The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-09

Correct Version of the Bath Shooting
Affair.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)

(From Our Regular Correspondent
BATH, Jan. 8.
Arnold @. Stacy, the victim of last evenings
shooting accident, was man of pleasant ad4
dress and steady habits. He was we'll known
here, especially among the young lnen, and
everywhere we'll spoken Of. He was not adj
dicted to drink, or known otherwise than mild
In disposition. His wife is lady of good FAM
lily and appears to have lived in harmony with
her husband up to a few weeks since, when
Mr.. Stacy began to urge her to make over to
him deed of some mortgaged property he
had transferred to her year or 80 ago, while
IN debt for house he had erected on the min
eral spring property of which he was proprie-
tor. Her persistent refusal to comply seems to
have aroused the demon in Stacy for he re-
peated abused her and the family and it APP
pears hs been failing to supply them with food
for some weeks. Stacy came home yesterday
afternoon and got into an alteration with his
wife with regard to the property. Shortly
after six, while Mrs. Stacy was sitting in
chair with her youngest infant in her arms,
Mr.. Stacy arose and ordered her to get tea. at
the same time striking her On the head. The
blow almost stunned her and she dcopped the
child. Recovering she started for the pantry
where he struck her again, and grabbing her
by the neck threatened "to cut her id
throat. Mrs. Stacy managed to reach the
pantry aud get a revolver from drawer in
which was kept the table linen. The weapon
was kept purely for defense and Mrs. Stacy
drew the weapon only to brighten her husband.
In the struggle that ensued the pistol was dis
charged and Mr.. Stacy killed The barrel of
the revolver was in Mr.. Stacy's left hand at
time of discharge, and the stock IN Mrs.
Stacy's right. Mrs. Stacy did noe cock the
pistol, and it is supposed that her husbands
baud slipping along the barrel raised the ham
mer, and then slipping back let it fall
George Rsed, q young boy, employed about
the premises, summoned Drs. Bibber and
Weecott and Sheriff Ballou. They found the
body lying on the floor on the left side, limbs
drawn up, with pool of blood under the head
and running along the floor. Mrs. Stacy was
distracted with grief at the awful consequences
of the quarrel, and made a statement of the
facts, sofroborated as to the events Immediately
before tbs shot by Mrs. Stacy's aunt, who was
present up to the time of the first blow when
she left the house, not wishing to be present at
the trouble. Young Reed, on hearing the
shot, came to the scene, and seeing Mrs. Sta
cys grief, fearing suicide, threw the revolver
out of the window. Ii was found few feet
, from the house by the coroner.
1t is fair to say that Mrs. Stacy has the SYM
pathy of all acquainted with the oircun-
stances of her bereav ement. She is left with
four children with only the property which
led to the trouble for support. H. R.
ITO the Associated Press)
In the Stacy shooting affair, a coroners jury
was empaneled this forenoon, viewed the
premises and body, and adjourned to City
Hall Friday afternoon. Mrs. Stacy was calm
today, but the mother of the deceased was
nearly frantic with grief on being informed of
the affair this morning.