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OfK,illn.I.rxllei-eBangor. Me.. July 26.—Sheriff Whiff and Deputy Sheriff Uariand and a poase of farmer*? are searching llp roads and . woods along the South Newburg ruad In Garmel for the man who la Fuspeett-d of the murder of Naomi Mitchell oft Wednesday night, ami it is believed that a capture will be made very soon. At ^ o'clock, thus afternoon, F. A. Marcho, a mail carrier,' brought news to Carmel village that Edgar Robinson had *elt;*n a manorre*jwnding to the description o'* ■the suspect, come /ut of the wood-* on the South New burg road. and. seeing lhat he was observed, quirkJy dIs-in lhe_ woods again. Theto put In an appearance anywhere. Thursday morning, the most diligent *t-anh failing to locate him.He -was seen to |lt;ass'up the Fuller road a short time after Uttl* Naomi Mitchell had le-it th*- \Jason store at the ‘ Four Corners with her rrum rirfr to return to her home, and that*a thela*t ltat any/.ne in Carmel ha* seen or heard of him.Y Ydr,r-^^appcaredindication confined in* pursuit was Immediately begun. some If of the posse being armed with rillc* d and other firearms. L’p 10 a la*c -Jtour, tonight, the man had not been captured, but ll is thought that ho cannot long elude his pursuers.County ExsminsFs Statement.Dr. hi T. Nealey of 45* us or, medical examiner for. Penobscot county, who a performed an autopsy on the body of ? Naomi Etta Mitchell, the North Car-* me! girl who Was found brutally mur-r tiered. Thursday' morning, made th-* , statement. today, that after a careful » examination he was able to stale, positively that the unfortunate girl was 3. not the - victim of a criminal assaultbefore her death. In this decisionhe differs with Huelocal physicians Carmel who. upon , casual examination of the. body, expressed the opposite . opinio#.H*§ Dark Record. . ^He has a bla^k record behind him which th* books of the courts of th* county win show, and shows every of insanity, having been the Eastern Maine Insane hospital, where he was held for a year. More than uue farmer in the isuiated * homes in the t«uvn sat unsleepinglv | ahrough- Xhurs^y -yUgfrt, hr fenr for* those near to them, and until Gray Is tnken into eustovly there aiv but few in the town of Carmel who will rest easy in their boroes after nightfall.There have been several instances of the que^r actions of the suspect. He was found guflty of mutilating cat- ■ tie. and doing otlier things which have caused th«- people of his village to shun and to fear him.There is a general belief that he has not gone a, great ways from Carmel. as on previous occasions when he has Committed some act he* has generally returned to his home, ami it is related that on one occasion hid in his stepfather's bam for five days before he was found.No warrant has been Issued for Grar up in the present time, -Sheriff -i} White saying. Frfdpy morning, that it • e wlt;mlu not be necessary as he shouldfitake him Pn+tigjXL, and bod instructed his Officer* to do the same. He said Ulat The people of CarnfeJ were \eep-ing fOiharp lookout and were assist*- Th® Man Suspected.J. Sherman Gray, a farm * hand. SJ years of age, If the man who is beib* lug In every way. In the search for the«sought in connection with the crlm*?. and . innocent or gulit . there U no doubt but it would have gone hard with him had he. made bis appearance anywhere in the village crX Carmel, after the di^overy of the girl’s body..suspect.1bLladnBa-siUthe^ Bangor Commercial, ha^ had no use for%hlm for a long titne* and its cftixens^are not backward in sayinsr so. There was-dark talk circulating. Thursday. Men gathered in group**and spoke of Is'nchtng. Others walked _ the shock.Family Heartbroken.The f.'Tmily of the victim is prostrated with grief. The mother, who gave birth io a child, on Monday, and’^lies critically ill, with- but little strength to rally under the terrible r* blow, that has b«»n a pa It'her. l*lte • or death to “her is but a question whether her condition can withstandalong the main roads fend 'even ventured into the woods, carrying revolvers concealed beneath their coats, and they had one purpose in mind.Gray, who - has - been employed .ai. the farm of Charles Hasres, on theThe father, a much respected, although poor farmer, bears up bravely. although be Ls heartbroken and hisinmteScFIth-Huiwbitjek.*’ disappeared at the close .of Bis day's-work on the night that .Hr crime was committed. He failedvoice shakes with sobs whenever ' he^ ^ speaks -of the affair. When he saw ** his little citTs^ body so terribly mat- .Si treated h fainted, and h:ftf to be car- 1 ried to his home in a terni-conscious ^Picondition.
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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine, US
Sat, Jul 27, 1912
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