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    • Chapter 10: The inquest, day one

      Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Jul. 24—Officer Mansell Farr walked into the city marshal's quarters at 8:35 a.m. Monday morning, Oct. 20, 1873. He carried a piece of leather luggage by the handle. It contained all the bones ...

    • Chapter 11: Lizzie's mother pays a visit

      Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Jul. 31—When the afternoon train from Bangor arrived in Lewiston shortly before 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 1873, two members of the missing Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lowell's family were among ...

    • Chapter 21: The jury delivers a verdict

      Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Oct. 9—The Lewiston Evening Journal said people in the area had never had more earnest discussion than they did about what the jury in the trial of James M. "Jim" Lowell would do. "All the evidence ...

    • Chapter 27: Lowell seeks a pardon

      Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Nov. 20—In 1889, according to the Aug. 16 edition of the Portland Daily Press, James M. "Jim" Lowell wrote a letter to the secretary of state asking for a pardon "on the ground that his crime ...

    • Chapter 22: Lowell sentenced to hang

      Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Oct. 16—Since his conviction, James M. "Jim" Lowell had been in good spirits, the Lewiston Evening Journal said, and even the prospect of sentencing didn't faze him. Told ahead of time that ...

    • Chapter 18: A visit to Switzerland Road

      Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Sep. 18—Imagine the scene on the morning of Feb. 11, 1874, as 12 jurors and Deputy Sheriff Keene piled into the largest sled the community could find, named the General Grant after the Union's ...

    • Chapter 13: Murder charge lodged against Lowell

      Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Aug. 14—Before the next legal proceeding, officials decided that it would be a good idea to get a photograph of James M. "Jim" Lowell. They took him from his cell, left the City Building with ...

    • Chapter 17: The murder trial begins

      Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Sep. 11—It took only two hours on a cold winter's day in Auburn to pick the 12 men who would serve on the jury that would decide the fate of accused killer James M. "Jim" Lowell. Eben Pillsbury ...

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