Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-31
BRIGHAM HUNT.
Efforts Being Made to Locate
Alleged Murderer.
Charged With Killing Woman a
49, Londonderry, N. HI
Believed Man Will Be Apprehended at
Liverpool.

RoStOn Marcn Quinn We
county solicitor Of Rockingham county
Of New Hampshire, is confident tIat
when the steamer Devonian, due TO-DAY
at LIVERPOOL from Boston, arrives at
the latter port, Charles +. Brigham
who Is wanted on charge OF MURDER
ing Mrs. Celia Marshall Smith at west
Windham on the morning OF March l.
will be arrested.
Mr.. Kelly feels well satisfied that the
nervous young farmland who shlppei
. on the steamer as "A cattleman, through
the shjppjng Office of Charles BALKAN,
232 Commercial street, under the name
OF William Jones is Brigham
Every step taken in the work OF IN
rayeling the mystery surrounding the
brutal murder of the old woman, whose
death netted her slayer paitry s"o'
has been taken under the personal Ill
81 rection of Mr. Kelly. 1t was Kelly VINO
kent High Sheriff Coils and his fuii
staff of deputies of Rockingham county
at work day and night until the daliy
movements of Brigham from two weeks
before the murder until two weeks at
ter it's commission had been gathered
together and made complete.
Mr. Kelly came to Boston and per-
sonalIy helped his own officers and
those of the Boston police department
in hunting for Brigham, who he knew
had been here and who he suspected
was still around this neighborhood.
Brigham seemed for time to have
dropped out of sight and the New
Hampshire officers went home and at
tended to their regular duties. Other
murders and other crimes of impor-
lance came up to take the time and at
itention of the Boston police from the
Brigham case but Kelly never lost
sight of the search for a moment.
Last week. he came to the conclusion
that as brigham had had two weeks
respite from active pursuit. it was
time for him to reach the conclusion
that the time was opportune for COM
ing from under cover and trying to
make his escaIr from the country.
Mr.. Kelly thereupon called in Deputy
Sheriff Robert Scott Of Exeter. one of
T. the best detectives in Rockingham
county, and gave him instructions as
to what h. wanted done. He told him
to come to Boston and spend his time
here until further orders, getting ac-
iariZing himself with the shipping men,
and especially finding how and wher"
men who wanted to get out of the
- country arranged for their transported
ton on ocean liners.
Scott followed these instructions to
the letter.
He had been in Boston three days
hanging around the water front, when
he made the acquaintance of Shipping
Master Balam and got the description
OF the men he had sent out on the De-
vonian. Scott also got an accurate de-
scription of the clothing the man who
shipped under the name of William
Jones wore and he had a look at the
shipping articles which bore the Jones
signature. Scott identified the sigma
ture as resembling strongly that Of
Brigham.
He then showed Ballam and his as
sistants a photograph of Brigham and
asked If they had ever seen man who
looked like him. They both said almost
in chorus: why. that's the man we
have been describing to you
Deputy Scott had samples of cloth
like the clothing worn by brigham. and
after BALKAN and his assistants had de-
scribeG the clothing of Jones he showed
them the samples and they said the
goods We're the same.
Right here is a little thing to illus
trate the thoroughness with which
County Solicitor Kelly went about
weaving the web about Brigham. 1t
is simply one Of many instances which
could be cited. but it shows his general
care and thOrOughness.
. AS soon as Mr.. Kelly found that Brig
ham had bought a new suit of clothes
and an overCoat at Il store in Hanover
street, Boston. he got a full descrip-
ton of the goods and thereafter when
anybody reported having seen the al
legged murderer he asked for a full de-
scription of his clothing
He knows now that several people
really did see Brigham, but their de-
sCription of the clothing which he Wore
varied. as to colors. from light gray
to dark brown and black and his over
coat was described as being of different
Colors and of all conceivable lengths.
Mr.. Kelly came personally to Boston
and going to the store where Brigham
bought his outfit of new clothing found
the clerk who had waited on him and
then bought an exact duplicate of the
suit. from shirt to overCoat.
Kelly took this suit to Portsmouth
and cut the garments into pieces. to
furnish to his detectives and to send to
people who Thought they knew where
Brigham was. 1t was pieces of this
duplicate suit which Deputy Sheriff
Scott showed to Shipping Master Bal
lam and which the latter is sure are
exactly like the suit worn by Jones'"
County Solicitor Kelly told a Globe
reporter, yesterday. that he has an ali
soiuteiy complete case against Brig
nam and that his conviction Of the
murder of Mrs. Smith is as certain as
the course of the sun il he ever can get
MN within the jurisdiction of Rocking
ham county.
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