Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-04
PATRICK HARRINGTON SAYS
"THIS PAST Year HAS Been
HE'LL FOR lis IDENTIFIED
As "WIl LIAM Dunn OF JAY

Egn.pr6, Ne, Ncv. a--Ttis past year
has been he'll for me" This is the state
nsnr which Patrick J. Harrington, alas
william Duna- alias Peter Howard made
TO Deputy sheriff AIbs-1 Belliveau short
~ after he had been spprehended SztEr-
cay morning n the Rainbow Lumber
camp FL koka55o, o. the charge % the
murder Of Thomas E Preecs On Nov. :,
lsls, al Eas, Sumner Harrington Is Lis
real name snc he was born in Marlboro,
Mass. Feb. 5, lssS, making him : lttLs
over 6 years o. age
Although County Attorney Ssl,iveaa
VIII make no statement, abou, al alleged
confession which Harrington Is reported
10 have made he nevertheless states tina,
Harrington scknowleSged thai the Ihree
signatures OF the hotel reEisTs-<-as Milo
Junction, Mo, and al South Psrs-are
his signatures, and that furthermore,
By-on TuttIe 81 South Paris has i6ena-
fed Harrington as the man who stayed
overnight E, his hotel On the night fol-
lowing the murder, where he Registered
as Nsniau Dunn Of Jay Al three Of
these signatures are in The possession Of
NJ. Belliveau- Ever since the murder.
/ County Attorney Bslliyeal has been ST
work o. the case. confident that il would
finally be cleared up VIII the attorney
general William P PaItaagau OF AGg1s-
q, re has never given Up heos, although
al times the search mas seemed Pretty
nearly il vain
s--r z ".
BeElivsaU. y have thought % thZs case
every Gay. ponde-ed over i and str6ie3
is various aspects. ana il Z great -e-
lief % me 70 have AZ las, brought i u
this termination" Blind !. certainly has
seemed, for the nan sought was -ot1-
stranger u the STATE there Eas scarcely
a clue 20 work OF and 10 witnesses -
The tragedy by which P-esce ne. lis
death.
! The first hotel registry which iats- =
es,s5 the officers was hat found a
Milo Junction where Harrington has
Acknowledged that hs registered as
William Dunn If Old Town. this haT-
ing BEEN written three days before
Thomas z P-eece arrived at Milo
Later q. Milo, ths register shows re
name Of Patrick J. Harrington Mar
coro. Mass, and al South Paris. again.
the name i William Dunn this time
Of jay. but al in ths same haccwT-i :
ing. i having been found that IN Il
proba tli.y the man who registered a.
Dunn had gone fro- South Par. 70
Boston. and one register showing Tin
as claiming 10 cone from Marlboro
Mass. Attorney Bel3reau went 70
Ma-Iboro. where r. found -1z- PAT
r:cs J. Harrington lived. H. Eo-hs-
before her marriage was Mar =
Dunn and shs had Z brother -a-e1
William DUN This indicated. seem
lngly. that Harrington 1ad assumed
his u-cIe's zana as convenience re-
orira3 Furthermore, description 90
tanned q MILO q -zse n.4n -esist---rs
az Harrington VS. found 70 AT. =
ac-ly with thai = Harrington =
Marlboro. which description vas 90
-ai-G5 ~ Nj Be,.vea1 from Ea---rs-
tons cousin IN that CITY.
LIS, spring ne P-oker-o1 6s-sc--Tt
worked on The c4se ta- so-le time
This fan FRED j. Eeysnd q thc
Weyan6 Secret Service Bureau u Bos-
,oa has been or ,t.e case Of and On
fo- Z month all together. probably
working with Nj Belliveau.
A New Clue
Jus- Al the Close u ne oczCoe-
term If supreme court a. South Paris
Attorney Bsiliveau received word .h-t
he nan wanted had been seen IT Bo,s-
tor and with Deputies Arthur Landry
and Everett N Bessey. rs vent =
that city. where they passed Hsss-
but Harrington had disappeared and
fhev returned 70 Runfc-d wiIho-. the
much wanted man.
! L was finally E letter written by
] Harrington under lhs alias q Peer
Howard from Kokad5o IN the Maine
woods to his landlsdy Al Needhan
thar formed the clue by which he was
traced and finally located, and al last
arrested.
Harrington claims that he cid MT
Know shs, officers have been looking far
him for almost year. He read The
newspaper accounts OF the murder. and
knew the oEcers were after somebody.
/ but ne was confident he had covered his
! trail 50 well thai they did not susrsl>t
I him Nevertheless. ever since the c-l-ae
was committed ne has bseL under >ht
I alats of Peter Howard
He has spent almost al the tine s:-c7
N-v. : u last year. W around Bostor.
and very recently ne has been al wc X
/ II Needaam. Mass. as painter, wt=-s
he drew 9 weekly salary o. $40. BUT
/ Il letter written from Rainbow Camp,
No. !. ii the Ncosehesd region, he *
plains 10 Mrs William Crisp OF Nee J.
| ham Just how il happened that he went
| away. leaving 9 board bill OF sl2. Y
seems that he fell in with some croniss.
and they had drinks together. and then
| he bought g hunting OUTFIT and as h
| expresses i n the letter, which IS nov
/ n the possession n County Attorney
BeIlivesu. when he came to-" ne was
/ Sc miles above Kineo. and 50 he decided
! TO stay there and work for a while In
! the letter &c speaks several times most