Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-10-08
MYSTERY SOLVED.

su,fsaeld. rrbau Leach and Gay Grineie.
.hst f,flndie was the criminal, aud he
svo,sca an that line until hs was called
hseg 10 Eggawnrth for duty at the fair.
Following Mt. Fields' theory, Detective
os,in sept right 90. slowly but surely
,he ohasn of evidences tighssned. 81 ar.t
.orindis acrounted Tor sli bis time that
,,ornlng in fairly satisfactory way, bot
,.,sr comparisons OF time and calcuis.
,ians o. clocks and watches left about an
ihoar unaeeountea for.
The finding Of the axe. the recovery OF
sallsr bsli that was traced to 1rindle and
had blood spots on II; the securing OF a
t.es. knife also having blood spots ON it,
an these things consinesd the officers that
,hsy were ON the right track.
Mr.. odlln requested GrindIe to NEE,
.slu st the village at 2 O'Clock yesterday
Afternoon. Al 4 Griudie had made
complete confession. at 9 he was on his
wsy 70 the county jail; al . he was In
t.u. ghls afternoon he will be asralgned.
oHfSpLE's STORY.
Af,sy hls arrival last night at the Iaii,
;rindls was permitted 10 talk 10 tho re-
nortcrs, and be talked freely. In sub.
stance his story Is as follows:
-ou Thursday morning Pred wsrdwoIi
nseas into the stable 81 our house, where
LAS st work eiesaipg dosp the horse.
Hs sssed me II I wanted q drlnk, aud
.sid yes. lie opoosd bottle and gave me
a drink. l thipk 1t wss whisky mixed
xith sonnet hing else. Believe be said II
wss attn cherry rum. Had another drink
.xtth hlm. An not drinking man, bot
lake . drink oncc Ia while. Was never
drunk Ia my liie.
axrr 20 LstttsHeldAs and statd around
wesrv 10. boys, Joaa Llstlsfiald and Ur-
bsu l,sAch, were cleaniag out shs we'll.
Wk@n fhsy got Through aud started 20 go
hsatiug. [ came .~sy sim them. Game
a. far a. oar house. aud left thsm snd
they seat tntotn xoods.
AThan l we5t back 10 the Litlcdsid
aoass. Den't snow What | went back
tor. HAD 90 designs upon Mrs. Littis-
dsidss person, IBID uut deasru To rob.
.sw hen got there Vas In front of The
all door. sis@. Litttsi.ld csme out, 1
tank, after I arrived, but sb. msy have
be~u cot thsra wnes got there. Did not
ssy Anything 80 her. and she dta not
ap~sk to m@, D1n't know ~ sha ssw ms.
aAn are lay on the ground BY the we'll
a1dI shy. dcat kaow. picked II up,
asd ssrask her 10 Tbs ascs Of tbs head.
she sesi % tho Tsoand. Istood taose lof
a tffas aud she @ant into tho houeA.
ponr ssnaunlhcr OF striking hos sgsi1 90
al .gsnhsax her. Goulan's ssy hos she
got tnl O the huus., sire may have walked
Ia OF sts mas have efs tsd H.. l Goaf
knoM Did not hoip her la.
NV hsn got iato the aoass shu was
lylag oa tbe floor. Doa't remember "
sttieiug her tnere. es VI ss@h0iag her.
psaF aua@ that ! tGos the dasss bill.
Fgr.t I kHsw about the Dis wss eft hes
gaat night or the stxt day. 81 hen | found
il 10 nsy wallet. Gave tue hili TO NY
father. fssqasutlS gave him moasy, as
be esa me.
NO MEAsus RoR ATTACH
az aoatt know ~ast K Vas that made
me DO II unisss IL wss tt. iiqaor ! had
aFsns. Had 40 troabis sith Nss. Little
AID. sa. was always good To ms. FAN
lilies we're on good terms Sns had said
nothing To me about drinking thai morn.
ing.
"Doat remember IS hat she was doing
whea struck her, bot think that shs vas
not noktug Into thn we'll. Gait r1meu1-
Der II she bad her sst os, or whsthsr sns
bad one or two patti. Nish her,
about Mrs Llttlefisid or her family, Guy
said oniy once, when be told about story
which he bad heard about Mr.. Littlchsid.
lie further admitted that this story
which bad been earrsot about tbe neigh
bofhood bad caused feeling between bis
fsthsr and tho Llttisaelds, hat had never
srsetsd h. relations With than, He
added. "Hut gs@t hs. sii te~n forgotten
ana be fsnitis- rrssh fogs Il sr now
Csmssx t~es go e.. starry os this events
the day 10 s@i,s:
Fl e>ts's 10y fox ieug I wss is ~,
gsofu - here Me-. LBt sassd hay, tst 10
vas not long. I shsa est DOT and vsrSsi
bone. Fsoam h0fn1 .kssrtsd TO 60 Go~n
TO the bay, taat Is to Penob@cos village, to
get two boys 20 30 with nae TO Orisod
fair. Went 10 v.raan's store To IND
boys-foand tsom, a.=on Littis field and
"a. Leach, aud ne started tor the Oslsnd
fair, We're sbrnt nsNf wsy back. when
We met Joan LsfsIafiald, and he told IN
What had hsppsass- We went 10 the
house. did net think thst they would
snos Il sss me. Did no, remember OF
DOING IL.
.'Flrst semesn ber~a OF attacking the
wom&H when wa. talking with Deputy
Sheriff Snowman on Friday. Don's know
Why dieut tell him thsn. When | nrst
talked with Deputy Sheriff. Snowman
and Fields didnt know that IL was me
who hsd assaulted Mrs. Littleasid.
THE pRogEs KNIFE BLADE.
GrindIe claims he has no recollection
OF stae6ing Mrs. Lirtirfeid. The jack
knife taken away from bin hss lndica-
tsoas OF blood on 10, and the point OF the
blade IL broken Of.