Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-24
Little Girls
/ Expose Murder
THEIR STORY CLEARS UP ANoLD
MYSTERY.
THEIR MOTHER ARRESTED
Held as Accessory, While Two Men
: Are Held as PrincipaIs-crime Sc
quenee of an Illicit Love.

Biddeford, Me-. June "a story
told by two little girls, one seven and
the other nine years of age, led the
county authorities today to arrest John
Buzzell, a Dayton farmer. O1ney Mer-
rill an East PittSton laborer and Mrs
Maud Snow, mother of the children
the-'irst two on the charge OF murder
and the latter as an accessory
Searching for Victims Grave.
Meanwhile d search OF the Snow
farm in Dayton was begun for the
grave of Charles I. Weymouth, the man
alleged to have been murdered At
dark tonight officers had not succeed
ed in locating the grave.
Father of Children in Jail.
officers say they were at the Snow
farm looking for silverware which the
father of the children, Dr.. Fred e
Snow, who is now serving a term in
the county Jail for breaking and enter
Gladys, the older of the two girls. vol
unteered the information that a man
was buried in the woods adjoining the
farm.
Told Story of Murder.
Then she and her young sister Be-
trice told the story of the alleged mur-
der OF Weymouth. whose sudden dis
appearance three years ago had never
been satisfactorily explained
Disappeared in 1903.
Weymouth was 81 years old and
nephew of DR.. Harry a. Weymouth.
former mayor of Saco. He Travelled
through Saco and the surrounding
towns with his butcher cart In Sep
tennbeT. 1908. he suddenly drepDed out
of sight. The river and surrounding
territory We're searched but no trace
of the man ever was found. So far
the authorities could learn at the time,
he was last seen at the Snow home in
foul play, no arrests n connection with
the case ever had been made until to-
day.
infatuated With Mrs. Snow.
The two girls who told the story
which resulted in today's arrests In
formed the county authorities that
Weymouth was infatuated with Mrs.
Snow. They said that he was calling
at the Snow home in the forenoon OF
day early in September 1903, when
he saw Buzzen and Merrill approach
ing the house.
Did Not Want to Be Seen.
For Gods sake" he is alleged 20
have exclaimed to Mrs. Snow. who was
washing dishes, don't tell those men
I am here. Where can I hide7"
Dragged from Hiding Place.
The girls said that Weymouth found
"a hiding place in another room, but
when the two men entered the house
their suspicious became aroused. They
searched thu housA according to the
story. found Weymouth and dra agged
him into the kitchen.
Received Terrible Beating.
There the alleged witnesses declared
that they gave Weymouth a terrible
beating, knocking him over a desk
with such force that the desk was
broken and he became unconscious.
He is alleged to have died shortly af-
terward.
Placed Body in Box.
When Buzzel and Merrill realized
that the man was dead so the inform
ants told the authorities, they hastily
prepared large box and placed Wcy-
mouths body in it. The informanIs
declared that the box was too short
and that the feet were doubled over
and the body jumped on until 1t could
be crowded in. The improvised coffin
was carried to a point near q. brook
! a short distance from the house, so the
story goes. and there buried.
Buzzel1 is a farmer, while Merrill
has been employed as driver of an ice
wagon. Mrs. Shows husband pleaded
guilty at the term OF court-last month
to having committed a large number
round about Dayton, and the officers
found a large amount of pfunder in the
Snow home. Snow, although not
regular physician, has been known as
Or" Snow.