Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-25
KIRBY COOL
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anu WilHouI HeTNOuS-
ness.
He talked to me just as you and
I are talking now" Miss Garside
said to the reporter.
Kirby mad spoken about his cot
tatge at the lake and had implied
that he had thought of selling it be-
cause OF the decreased value the no
toriety of the Winthrop affair would
give to cottages and lots in that vi
cinity.
This statement by Kirby. in the
light of the fact that he is not the
owner Of the cottage in question, is
but another indication that Kirby is
of the cool customer" type of char
acter. according to officials.
He had even spoken about the
disappearance of Aida Hayward
whose body had not been found at
that time," Miss Garside stated Kirby
had told her that he believed Mrs.
Towns had been shot by Aida Hay
ward herself because of Mrs. Towns
disapproval of the man said to have
been mixed up in the case.
The Journal reporter, following q
hunch of his own, Saturday afternoon
unearthed the fact that Kirby had
had Room 16 at the Y. NJ. G. A. on
Thursday night, and on Friday had
asked to be given another, the reas-
on for the change being that Room
Is was too noisy and that he could
not sleep. The latter room had not
been occupied since Kirby had left
1t and 1t was opened to the inspec-
ton of the reporter. A lightweight
brown heather sweater was found
there, together with a half empty
box of Between-The-Acts little ci-
gars. The sweater was later identi-
fed by the police as being Kirby's
and the little cigars as being the
brand that he smoked.
After the alarm had been given that
Aida Hayward's bruised and blackened
body had been found in the cottage
Kirby had occupied, the police sought
Kirby at the Y. M. C. A. This was
after Kirby had departed. Miss Gar
side was not present when the police
arrived at the 'Y' and it was believed
at the desk that Kirby was still in
Room 10. Investigation at the point
of gun disclosed that Kirby was not
in the room, together with the added
indication that the bed had not been
occupied the night before.
On the card at the desk a card that
each roomer is obliged to fill out be-
name of Mrs. Harry A. Kirby, 6 Patten
street, WATERFOWL, Mass, in the space
allotted, to the name of the person to be
notified in the event of illness or acct
dent to the roomer. Kirby's own name
| was signed in his own handwriting to
to the bottom of the card.
Going home?" Miss Garside had
asked Kirby when he first came to the
desk to check out.
YES" Kirby replied.
Subsequent investigation, however,
brought to light that he had gone to
the railroad station baggage room and
had checked his small brown bag
| through to Portland, which squashed
later report that Kirby had been
seen boarding a Lewiston bus while
carrying the brown bag.
Saturday afternoon the streets of
Augusta were alive with plain
clothesmen, State highway policemen
and officers intent upon the job of
locating Kirby. 1t was believed that
the net had been spread too quickly
after the alarm had been given for
Kirby to make complete getaway
from the immediate territory. High
powered cars manned by stern-eyed
men continually passed through the
thoroughfares of the city chasing
down each wild rumor or possible clue
picked up at some point of the police
net.
Patrons of the Augusta Opera House
received a thrill about 8 o'clock when
officers sighted man inside the thea
tire who somewhat answered Kirby's
description. That each and every man
in the hunt. believes that they are
after a character who will 'shoot first
and shoot quick" was evidenced by
the theatre episode, when every exit
was blocked by a plain-clothesman
gripping an automatic pistol. The
furry, however, was short lived when
the patron in question showed proof Of
identification.