Knowles bear skin not found to have bullet holes claims
Boston Post staffers C B Carberry and Harry B Center sworn statements contradict reporter Bert Ford alias Adams. They say Knowles’ bear skin had no bullet holes, smelled strong, and showed crude tanning with flesh still clinging to it. Statement sworn December 4 1913 and October 8 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ford
Krowles
Post
C. B. Carberry
Harry B. Center
Joseph Knowles
Boston
Office
the Post
Co. B. Carberry
Lewiston
Augusta
Maine
Mass
William P. Dyer
Statement Endorses Joseph Knowles Honest Man After Maine Woods Visit
Eminent sportsmen naturalists psychologists and physicians who questioned Knowles bear skin evidence and other articles declare belief in his integrity and truthfulness Their signed statement from Boston dated December 4 1913 notes the reception and scrutiny at the Copley Plaza Hotel in October 1913 and supports Knowles two months in the Maine woods as authentic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowles
Joseph Knowles
Copley Plaza Hotel
Maine Woods
Doctor in Maine Woods Responds to Ford Criticism
Boston writer Bert Ford accuses a Maine Woods experiment of fakery after a 61 day solo trek. The subject defends the feat, claims no clothing or tools, and says Ford hid in the region to find faults while the public and Megantic leaders witnessed the successful test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ford
Maine Woods
Doctor Cook
Tenderfoot
Megantic
Quebec
Deming Denies Ford Expose About Knowles Bear Skin
Allie Deming of Flagstaff Maine swore that the claim William Hall sold a bear skin to Knowles’ guide for 12 dollars was false. He testified he bought the skin for 12 dollars from Hall and never worked on Knowles’ payroll or met Knowles until Megantic, October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Joe Knowles
William Hall
Allie Deming
Knowles
Deming
Flagstaff
Alice Deming
Hall
Megantic
H. O. Templeton
Jim Wilcox
Templeton
Moose River
Templeton and Wilcox
What Bert Ford Said to Knowles
Joseph Knowles reports Bert Ford used the alias Adams and tried to pass as someone else. Ford allegedly told Knowles he believed Knowles had lived in the woods and claimed he had instructed his paper to hold prior stories about Knowles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ford
Ford
Adams
Joseph Knowles
Bert Ford
Spencer Lake
Knowles
Boston
Ford Indorsement Claim Confirmed by Paul Waitt
Paul Waitt reports that Joe Knowles quotes of Henry Ford are accurate and recounts Ford’s embarrassment over his position, his need to protect his job, and his willingness to speak with Knowles. The affidavit, sworn December 5, 1913, provides details from the trip between Megantic with references to Spencer and Twin Camps and a bear trap location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Waitt
Mr. Knowles
Mr. Ford
Moose River
Spencer Camps
Megantic
King and Bartlett
Ford
Knowles
William Bean
Bean
Post
Maine
Post Party
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk
Paul Waitt
A. D
Edward C. Fitzwilliam
Williams cites Ford praising Knowles in Charlottetown telegram
Providence businessman Ted Williams reports from Charlottetown P E I that Ford told Knowles he is a firm believer in him and that Knowles is a different type of man he expected. Williams notes others heard the remark and cites Ford’s later writings about a bear pit as evidence against Knowles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Williams
Ford
Knowles
Him
Providence
R. I
King and Bartlett
Boston
Charlottetown
P. E
Men discuss Knowles method of killing bears and deer
John A. Lee of Summerside testified in Boston that deer can be captured alive with railway fences and that a moose and a black bear have been killed with simple sticks, citing Philip Sellick of Catamount Moncton and others as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lee
Summerside
International Fur Farming Company, Ltd
Boston
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
New Brunswick
Knowles
Maine
Mr. Lee
Philip Sellick
Catamount
N. B
New York
Moncton
Sellick
B. O. Rayner
Alberton
D. G. Harlow
Bridgeton
N. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Sunday Post
Aliie Deming
Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission
Rod and Gun Club
Jones
Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association
Charles
Chapman
Megantic Club
Morse
McComb
Thornton
Mason
Sportsmen's Protective Association
Western Massachusetts
Hawkins
Woods
Chauncey J. H H. H. Kimball
F. M. Johnson
George J. Prescott
Herbert S. Johnson
Albert H. Tuttle
George B. Clark
William C. Adams
Awkins
Rollin Jones
Salem D. Charles
L. Dana Chapman
William A. Morse
Samuel McComb
James B. Thornton, Vinton W. Mason
Rllagstafs
MR. Deming
David A. Butler
Justice of the Peace
Oihers
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