How a Dover-Foxcroft man came to possess a 138-year-old murder weapon

How a Dover-Foxcroft man came to possess a 138-year-old murder weapon

This story was originally published in November 2019. Growing up in Dover-Foxcroft, Carlson Williams’ family often told stories about local history around the dinner table. One of his favorite tales to hear was also among the most gruesome: the story of the murder of Alvin Watson in the nearby town of Parkman in June 1881. “We’d tell the story around the Thanksgiving table,” said Williams, 80, a retired engineer who returned to his hometown two …