Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-02
RR0KER SMALL PLEADS NOT
Guilty OF BRUTAL MURDER
PLANS FUNERAL OF Slain WIFE
Before Taken to His Cell Buys Lot IN Ceme'7y ~ "al
to Investigate

NIountainView, ". H., Oct. 1.-Weep-
ing bitterly. Frederick L. Small oos.oA
real estate broker. pleaded not suii'S
Saturday when he was arraigneo oe-
fore Judge Charles Miles, In Chaino.
lain's hall, and formally chargeo WIZ
the murder Of his wife. Arlene curry
Small. whose body was found Frloay
morning in the charred ruins OIL her
cottage on the shore OF Lake Ossipee'
A hearing will be held THURSDAY ="
the warrant. to determine Wnetner "
not he sha be held for the grana jury
which ronvenes in December. Mean
while rs. will be imprisoned in the Car
roll cc,,ty Jail at Ossipee.
Arranaes for Funeral
before he was taken into his cell sat
urday the broker practically Compel
ed ARRANGEMENTS for the funeral OF MS
wife, which will be held on Monday.
First. he bought half a lot in Grant
cemetery, in which will be laid the
body of Mrs. Small
Then he gave an order to Rochester
florist for SEA worth of American beau
ties and ordered that there be placed,
in gilt letters, in the, center OF the
bunch. the following inscriptions
TO My Love-"
He requested the Rev. Andrew j.
Small pastor of the congregational
church at Centre. Ossipee-which is a
town only a mile distant from Noun
tainview-to conduct the funeral SER
vice and to deliver eulogy. Mr.. Small
has aften called upon the couple and
urged them to join his, church. 1t is
said that Mrs. Small was anxious to
Go So, but that her husband would not
consider it,
In arranging for the funeral, Small
said 5I
Spare no expense. Send the bills to-.
me-" ~
He also requested Frank Q. Farren,r
of the Central House, to for
ward his mail to the Jail a. II
Said Resin Was Useds I'll
DR.. B. A. Carleton, a graduate Of RI
Canadian university who now coAduHts
a garage in Centre Ossipee. claimed
to have discovered thatIesin
had been sprinkled on the dead
woman's head and clothes, and t1at ~
was this resin that caused the GarneSs
to resist for a few seconds the actor
of the water which was poufed on the
body. when it was found in the ruins.
The preservation of the body furnished
the first tangible evidence that a muir
der had been committed.
The body. which was taken Friday
to the office of DR.. Z. W. Hodsdon.
where the autopsy was performed. was
later transferred to the Congregation
al church in Centre Ossipee The head
was kept in a pail in the cellar of a
drug store owned by DR.. Hodsdon.
Late Saturday afternoon the body was
again returned to his office, in order
that counsel for Small may view the
remains.
. Doctors to View Body Il
It was learned Saturday night that
Smalls attorneys. Matthews &
a law firm of Somersworth,
will take two physicians from that
town to examine the body, so that, |
should the lawyers later decide to Of
fer certain testimony, it may be pre-
scented by those medically qualified to
speak.
The examination will take place at |
= ~ SiOSh stiiu tliS pIiS StCIstllS are. LII
Thomas J. Doherty, formerly mayor of |
Somersworth, and DR.. Lindsay. The !!
coroner and attorney general will |
be present.
Meanwhile, the life insurance COM
pany which wrote $4,000 policies on
the lives of both Small and his wife,
have started an investigation. j. III.
Stowell. member of Boston detec-
tive agency, which represents the John
Hancock Life Insurance Co., has al
ready arrived here.
Before the inquest Saturday. County
Solicitor d. B. Hill Atty Gen. James
P. futile, Medical Referee B. Frank
Horne and DR.. E. w. Hodsdon Visited
the scene of the murder and took i'm
portant measurements. A stenographer
accompanied them and they were di.