Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-16


straw gossip are. today. forming the
nucleus with which people are joining
the crime.
Nearly all of the residents of the VII
lage TODAY. gathered at the weekly ser
wee m the Methodist church, where
| the appointmcnt was made between
| Charles Northy and Mrs Cooper. Last
Sunday they saw them both at the
church, the one flushing in the vigor
| of manhood, the other pleasant, so
ciaI little woman, active in church
work, and the both having the love and
trust OF their ncighbors. Today, how
different. The first has passed into the
great beyond and the other lays in Jail
waiting for the proving of her inno-
cencc or guilt, of this great crime WIN
which she stands accused
| 1t is great contrast and one that
the good people Ecrc can hardly realize
| but what they know to be a TACT 1hey
| have talked it over and the general,
yes the exact feeling, Is that II Charles
Northy committed suicide they wish TO
know it. if he did not they want TO
know who did. If Mrs. Cooper is in
recent. which they hope with mingled
| f clings. they will be glad to receive
|
here. In fact there is a great deal of
sympathy expressed for Mrs. Cooper,
lard a great deal of hope that she may
be able to prove her innocence but in
view of the facts it seems to them
Itrat this is almost an impossibilty to
| them.
| RumOrS and more rumOrS have been
running rampant, many of them show
/ al nth
seem possible but improbable, and in
fact all kinds of stories are floating
laround promiscuously until it is hard
for one to find the truth, but the one
rumor latter found to be a fact that
has proved Il sensation is the fact that
Miss Cary, the young lady with whom
Northy kept company at the time OIL
his death, had previously received
Threatening letters concerning Charles
and warning her that she would never
lmarry him. How this story came to
be circulated, those intimately con-
lcerned in the case are unable TO de-
ltermine bur it is nevertheless true al
Though they are somewhat reticent IN
telling the whole of the matter. The
whole story of receiving the letters by
Miss Cary will be found in the East
Jefferson dispatch.
Mr.. Northy was seen by a Journal
reporter, early this morning, and Mr..
Northv seems more and more certain
that his son met death by foul means
and so expressed himself in rather
lstrong terms. He said If that woman
lshot Charles she must pay for the crime
lif it takes every cent that | have in
the world and Mr.. Cary feels the same
way that 1 do about it and has offered
to do what he can in the matter.
Otherwise than the above statement
Mr.. Northy reiterated his stories pre-
viously published telling over again his
) sons career how he always lived here,
: being born and brought up in the house
| which he left. Tuesday morning, and
to which he had no idea that he would
never return.
, Only once during his life had Charlie
left home, that was two years last No
vember when he went to work for Mr..
Cooper. He stayed here, learning his
! trade until the last of March, 1905. At
this time he returned home and went
to work in the shop that his father had
lerected for him.
Mr.. Northy said: "Charles was good
greet we did not do, in this life, and it
will always be a matter of regret to me
that l did not speak to Charlie about
this matter"
"Oh. yes. l knew about it a long
time ago but as l told you. Wednes-
day, | thought that it was a matter
that would soon be over and thought
that the boy could take care of him.
self"
That Mr.. Northy feels the loss of his
only son, no one can doubt when they
Hook into his careworn face. He seems
Ia have aged materially since the day
of the tragedy, less than a week ago,
but his grit and determination to see
the matter through is evident in his
lcvcry word and action. He believes
that his son was murdered, foully and
without prOvoCation. Whether this is
true. remains to he seen, Mr.. Northy
surely has the sympathy of the entire
community.
Early in the morning, Mr.. Cooper
was approached by the reporter for
the Journal. but declined to say any
thing on the subject of the tragedy
which has 50 broken up his coy home.
He feels the matter keenly, of that
There is no doubt and he remains stead
fast in his firm conviction that his
wife is innocent of this awful crime.
He is determined to work to prove her
Innocence and has already engaged the
services of Herbert NJ. Heath of Au
gusta. He left for Augusta. this morn
| ing, to visit his wife and, it is under
stood that he will not carry the chill
dren to the village school, during the
remainder of the term.
| Mrs. Cooper has performed this task
during the past year and was dearly
loved by the children who were her
daily companions, to and from school.
| Who will perform this duty during the
remaining five weeks of the term is I'M
known and the school authorities We're
looking for some one to perform this
task, this afternoon.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs Cooper, or
| in fact any of the children, hardly
realize the enormity of the charge I'M
| der which their mother is now shadow