Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-25
For Robbery from Person
OF Alexander Turner.
5000 Of Alleged Stolen Goods
Found at LeveTe's House.
Stomach Of Deceased Sent to Bruins,
wick for Analysis.

! Events Ill connection Will tic uIitN
| planned death, Tuesday afternoon, OF
Alexander j. Turner, developed,
! Wednesday afternoon and evening,
! with confusing rapidity- Without in
| seftion of unexpected evidence into
| the case it is believed nothing certain
! will he announced as a delay of 10
| days is expected in the examination of
the stomach and contents taken to
| Brunswick by Coroner Hewins. Dis
! eussion in the early morning hours
| hinged on the possible calling of a
special session of the grand JURY.
About 3 o'clock in the morning. the
| examination of Henry Gazette, Tur-
ner's companion on Tuesday, was held
| at the police court. developing little
! in a stumbling story of his movements
ON Tuesday.
| AT IL o'clock, County Medical Ex-
aminer w. H. Harris performed the
autopsy on the body at the undertake
ing rooms of Knowlton & Hewins, and
the stomach and its contents were
sent for analysis to the Bowdoin Medi-
cal school
At 2 p. NJ. the coroner's inquest
took place in the grand jury room at
| the court house, before the jury EN-
panelled in the morning by Coroner
Frank Hewins. Nine witnesses out
of 10 summoned told their versions of
the affair and the hearing was adj
iourned about 6 o'clock to meet again.
Thursday morning.
| Following the inquest Fred Leyere.
in whose home the death occurred.
| was taken into custody by the au-
I 4 - f~II
was virtually placed under supervision
| by the police, an officer being sent to
the house.
/ shortly after o'clock County Attor-
ney Williamson visited the premises,
! TO be Immediately followed by City
| Marshal Fletcher and a detective from
| Boston. A search was instituted and a
strange assortment of articles began
To come to light. Throughout the house
the hunt continued and the pile of
confiscated property grew steadily un-
I'll II o'clock, when a trunk was filled
and taken to the marshars office for
classification. The assortments value
was estimated at over $500, being evil
IDENTIFY the result of raids upon the
premium departments Of local pub
fishing houses.
Between midnight and O'clock,
! Thursday, Marshal Fletcher and Der
/ uty Marshal Perham, upon search
warrant issued by Judge Lancaster.
| left en- another expedition, believed to
| have been in North Augusta.
| The investigation in the case of the
death of Alexander J. Turner, who was
! found dead in room occupied by
! Henry Gazette, at the home of Fred
| Levere lie Willow street took new
phaze late Wednesday evening. when
| County Attorney Joseph Williamson.
| City Marshal Fletcher and detective
searched Leveres house, for the pur-
pose Of finding more evidence in re-
gard to the sudden death of Turner,
Ia1d instead much to their surprise
Hound large amount of alleged stolen
goods. to the value Of about 5000 HID.
den i'm different places in the house.
The loot Included table cloths, nap-
kins, story books, Bibles, articles OF
| silverware, and various other articles.
| which. it is alleged has been obtained
from raids TO publishing houses in
this vicinity. The stolen goods were
found in various hiding places in the
A v
| Fred Levere was arrested, Wednes-
day evening, by the police and will
| be held in connection with the case
His wife. Ella Levere. was allowed to
remain at her home. but the house
was guarded by policemen during the
night. so as to make it impossible for
her to escape. if she attempted to.
| Judge Lancaster of the municipal
| court was sent for by City Marshal
| Fletcher, at about midnight. Wednes-
| day, and went from his home to his
office in the City building, where he
made out a warrant for the search
of another building, where it is all
| legged that stolen goods We're also hid
| den. The officers left. the City build
ing. at about midnight, with a two
| horse team fer the purpose Of max
| ing the search but they would not
make any announcement as to what
building they intended to search.
| Coroner Hewins told the Journal Of
| fee, early this morning, that he had
carried the stomach of the dead men
| to Bowdoin College, Brunswick, where
| Marshall p. Cram would analyze it
| TO find If there are any traces of
| poison. The two bottles which were
| found in the room after Turner's
death and which ii is claimed that
| both Turner had drunk from. We're
| also carried to Brunswick, where they
| will be examined for traces of drug
| or poison. He said that it would be
/ about week before this investiga-
! ton would be announced