Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-25
" $1,000 REWARD J
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follows: State Of Maine, Department
Of Attorney General. $1,000 reward
will be paid for information leading
to the capture of the person or per-
sons responsible for the murder of
Aida Hayward at Winthrop, Maine,
on or about May 20, 1925. By order
of the Attorney General of Maine.
All Forces Cooperating
The various heads of the organiza-
lions which are bending every ener-
gy to hunt down the murderer. were
in about an hours conference with
the Governor and the result showed
that the departments are all cooper
ating in this matter and that they
will continue to do so to their ut
most. Governor Brewster went over
the procedure of the past four days
with the men and checking up was
! done to compare the activities of the
various organizations.
Governor Keeping in Touch
Governor Brewster was in the city,
Sunday and at the State House for
the most part of the day, keeping in
touch with the efforts which are be-
ing made in connection with the
case. He will be in Augusta all of
this week and will keep in daily
touch with the heads of the various
departments. He leaves late Friday
fer Bar Harbor where he Is to de-
liver the Memorial Day address at
that place.
The presence of Deputy Attorney
General Fogg at the Sunday morning
conference was to represent his Of
flee, as Attorney General Raymond
E. Fellows is out of the city. Mr..
Fellows is at Alfred where tomor-
row a murder trial is opened. Gov
ernor Brewster was in touch with
Mr.. Fellows Sunday regarding the
conference.
While harmony marks the workings
of the various departments for a
common end, it is expected that after
July there will be even closer har-
mony in such investigations as at
tend the Hayward case. At that
time, i'll July, the State Highway po-
lice will doubtless be the central or
the hub for crime investigation.
When announcement comes OF such
a depreciation, if the discoverer tele-
phone the nearest authority, whether
he be the town constable or speclai
officer, they in turn will get In touch
with the State department. In this
manner, the CTlulS il'OoSA6otAoAA "
be centralized. Among the first
steps will be to call the State House.
The feasibility of such system can
be readily recognized.
Several Knives Found
A number of knives appear to fig-
IRE in investigations. A knife was
found in the ruins of the Hayward
cottage, when the ashes were slfted
for nossible clues. The knife is an
ordinary pocket knife, with the
blades closed. At the present time
there is no one familiar enough with
the contents of the Hayward cottage
to know If the knife was the prop
erty Of Aida or her aunt, Mrs.
Townes. Another knife. which is at
the Office Of Sheriff Cummings, but
which may have no bearing what
ever. was picked up in the waste pa
per presser at an Augusta water
street store. This knife Is the sort
which might be used in shoe shop.
1t is a deadly looking one, with a
pointed curved end. The butt is
wrapped in black electricians tape:
forming the handle. An emp!oye OF
the store brought it to the sheriff s
office with it's story. He, the store
employe, had visions, of furtlve
eyed murderer dropping, unostensi-
hlv the knife into a waste paper
basket. =, a..
IF the murderer is apprehended and
brought to the Kennebec jail. IL
feeling against the man who did the
deed continues, the State guard Will
be necessary to keep order and la"
in force