Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-19
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The other man with Flood wore a
straw hat, a dark suit and was stout,
Lewery said.
Il was working in my barn, Sun
day morning." he said, when / heard
car stop on the road from Mattea-
wan to Fishkill Village. 1t was large
touring car with two men in 1t. One
man got out and walked up the hill
to a point where 1t was possible to
see the rear gate of the hospital. He
wen down and came back and then
climbed the hill third time, each
time reporting to his companion. At
that time l went into the house and
heard a car coming down the hill and
someone was yelling. Then came
out and saw the same man jump into
the car.
.T saw the tail of the other car passing
the corner and / saw this man jump into
the car that had been standing there.
This car soon followed the other. There
were three men in the rear seat of the
car that came down the hill and one man
in the front seat driving
Another witness was William Gordon
proprietor of the Holland House at flsn-
kill Landing. where the five strangers
stopped Gordon verified the five names
taken from the hotel register and said:
"O'Keefe had spelled his name Michael
when the party came to the hotel, on
Saturday. Aug. 9. Toey left again, on
Sunday, O'Keefe, Butler. Thompson and
Duffy came again in the car. on Friday
last, and, on Sunday, Thomas Flood
drove up to the hostel in another car.
on Saturday, Aug. 16, Flood and the
others were together about all the time
They spent much of their time in the
hotel bar room and talked freely They
did not say anything about their busi-
ness and when I asked one of them he
replied 4 am in the water business: ! get
the water out of Sheepshead bay.
knew he was kidding me and a short
time afterward he came to me and said
Il was fooling you. Now l am going to
tell YOU about myself l am one of those
fellows who never likes to see anybody in
trouble. / have always been that way
all my life l don't care what he has
done: when / see fellow in trouble
am sorry for him and will try to held
him out
mrhis was the biggest fellow of the
fve." continued Mr.. Gordon, land he was
rougher than the rest. / remember nov
that he was in the bar room. Saturday
night, with his collar off and shirt oper
at the throat. There was a light in tnt
rooms of the man all night. At O'Clock
in the morning noticed that they hadn'
gone to bed yet and my wife asked m'
what kind of men they were.
"The men left the hotel together In thu
| two cars, Sunday morning. They pait
| their bills and one man asked anothe
in the party If he thought they could ge
back before night. The other man rephet
| that they Ought to make it all right.
| Another interesting witness was Anni'
| Maher, laundress at the Matteawai
hospital. Mrs Maher said:
| II was standing in the window of my
room overlooking the rear gate l heart
the bell ring and looking out saw Mr.
Hickey. the hospital milk man, COMING
in. Keeper Barnum opened the gate ant
Hickey came inside, starting up TN
walk inside the hospital grounds. Then
saw an automobile come up by the gait
opening. Barnum was standing by tn
left side Of the gate as he pulled It open
The automobile seemed to be moving
slowly. but did not ston I did not se'
Thaw, but as the automobile pulled up
saw two men leaning out Of the machine