The Portland daily press., 1890-04-23
SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFAIR.
Philip L. Cuskley Shoots William m.
Locke Yesterday.
The wounded Man Fairly comforta-
BILE and May Recover.

Yesterday morning. Philip L. Cuskley, a
workman, aged about 26 years, and en-
ployed as an upholsterer in the house of w.
ID. Winslow & Co., on Federal street. shot
fellow workman named William M. Locke,
aged II, at the shop.
The particulars of the affair are these
Locke says he went to the shop about a. m.
to go to work. Cuskley was standing on the
sidewalk. He joked with some lady friends
passing at the time. Some one said sits
time to 60 to work." and he passed Cuskley
and went up the stairs in the shop. AS he
assembled he felt sharp sting in the back,
aud then fell He knew of no cause for en-
nifty on Cuskley's part. Some time ago
Cuskley and he had an alteration, and
Cuskey gave him a whipping. Then they
afterwards shook hands and made it up. He
said the day previous he was laughing and
joking with Cuskley, and thought they were
on good terms together.
Cuskley gives no explanation of the affair."
He merely says, Il have nothing to say"
Mr.. W. f. Bradford, who has charge of
the business of the concern, said: 81 was
driving into Sawyer's stable, and had Just
got out OF my wagon when heard the re-
port of the revolver. l stepped back to see
who was shooting, and the boy lay head
downward across the step. rushed across
the street, and Locke said, Phil has shot
me- | fastened with others to oyertake
him. and he ran, pistol in hand, toward the
police station. Others had lifted the boy up
and were taking him away"
Mr.. Thomas W. Scott. another workman
in the shop, was close at hand when the
shooting occurred. He said that when the
shot was fired Locke fell backwards head
long down the stairs.
After the shooting, Cuskley ran, with the
smoking pistol in his hand. to the police sta
ton. Officer Massure was present. Cusk-
ley held the revolver in such manner that
he appeared to be trying to cock it. Massure
secured the pistol and then asked him what
was the matter. He said she desired pro-
lection" Massure said he would be pro-
tected and then took him into the cell room
where he was confined. He admitted that
he had just shot man. The revolver taken
from him was of the Dictator pattern, FIVE
barreled. 32-calibre. One she'll was empty
and two full The other two barrels were
not loaded. Cuskley was very cool. He
was chewing gum, and asked that piece
found in his pocket be returned to him after
he was searched. He is of medium height,
brown moustache and mixed complexion.
All through the affair, after he was placed
in the cell, he was very cool.
Cuskley has been in trouble where he has
worked, at different places, during the past
| five or six years. He worked for Deane &
Colley about two years ago. There he got
into trouble with boy, and gave him Sc
we're pounding, for which the firm discharged
him. Since he has worked for w. Il. Wins
low 81 Co. they have had more or less trouble
with him, on account OF his leaving his work
without permission. Cuskley is not mar
ried. he lives on Varnum street, and has
mother, sister and brother. Friends of
Cuskley think he is not just sane. Some
two years ago he applied to lawyer to
bring suit against his fellow workmen for
defamation of character. They were COM
menting severely on another person, and he
imagined they meant him. TIE lawyer sue
ceeded in removing the idea from his head.
His friends say he has always been of
an excellent character; manly and high
spirited, but exceedingly sensitive. and apt
to imagine that he was the subject of re-
mark.
Locke was taken to DR.. Bakers office, and
from there to his residence on Warren street
Yesterday afternoon Drs Gordon and Ba-
ker made an examination. They found the
ball had entered the back just three-quarters
Of an inch one side of the spinal cord, CO
| capped the lung. and they thought buried it.
self in the muscles of the back, so that the
wound is not necessarily fatal, if it has es-
capped all of the vital organs. Locke
seemed quite bright late in the day, and was
cheerful, suffering little pain. Cuskley has
| been taken to the Jail.