Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-10-30
Wi.well & Kin.


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straw and John SAWYER Jr.
indicted at thi. term for mansaueh,cr.
At u o'clock Tuesday, on motion of Count,
Attorney George VI. Warren. the prisoner.
were arraigned. and seyerally pleaded. MOI
guilty. H. A. Trip Esq. OF Bluehill. ap
pearei as counsel for the respondents. ant
asked that u separate trial be granted Free
Pressey upon the ground that there might
necessarily be little Inconsistency between
the line OF argument respcciin. hi. cas-,
and that OF the others The court aid thai
the respondents all being Indicted y. princ
pals In an assault resulting In death. he could
perceive no good reason why they should not
all be tried together. and that he did not fee
warranted In granting a separate trial.
Owing to the Illness OF George Macomber
who wa. also included In the same Indictment
he was unable 10 be In attendance. and hi
bail wa- continued from day to dav.
The jurv was then cmpanellcd 4. follows
Theodore Bunker. Charlie. T. Crockett. Rod.
ney Copp. James W. Davis. u. {. Eaton. j.
:. Eaton Isaac l.. Emery. James Y. Grinlr
c. :. Haskell. Charles NJ Hane-. James Web
,ter and Willard Z. White Counsel for the
respondent. challenged Jane, Webster, and 81
was excused. and samuel ]. Wall. was placed
upon the panel.
The cour, cautioned the Jury that they mus:
NO, couyers. with any one respr.,in. the case
durIn, The prorress Of the trial. nor allow any
one 10 converse with :hem concerning II. and
recommended ,hs, ,h.v sbou1 refrain from
.,nva-sIp,, .t.ut I, a,pon- Themselves mill
the vhole ,.ss.a b,d been committed 10 fb.m.
ON the COMING I'm ofthc court I'm III. after
man Coun,y Attorney Warren opened M.
case for the state. defining the dferenc, be-
tween mapslaughter and murder, reciting the
Circumstance. OF the .hoo,in. at Casino on
the evening OF October OH. aud outlining III.
testimony which would b. introduced ON the
,,r, ~ The Government.
DIN sylvester. OF Cs.tipc wa. the fir,
,v,,,e.. called ue ,..tif,,l. am 4 regularly
,rsc,ir,ng musician .nd sur,eop. and rc.il. In
Castine. Twas upon The street in Ca,une tho
evening ON which tbi. accIdeu, occurred a,
.hou, balf mast seven o'clo.k. 4 number a,
youn0 men na..ed me. and the number and the
manner OF their walking attracted nv stten-
lion. recognized among them Frank Brown.
Frederick pr-.sey. Sewall Perkins. George
F.,v George Macomb.r. Mel Straw and John
SAWYER II They returned In few minutes
spd passed sysin. and then recognized also.
Charlie. Collins. and Charles F. SAWYER. and
later in the evening the same party passed me
sy,in ,-oin., towards The skatin- rink. march
ing two and TWO. Fred Pr..-ey and Frank
Brown In advance and the other, following. |
wen, Ipto my Office. and al about nine O'Clock
hoard the r.port ofa uu,n. ana fo'Ioviu,
that IN few moment. was the report Of two
mare ,retir.d. and about quarter pa>t MIN.
,.v In hel reading. when heard some one
running rapidlv down the street. and IN the
stems which lead to nv Office. and the BEN wa,
RIM, Violently. Nv wife. who had not retired
went 10 the door. and found George Macom-
her who asked her ifIwas at home, and laid
,bs,rvas needed. that Frank Brown had
been shot. and that must come a. Quick n. I
couId Immediately .nrana, M. ana dressed
a. o,,.,lv a. could. but before bsd com.
rl.,elr dr..seI Frederick Pre..ey came
,brorgb my flee into my bed room. anduroe.i
me I'm a very excited manner 10 RET dressed
,nd "a Ia Brown a. quick a. could. or he
nigh, dc before coull reach him / a.kel
where q WAS. and they told me n Wa. near
p-er.. orchard and Geor.... F-ty cam, in and
,oId m. they we're bringing him 10 Homer,
stable in a team. When l gut dressed
started on, snJ met the how. with q horse
and wagon, and at the foot Of the Steps. End
7 turned back a moment 10 gel something
from nv case which Thought might need
and they told me they would tax. him 10 hi,
mothers. and 10 come there a. quick A.
/ rould Thi. NIL tran.pired IN = very few
moments. proceeded 10 hi, mother, house
I and found him I'm A he'd room off the marion
ar sitting room. living acro.. the bed viii
HE head from me. hi. man lied limb pro
.rndinr through hi. torn clothing. He recoc
ni,e, me a. I .tenned TO the bcd-.i,ie and said
"AmI Going 10 die - / replied. Frank.
win ,ell you In amoment ~ .onn as *
anime vour wound.n which then nroceede,
10 do found that hi. coarse WOODEN panr
and knit drawer. had been torn from IN.
knee nm 10 hi. body. IN front Of the riyh
,bigb pulled the clothing sp,rt IN oh.erv,
~ there any prDfllSp blpg1inv and alsn f,
,,.ooxa- m. re,I p,,ure of7be ,vourd
,o,nd thu, The muselas in from, ~ the ,bi,h b,.
boo, tor, ,s,nsar and soma ~ them, en-, cam
rla,olv IN .,d some ~ ,b.,n I,iJ o,,.r
.nraaa .nar, sc-os. III. ,;,r, from, tho ,ra, >.
.bo hoav and the from. nav, ~ ,be hone ~,
entirety denuaad 81 ae.b The hone itsalf va,
fractured about three inches abov, tn. knee
..,,,e,v hroten into Ii,tle nieces rn "a with,
three or four inches Of the hin ioint. and a. h
s,ruygled in his main the other end was pro
tr,ding tbrouyb the wound. dill NOT conn
the nieces. but there were several OF them. tn
hone was broken 40 extensively. found NJ
extensive bleeding at that time. and though
perhaps the main artery OF the leg had no
been on, Inn, IA nrevept further bleeding re-
moved his clothing az rapidly a. could b
uubu,toning and cutting With nv knife i
where the torn portion was. and ripped up
sheet and applied what we call tourniaue
and knotted il M as tight as eould. the,
nroceeded TO make more thoroueh examins
ton af the wound, and found that the mai
artery Of the leg was severed.
The witness here described the arteries an
muscles at the place where the gun-shot ha
taken effect, and their severed and lacerate
condition. and continued: There was no wad
or pieces Of clothing in the wound; there wa