time for the murderer to get TO
| Nernser's store with the watch but we
have no man placed on any of the Wa
| verify cars coming in as late as that
| which corresponds with any of the de-
| scriotions which we have of the man
! Ne,lser speaks Of,
| OFFICER Durham stated that Nemser
| had told the officers that at the time
/, The man came in with the watch on
( Saturday, c. V. Skokowski. an ATTEST.
| was in the shop. Mr.. Skokowski, how
! ever, is positive that the watch was not
| brought in while he was at Nemser' $
| place. Mr.. Skokowski says: Il was i'll
| Mr.. Nemser's place, but | left about
] fiy. or seven, before IL O'Clock.
while I was in there no man, either
| black OF white, mulatto or Indian.
| came in except enc man who wanted to
| buy a bar for q watch chain. | recall
| this instance because there was quite
| a lot of discussion about the price But
he was the only man who was in there
while was there
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