Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-26
Atty. Gen. in Charge
Continued from PAGE One)

Atty. Gen. Shaw acted after all at
tempts Of local officials to bring
about an arrest had proved vain
All day long the county officers
combed the countryside for anyone
to whom suspicion might point. In
Vulnerable rumors were run down.
but none Of them proved to be any
thing bht a rumor. Several persons
were questioned by Sheriff Ward w.
Wescott and County Attorney VIII
liam e. Whiting.
Curious Visit Grave
Eve will clear up this case. 1t will
not go down among the unsolved
mysteries" declared Sheriff Wsscott
as he left Amherst for Ellsworth
tonight. County Atty. Whiting also
declared his determination to find the
killer of Louise Gerrish.
Eliminating suspects has kept the
authorities busy since Thursday and
although they have possession Of q
spade and shotgun which they say
the murderer used. their owner has
not yet been found.
Forest A. Silsby, a former sheriff
of Hancock county and q member
of the board Of selectmen, today
Joined In the search. Scores of cur
ious persons visited the shallow
grave where the body of Louise was
found. Although the roads between
here and Bangor are all but impass-
able. several automobiles arrived in
the village.
schools Closed
One Of the results OF the crime Is
the closing of Gen. Pershing school,
the little story-and-a-half structure
where Louise Gerrish taught. Miss
Frances Smallidge and Miss Merle
Coombs, two other Winter Harbor
girls who came here to teach school
at the same time as their murdered
chun. have also closed their schools
ard gone back home.
Russell Williams, sweetheart Of
the dead girl, left here yesterday for
Winter Harbor, whore her body was
taken for burial.
Today 1t became known that Sher.
if Wescott had come into possession
&C letter which Louise had at the
time of her death. It In hoped that
from thu en"eiope may be obtained
finserprints which will assist the ALL
thorities in ascercainipg the identity
OF her slayer. y.
Reports OF the analysis Of the or
gans Of the dead girl have not yet
been received from Boston. When
these arrive /. IL hoped that they
viii! help the authorities.
Attacked, Then shot
II has been determined to the sat
isfaction of the medical examiner
that Miss Gerrish was the victim OF
an attack before she was shot.
The gold wrist watch, a high
school c1asspin and $40 in money
which the dead girl had In her pos
session when she left the home Of
Mrs. George williams on the night OF
her death have not yet been recov-
cred.
A search was made Of the tfickiy
wooded section where her body was
found today In an effort to find them.
No trace Of them could be found.
however.
One man who Is said to have left q
note where Miss Gerrish could find
It recently was questioned by the Of
hcers. re acknowledged leaving the
factory account OF his movements to
free him from suspicion.
At point on Hussey road, near
where the murder Is supposed TO
have occurred q wire was found
stretched between two trees a week
or so ago. This wire was so placed
that anyone walking down Hussey
road toward the Bangor road would
have tripped overft.
As Miss Gerrish made IL a prac-
tice TO walk down this road evenings.
the authorities questioned the small
boys Of the village concerning Il.