Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-26
is IT BOYD?
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soon. He did not tell his wife in just
this way. Then he disappeared. The
Portland man had never seen him nor
heard from him since and was not
aware Of the young mans probable fate
until told of the same by the Advertiser
reporter. last evening.
Meantime he had not provided for
his wife and she fingered around Boston
but a short time. Later she secured
employment at Kennebunkport and she
has been at home a portion of the time.
She has been here recently as her pa
rents live on India street.
Whereas Boyd used to write fire.
ouently to several Portland friends,
they have not heard from him for a
year or more. His handwriting and his
IDEAS were excellent, but the latter not
uniformly so. He never signed himself
otherwise than Jessie Boyd whereas the
Boston reports say that he had.
His father. James Boyd, is a wealthy
New York stock broker, and his broth
er. James w. Boyd, is a reputable ply
stefan in Springfield, Mass.
Cyrus A. ThurlOw, with whom he was
associated two years ago, said that he
knew the young man, but that he had
passed under the name of Jesse Hall.
He became interested in him after he
was arrested for the Buckfield Scrape.
After he was released he continued to
take to him and they carried on the
business together. ThurlOw saying that
Boyd worked for him. He speaks very
highly of him and says that Boyd did
not beat him.
Nr ThttrI ny- J,nI lott frnv I, Jim, n CT
August, dated at Nantasket saying that
he was going West. He also thinks that
Boyd had previous marriage as he has
a letter written from abroad to the young
man in which the woman who wrote it
signed herself his wife
Boyd told him that he had been wild
but that he liked the small cities hest
panions Mr.. Thurlow thinks that this
may not be Boyd's body after all, that he
might have been in tight place and
fixed things so that this body might be
taken for his.
Mrs. o. b. Mills. who keeps a lodging
house at II Bowdoin street, identified the
body and said the man came to her house
a week ago and engaged a room. He
gave the name of J. c. Hall The room
was searched by Chief Inspector W. 3.
Watts of the Boston police department.
name of J. c. Boyd on it.
when the suspicion was first aroused.
Lawyer j. +. Duffy, who had been en-
ployed by Boyd, identiiied the body also.
Boyd made quite a complaint. last year,
before the police board against, a cab
driver who had overcharged him. he
claimed, for trip through tn" city to
see the sights by electric light. Duffy
appeared for him
One of the Indications that seem so
strong is that his clpthing is of New
York tailor made and that he told his
landlady, to whom he paid weeks rent,
that he was from New York. He for
merly stopped at the Thorndike when he
had plenty of money. Nearly two years
ago, when he first went to Boston from
this city. he endcavored to run cab line
for the Thorndike and did enter into
partnership there. but this did not last
long
The body was found Monday. in Spy
pond, Arlington. and was believed at first
to have been that of Eugene L.. Stat
ford, an aeronaut VINO has made several
ascensions from Peaks island. He shot
NJ. F.. Trussell in his wifes apartments,
POS West Springfield street. last February,
ran away and hasn't been heard from
since.