Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-03
MURDER MYSTERY.
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None sold the store out last fall and
1t is said that since that time he has
not been in any regular business. but
that ne has appeared to have consider
able ready money, and to have been
living a life Of ease in Lewiston, asso-
ciating principally with Greeks.
None was still held in custody Sat-
urday night, and the authorities are
non-committal as to what charge, If
any, they are going to bring against
him No formal charge has yet been
placed against him. and it seems likely
that none will be before Monday, If at
all.
1t was believed here Saturday night
that the authorities are not over-con-
fldent Of their ability to connect None
with the murder. The only thing they
have on which to base such action
against None Is said to be that they
understood he felt aggrieved at Scott
over the trade for the store at CHS
holms Mills, aside from the fact that
None appeared to have been in easy
circumstances during the winter and
summer.
From a remark made by the county
attorney Saturday night it is inferred
that he believes that more than one
man was engaged in killing Scott, and
II is known that Deputy Sheriff Gilbert
Is working on the case on this theory.
The county attorney was rather non
con,mittal Saturday night as to what
his further course in the case would
be. but he said:
This case is one requiring a most
o.
to the bottom of it,
# was believed Saturday night that
other arrests will be made in the case.
The county attorney said Saturday
night that he probably should not
come to Livermore Falls again Sun
day. but that he expected to be here
on Monday This statement would In
dictate that he expects to take some
steps in this vicinity Monday, because
the coroner's jury held the inquest Sat
urday afternoon, closing up that part
of the case.
The verdict of the jury was: I'm our
opinion James Scott of Lewiston came
to his death by being murdered by
some person or persons to us UNI
known"
Scott Is spoken of in the coroner's
Jury verdict as being from Lewiston,
and he had made his home there for
the past few years, but he came from
Worcester, where his father and
brother in law, j. c. Scott, now live.
T. c. Scott came to Lewiston early
in the winter, after he had failed to re-
ceiye letters for some time from his
brother in-Iaw, and he asked the police
and the county attorney to try ana To-
cate the man found dead Friday.
The Worcester Scott said that James
Scott had considerable amount of
money, a fact that WINS generally
known in the foreign colony at Lewis
ton. for he was something of boaster
and was fond of showing large rolls of
bills and telling that he had credit
good for $4,000 in Worcester.
After james Scott sold cut his CHS
holm's Mills store last summer he resum-
ed his old business of peddling and 3uy'
ing apples making mis- principal stopping
place. the boarding mouse of Selm Man.
sour. Is Railroad avenue. Lewiston.
Tn the fall Scott started out buying APP
ples. ard among the other orchards for
which he contracted was that Of II C.
Whittcmore, on whose farm his body was
found last evening.
Scott bought his apple crop he paid him
$50 on account and hired a number "1
young people, mostly French to pick the
apples Near the body We're found some
of Scotts cards, with the names of the
apple pickers entered separately on each
one, and these apple pickers were among
the witnesses who identified his remains
today before the coioncrs jury.
Mr.. Whittemore said he tried to find
out what had become of Scott and con-
sidered 1t very peculiar that he should
pay $50 on account of the apple crop and
then not claim the apples. He wrote to
Mansour in Lewiston for information
about Scott. but Mansour. he says. was
as much In the dark as to the where
abouts oe Scott as was Whittemore or
anyone else.
Mansom says Scott owed him some
money. but that he didn't worry about
the bill because he knew Scott was good
for It, He did. however, he says. make
extensive inquiries as to what had be-
come of him, because he and Scott had
been friends
Scott was about 80 years old. approx
mately j feet I inches in height. weighed
abort 40 pounds and was an active
strong man. so there appears tn he good
grosnd foY the belief of the authorities
that no one man could have overpowcred
him. trussed him up as he was ted with
the rope and choked him to death.
The rope with which the dead man was
bound was cut from Mr.. Whittemore's
hay fork and was missed early in No
ho lie