The Portland daily press., 1885-05-09
HODGDON'S CRIME.
An Interview with the Prisoner Coneera.
ing the Bath shooting Affair.

BATH, May sth.
An interview was had with young HodgdoH
at midnight at the Jail by a PRESS reporter.
The prisoner was found in a position OF Abject
woe, with his head resting on his hands. In
answer to an inquiry as to his health he replied
in listless manner, ooh, / can't tell; my head
aches fearfully. have been trying to sleep
but can't" and the head relapses to its former
position. Alcohol was still getting in. its work,
and the mans IN ind was evidently bewildered.
During the afternoon an officer had visited
him, and told him of his crime, but little rsali-
cation had come to him as yet of his true POSI-
ton.
Being asked when he expected to get out Of
Jail he said he did not know, but latter he
sobered off, most likely.
In the course OF the conversation young
Hodgdon said he remembered some things that
occurred during his several days spree, bat
nearly oil was blank. He remembered, 60
ing to his sisters last ;svening and stopped
awhile then returning home. He said: "Af-
ter getting home remember going down town
and filling up on ram. 1 then came home again
but don't know what happened after that. az
was pretty far gone"
Reporter-You were drunk three days were
you not?"
Answer-Twice that is nearer the truth"
After short silence he looked mp and
asked, "How are the folks down home, and
being re-assured OF their condition, ths party
turned to go when he asked the turnkey II he
had an evening paper.
"No, Jim, forgot to get you one" said that
official, and we left the poor man to awake to
sense of his awful Decd.
After seeing the prisoner, next We went to
the scene OF the shooting, where Mrs. Leonard
Brown, sister to the prisoner admitted ne to
the hall.
Mrs. Brown had gotten up from sick bed
to attend her wounded parent and she was sv.
identity borne mp by the excitement for sick
ness was shown ia her form aud feature. Very
kindly she told how her mother had endzreA
the terrible pain attending the three hours OF
probing for the bullet, not taking v athecics,
or, after the operation was over, allowing her.
self to give way; how her father, an old grey
haired man over ~ years of aga was almost
heart-broken, how her brother had promised
only the night before not to to1cb antohor drcD
of drop Of liquor. While she was talking q
voice as OF a person in robust health was heard
Ia the adjoining chamber: "Who Is that speak
iDg2n
"That is mother; our greatest troubls IL to
keep her from talking too much"
The Hodgdon family consists Of the father,
his wife, (the victim OF yesterdays shooting),
two daughters and one son, James. The
daughters are both married, one lives In Som.
erville. Mass. the other in Bath. The son,
aged q is not married. Two other sons, Hen
ry and Scott, died three aud two years ago 70.
spectively OF inherited consumption and love
of strong drink.
This afternoon Mrs. Hodgdon Ia resting Qai-
city. She takes nourishment and medicine
and hopes are entertained that she may recav-
er, although the danger is in the future about
the 9th day, when the crisis comes Ia Surgical
cases of this kind.
This afternoon the prisoner Is slowly coming
to his senses. He realizes few things but
does not fully realize his crime.
The rumselers who contributed to Hodg-
don's crime by selling him liquor while intoxi-
Gated are known to the officers aud measures
are being taken to bring them to justice.