Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-18

Sko" heE1n. Me. May 11.-tSpeciaD.
Sheriff tlyd" IL. smith and Deputy
Sheriff !nErahan G. Fierce Of bingham
arrived from that town ut 3 O'Clock tliiT
afternoon having in custody Jerry
Hayes. alias j. H. Morton. AHA, !.
under arrest charged with the murder
of Mabel Page at Weston, Mass. March
81. 1904. The party lett the car at the
corner of Madison avenue ana High
street ana at one" went to the office Of
he sheriff. i'll tn" supreme court build
ing. With the party was also Mrs.
Margaret T.. Brown Of bingham. with
whom Hayes boarded and who il the
principle Witness against him. The
street was black with rc"ll" eager to
get :, glimpse Of the alleged murderer,
thc Sidewalks being lined ana many
coming in carriages and automobiles.
II was expected that :; hearing would
be given Hayes at once, but owing 81
the fdct that Detective Harry j. Had
field missed his train at Biugham the
hearing WAS put over until Friday.
Sheriff Smith allowed the journal
correspondent 4 hvc-minutCS interview
with the prisoner after warning Hayes
that he need not max" amy statement
unless; perfectly willing ana that any
4 III
against him. Sheriff Smith also told
HAYES that Ii" could have th" yrrvic"s
Of Il lawyer il Ii" So desired. but Il"
replied that he Had no money "a pay
one. The sheriff then offered to SC
cur" one f"r Him at Ill.,. "Wn cNn"nE".
70 the Journal correspondent ilayr.;
stated that u" first went tn EinElltn
Wien thc extension of the s;oncrsCr
hallway WAS hcFun ana had worked OF
Weston. AIa:;*., and said il wa, 4 year
ago last Wintcr.
Thr list time he wa& in thai town,
he said. VAS 4 year after the inuldrr
was committed. lie said hc VAS On
EHg"d in working IN til" irc in That
Nicinit. ana WAS walking from Nclic.'-
ley and called at some huu5e in W.s;-
ton for 4 drink Of water.
Did you can at tie Page h"u2"?"
was asked.
II - not know where The Page house
is" The reply.
Hayes denied c.cr making the talk
to his boarding mistress. Mrs. i;rGvn.
which the nov Sf'apcrs credit him VITA.
He said that last fall when he quit
work with the contractors on the Som
crS"t extension he had SIPS in his peck
Ct ANA that hc had been drinking hcav-
iiy. He had been reading in the pn-
VrrS of the Page murder and Of Thicker.
aud that 10 create a little excitement
he stated that he had been IL The vicin-
ity IF Whcr" tn" Grim" was committed.
T" tn" Journal correspondent he de
MED AL knowledge of the murder ana
said that he knew no more about il
than tn" correspondent, with the OK
r"pti0n Of what ne had read in the IA
rcrs. lie denied that lis homo was. in
NaSSachusct ana said that for Il
years h" had been following up con-
structIon work in Maine and that he
worked on the SKoWhcgan water sys-
tenn when the works were first put in.
Hayes is rough looking customer
He is a powerful man. stands over six
feet aud will weigh nearly "0D pounds.
He was dressed in y worn sllit Of blue
with I black hat, ana carried n gray
sweater on his arm. He was eager that
z hearing he held and seemed disap-
pointed when the sheriff told hin, it
could not occur until Friday. He said
they could not hold him. as there was
no evidence to connect him with the
crime.
Hewas taken to the county Jail
across the street where he will be con-
lined until the hearing.
Hadhold. who syvore out the warrant.
has paid all the EXPENSES Of the trim
and IN to last night these amounted to
sl5. The sheriff and his party. who
missed Hayes at Bingham, arrived at