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Crime News Augusta, Me., 25.-On May 11, 1878, Jason P. Scribner made an assault with a spade upon his wife and children. Two children died from the injuries. He had two trials for murder. At the first he was found guilty of murder, but exceptions were allowed on a flaw in the indictment, and the decision is  still pending. On the second trial, in which he was charged, the jury disagreed. To-day the third trial on the same charge resulted in a verdict of murder. (Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Wed., Oct. 29, 1879. Submitted by Candi H.) A man employed on one of the ice barges plying between New York and Hallowell, on the arrival of the barge at Hallowell last week, disappeared with the mate’s best suit of clothes and twenty-five dollars in cash.  He was captured in Augusta and the clothes and nine dollars of the money recovered. [Source: Bangor Daily Whig and CourierAugust 6, 1896 edition]   BACK -- HOME DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY Submitters retain all copyrights ©2008 Genealogy Trails