Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-30
WHAT HAVE | DONE r
CITY Treasurer fllIx Found Shot b
Bis 0mcs Vault.
:. Believed to Have Attempted eai.
eide In Temporary Abssrstioo oc-
cssiousd BY eickosss.-No Re-
lsctions Against Bis Lite
Long IatsgStty.

,sople having ofnces in Granite Hall block
.s,s dumbfouuded with the report that Guy
Turner the City Treasurer. had committed
.aie.ds in bic ONCE. The news spread -
,,oayb On wings and tus . few moments
sI.,.ed before . crowd Of people had
.,,bsrsd. By this time olncefs stood guard
aver the entrance to the Trsasurer's ONCE.
l.so;ag the curious back. Doctors Boul
s,., and K J. Martin had arrived and we're
~s,b the wounded man. vho shortly after
-, removed to the house Of w. G. fiheld
,hsrs Mr.. Turner boarded.
The Journal reporter met Mr.. o. n.
Smith. the gentleman who first found Mr.
Turner. and Questioned him. Mr.. Smith
aid tina, he thought 1t was about quarter Of
eleven xhen he stepped inside the entrance
Aoor Of the Tressurer's once on some
ba,ine.. errand. He had hardly got into
the room before he heard the report Of
ri,,ol IN the vault shich 10 built into the
rah, vail as one enters, and just to the
,,ght Of the Treasurer's desk. Running
Harvard and looking into the vault he saw
Mr.. Turner lying on his side. HE head in
oool Of blood and the revolver on the floor
a, III. ysul,a short distance from his
hand a. II il had been dropped In
,hs fall At Mr.. Smiths approach Turner
,.yrsred TO his feet picking up the revoL
", and a. Mr.. Smith remembers. walked
IN bl. desk, a few feet from the vault. ex-
ol.iminx What have done?' Smith hur.
,,,d INTO the office Of Weeks & Blanchard.
ao.fyipy them Of what had happened
M, II II. Davidson, clerk In the Office,
hurried TO the Tressnrer's room. As he
.n,ered Turner was coming out Of ths vault.
On seeing Davidson he exclaimed in
a..ed way. What have | done to my self?"
What have you been doingi" asked Mr..
Davidson.
The wounded man indistnctly said some
thing about an accident happening to him,
..d then anIiousiy asked If there WAS any
blooi on his shirt COLLAR" following this up
With several almost iDcoherent expressions
such a., "Whstll my folks ssy:' III don't
vant anyone in here"
MIL II Blanchard was the other gen
temsn Who reached the scene about this
tine To the reporter. Mr.. Blanchard said
be found Turner in the vault wping blood
out Of hi. ear with handkerchief. Blanch-
ard asked him shere the revolver was.
Turner said something about = man having
taken II away Blanchard finally discov.
cred the weapon bet~ cen two books on
shelf Ia the vault and put it in his
rocket Turner tried to get him TO give it
bsck. and again begging him not to 90 away.
Throughout he seemed dazed and one Of his
remarks is said to have been, 81 suppose
the police will come and get me-" Some
one asked him IL it was an accident and he
sns~ered Yes" DR. Boulster v As imme-
diaely called in and DR.. Martin sent for.
In the meanu hile the police bad arrived
and people were kept from the Office. Mr.
Blanchard showed the reporter the revolver,
which va. Of Smith Wesson make Of an
olu Ps"f''' mere N''e ''o'' ''"'"' y"
the handle anu ABOUT the LOCK " e"''e'
SIT cartridges Of short 20 eslisre.
Five remained In the cylinder. bat one
ha'ns oeeh nfeu. mayor Lane vas zee"
a"u VII" sever" o'he' se"''e'"e" "'eo"
panied the reporters TO the Treasurer's Of
nee N"'ch ne uhtockeu A'o"ns inc" W
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poV' VI o'0'' p"r""''y '''e' '"'o '''e o'
ine'e were o'oon s'A'n' "oou' '"e "'''
'ne entrance 10 Tue vault ~here some '"'
'no hA' stepped IN tue poor nSo "AeAeo
INC o'oo'' h''ry'oins ei-e a"o'' tue
'oo"' ba1 peeo ieh Juss as iou"u anu 'he
room Kept locked
DOCTORS non'ster ana Msfun were seen
Tue s''e'noon On returning iro"' tue pm
u'a'' ps'''ue' ihey oo'h asreeo 'ns'
''On' present appearances MI turner
'Oua recover Inc oulie' was iocA'eu
sOou' wa inches oeio" the rght ear IL
y" leehed pest not 10 extract tue ou''e'
~" vas Hhoush' satet 10 ies'e IL IMAM 10
w "'e cutting necessary Tor removal
"appeM' that the mnz1ie OF tue pis'o'
utn" INTO the fight ear ana ths' IN as
'"A9ins II he handle OF the revolver was
e"'a'el 50 mat the outlet TOOK do"n"aro
direction instead OF an upward ~hieh
mu" nave resulted IN instant death Mr..
turner 10 IN the nelghoorhood OF % years
OF age and has always borne reputation
tot 'he Hrlctes' integrity. Az one time ne
v" the proprietor OF the Augusta house
and mas been City Treasurer for about nine
years. lie is reported to be the possessor
OF an ample competency and concerning
us honor there hasn't been the slightest
suspicion
what could have been the cause OF this
rash act' was on the lips of everybody
Yesterday Aud yet from no one did there
come even an insinuasion that Mr.. Turner'S
di.bops. ~, h.. b.., ,r;,s m NJ the
influenza and fnr .,vers, d.v. had sppeared