Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-12
Mrs, Rose SalboTn Ends
Life by Shooting.
Body Found by Roadside In
Winthrop, Monday Morning.
coronsr's Jury Decides Case One
Of SeIf. destruction.

Winthrop had its sensation Monday
with the finding in the early morning
of the lifeless remains Of Mrs. Rose e.
Sanborn by the roadside in the western
part of the town and in the vicinity of
Mt. Pizgah. The presence of bullet
wound in the woman's left breast and
of rifle lying on the ground beside
her gave rise to a suspicion that she
might have been the victim of foul
play, but after a careful investigation
at the hands of a coroner's jury it was
decided that the case was one of sui
eide
The body was found at about 100 in
the morning by Daniel P. Hall, not far
distant from his house, and life had
evidently been extinct for many hours
previous to the finding of the body.
Coroner John A. Foster was summoned
and visited the scene. AS the woman
had been at the Hall house Sunday
night both Mr.. Hall and his son, Henry
A. Hall, We're closely questioned, but
| the stories told were straight and moth
ing was learned that would in any way
tend to implicate either of them. 1t
was learned that the Sanborn woman
left the Hall house at about 10 o'clock
Sunday night, presumably going back
to the village.
| Coroner Foster empanelled a jury
consisting of c. F. Kilbreth, foreman;
George M. Foster George Gray, E. c.
Leighton E. P. Libby and J. M. Towle
and at 2 o'clock this afternoon an in
quest was held in the Office of Herbert
| T.. Foster. The verdict reached was
that the woman came to her death by
q gunshot wound from a .22-calibre rifle
| fired by her own hand.
| Mrs. Sarborn was % years of age and
had beer in Winthrop since early last
summer, working at different places
about the town. The rifle with which
the act was committed was one which
she owned and is said to have carried
with her the greater part of the time
The bullet which caused her death en-
tered the left breast, passed through
the heart and almost through the body
| Mrs. Sanborn had been married twice
Her first husband, from whom she was
divorced, was Herbert Day of North
Monmouth, while the second is a man
named Sanborn now living near Farm
irgton. She had young daughter and
her father is Charles H. Kittredge OF
Hallowell.
Owing to the storm on Wednesday
Jan. g. the annual meeting of the
kennebec Valley Cow Testing Asso-
citation was postponed to Wednesday
Jan. 20, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
AL who are interested in joining the
association for the next year are cor.
daily invited to be present and join ir
the election of officers.
Ludger Heon was quite badly in
jured Saturday by a fall from the high
seat of the big team which he drives
between Winthrop and Winthrop Cen
ter for C. M. Bailey Sons & Co. A
wheel came off and Mr.. Heon was
thrown violently to the ground. He was
found by j. w. Barker and Everett
Sturtevant, who took him to the vii
lage. Although painful, his injuries are
not serious and it is thought that nc
bones are broken.
Mrs. Winnie Bates has returned from
visit in South Portland.
Mrs. J. F.. Stevens of WATERFOWL
has been visiting her parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. w. H. Barker. Mrs. j. B. Coombs
and son Harold have also been VISITING
Mr.. and Mrs. Barker, and will return
in few days to their home in New
York. Mr.. and Mrs Barker will go with
them to pass the winter.
The Sunday school of the Methodist
church Sunday reelected Herbert E
Foster superintendent. The list OF
teachers includes Mrs. H. E. Foster
Primary department. Mrs. l.. D
French, A. l.. Leech, Mr.. Lothrop, Mrs
R. A. Rich. REV. r. A. Rich, Mrs. E
P. Libby and Henry Woodward
In addition to the names published
yesterday, c. G. Longfellow and Mrs
Hattie Kilbreth are members Of the
committee who have in charge the ar.
engagements for the celebration Of the
silver wedding to be given Friday
evening to Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Towle.
EAST WINTHROP.