Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-22

resident against whom suspicion Is be-
lieved to point would be arrested in
connection with the murder Of Miss
Matte Hackctt. The belief that Il was
i woman who committed the crime
seems to be quite strongly fixed in the
minds of somc of the authorities. Sher-
iff Ham came here early, today. and il
was understood he intended to make
| the arrest.
Those who believe the girl was killed
| by a woman argue that the crime was
prcmeditated, the plan evidently having
] been carefully arranged. They say that
the small cord with the slipnoose was
prepared ana after calling the girl a
! safe distance from the house the wo-
man began to berate her and then UNI
expectedly dropped the moose over her
head and drew ii tightly about the
neck. The feminine voice and the ,eN-
clamation "You dirty thing" heard by
Mr.. Hackett and the tramp, are be-
| lieved to have been the voice and ut
terance OF the murderess. After the
girl had been thrown to the ground the
rope was tied securely with a granny"
Knot, the kind woman Invariably ties.
The woman suspected answers the
description of the one met by two men
about the time of the murder a short
distance from the spot where the body
was found This woman is said to have
been madly jealous ot her husband.
whom she believed 10 be infatuated
with the Hackett girl.
IL was learned that the findings Of
Prof. Whittier of Bowdoin College, who
examined certain organs removed from
the VICTIM disprove the theory of Grim
inal assault.
Bert Raymond stated that his wife
was not al home when he heard of the
murder SO he hired a horse for the pur-
pose of finding her. About 10 o'clock.
after returning, he found her back of
his house. He said she. then wore a
loosely fitting wrapper while Mrs. Mil
lihen. who lives in the same house.
stated that Mrs. Raymond wore a black
skirt and a dark waist: :.
While hunting for his wife, Raymond
was accompanied by his. brother, Ma j
than Raymond. who told the officers
that the horse was not returned to the
stable until nearly midnight. CONTRA
dictirg his brothers statement that II
was 10 O'Clock when he put up the
horse. Mrs. Milliken informed the off,
GERS that Mrs. Raymond did not go up
stairs to her apartments until nearly
midnight.
The authorities are working on the
assumption that the knot to the cord
with which the woman was strangulat-
ed was a weaver's knot. so-called, and
a had
in cotton factory. One of the persons
suspected was formerly employed in a
cotton mill at Turner.
The county officers. tonight, ex-
pressed the opinion that they had sufi-
cient evidence to warrant the immedi-
ate arrest Of woman who has been
strongly under suspicion for two or
three days. They base their assertion
on what they consider several bits of
strong circumstantial evidence The
officers say that footprints Of a woman
found at the scene of the murder were
made by a No. shoe. tine size worn by
the suspect. Four persons have been
found who saw a woman pass along the
highway that evening. .: .
What is regarded as the strongest
feature of the case however. is the fail
are Of the woman and her husband to
satisfy the authorities as to her where
abouts on the evening III question. The
description Of the clo;hiny worn by the
woman at the time is altogether al va
riance with the description given by
another person in the same house |
whore the suspect resides.
Tho theory of the State is that the |
person who IS supposed 10 have COM |
mitted the murder was afflicted with |
sudden insanity. and :hat she had en- |
tcrtained the idea erroneouSly that her |
husband paid much attention to Miss |
Hackett
Owing to the critical condition of the |
SUSPECT, it has been decided to forego |
making an arrest until her condition |
improves.
Richard Love. John McEachern AMI |
James Brennan, who were arrested ut |
Livormore Falls on the strength of re- |
ports that tramps mad committed the |
crime. were taken to the jail at Au-
gusta. tonight, for SAFE !'esping. Tho |
county authorities. however, say that |
these men could not possibly have been |
connected with the case as it has been |
shown that hey We're. elsewhere at the
time. 1t is -proba bic that they will be
released within 4 short time.
1t was decided, tonight. by Coroner
Henry T. Morse of Augusta. to hold the
inquest on the death Of Miss Hacket..
at 10 o'clock next Wednesday forenoon.
in the town house Mt Readfield.
Fire which broke out in tie bunkers
of the Battle Line steamer Eretria, on
voyage from Liverpool to ST. John, n. |
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