Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-06
MAINE DISPATCHES.
T9E BATH TRAGEDY.
Efforts to Capture the MuTderers-Ad-
ditiOnal Particulars.
BATH. Sept. ).

Lawrence on Tuesday morning. At
ter the shooting the body of the officer was
laid upon a stretcher on the north side of the
the light from the grating upon it. The
right cheek and that side of the face were
despatched with blood from the wound, which
was in the lower cheek, and there were specks
of powder on the face. The overcoat was
on, club in the pocket and hands with nit
tens on secured across the breast.
The statement of Officer Kingsley in regard
to the events of the night is as follows: Tues
day morning just after II o'clock, | parted
with Officer Lawrence and went down by
Frank Browns; heard a noise on CONNER
cial street. slipped across down by pri-
vate way and stopped and listened and heard
the noise again; walked down, and when |
got by the west crossing saw two men at d..
c. Gould's door. They started and ran down
Commercial street. Blew my whistle wheE
they ran, and called for them to stop or I'd
shoot The hind man turned his head around
and said, 'you wouldn't shoot would your
I told him to stop. Two of them, as | thought,
turned up Ash street. and the other went on.
When got to the corner l sang out again
"stop or I'll shoot There was no answer.
and fired. They ran in back of the junk
shop. / heard great noise in there and
thought they were going to get out some way
into Broad street. gave the signal to stop
them when got to the beehive. and ran on
to Front street. There was not an instant
from the time called when there was the re-
port of a revolver above. This was the fatal
shot. 1t was very dark, but could see that
the man nearest me had full whiskers. | ran
on expecting every minute to help make the
supposed was near, I'm going to the station
after the rest and light" l found Kittridge
and Hartman at Lunch. They started for
Gould's. | followed with a light. At Gould's
asked for Lawrence. They said they hadn't
seen him. Then we started, and going up
Broad street, found him lying there near
Front street crossing. A physician was sent
for.
The officer didn't know whether one came
or not, but DR.. Packard came with Mrs. Tay-
lor of the Sagadahoc House, with a lantern,
and life was found to be extinct. The mar
shall came later, and Sheriff Ballou, the May
or and undertaken Clark.
After the affair happened the lights in the
vicinity of the affair were lighted, and about
five o'clock, when Mr.. kittredge was putting
them out, a man came up from Arch street,
and went around the corner of Browns shoe
store. He halooed to him to stop, but the
man struck into run. The officer, joined
by special Side, pursued him to the grave
yard and then lost track of him, he going into
the woods near the cemetery.
The thieves did not effect an entrance at
the store when they were discovered. A
small wedge was found jammed in between
the doors, and the lock was broken. 1t was
four minutes from the time when Officer
Kingsley left Lawrence in the team when he
disturbed the burglars. An autopsy of the
body. made Tuesday afternoon, discovered
the bullet at the base of the brain. The cor
oner's jury gave it an opinion that the
pistol was in close proximity to the face
There were sixteen men, including Mar
shall Bailey and Officer Hartman, securing
the country Tuesday, between New Mead
ows River and Brunswick. mainly the dis
trict extending out from Snow farm. Mar
shall Bailey did not return till after ten
O'Clock at night. The search was an un.
successful one.
The coroner's inquest was concluded Tues
day evening with no additional testimony
The verdict was signed by them all to the
effect that Officer Lawrence came to his
death by shot through the head from pis
tol in the hands of some person unknown.
A gentleman said that the powder marks
on the face didn't indicate that the frer was
nearer than twelve feet. tug man early
Tuesday morning found joiners inch
morticing chisel by Gould's door, it was
some bent The wedge that was found in
the door was of spruce, one side of it was
new showing that it had just been split from
some grained board. Gould's lock is
still in use. There was number of marks
of the. chisel and wedge on the edge of one
door,
The $1,000 reward that has been offered by
the city would seem to be large enough 70
tempt one of the three burglars to 'speach y
A number think the mem implicated are not
out of the city, but the weight of proof i.
rather against them. 1t looks as though the
men might have been tramps after food the
ones who have been hanging about the city
frightening the people out driving.
One of the two men arrested N Brunswick
was held over Tuesday night. Dennison is
butcher. Griffin is a stable keeper. Both
are residents of Brunswick. There seems
it is reported, no plausible ground for sus.
peeting them beyond their presence in Batl
and their hasty departure about midnight
which of itself is but plausible occurrence.
Mrs. Lawrence, the wife of the deceased
was almost distraught with grief all dav
Tuesday. 1t was after six o'clock when the
news reached her. Mr.. Lawrence left the
house the night before in the best of spirits.
kissing them all as was his custom. His
wife went to the door in the morning fully