Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-19

have abandoned the se;tfth OF the sur
rounding country, instituted shortly ar
ter the murder. High Sheriff Frank j.
| Ham and Il coroner arrived from Ru-
| gusta, this morning. Sheriff Brown.
| who has been III charge of the invtsti-
| cation expressed the clinion. this
morning, that the murderer might
prove 10 b. a native of Eent'S Hill and
| not Il tramp az was at first supposed.
| The fact was deEeloped during the
| iay that when Mr.. Hlck.tt left the
housa with Harry Jole3 who hal
stonpad At the house ana "sl.cd for SUP
ner. Miss Hackett was oft alone pre-
nariny the evening meal. 1t has also
he.n learned that three tratnps were
Soon in I'M. imlncdirt,. vicinity of the
Uarl, II home. at about IN, hour of the
,nurIrr ZONES who Wis detained by
the ,utEorities soon after the crime
WAS discovered. has .xplai,lcd his pres
enc, al The house. but las not been re-
r,os,d
Sheriff Brown h1sa; his theory ,ha;
Tin. girl was murdered Nv a lover N
n. f,,,t thai CHI. yy:,s ,nusualIy urettv
r3 had m,nv admirers. H.. was no.
p.;,Ii,,,, :, ,,.,k,. tn. s.,,,,nc,,t bo,.-
Av., that the tr;,Itns had been clint
mated from I'M. innuirv. Int the search
f., them has been abandoned.
AZ the Investigation of the officers
nrn,ead.L to-day m. ,ny,;terv sl1r-
ro,u1in,, IA. ,,,urI.r l,rcan. moro
marked Hign Sheriff Ham EXPRESSED
| th,. oniuion ,hot Miss FIarkett was
| murdered bv . woman. He said that
IN. knot i'm the ron. which WAS used
IN stronrle the pirI was The sort of
lima, winch ! wn,nan in,nrirblv tics
| Thomas Leigh. IN. county attorney
soia that tht. rulIc,. as VT ~. without
cluas which would lead to an arrest
Sheriff Ham received :,ora from Wa
| teryilla that two trlrurs had been
taken off !, freight train there and wer,.
being held subject 10 IN. sheriff's o.
| lcre The sheriff has i.ietructcd m.
| Wnt.rvilIe officials 10 hold the men
until he has had an ouDnrtunity to se.,
them. II Is considered ,,,oha bic thai
| he tra,nne nav he those seen lettering
| about the Hackett horne last night
| During the. forenoon coroner Henry
TT. Morse made, ARRANGEMENTS for an in
quest. A jury WAS impannl,ed 70 hol!
Ian autopsy under direction Of The coin-
lty authorities. The autonsv was in
| nroprrss Al room. 4 nurnl,.r os VIII
nesseS including members cr the Hack
eft family and neishbors had hcen ..r-
oueste6 70 testify.
| At noor uItbourb different thaoriae
were held hv the officials connected
with tha ease If va. admitted thar tho
forenoon had developet very little evil
| 1cnra To s,1bstantiara any Of them saya
perhaps that Of Sheriff Brown. Thu
lonlv thina: Of \ confl"ma,nry nature in
Ithis instance was .ha stat,rent Of
Harry Jnrne Tho tram, WHO .,nnl;ad at
the Hackett home last nirht for food
and shelter He claims /. have heard
II conversation bet yea, - man and =
woman. the voices sounding in the III
rect;on of the SPOT where Miss Hack
cts body was found and one express
sion which ne distinguished indicated
that the crirl had resented :. suggestion
or action of some sort
| Jones said. today. TINT nc had been
released from the Auburn iail with
three other men. Yesterday. and.that he
Iacccnranied them ,S .1r as Nor h
/ Waync. where they separatad his COM
paniors going in the dire of Joy-
!. rrnorC Falls
They toI1 him thot t5cy- ,rere poing
to look for work in the min mills ut
Ivivarn,ora Falls Jo,,ne ,,rna on tn
lpeadfoId and Kcnt's hin vbore nipht
loyertool, hin, He so,y ~ marc of Tho
three mar ,rter leaving tbo,,, ~ Mouth
WAYNE ana he saws tbat if three
trarnps wore seen at Epnt's Hill they
must have been other ,n,rividuals
1 Homes Describes tho OCCURRENCES at
tending the murder nc roIinws.
l We yy,.,.c in thc barn T ba,rd Io,,l
voices down the rold eaid n Nr
Hack.tt .rb.r.. INNS. bo en,,o trouhi..
dow, tho road. Mr. II,,l,tt s,;d M
he thnupbt il was rh;IIran,,
ton.. ,ra,, e.;,, III .,;,,;,,.,.,,, ~.
.ai,, or,1, ,,,torod !, -. I'LL,
t,.,t ,,.n,,rd ind;c.,,. ,l,t ,,' at>ioo,,,
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