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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02
OFFICERS CLOSING THEIR
net ABOUT PEARL SAWYER.
Declare Things Look Dark for the North
Augusta Boy=Statements Before and
After the Tragedy==A Letter to
His Aunt, Mary Lyons.
MONAHAN ENLISTS.

United States army officers, Thurs
day. IN this city. established the fact
that Alfred p Monahan, who died
from poisoning, desired to get away
from Lewiston. They also afford the
Information that Perley T. Sawyer,
wl.o is held in Auburn Jail, was try
ing to persuade his companion to stay.
Monahan. or Kelley, as he was some
Tuesday, saying: I'm going if they
viii. take me-
Sergt. Chapman who is in charge of
the Lewiston recruiting station. was
questioned regarding the rumor that
Monahan Gid not want to go away
from Lewiston and regretted that he
had enlisted in the army. The recruit
ing officer said
s 3...Mormhan came te us for the first
titnss Sruesday, April %. He appeared
to he in a normal conditional healthy
felIew. He had color in his face and
showed no signs of being addicted to
the dope habit as some people have
sintimatet. He did not appear to feel
badly about leaving.
fsA few minutes later, Private john
son entered the office and he was ques-
toned regarding a conversation that
i,e had heard, this also taking place
on the street
s,Ionahan had been talking with
me- Sawyer caught up with us and
asked honahan: Are you going with
these fellows?' Monahan replied: IS,
if they will take me- sawyer remark
ed; I want to talk with you. | don
want YOU to go ! said to Monahan;
Wen. | expect to see you. tomorrow.
Private Johnson was the first man
erom outside to reach Monahan's bed
side. having been summoned from the
recruiting otIice by John Stevens. VINO
IS held under $1,000 bonds as q materi-
Fal witness fer the State. His story oil
bis hurried visit to the room is as fol-
| lows:
| Monahan on Floor.
at found Monahan lying on the floor
| with one hand en- his stomach and the
| other on his head. Stevens ana iiltee
| MIN onto the bed. Monahan did MOI
sneak 9 word. He made the sign OF thf
| cross. struggled and set Ills Jaw
,sot some hot water and salt, pried his
r,outh open, and gave him lot of II
b,,t the fellow could not throw 1t up
Then I sent for doctor.
.I said TO stevens, Now it is up Il
Won to tell who gave him that WINS
] kew, He pointed to Sawyer. | saio
! Did YOU give him that whiskey ant
lie said he did.
i Afterwards, questioned Sawyer q
the police station. He told me that h'
used morphine and said that Kelley ca!
he knew Monahan) used it too, only
not so strong as he did. / asked Saw
yer if he bought the whiskey and r
said he did. I asked where. but h'
said he could not tell. ! questioned
him about the dope, but he gave M
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sor who had been so closely connected
with the murder of a young sirl-a
young girl who Was his close friend,
as Dunbar has elaimed-would not
have recalled with greater exactness
tne sort Of cord used.
One OF the first stories III the Hack
cit t&se was that the young woman
had been killed by trainps. This grew
out Of the presence of johnson and his
story Of travelling from Auburn jail
With TX ) other tramps. ft-was at tho
time. August, 1906 clearly established
that neither Of the two men who We're
with Johnson that day could possibly
have lad anything to do with the mur-
der. Tier movements from the time
they seYarated With Johnson 10 their
arrest By Deputy Sheriff Eaton of
Franklin county. TWO days later, We're
carefully traced.
f'Grther, the trail CT johnson was
followed from the Haekett place back
a distance of more than two miles and
he Was found to have been alone all
the way. The tranlpa were very elearly
eliminated.
At the time of the murder another
story was in circulation of camp of
tranpa near the Hacaett house. No
such camp existed at that time. or be-
fore or siEce so far as it was possible
To ascertain. There was still another
variation Ct the tramp story. This was
to the effect that a man and woman
had Il en enCamped in the woods near
the Haci=stt house. This story had the
man and woman i'll camp on the after
noon Of the crime, but they disappear
ed tie following morning. No person
WIS ever found who knew anything of
the camp or who had ever seen 1t or
the strange man and woman. 1t was
always Il case of so and SO told me.
Following the tramp theory came i
rumor that Matte Haekett had met
her death at the hands of young man
of this town. He had been q former
sweetheart Of the girl, and was quot
ed as having threatened to Kill her
FrafT1er man f;rv1 Ter fYfyrr, trYs-wrs-
else. Matte Il was understood, wis
TO be married to young man, Lester
LYONS of Boston. That story was
traced out. Ii fell by the wayside be-
cause the young man was able to eS-
tablish complete alibi. But from thai
tale grew dozen different rumors OF
how the murder was committed ana
by whom, all having as centre }.
the plot former lover of the girl
Among these was the story TO the
effect that Boston man OF wealth.
had become infatuated with Matte,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02
READFIELD PEOPLE SkEPTICAl.-
DOUBT TRUTH OF DUNBAR'S STORY,
Confession Is, However, the Source of Much Dis
cussion-General Opinion Seems to Consider the
Story Porous=-=Mrs. Raymond Hears Details
And Is Overjoyed=Hopes that Story Is True.

Readfeld Me, May 1.-(speciaD.--
The events of the past three days have
brought a revival, once more. of Il
subject that has already been dis
eusscd until it is nearly threadbare-
the HaelIett murder Of almest eight
years ago, and the people of Read
field are. today going over again the
guesome details Of the tragedy as well
as those, of minor events which had
in anyway a bearing on the crime
incidents are being brought TO mind
which were lang ago supposed to have
heen folseotten. and Just at present the
Haekett case is the principal topic for
discussion in the village.
When Elsie Hobbs Raymond was ae-
quilted. last November at the court
house in Augusta. of the charge of
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02

Dover. Me-. May 1.-(spec.aD.-
Charles Roderick, aged "a. of Foxeroft
charged with criminal assault, made
a sensational escape, early this eve
ming, from Sheriff Calvin w. Brown,
and at late hour was still at large.
Roderick was arrested, yesterday af-
ternoon. on a warrant. charging crimi-
nal assault on Hazel McKenney, a 15-
year-old Foxcroft girl.
After hearing. today. before Judga
Gerrish. in the Piscataquis municipal
court. the man was held without bail
for the September term of the supreme
court.
Sheriff Brown, with Roderick in his
was walking frem the rear
door of the court house TO the jail
office, when Rodericlx pushed the sher-
If, jumped TO one side and Sprinted for
his liberty up Court street hill and in
to an open field, finally disappearing
IN the woods on the Dexter road.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02
NOT A SUICIDE.
Belfast Girl Is Discovered
In a Secluded Camp
In Company With a Man Who
Disappeared al Same Time.
He Is Placed Under Arrest; She
Threatens to Kill Herself.

Belfast, Me, May 1.-tspeciaD.-
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w b. Inger-
soil Of this city, who disappeared from
her home, Monday evening, was found.
last night. in company with Charles
Tenney, also of Belfast. in a secluded
camp in the woods at Willis Cove on
lslesboro.
The two were discovered bv officers
who placed them under arrest and
brought them here by motor boat The
engine broke down and they We're all
night upon The water, reaching here at
O'Clock, this morning. Teiney was
placed under arrest and tl4a girl given
INTO the care Of her parents. Her con-
dition was such. however. that a ply
sician vas called.
Miss Ingersof threatens suicide if
she is not allowed to marry Tennev
and her parents, feeling thai she would
carry out her threats, are ready to
give their consent. To-day, however
they expressed fear that fenney has
Il wife living elsewhere.
N1iFt StiGhI Wilt SIiCGTS.
The sirl maintains the same att
tude Of silence that she has shown ever
since the two policemen broke in upon
her and Tenney in the secluded camp,
Wednesday night. Despite every ef-
fort Of the officers, neither she nor
Iennay would make any statement
during the long night in the disabled
motor boat.
TO her mother. however, Velma has
lassionately declared that she will
make way with herself. unless her pa
rents consent To the ceremony.
During the forenoon Velmas broth
or, irving. together with his wife,
took her to the Jail, where they had
an interview with Tenney. The result
OF the interview has not been made
public, but Il is thought that arrange
lnents for a marriage will be secured.
This requires five days under the
Maine law.
Tanney and the Ingersoll girl left
EeIfasIan the right Of April 2l Nelma
told her mother Thursday, that they
walked together for Il miles. when
some friends met them in a motor
boat and took them to Islesboro. She
refuses, however. to disclose The iden-
tity OF those who aided them.
Burgess Suspicious Aroused.
Or Tuesday morning, Tenney ap-
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02

Who Was Acquitted, after Trial. on the
Charge of Murder of Matte Hackett.
having murdered Matte Hackett, on
the evening of Aug. Il, almost in tbs
dooryard of her home on the Kent s
Hill road,~ it was supposed that the
Hackett murder had disposed Of for all
and that the crime would go down in
history as one of the unsoived mys-
teres in the criminal annals of Ken
nebec county and of the State, but just
as people We're beginning to forget. OF
TO think less frequently of the crime
and the events which followed, now
comes the story of the confession of
the man known as Richard f. Dunbar,
Dillon Dunbar and Dick Dunbar.
who claims that he knows who killed
Matte Hackett, and that he was him
self an accomplice to the murderer.
1t is doubtful if there is a man
woman or child in Readfield but who.
If able to secure a paper, has read
Dunbar's confession, and while there
may be some who believe the story, in
the main, to be true the majority of
those who have had the confession un
,ler consideration are inclined to be-
lieve it a fabrication. OF the product OF
a diseased imagination. But never
theIess, the confession has furnished q
subject for discussion and that dis
cussion is in full progress, on the
street. in the stores and by the fire
sides.
Dunbar's story, so far as il, has been
given to the public, looks hazy, and
does not contain single new fact
that has anything tangible to support
it, while on the other nand many de-
tails OF the story are proven by the
known facts in the case to be untrue
Much stress has Leen placed by some
on Dunbars story because it tallies
closely with the alleged confession of
the tramp George Hurd of Lincolt
Center, which it was attempted to in
troduce as evidence at the trial of
Elsie Hobbs Raymond, 1t would have
had mere bearing and some strength,
had the Hurd conf assion been frs
made public at this trial 1t was not.
The stcry was first made public in
| 1905. At the time the Hurd story was
first heard Dunbar, according TO his
own story and the jail records, was a
prisoner in the Kennebec county Jail
at Augusta. 1t is not strange that he,
as we'll as others, should have Keen
4 familiar with the Hura story.
/ AS he was a fellow prisoner in the
county jail with the man Johnson. who
| has alwayS figured as the tramp in the
! case, and who was in the barn With
| Levi lIackett at the time of the mur-
! der. ii is not at all remarkable that
he should be familiar with Johnson
story.
But Dunbar's story begets the great
est douot when he says that the rops
with which Miss Hackett was stran
gled to death was purchased at Brooks
Hardware store in Augusta. He say
that it WAS a window cord, and tha
so feet Was bought.
Matte Iackett was not killed by
piece of VI Nindow cord The cord whlcl
ended her life was ordinary binding
cord such as is commonly used in FUR
niture stores for tieing up large pack
ages. To secure sufficient of this cor
10 commit the crime, it was unneces
ssirs to travel Is miles TO Augusta an
purchase 1T.
| 1t scarcely seems possible that per
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02


at Lewiston.
a young man q years of age and has
spent the greater part of his early
life at the home of Mrs. Susan Lovejoy,
of North Augusta. When interviewed
by a Journal representative, Wednes-
day, the woman who had brought
Sawyer up from childhood broke down
and wept bitterly. stating that Perlcy
had always been a good boy and that
she hoped it would not be long before
he would be free. Il can hardly wait
for the time to come when Perley will
be with us again." were the words that
came from Mrs Lovejoy's lips.
Young sawyer's mother died le years
ago, when he was but II years of age,
for the greater part of his life he has
lived With Mrs. Lovejoy, about one mile
from the North Augusta Grange nall
on the Belgrade road, was educated IN
the public schools of that vicinity ana
was always regarded as an honest,
conscientious Noung man.
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having met her in Boston the previ-
Gus winer. He was said to have fol-
lowed her to this town and that on
the night of the crime he was here.
That he endeavored to persuade th..
girl to go away with him and upon her
refusal strangled her to death. No in
formation could ever be secured 10
confirm this.
Then there was the identical story
told by Dunbar. that eormer lover Of
the girl man livinsyin the tow i, at
sisted by others. put her out of the
way. All of these stories were fa,iiaw-
ed out, but not one developed a tam
eible bit of evidence IN cases where
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02
DETECTIVE wEyAnp skEprlcAL
Dunbar Wants ''PrOtectiOn'' Before
Telling Secret of Hackett Murder.

Dunbar is said to have declared he
would not reveal the strangler of the
girl unless he was guaranteed "Pro-
lection" One alleged clue furnished
by the prisoner is said to lead 10 Man
haitian. A police official said there
may be an arrest, in week.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02
MOOsehead Lake
Now Free of Ice.

Bangor. Maine, May 1.-Word was
received, today, that the ice has gone
out of Moosehead Lake. The steamers
will begin running, tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02

A French paper has discovered that
the kaiser is prodigal in the use of
perfume. He is devoted to q varie's
of extracts. such as Wang Wang, iris.
Alpine briar and corylopsiss which. il
is said, he uses much too extrava giant
w to conform to the dictates Of good
taste. Other European rulers are adj
aicted to the perfume habit. but IN =
lesser degree.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02

The home rule for Ireland bill is
to be introduced again. next week. IN
the precise form in which 1t left the
House of Commons. last session.
Lighted candles on the altar Of 81,
Casimirs Roman Catholic church az
Warren, r. L. are believed to have
started fire which destroyed that
edifiee Thursday, and threatened the
adjoining rectory. The church was
built only four years ago at cost ct
$4,000 and the congregation, which Is
Polish, was just about to pay the last
of the indebtedness. The building was
a wooden structure with q steeple aud
was located on Child street.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02
THE WEATHER.
FAIR AND WARMER.

Washington, MAY Forecasts Tor
Northern New England: FAIR ana
warmer, Friday; Saturday, probably
fair. light to moderate variable winds.
Southern New England: Fair, fridaE;
warmer ON the coast Saturday, fair
light variable winds. Eastern New
New York: Fair and continued warm
Friday, and probably, saturday; ilght
variable winds
Boston Forecast.
Boston, May Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Fair. Friday and sat
urday. not much change in tempefa=
ture. Moderate variable winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02
Thanks for Kind
Word for the Press.

Washington. May 1.-THE publicity
given by the presA generally tends to
lessen evil conditions and thus renders
useful service to the public" says
he commissioners of the District OF
ohlmbia in repoTt submitted to Con-
sress. today. ON the Works bin to pro-
vide q censorship OF the news
That dread OF publicity has de-
terrent iniluenreA upon those disposed
or tempted 10 thac committing oil crime
may reasonably bessinferred from the
fact that most offenders against the
law earnestly seek to avoid exposure
of the circumstances of their misbe-
aavior in NEWSPAPER reports of their
trials"
For these reasons the commissioners
believe the eIaction of the proposed
legislation is inadyisable.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02

He Was Held for Months us n Witness
.-------ia- llllsep ekett AI,lgasx Case.
names we're mentioned the suspected
person or persons We're invariably
found TO have had an alibi of the most
convincing character
DETECTIVE WEyANp sKEPTicAL.
Worked Extensively on Hackett Case
Calls Confession. i Farce
Characterfzing as d farce the aliggcd
confession. in which Richard F. Dun
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-02

,,.1s.e1s ,,nVv a0ntlo0 weekly BY Tar thu
!. rs<Sf Ssc1iing brand OF l0c. cigars In the
1oriX Factory. Manchester. N. H.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-01-24

Miss Constance Guerrier Of Gem
tralia is visiting Miss Hazel Mount.
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TAFT'S FUTURE PLANS
Retiring President Will Assume Yale
PrOfessOrshlp In April.

PROFESSIONALLY In April.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-President
Taft has completed plans for the hrst
seven months of his citizenship after
March 4. He will take up the duties
Of a law professor at Yale at the be-
ginning Of its spring term in April
and will not make world tour In the
interest of peace and arbitration. He
will reside in New Haven, but for
three months of the seven he expects
to live in Canada.
Mr.. Taft will leave Washington with
Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen on March 4,
after the inauguration of Mr.. Wilson,
for Augusta, Ca, to become the guest
of that city until March 81. After the
Yale commencement, when his class
will hold a reunion, Mr.. Taft will 60
to Murray Bay, Can, for three
months stay.
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TO SPLIT DISTRICT.
Dill Proposes to Divide JurisdictiOn Of
ThurstOn's Superior Court.

Dill Proposes to Divide JurisdictiOn Of
ThurstOn's Superior Court.
Division of the jurisdiction of the
local superior court, now embracing
Thurston and Mason counties, is pro-
posed in bill introduced in the house
this week by Representative Green
bank and Hays of Thurston county.
The measure authorizes Governor
Lister to appoint a judge to handle
Mason county cases until a regular
election is held, when Judge is to be
elected. The bill arises from the
great increase in the judicial work of
this district due to it's rapid develop
ment during the last few years and
the difficulties frequently encountered
when it has been found necessary to
summon an extra judge to hear differ
ent cases.
Superior Judge John R. Mitchell
will file statement setting forth the
amount of judicial business he is re-
CURED to handle under the present
system, as information upon which
the legislature will be asked to act.
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GIRLS PRESENT CONCERT


A the frst number In . venture
which IL probably the largest under
taken by any Washington girls b.
fore, Miss DeCouroy and Miss Frost
two popular Olympia girls. will pre-
sent John J. Blackmore. pianist, and
Charles Derbyshire. baritone. in con-
cert at the Olympia theatre next Nom
day evening.
The young ladies' plan is in the nat
ure Of q lyceum project. as they pro-
pose to present musicians In concerts
such as this in all Of the Puget Sound
and Grays Harbor cities. It II their
first business venture. but since it,
announcement ten days ago the girls
have been swamped with assurances
of well wishes and support from their
many friends throughout this section
of the state.
The musicians they will present In
their initial concert next Monday
night come highly spoken Of. being
well known in musical and concert
circles. The program they will Offer
promises treat for the music lovers
Of Olympia.
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ROBERT AVER WAS
BOyHOOD FRIEND Of
FINLEY ]. SHEPARD
Local Man Tells Memories Of
Railroad Official Who Mar
ried Miss Helen Gould.
SON OF A POOR MINISTER.
Father Conducted Boys School in
Old Saybrook, Conn. Shep-
ard Popular and Athletic.

Away back in Old Saybrook, Conn,
25 years ago couple Of 13-year-old
lads were playing fox-and-geese In .
email gymnasium one rainy after
noon and in the course of the chase
one Of the boys-the younger Jump
ed from one horizontal bar to another.
missed his hold and fell on his head
10 the floor.
Contritely the other boy ran up to
him and gave him the little attention
necessary. saying: "I'm sorry, Bob
i shouldn't have done It,"
The incident. says Robert A. Aver
Of this city, illustrates the particular
point In the character Of Finley ,.
Shepard, the we'll known railroad man
who married Miss Helen Gould We'd
nesday-his sympathic nature ana
Bob ought to know, for he was the lad
whose head was bumped.
Sitting In the ONCE the other alter
noon Aver told about his. boyhood
friendship with the man who this
week married one Of the country's
heiresses who happens to ~ Also one
Of It's best beloved puhlic womerx
Aver and Shepard Huckleberry
Finn" Is the boys called him were
born In the same year and II the same
town, Saybrook, Conn, one q tho
three original Connecticut cplOniea