Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-16

'Hii'd, 80. My lI-t~btcia).-- ne
deep mystery surrounding" The. death Of
l!aGlcy k,ilar At Yorktown" in this
town does nnr arprpr to ~ any ne"rrr
a solution than ~ Saturday when th,.
body II ne unfortunate man Was
| found lying i'll 4 craupcd position IN Il
shed tniti:ing the main dwelling house
II TIE Keller farm. Sheriff Ham and
Comfy Attorney Leigh passed the
greater part of the day at "YorktoWn''
| today, as did Coroner Smell of Water
Vile and several more witnesses Were
examined with a view to determining
| tho cause Of Knller'S death. ana if pos
;iEle, the circumstances leading up to
| his tragic end.
| The case is fully as onigmatical as
the Matte Hackctt case. although per
haps it should not be reckonel i'll the
same category. Still. there are some
mysterious features about the death OF
| this man. who lived as a reclulse in i
barren and poorly furnished farm
| house. and the county officials, taking
| rccugnizancc Of the theory that a crime
may have been committed. are con-
| Quoting very thorough investigation,
! ard although a satisfactory eXplana-
| ton of Kollcr's death seems as remote
as it dil last week. the officials are
confident that with the evidence which
| came to their hands today. The nature
of which has not been made public.
| som, decided step viii be taken imme-
| diately.
sheriff lam, County Attorney Leigh
and Coroner Smell arrived in york
| town" soon after noon today and the
| investigation of the ease was taken up
| where it Was left Monday. II had been
| intended to hold the funeral services
| over tho deceased at o'clock this af-
| tcrno0n and there were a number of
| the friends ana relatives Of Keller at
| the house to attend the last rites. 1t
| was deemed advisable. upon the Su@-
| gcStibn Of the otl!ci;,lS. to postpone the
| funeral until Wednesday morning at
| IL O'Clock ANA the burial Of The re-
mains will follow.
| Tie county officials decided shortly
after their arrival that to best serve
the interests cf justice. ana autopsy on
til" remains should be performed and
| accordingly DrS. StinSom ana Nelson
| were instructed to perform the autopsy.
RI body WI. Hid out in the sitting
room where il Had been kept since be
ing prepared by the undertaken for
burial ana from until o'clock this
Afternoon. the physicians were at work
upon III" body
rs is til" usual in such cases. no re-
port ~ the autopsy was made public
tonight. hi; il is understood that the
|
tup If the skull WAS removed ana the
brain examined. The theory that Krl-
ley Nod of apopI"Ny had been advanced.
hut after The musicians had subjected
the brain Ia a most minute examination
il was determined that the brain was
| normal and that this disease could not
| hay, been the cause Of death. The
| thnrlcic and abdominal cavities Wor.,
| ~ cn"d ana the vital organs removed.
| All we're found to he normal as far as
| could I've determined by the superficial
examination made at this time al
| though your correspondent learned that
| The heart was somewhat abnormal in
| aTrcarHnCn The cardia" organ was
| latcr dissected ana examined closely.
| but whether or not il was other than
| normal and regular. could not be lea: n
| ed
| There WAS some question as to the
| condition Of til" stomach ana this uraan
was removed and placed in a large jar
| ard turned over to Coroner Shell. 1t
| will 10 sent To BoWdoin college tomor-
| row for chemical examination by Prof
| Robinson.
| The theory Of poisoning has not
| hitherto appeared in connection With
| Kelltr's death. but Judging from this
| action Of the coroner. il would appear
| that the officials are Of the determine
ltiCn that every preCaution be taken to
| guard against any oversight Of owl
| denCe that may be at hand nov. but
which might be destroyed by the ac-
| tiOn Of time.
! When seen by the correspondent last
| night. Dir. StnSon stated that under
no circumstances would he or his col
league reveal the result Of their au-
| topsv upon keller's body until given
| permission by the coroner. Both have
been summoned TO appear at the in
| quest.
During the carly part Of the after
noon Coroner Smell impanelied his
| Jury. which included the following
| persons, all living in the vicinity: Ed
| son Worthing of China. Martin J.
| Hamlin of China. y. NJ. Heikes of Al
| bion. l.. T. Ragley Of Albion. J. Melvin
!, Virgins OF Albion ana Charles l.. p.