Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-11-12
TheWalkley-Russell-
Hinton Mystery
o, HOWARD N. BRADFORD

hsfal " llt F'NtfAt So -
.o,r from Ne, ~ The door Is locked
~ the key inside"
~ss landlord remembered that No.
i. bsa been taken the night before By
James Walkiey. man with bald
"a and mutton chop whiskers. He
...sed for No. a also. which commu-
.,-,sd but il had been taken by
~ man. named Russell, who had
- in only half an hour before
wslEley and left $500 In the hotel safe
\ h kept til morning,
Tho land,ord went to No. d and was
ASSOC to force the door. The room
20 empty. and the bed had not been
.,.ot IN. lie passed through the con
..,t,nsd door to the adjoining room. 1t.
:, was empty. but the sheets OF the
led we're h'ooiy-
rr,aeptlv walklcy had murdered
r-<Sell But how had he got away
IN the l,odyf This was soon ex-
.s.,Bed Russell was travelling sales
an akius orders for faces. He had
.-,nvht with him an oblong sample
..ss about i've feet in length, so light
~, be hsd carried 1t 20 hts room him
~ A shepkeeper opposite who lived
.gsr his store and who rose very
,ar,y on looking out OF his front win
sav saw NAN emerge from the hotel
.ry.nc something that looked Ike
W. low trunk and walk away with
4, burden. lie said the man carried
ksHh were tolerably heavy.
The landlord. putting these facts to-
esher. made up his mind that Walk.
sr bad knuwn Russell had money
,sout bin. aad followed him TO the
sya! and had taken the adjoining
ro,a pprps=eiy TO rob him The at
aapt b. rob had resulted I'm murder.
Walgley had packed the body In his
ye,iass Ia,e sample case and had car
III Ii away early In the morning.
whatever plumber be bad acquired he
swtaln,y bad not got the $500 that
Esssei lad left With the landlord foy
Ut keciiuR.
Toe matter was reported TO the po-
Be bu, tAe mystery was not solved,
nsagb & sas further suggested by the
zsecior that Walklcy had sven Rus
V. draw the money frpm the bank.
T. haj'ari was directed that u Rus
81 reformed for bis money TO make
DE- fat saaWn al once. and Efforts
Fsre Bf.'- 80 trace WHlkley 4 hack
4za ua- found who reported that n
Est ia ,a- rest had hailed him eariy
/ 4 the morning Of the murder and ask
q hau Q, r4rry himself nnd an oblcng
Tvnk TO n railway station. But the
nbmaD reported that he had lifted the
Ezak un 20 hLs box beside his sent
al 4 could not have weighed more
asa twenty-five or thirty pounds.
About the time that this Walkley'
Basel aGalr happened certain Ed
ssJ Hilion disappeared. leaving be
Isl Aln q vile and three children.
lie ks.,! a.s wife one morning previ-
~ 10 3 g- 10 hi,s office and was never
taeFwari seen by any one who knew
III Ms Hinton reported his dis
sneararge to the police and had I
Borough ,earch made Of the hospitals
FtAo1i lnaiBg her husband. The two
nyserc7 were not thought OF as hay
= auy connection with each other,
si II '.tf hHd and the date 81 Mr..
haiaH, Hlsli'uS had been compnr-
q viii .A4t Of the occurrence OF the
Essse. GIlr II would hare been
'eapd ihgt on the evening o! the day
linton d.-1ppeare,i Russell and Walk
n pn, Up At the EcnsIDgmore hotel.
4hEee months after Hiuton's disap-
isaFance his wife was summoned TO
Sspiial where she found her husband.
Dc did not appear to he seriously III.
ell said That he did not know how he
"a come 10 be there. II seemed TO
q case Of loss of memory. He was
nkeh bone. and. though he seemed
hrewhat dazed for few days. with
: q week had returned to his daily
es,ies.
oue day be went TO the Kensing'
@'Fe hotel and asked for a private In
s7lew with the landlord. Being
1e'ei together. he offered to reveal
.4e ausSeli Wa!kiey mystery ON eondi-
- That The matter be kept q secret
'as ahdlord gave the required pledge.
81 AF' Hinton said:
! an really Hinton. but besides be
= Hinton ! am walkley. Russell! was
"a woman. | became infatuated
sah Der and for her deserted my
sue and children. determined TO go
Say from them with her. but that
y might not be traced we determined
usappear. Dressed as a man, she
.asohated a travelling salesman and
- one Of two adjoining rooms at
~ hotel. followed. taking the
.1 Early In the morning she got
~ lie sample trunk. smeared the
eH with blood from cut In my
~ niger. then carried her In the
snk downstairs. out and up the
sset TO her room. where she got out
ne trunk. then took 1t out again.
80 cabman and was driven to
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