The Somerset reporter., 1906-05-17
An Important Arrest.
Jerry Hayes Arrested in Bingham for the
Page Murder.


Jerry Hayes, said to be otherwise
known as j. Moulton, a laborer, was
arrested near Bingham, Wednesday, on
a warrant charging him with the muir
der of Mabel Page at Weston, Mass :,
March 81, 1904, and with being a fugi-
tive from justice. Charles l.. Tucker is
the Page murder. The warrant was
issued last Monday, by o. r. Bachelor
of the municipal court, upon the appli-
cation of reporter employed by Bos-
ton evening papsr.
The arrest is based upon alleged re-
marks made by Hayes to Mrs. Margaret
F. Brown of Bingham, at whose home
Hayes was formerly a boarder more
than two months ago.
According to Mrs. Brown, Hayes re-
marked one day that Tucker had got
the chair and that it was good
thing for me that he has"
Mrs. Brown said that when she asked
Hayes what he meant he replied that be
was at the Page house on the day of the
murder just before the crime was dis
covered that he was recovering from a
spree and was on the way across the
country to obtain work when he stopped
at the Page house for glass of water
The story came to the ears of Daniel
Steward, a lawyer of that town, and
others two months ago. Steward says
ne gave it little attention at first, but
later he decided to inform fuckers
lawyers, Vahey, lines & Mansfield of
Boston of the matter, not knowing the
address of the attorneys, Steward wrote
to a Boston newspaper and afterwards
was in communication with Vahey,
lines & Mansfield.
Mrs Brown, it develops, communicate
ed with Mrs. Albert l.. Tucker, the
mother of the condemned man.
Sheriff Smith left here, Monday morn.
ing, accompanied by II. r Hatfield of
Boston, representing fuckers attorneys
and Fred F. Lawrence, Esq, of this
place, and the party arrived at Bingham
via the somerset Railway at about noon
Here they were joined by Deputy sher-
iffs, |. c. Pierce of Bingham and +.
Durgin of the Forks and all took pass
age on log train on the extension of
the somerset road This train landed
them at Moxie, station about 20 miles
above Bingham, and from there they
proceeded ON foot, making inquiries for
Hayes and bearing of HIM at several of
the constr uction camps which are locat-
ed along the line of the railway survey
at intervals of about FIVE miles. To
guard against the chance of Hayes max
ing his escape by way of Bingham, in
case he should learn that he was wanted
and attempt TO leave in that direction,
Sheriff Pierce was sent back down the
line and the rest of the party continued
north ward. They had the weariest
kind of tramp through the woods to
Somerset Junction, a distance of more
than 80 miles from Moxie station, and
before reaching there became convinced
that they had passed Hayes as they ceas-
ed to find any one that knew of him
The arrival at somerset Junction was at
II a m Wednesday. Messrs. smith,
Durgin and Lawrence took the first train
to return to Skowhegan by way of Green
vile and at that station received a tee-
phone message from Bingham aunounc.
ing the news that Hayes had been arrest
ed
Mr. Smith reached Waterville at about
ten last evening and was Immediately
driven to this place He left here for
Bingham this morning, and Will return
here with Hayes this afternoon.
The daily papers of the country evi
IDENTIFY learned of the matter late last
evening and both telephone and tele-
graph lines were busy at all available
times with inquiries for smith and mes
sages to various skowhegan people ask
ing for reports of the matter.