Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-04-06
STILL WORKING.
Investigation Of Page Murder
at Weston, Mass.
Theory Favored That the CuIprit Wa.
Nearby Resident.
No Arrests Madeleine Family Exempt
of Suspicion.

Weston. Mass, April 5.-The atten-
tion Of the statc and local police who
are trying to bring about the arrest
of the murderer of Miss Mabel Page
was directed for the greater part, to-
day to an investigation in the neigh
borhool Immediately adjacent to the
Page homestead. Two hours or more
We're spent in conference with the near
est nei@hbors Of the Page f;tmiiy-Aliss
Susan Cutter and her sister. Mrs. Helen
Tylci-WhO live with their uncle
Charles Gutter, about q quarter OF Il
mile from the scene Of the tragedy in
the direction Of Auburndalc.
Previously, the officers had visited
other places nearby, and had spent a
very little time in inquiring into the
clue offered by Mrs. Charles II. l..
Hunting, a ncighbor residing on the
Wellesley road. about mile from tn"
Page home, in the direction opposite to
that of the Cutter family. At the end
OF the day OF activity. it was evident
that the police We're no nearer Il So
luton of the mystery than at any
time since the murder was committed.
The fact that state Detectives Whit
ncy ana Durham had called ut the
Gutter home was the cause of attract
ing many people to the scene not be-
cause any Of the inmates Of the house
were suspected in any way, but be-
cause it was thought probable that the
polio" had obtained information to sup
port The theory that the crime was
committed by some person whom Miss
Page knew well, and by some one a
resident Of til" community. The ex-
rectati)n by those who have followed
the case, however. that 81 arrest would
be made today wa not fulfilled. Dur
ing the early evening the state officers
returned to Boston. having completed
apparently, their days efforts.
After morning conference in Tos-
ton between Chief Consta bic Iittun
and Detective Whitney ana Dunham.
all three came to this town and drove
to the Page home Meantime Dr
Horace Foster, tho physician who was
called when Miss Page was found dead
nd been at the Cutter house. He
joined the conference at the Page
house and later he was present at the |
two hours, interview which the nolico |
had With Mr9. !tte" IN: Mr.. Tyl r. |
At the conclusion OF the interview |
Detective Whitney made the following |
statement to The Associated Press:
We are returning 20 Boston. and no |
arrests will be made. Anything tina: |
had been said to indicate that any
member of The Cutter house Vas cor
nected with tie death Of Miss Page
has been without foundation and is alb
unsustained.'
Returning to the Page farm the de-
tectives held another brief conference.
They then removed from the house
two bundles containing several articles
from the room where Mss Page was
killed, including the helspreai ana
they also took away Il bicycle. which
Miss Page had frequently used. This
together with q visit to the home OF
Samuel =. Bennett, across the road
from the Cutter home. completed the
days work Of the officers.
Tonight Mrs. Tyler gave out the fol-
lowing:
I'VE have decided not to mention the
details of the visit of the officers.
they asked, they were re-
qucstel to ask. We feel very conf
dent that it was nothing more than an
inquiry in line with their duly