Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-29

she had letter in reply. stating that
Siic could have JOB. She gave her
name as Mrs Edna MurreIl of Rich
mond.
inc journal reporter saw Mrs. Muir
f'll at the court room. The girl I'D :
united That the baby found Mt Ercrnort
WAS her m, and that she had left the
HUE one there, last night The boys
if'iiie she said WAS Augustus Howe
Murrcll. and he WIS born on March ~
1908. Mrs. Murrcll said she was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
smith of ltichmond. Two wears ara
sue married Fred Murrcll. They had
i'N"i III Richmomd Il while ana then
moved To WatcrVille. After Il little
III" husband went to sea and Mrs. MIR
ftl went to the home of her parents in
RICHMOND, where she had resided since
excepting for Il short time Spent in
ohWaN, N. H.. and Wolfboro Falls n
H., where she had been cnploy.d nc ..
domestic. In neither town did She ~.
mann long. Mrs. MurrcH said that no,
husband had been lost at sco Sb.h.I
learned this through Il letter from hi.
i""liiy IN reply to an inquiry made bv
hcr. ~
Mrs, Murrcll's brother, Fred Smith, who
arrived here at II A. NJ, denies this
lie says that he talked will hi. SIS rr,..
husband but few weeks az, lljs ~
Si9n is that her husband deserted her.
MIS-. Murreli ana her biothcr did mo-,
HEic" on another point. Tho g.rI st,trd
as one reason for her leaving home ,,s
mn dld was that she did not got on wei
W. WIN hIr me mother. They hal quarrcIIrd,
II tl,..
brother cmphatic@lly dcnicd he said
There was not tho slightest trouble nt
home. Mrs. MurrCl said that SHE. and her
| lather never had any disagreement but
her mother. She said that she first
IhouSht OF gong away from home about
TWO weeks ago She decided 10 leave ncr
baby on somebody's doOrStcp
The girl said her first plan WIS Ia t1I<n
the boat at Richmond for Bath and then
=" on TO Rockiand, leaving her child at
the latter city. She missed the boat. last
night and 50 chaHScd her plans " hon
her brother got home from work. last
night, she asked him to take her to the
midnight tram and buy her ticket for
frreport. Her brother asked hcr what
she intended to do, but she gave him no
definite answer beyond the fact that she
wanted to go I" Frecport tlIa. night
Asked why she chose Frccport, Mrs. Muir
rel replied That she remembered having
ie"n there once when she, was ahout
eight years old and she thought that
must he why sh" selected that town.
Arriving at frr"lort just after mid
night. she said she left the train with her
baby and walked to the first house. Here
she put the child on the dooIst"p and.
putting two bottles of milk where the
baby could reach them in case he awukc
and was hungry, she FASTENED away.
She said she had just bought the baby
some new clothes. for Sh" wanted to
leave him well dr. Sscd. She said she
didn't care what became "t the baby 50
long as She got rid Of him.
After leaving the housc Mrs. Murrcll,
carrying her heavy dress suit case. start
ed to walk to Brunswick. She reached
here in five hOuis-a distance OF nine
miles, and went at once To the Cabot mill
where she expected to get work. Her
arrest followed.
Mrs. Murrell was completely tired out
when she reached the court room. She
wepE a good deal and slept more. pa
thetit picture indeed. She said she was
e years old. but in this her bro; her dis
agreed. giving her ag, as - Her proth-
or was taken to Portland as witness
The chse will be heard there on FRIDAY