Kennebec Journal from Augusta, Maine • 1

OPEN TO TRAFFIC FIRE ATFAIRFIELD In Upper Mill of the Box Board and Paper Plant LAST HOPE G0NEjQ Federal Court Decides It Has No Jurisdiction lii WRECK First Passenger Train Leaves Stockton Springs Over the Northern Maine Seaport Road-Local Celebration Postponed Until Next Tbi Frelgb Service Started Montfe Ago ITo CllcirQfCS Ol 061 II Of In Case Mrs Mary Rogers the Convicted Murderess No Cbacce of Posfponoiceof of Do Date ol Execofloo-No Comment by Counsel Accessories to Fact twelve Seriously Injur- ed and Score Hurt HUNDREDS OF CURIOUS VISIT SCENE Many of Dead Still Unidentified--Cause of Accident a Mystery-Inquest on Wednesday Washington Nov 27 The supreme court of the United (Rate decided today It Is without Jurisdiction In the I Mrs Mary case The court (firmed the decision of the United (State district court of Vermont Mr Rogers I under Mentcnce of I death In Vermont for the murder of her hgsband The effect of the decl- "r'K Sen tence to Be Pronounced hands of the state authorities and Iff In the meantime neither the governor nor the stale court lake action In Mrs Roger behalf her execution must occur on tho day set which I Dec I next The court held In effect that It was without Jurisdiction In all points raised In his opinion Juntlee 'Day laid no stress upon the sex of Mr Rogers but dealt with the case upon purely legal grounds Reciting the page in the case he OF THE DEATH OF Bor I no Nov The trial of Dr Terry Mclrf-od one of the persons under Indictment a an accessory after the fart to a criminal operation upon SUSANNA GEARY Howard was arraigned first and once pleaded guilty to the charge accessory after (he fact to tho death of Miss Scary A moment later Craw- if 1 i i V' Susanna Geary the victim of the fu-mou suit case tragedy and also with illegal disposing of a body began today In the superior criminal court Previous to empaneling the Jury Louis It Crawford and William Howard alias Hunt were arraigned In the same case and pleaded to being accessories after the fact to tho performance of a criminal operation Both were remanded to Jail to await sentence but Crawford was subsequently brought back Into the court room and was the principal witness of tho day against McLeod After Dr McLeod had pleaded not guilty the jury was quickly empanelled and first listened to the testimony of Medical Examiner Harris Dr Harris described the condition of ths body and stated that ths immodlats cause of death was peritonitis Aire Geary mother of the girl Identified the victim of the tragedy as her daughter and also a number of letters from her daughter The third witness was Morris Nathan the lover who admitted Ms re-1 sjionriblllty for the condition Thu Interest In the trial however today centered In the testimony of Crawford He stated that he was a familiar visitor at the office of Mrs Dr Jane Bishop where It IS claimed the Illegal operation on the Geary girl was performed and that he had seen Dr McLeod at the office once or twice a week for the past four years He claimed that he had nothing whatever to do with the operation upon the girl but that It was performed by Mrs Dean for whom-the local authorities are searching He said that the day before Miss Geary died In the Roxbury house where she was taken Dr McLeod and Mrs Dean agreed thut death was only a question of a few hours and that the body must be disposed nf In some manner Dr hlcLeod suggested dlfcmembernient At Dr McLeod's direction Crawford said that he purchased the salt cases and on the day of hflss Geary's death carried them to the house Dr McLeod took them up stair and re-appeared In about half pn hour He told Crawford and hi' companion Howard that he had placed the trunk In tho larger case the limb In the smaller and tho head In the small bag Crawford and Howard then took the bag and case and that night threw them Into tlie harbor Crawford said that he received $115 from persons In tno Bishop office He met Dr McLeod the next day and the latter said that he failed to- remove tho girl's ring but that ho thought- It would be all right The trial will continue tomorrow Mrs Mary 8 Dean the fourth person Indicted In connection1 with the case Harriot yet been arrested A crowd of considerable else had gathered at the court house but few of them were admitted to tho court room when Crawford Howard and McLeod were brought Into court The defendants werw represented by Attorneys Charles II lnnes James II Vahey and Philip Mansfield while Crawford also was accompanied by Attorney Isaac Paul as counsel and Howard by Attorney John Cahill The government was represented by District Attorney Sugriiue Waitt of of ford also pleaded guilty Both were remanded to Jail to await sentence A Jury wot quickly Impanelled to try McLeod who previously had pleaded not guilty The Indictment charges McLeod with having been an aecesory to the act of performing the Illegal operation which' resulted In Miss death and also with being an accessory to the concealment of tho crime In opening for the prosecution 61 Sugbrue described I ho operations alleged to have been performed on the young woman and her death Then ha defendant at first proposed to bury the body In the cellar but afterward because of some objection it wa pro pored by him that tho body be dismembered and that' If bt thrown into the sea That arrangement was made by this defendant and Mrs Dean and the two men who pleaded guilty this morning and that arrangement was carried out The dress suit case wero purchased This defendant placed the parts In them and turned them over to Crawford and Howard to be thrown Into the water and that was done" The finding cf the first suit case and Its delivery to and reception by the police were described Medical Examiner Francis 11 Harris testified that death had resulted from peritonitis due to blood poisoning Mrs Geary mother of the dead girl nd her two remaining daughter were among tho person In the court room Thoy occupied scats almost within an length of Dr McLeod during the proceedings At the afternoon session of the court Mrs Catherine Geary the girl' mother took the stand formally to Identify the Victim of the tragedy a her daughter Susanna Agnes Geary Other witnesses to testify were Joseph Berkman the pawnbroker who sold one of the suit cases to Crawford and Timothy Howard a cabman who testified to having driven Crawford aud Howard to the Chelsea ferry on tho night of SepL 19 when the suit cases and contents were thrown Into the harbor Howard Identified Crawford and Hunt In court a the mn who had ridden In hie carriage Prof William Whitney of the Harvard Medical School presented tho results of his examination of the parte of the victims body and giving Ms opinion that death was due to peritonitis following Mood poisoning IMPORTANT CONFERENCE Of Secret Nature Between President and Trueted Advisers I Wanhlngton Nov An Important conference whs held at the Wills House tonight Secretary Taft Bee Root Bee Bonaparte Senator Knox Pennsylvania the former attorney general and Commissioner of Corporation Garfield were among those whn were with the President The nature the conference was rigidly guarded George Washington colored founded Cen Ira llu Wash When he died re cently at the age of eighty-nine 11 the stores in the town were closed to honor him Damage is Heavy and Shut- down May Be Prolonged About 200 Employes Idle-Most of Loss Covered by luscrance Fairfield Me Nov The inhabitant of this town- were awakened about 6 Monday morning by the ringing of bell and the blowing of whistle with the exception of (hose who bad already arisen and were preparing to leave their homes for their place of business The cause of the commotion wa soon found to bo a fire In the mill of the United Box Board A Taper plant on the Island known a the Upper mill The blase was a bright one and lighted up tho ky to a wide extent for Home mile around Tho fire wa Amt discovered by Fred Knowles an employee of the company who wa positing through the room where It caught Thl wa about S40 Mr Knowlr notified people a rapidly possible arid a line of hose wa laid from the mill apparatus The fire department were soon on the scene but the fire had been such a able headway before It could be quenched The department worked fast and tirelessly until the flames were all subdued and It was felt that there were to be no new outbreaks Keveral hours after the fire started a stream of water was kept pouring upon the smouldering ruin The cause of tho fire la a mystery to all When the watchman made his usual round at 515 everything wa apparently all right and the clocks registered to that effect In all of the rooms The -fire caught in the room where the machine shop I located and spread from there to the room containing the wet machines The two rooms are badly damaged Of piune as yet It Is almost Impossible- to tell how much damage Is done as It 1 eannotbe told how much of the machinery may lie used again and how much Is a total loss It was thought however that part of the machinery might be saved while some would be a total loss Several of the workmen who had' tools In the machine shop lost all they had and the loss to these men Is quite heavy Ernest Bell estimated his loss at about $200 WHliam Taylor as $150 and Joseph Perry as about 9100 No Insurance was carried on the tools The loss at the mill Is covered by Insurance or at least the repairs can no doubt be made with the amount of Insurance with no great loss to tho company The great loss Is the temporary shut down and the throwing of 100 or more men out of employment at a time of year when It Is hard work to secure employment at least In town Many of these men have families here and of course If jiosslble would prefer to stay In town They can no doubt secure work In the woods If the mill Is not started In a few weeks It cannot be definitely stated at this time just what the management will do in the matter as a meeting of the directors will have to be held before anything can be done The company has just laid the foundation for the installing of new dying machine- and the prospects at the present time seemed very bright The pifltlng In of the drying machines will no doubt Increase the output of the mill and will also render the manufacture of pulp at a less cost after they are Installed as at the present time the cost of Bright lias been loo much to admit cf a proper profit After ths pulp ha been put through these machines It cun be shipped at a much greater profit an It will weigh a great deal less and In this way a large amount will be saved on freight 1 THE SOUTH WATERBORO WRECK Jury Empanelsd Views Wrack and Listsns to Testimony Pouth Water boro Me Nov The tracks of the Worcester Nashua A Portland division of the Boston A Maine which were badly torn up early yesterday by the collision of freight trains which resulted In the death of two firemen and a brakeman and the wrecking of nine freight cars and two engines were cleared for traffic today and began an Investigation of the wreck The Jury empaneled by Coroner George of Alfred viewed the wreckage yesterday and met today to examine wltnewies and place the responsibility for the three deaths: Adjournment was taken until 130 o'clock Wednesday when the Jury will reassemble in Odd Fellows Ha for the Inquest as the officials were not prepared to take up the case this afternoon when the Jury met Briggs of East Turner Turner 6Ie Nov 27 Briggs of the North River road East Turner died at 743 A- 61 Monday at the age or 57 years The funeral will be held his late residence at 10 A Wednesday This makes ths fifth death In Turner the past week In manufacturing occupations the I average life of soap boilers la the high-1 est and that of grindstone makers the I lowest I Rtockton Springs Me Nv 27 Passenger service on the Northern Maine Bealwrt Railroad wa begun today The local celebration of the event planned for today wa postponed until next spring The freight service wa started about a month ago The new railroad I 60 mile In length and connects the Bangor A Aroostook Railroad with the const ut Hen report and Btockton Kprings the point of connection being si Lagrange The work of construction begun shortly after the grunting of the petition by the Ktale ruilroucl commissioners on Nov 9 1904 and at one time 1600 men were employed The road will be connected later with Bangor by road to bo built by the Bangor Terminal Railroad Co whose petition has been grunted by the commissioners The first regular southbound passen gor train over the Northern Mnlne Sea port Jl left South Lagrange at 615 A 61 Monday after making connection with tho morning train from Run-gor and the train from- Plscataaul county Conductor Norwood In charge with Engineer SI Messer at the throttle The first stop on the line of the road was at Bradford the station being located In the wood about four mile from the village There Is no team road to the station and there were not therefore many people there The next slop was at Hudson and the next at Glenburn and among the prominent people to board tho train there was George Emery The next slop was at the Junction of the Northern Maine Seaport 7L and the Bangor A Northern The train here 1 (Continued on rage Two) RAIN COMING Washington Nov Forecast for New Englund: Pair Tuesday Wednesday rain fresh north winds becoming cast Boston Forecast Bouton Nov Forecast for Boston and vicinity: Tuesday fair light variable winds Wednesday warmer fair probably followed by rain at night brisk southerly winds Conditions and General Forecast Washington Nov In Eastern and Southern districts fair weather continue There will be snow Tuesday In the upper Take region Rain Is Indicated for the middle Atlantic states For Wednes day snow will continue in the Lake region and there will be rain or snow In New England and the rorth portion ot the middle Atlantic states and ruin in tho south Atlantic states The winds along the New England coast will be fresh northwest to north on the middle Atlantic coast fresh northwest shifting to east Special forecast: (Storm warnings are displayed on the Great Lakes except Ontario Konqueror JJrO and 1400 BOOTS and OXFORDS have no superior One trial will convince you Bold by STEVENS Augusta HALLAKD Maine Sensible Serviceable and Stylish are the FUR-LINED COATS which arc popular thl season for both men and women Being manufacturers we are able to offer exceptional values In all kind of fur garments SEE OUR SPECIAL IN LADIES FUR LINED AND TRIMMED COATS FOR $22X0 Other grades up to 115000 SEE OUR 8PECIAL IN FUR LINED AND TRIMMED C0AT8 FOR $33X0 Other grades up to $20000 We have the shell linings and trimmings to make any kind of a coat to order at short notice BARKER CO Manufacturing Furriers Opp Cony House Augusta Ilf Water 8t Gtrdlner 1 Harvey Ik-nt Smith Acton Imger-ow llxt Masrucliukctt tJeneral hospital Mahoney Maynard shock severe taken homo Nicholas I'olchrook Maynard Amy Wallbrldge Acton slightly hurt taken home Fred (licit Concord bruises and culs taken home 'Itoy A Plewclling Concord bruise on lit-ad taken home Milton Dean Concord shaken tiiken home A Hunt Concord face and head cut: takeg home Maud Hunt leg wrenched taken homo Ml' Mahoney Concord bruises on head taken home Harry llroadbr-nt Maynard taken to Massachusetts General hoepltal Andrew Iflavu scalp 1 wounds And contusion I 1 Mrs Andrew Klavu Maynard right arm amputated Engineer Lyons who Is not severely injured reached his Jiome In Charlestown early today but no attempt was made by the authorities to take him Into custody It la said that the engineer admitted seeing some of the signals used for the protection of the Accommodation train Tho scene of the wreck was visited today by hundreds of jaeople from surrounding town At dawn however nothing remained of the mass of debris and damaged rolling stock hut the wreck of the forward engine blistered and reddened through the fire of the passenger car which It htid demolished To tho 13 bodle which were sent to Boston last night there were added today two which were found In the ruins of the locomotive The 16th body that of Mis Margaret Mc-Bweeney was sent home last night At the Boston Morgue today 10 of the bodies wero positively Identified end claimed by tho relatives Another was partially identified as that of Tydeprlu und a 1 2th as John Zercswkl from a bank book of the Concord Savings Bank Of the two inale bodies remaining both or which wore burned almost beyond recognition one of them Is believed to bo Charles Eberlard the fireman of tho head engine- Reports from Maynard tonight where many of the victim reside showed that two persons believed to have been on the train nave not yet been beard from A statement regarding the wreck wa Issued today by Tresldent Luclu Tuttle of the Boston Maine railroad According to President Tuttle the Investigation had established the fact that precautions had been taken by the crew of the local train to protect It from tho express by throwing out red hand-torches and also-by placing at stiitlnna three miles buck of the scene of the accident of precautionary lights The Inquest by Judgo Keyes of Concord will begin Wednesday morning and will be held In the district court of that town ft la expected that the finding will be sent to tho district attorney within a week The wreck was sufficiently cleared today enable tho complete resumption of tralitc on this portion of the road Aside from the work of Identifying tho remains which were irmoved from the charred ruins the greatest Interest centered Monday forenoon in the Investigation of tho tause of the disaster Pres Luclu Tuttle of the Boston A Maine Railroad stated that order had been Issued to Institute a searching Inquiry am horrified more than words can tell" said President Tuttle Monday "arid I cannot understand how such a frightful accident could have happened unless the signals were In some way misunderstood" Those who were witnesses of the accident statq that the local train which consisted of four cars three of them passenger coaches had Just pulled out of Baker's Bridge depot small flag station about mile and a half west of Lincoln station Just past the flag station Is a highway bridge over the track The track enter a deep cut after passing under the bridge and the rear car had Just cleared the structure when the heavy Montreal express consisting of nine (Continued on page eight) JImoIh Mhs Nov 27--AfU-r a day fjciii In Hairing away I Ik rwniluli' ir'Kf'K fit Inst tilglu' (IhuiKlcr at Jtak rr'x rirMiw on ih Fitchburg of tli'f Horton A Main1' IlaitroH'l 'niid in Inv'-sllgittlon by the railroad of-! suite anil th new- lijtf'rH It prurtlcally set lied t-i Ik ht lhit 17 iM'rnon Inst tholr lives 12 cn seriously Injured and a score iiifirn or lei'll Injurc-I a the rmult of tin' lorrlWn rwir-fiid collision Iiuivral Ijfiillmi hy 4 fio mllroail ofll- H1I-4 l4'ifi limnetil-'ih'ly aftw lhe ac-i Mnt biM nlglil Twlay Iimpwtorii of ho railroad eonunlshleners made a ariii rxiirrlii 'K'in and Wiilnmday judKo John Keyes of Concord will hold 111 III I'll Kl President Tulllw of the rood blame II engineer of the leading IiM-oinnlivc- A iiiifnl rc-ylnlon today of lha lit ri di-Hl rvHiili-d Irk thrs elimination of three who were' mirimuM to have lost ti-Jr live mid loft the lint at 10 l-nUlit ti The Identified fh-ild: I Jiinif WetherM South Acton William Maynard 'Irving Harris Maynard Miry May Campbell Maynard Donat Gauthier Miirllmrn Ml Annie Hartwell Llttloton Josephine Carlson Maynard Andrew C-nrlwn MaynsriL Miss Annie Ayer Thornn Crowley Waltham Ml- Mnrparet htcSwecnoy Concord 11 In Ianahel Campbell South Acton 'Pnrilally lilenllflod: Tydi-prlu Russian n-xi-lcnce un-kiivii bud- at nioi-gui- Inti 1 1 JSrrewskl suppose! of Concord lii-lv at morgue riildentilled dead: Undy man supposed to be Kherarrl of Chiiilnstuwn fire--u- of thi head engine Holy or man dressed In gray eiotlif-y: thought to be Alh-rt J'dinson Maynard reported missing by hi hiMilif-r George Johnson Ko-ly of woman burned beyond reeogiiltinii thought to Hannah Desmond Maynard slater of John lit Miiond proprietor of tho Maynard Ihill-e left house ill Cuin-lil lje for Maynard last night Known injured: Albert Halt ley May-fnud rogermi fractured thighs and ikaM Mr liiitll'y Maynard leg fractured dang-mii liftt ManMii husetts General lii- ftal Hoxtoii I-: 11 luvla Maynard leg fractured Iik home Matthew Canipledl Maynard dan- I''iiM lint IIiIrIi fraelured Matwacliu-it i b-nei at Imrpltal -Mr Margaret Campbell Maynard fljig'inux list Massachusetts General liospltfll Ghrrle Hlggln Maynard arm broken and burn taken home Alice- Harris Maynard dangerous list Mnrsiehusctls'Gcrcril hospital HOMER DILL STATE TAXIDERMIST 4 Gardiner Maine 'Phone Connection Birds animal reptile and fish in united from fresh specimen or dried skins Three grand prize award and 1C gold medal fiL Loul gJOcodlp 1UST BECAUSE I not IwwtM In the bul-ct jwart of Water otreet eem to be no hindrance to people finding out that 1 do tho beet oboe repairing In the rlty 8 York Shoe Store 133 Water St Augusta Name of Mfr Sullivan stamped on nrwr 7 -20'4BttCnr 1 the Mnokor' protection and standard of nualtiy Kactory Mani-hextcr If Souvenir ttexc or 29 for the Holidays took up the efforts made In the wo- holding each 111 turn toj be ineffective The point that Mrs Rogers has been held In solitary confinement for more than three months he said the record does not show that she Is so held though admittedly held In close con-I finement Tills course was he said within the rights of tho state and could not be used as ground for Interference by the federal court 'He also said that tho state supreme court could not be required to fix a lime for execution for whether the state supreme court should sit in Bennington county Is a matter of state practlco officially and also that there Is no merit in the contention that fixing a date for execution when granting a reprieve Is a violation of the federal statutes Tho opinion in the case concluded With an order that the mandate issue at once This will obviate the raising of the question of possible postponement of the day of execution NO COMMENT BY COUNSEL Atty Maloney Say That is All There I to It Rutland Vt Nov 27 Moloney counsel for 6Ir 6fary Rogers asked to be excused from commenting on the decision of the United States supreme court announced today la all there Is to It" he said slowly when Informed of the news Later when more details were at hand Mr 6toloney said: Is just as I expected The United States supreme court did not decide the case on the question presented them but simply declared that they could not interfere These Important questions are still In the air and unless Gov Bell sees fit to take some further action Mrs Rogers must hang Wc have done all that can be done we have paid out hundreds of dollars from our own inckets and the outlook Is very discouraging 1 that what Mrs Rogers has done at Windsor prison goes to show that her mind Is unbalanced" GOV BELL WILL NOT INTERFERE No Further Reprieve Will be Granted Mrs Mary Rogers Walden Vt Nov Gov Charles Bell when Informed today of the decision of the United States supremo court In the case of Mrs Mary Rogers elated that he stood on the same ground that he had maintained heretofore In thl case I shall not Interfere In any way" he said the' regular arrangements for the execution of 6Ir Rogers on the date set Dec Gov Bell has steadfastly refused to grant a reprieve to Mrs Roger at any time except for the purpose of allowing further legal steps to be taken Now that thosa steps apparently are exhausted he will grant no further reprieve Mrs Rogr Net Yt Informed Windsor VL Nov 6Irs Mary Roger has not yet been notified of the adverse decision of the United States supreme court which determines her fate High Sheriff II Peck was not In town today but It Is expected tomorrow he will inform her of the facts She Is still In the custody of the United State marshal Capt Thomas Burg of BolfasL Belfast Me Nov Capt Thomas I Burges died at hi home on Church street Saturday morning after a severe Illness of several months He oti 1 74 years old Nov 16 A widow and one daughter Miss Ida 8 Burgess survive him Bath Shipping Notes Bath Me Nov 27 Arrived: Schooner Mildred May Mllbrldge Balled: Schooners St Croix New! 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