Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-05
Mrs. TOurtel0tte
Is Held For Arson.
Continued From Page One.)

horth gate, and he at her request tel
ephoned to Belfast for assistance. This
was in the neighborhood of | or 20
O'Clock. The fire, she said, seemed to
be all on the inside of the main house
and no smoke on the outside until the
glass in the windows fell in. There was
nothing to Indicate that the fire was
set on the outside of the house.
Henry G. Hill, who lives in Fast
N"rthpcrt, said that Oct % he saw
the prisoner pass his stable going to-
wards the compground He had new
or seen the woman before. She was
walking and carried no baggage. but
mad her coat on her arm, as the day
was warm. He saw her again. shortly
after he ate his dinner, which, as near
as he could tell, might have been about
l o'clock or little after, walking from
the grounds in the direction of the
North shore and Belfast. She later
went to his stable and asked to be
driven to Belfast. She did not state to
what boat or train she wished to go.
His brothers wife, Mrs. Isaac Hill,
drove her to Belfast. He was not inter-
ested at the time and did not look at
his watch, but judging from their reg
ular dinner hour it was something af-
ter / o'clock He was working at car
pertering with John Pendleton when
he heard the bell ring and at first
thought it came from the chapel in
Fast Ncrthport. but later identified it
rs the bell on the Auditorium on the
camrgrc,nd. Looking in that direction
he Jaa
er men on the place ran to the grounds,
carrying pals with which to fight the
fire. They found the Gray cottage in
ruins and the Hincks cottage on fire
Wher they arrived. Last Saturday he
went to Old Town with O. O. Dickey
to see if the woman he had seen was
the same woman that was on the
grounds last summer and who had
trouble with the Gray family. He saw
Mrs. TOurtelotte Sunday night and
identified her as the woman who was
in Northport last Wednesday. He had
not seen Mrs. Tourtelottc when she
Was u Northport last August.
Orrcn j. Dickey of Belfast testified
that he was invited to accompany G.
q. Dckey to Old Town. He testified
that he WIS interested in the case pure
~ from a newspaper standpoint and
as one who wished to see the guilty
punished. He denied having anything
to do with an insurance company. He
gave a lengthy account of his severn!
interviews with Mrs. Tourtelottc in
Old Town. She told him that she was
in Northport last Wednesday and in
the Gray cottage She had keys to
h., - too I,c,. l,,- (Sro1
of Old Town She was friendly with
Mr.. Gray but not with his son and
daughters and had been to the GRAY
home in Old Town when the family.
with the exception of Mr.. Gray, We're
out OF town. Her motive in going to
the cottage last week was to aSc5r-
tain If there were letters in the cot
tagc from Charles H. Gray who left
Northport last summer several weeks
before his daughters. and whom she
has since been unable to locate. She
was anxious to get his address. think
ing 1c was confined somewhere and
that ne might have written to his fam
liz and Il letter might have been left
in the cottage when they left. She
Sad.that the day was warm and that
she curled her hair. Found dress suit
case and thought she would take that
She lii a lamp by which to heat the
curlcr. Did not build a fire Started to
walk back to Belfast and then decided
to ride and went to HIS stable as
testified by Mr. Hill and hired a team.
Said that she came to Belfast from
Stockton bv stage and returned the
SAM way Wednesday afternoon. Mr..
piCkcv first saw The prisoner last
sunday in the office of City Marshal
ITcr"andez in Old Town.
Cl.arlls O. Dickcv stated that he is
a@er Of the Wesleyan Grove Campmcotng
Association. He first saw the prisoner
last August on the camp grounds. Later
she came to him and asked him To have
Dr. Tom Gray son of Charles II Gray.
arrested. as he had insulted her She
was in the Association store. While there
DE- Gr3N came in and during his stay in
tie store the prisoner held a milk bottle,
made nf thick glass and holding i quart,
over her shoulder, and told the witness
that had Or. Gray spoken to her she
would have broken his head with it. Mr..
Dickcv said that failing To get him to
lock up DR.. Gray she 'phoned to a man
in Buvksrort, whom She said was her
hroth her to come to her aid, as there were
no gentlemen on the grounds
Mr.. Dickey was not on the grounds
when the fire broke out but arrived short
" after. Hearing of the unknown woman
who had been seen me asked her descrp-
ton and as it tailed so closely with that
of Mrs Tcurtelotte he at once started
an investigation. He went to Old Town
and identified her as the woman who was
on the grounds last summer and who had
trouble with the Gray family. She told
him practically the same story as she
told O. j. DicIsey.
When asked about the suit case which
she had taken away from the cottage she
said that she had sent il with her sum
MGR suit to friend to keep for her. He
advised her that if she wished to clear
herself that she had better send for the
case to he sent to him in Belfast. She
said she would write letter to her
friend Mr.. Diclley got some paper and