Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-01
GOES WEST WITHOUT CONTEST
Alleged That He Stole 5000 and Inflicted
Serious Injuries in Trying to Tear Out
His Sisters Tongue by the Roots.

LAS Mishol. who had in some way
/ fPurd out the whereabouts Of his sister
I Although all was not pleasant between
Las ard Joseph, he lived in the same
house with them.
/ All three rcd!lcG. The savings of JOS
cph and Lille were pat into money Of
! high denomination. LAS ana Joseph
Guarrellcd frequently. The brother fire.
| qHcntly upDraided the sister for her
/ action.
On March Is, 1906 two weeks after
/ child had been born to Lille, the al
| legged nurdcrous assault occurred. Near
the house where they lived was
a sch"olhouso and the children heard
loud and angry talk. Iias it is alleged,
threw his sister to the floor, command
ed her 70 open her mouth, ana told her
that he was going to pull out her
tongue hy the roots. She closed her
jaws as tightly as possible, and Mishel
is s%i1 t. have torn away the flesh
from her throat with his powerful fin
| gers. Finally he is said to have sue
CCaGcd in opening her mouth. which he
began to tear and laccratc, 50 that at
on" side it WAS torn open about half an
, inch ana on the other side thrce-Quar
| tors
AN incredible story" said Sheriff
Miller. 'i,Gt / have the newspaper clip
inFS to prove II. Lille was months in
rcCntcriag."
The screams of the woman had
frightened the school children nearby
and tho teacher mad summoned help.
| Lias is said to have heard them COM
| ing and to have made good his escape.
Nothing was done toward apprahend-
| ing Las. CXCcpt to send letters to West
| Virginia and t. Maine, in both of which
states MishcI was known to have rcla-
| tives, until Sheriff Miller came into Of
| ice in January rf the present year.
| Sheriff Miller asked his county aItor-
| n"v for tn" necessary papers to take
Atishcl in West Virginia, whore he had
been at last accounts, but there was q
| lang delay.
Sheriff Miller said that Mishcl came
| 20 Watcrvillc on the last Of August or
the frs: of September last. AMI that
| rom information furnished by the local
| Ulcers he believes that he has been in
this vi nifty ever since. except perhaps
| Two weeks at Uniontown, West Viz
| einia.
| 4 week ago Sheriff Miller received his
| narcrs at the hands of the county at
,orurv of Dodge county, Wisconsin, and
also the rcnuiSiti1n papers from the
| governor Of West Virginia. Immediate
| " hc started for Wheeling, only to find
| that for some months the bird had
| flown.
| Communication was at once cstab-
| righcd with CITY Marshal Arthur Il.
Itul.lc+ If Wat"rvill". City Marshal
| Holmes. acting upon legal advice. re-
piled to sheriff Miller. asking him to
state the crime for which Mishel was
kvan.cd. The reply stated that theHcrimc
was larceny and attempt to murder,
ana then. having located Mishcl. Dep
uty Marshal Simpson went TO the
North NassaIboro wooden mill and ar
rested Lias.
1t was the privilege of the Journal
representative to introduce Deputy
l~hariff simpson To Sheriff Miller Thurs
day afternoon in the office Of the BAY
View hotel. Sheriff Miller expressed
great pleasure at meeting the man VINO
had shown such skill in cffeCtirg the
capture of man who had cluded the
officers Of three states for IA months.
NishcI having agreed to 50 with
SHERIFF Miller under voluntary arrest
plans were made lot departure friddy
afternoon. Dressed in Il new suit OF
clothes. jauntuy Mishol made his exit
from 5h2 Watcrvillc police station at
?20 p. NJ and was driven in public
carriage to the Maine Central station
He was taken handcuffcd into the
smoking car of the train. During tht
walk from the carria ge to the train he
talked laughinGly With Deputy Marsha
Simpson. A number Of his countrymer
we're at tho station 10 bid him good
bye. and kissed him after the Orienta
fashion.