Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-26


have been on a farm. in Sidney
How long have you known Kelley
O. since last October He came
there to Augusta last August
Do YOU know that his name is Kel-
ley?
That is what we have always call
erl him and that is the name ne went
by in Jail. He was arrested for intoxi
cation. He has folks in Maiden and
that is his home.
His folks must feel bad. but viii
bet that they don't feel any worse
over it than de- continued Saw
yer. Il certainly would not have trio
to do anything to hurt Fred. He was
my friend
Did you taste of the liquor?
Yes.
passed the bottle to Fred and n
took some first. If it hadn't made
him sick, ! would have taken some y
it, 100.
bid you taste of it at ALI
Yes, after Fred complained about it,
put the bottle To my lips twice.
What was done with the bottle?
don't know. Fred handed the bot
tie back 10 me and | did something
with threw it out of the window
or something. | was so nervous that
| cannot remember what | did with IT, =
Chief McGarron and Deputy Dayie.
when they were called to the house
began a search for the missing whis-
key bottle. They found cologne bot
tie also the broken pieces of another
laxNEF -. ~
CT of these were of any value Their
Was no trace of much wanted bottle
The police claim chat in his story II
them. Sawyer made few conflicting
statements, but how much importance
Should he attached To this, they do not
know. They say that Sawyer told
them that he bought the Whiskey IN
the morning at a place in the southern
section of the city and paid 80 cents
FOR it. lie says THAI he hid the bot
tie in an egg case III the basement ii
some building and then treated Kelley
or Monahan in the afternoon.
The young man, who is now dead,
took the bottle from SawSsrs hand
tipped ii up before his face, took one
OF two Zig drinks. and exclaimed,
49, but that is hitterh' This is the
way Sawyer and j. w. Stevens whB
Was laso in the room. tell the story Ia
tie police. They say that M1nahas
| or Kelley. as they knew him, walked
about the room and corridor, going To
the window for air. He tried To vomit.
put could not
| In n few minutes. so they say, the
Young man collapsed. falling ON the
floor beside The bed in the small chant
Der ON the third floor Stevens and
| SAWYER say they ran for assistance
and later placed Kelley ON the bed
Tie doctor found Kelley uneonseioH:
and his efforts to revive the youns
man were unsuccessful,
This is the story as it comes Ia III
police, who arrived ST the scene of tn
tragedy directly after the physical
reached the room. The police say tia
/ Sawyer told them things Friday, tia
| he did not mention in his account q
the affair, Thursday night, after n
had been brought from Gardiner Il
I Lewiston by Chief McGarren ans
( Deputy Davis.
Regarding his theory of the case
! Deputy Chief Davis says:
4 do not see any thing at this time
! to show that there was any intent te
murder the young man, What | d
believe, howeve is that it was in
tended to dope Kelley 50 that he could
mot leave for New York, as he planned
| Do you think that the fellow WAS
robbed?
I do not know. But very little
money was found on his person un-
derstand that he WAS given money TO
pay his expensesNto New York
/ When Coroner Gilbert searched the
, clothing. he found il cents in the
iyoung mans pockets. Kelley was EN-
'ployed as driver of the auto denN'r9
at AtNood's market, Lisbon street "li,'
| the proprietor. E. II. Timberlake, tens
the police. that he gave the young man
enough money to go 70 New YORK, het-
lev and Stevens having planned te
leave Lewiston in the early Afternoon
for Fort Slogan. They enlisted ie"
ldays ago at the Lewiston fecrultlhs
station.
Kelley gave his age as %; SAWYER a.
| n and Stevens looks about "a Neith
err Sawyer nor Stevens have bad faces
stevens is also held as witness
An autopsy on the body performed
Thursday evening. at Gilbert ana con
| ley.s rooms by DR.. w. l.. Hashell
medical examiner. and DIR, II. H. +
Stevens, both of Lewiston The stom
ZACH was removed and Friday fore
noon. IT was taken 10 Brunswick D.
Mr.. Conley for analysis At Bowdoh
college.
DR. Haskell SAYS that it Will be I'm
possible to say until after the analysl
is made whether there was any polso
| in the stomach or not. The fact una
| death followed SO quickly after IN
young man took two or three drink
of the liquor would Indicate that Their
was. but the physicians are unable I
state this for a certainty,
1t may be week before the fesu'
| of the analysis is known and II is OUT
possible that an inquest viii be hel'
In performing the autopsy, 1t IS SAL
| that the physician found the Noun
mans heart in very good condition
but there was evidence that the i've
had undergone changes. Although III
physicians have made no statement
| this effect. it is understood that III
autopsy disclosed nothing To ndicai
that X elley's condition, prier 10 drink
! ing the whiskey, was such as to nay