Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-05-15

when I've VAS sober.
Joe and George had been drinking
when they were up Ia our house. They
had tao clinches there and Joe took
George down. They got q little out of
sorts. bat appeared all right when the,
started back. Joe had the relns whes
they started back. called iiyerson
crazy drunk. lie got tn sassing fathers
wife.
Redirect. Ryersoa told Joe that
When he got home be had something he
could fix him With.
pR. n. o. BRADBURY
OF Norway testified tn his services at the
autopsy on Joseph A. Stevens. DE
scribei the wound, stating that the
course % the charge was downward.
MRS. HANNIBAL ANDREWS.
testified: Mr.. Ryerscn came TO my
house the 2l.t % March. She said,
',Georye has shot Joe stevens, and !
don't know wh.ther I shall hnd him
alive hen I get back"
Saw Rysr.on aud stevens when they
vent up To Sesslons's.
Mr.. Andrews aud went Ia Ryer.on's.
Witness tbeu related the conversation
between Freeman stevens and Mrs..
Ryerson substantially ss Mr.. Stevens
had done. Have talked With Mrs. Nyer-
son since. She never denied telling me
about the hammer.
MRS. SUMNER SESSIONS
testified: Joe stevens and George
Ryer.on cam. to our house on the !lst
of March. They scufiied some. Mr..
stevens ihrrw Mr.. Ryerson. Ryerson
20, up aud wanted to fight. Finally
Joe aid, SNOW, George, you're going
home" George made thrcsts of what
he would do when they got down home.
Crcss-examlnation; Guess u was \
year sgo that I saw Joe give Back a
licking. lie was drunk then.
Georg. made some insulting talk Ia
me when they we're up Tn our house.
The defence put 10 their evidence In
mitigation.
cAusrN HOPKINS,
gyerson's daughter, testified; Was
at my fathers on the ?ist Of March. Joe
stevens WAS there when I got there.
Father and Joe had been drinking. Joe
wanted father 10 carry him up to Ses-
slous's. Steven. Was driving when they
came hack, and had the whip. Father
told mother Joe had abused him, and
had got To leave the house. Witness then
related the beginning 90 the ARRAY as
Mrs. Ryerson had done. when Joe took
hold of father. he said, snow you can
take your chances" They had SQUAD
bic In the Kitchen, near the pantry door.
saw father and Mr.. stevens 20 In the
pantry, then I went out by another door.
didn't know there had been any
shooting iii mother called me, then l
went In and found the gun lying on the
kitchen door. picked u up and carried
Il out by the barn.
Cro.s-exsminstioni Did not tell any
BODY that father had shot Joe Stevens.
I said that Joe stevens VAS shot. Don't
think they went down on the foor when
they .cufiied. Joe backed father Into
the battery. II MAS not because | was
afraid that father would hurt Joe Ste
yens With the gun that ] left the room.
didn't see a hammer there that after
noon.
TINA RIERso>,
daughter Of George W. Ryerson, testi.
fed; va. at home on the 2lst Of
March. Joe steven. came To the house
about 10 o'clock. lie asked father To
drink. aud they drank. stevens had
two bottles. During the forenoon they
were at work With hammer In the
shed. Father wss considerably intoxi-
Gated when they left for Mr.. Sessions's.
Witness related the events preceding
the shooting, IA related by the other
witnesses. Saw them cllnch and 90
down. Then went upstairs. l came
down when mother called me, and went
to several of the neighbors'. Heard
neither my father nor Mr.. Stevens make
any statements about the shooting.
don't remember What I said to Mr..
Col. when went tn call him.
Cro.-eaamlnation: When ] started for
Virgil Coles, mother told me Joe Was
shot. I don't remember what ] told
Mr.. Cole.
some questions weie asked by the
county attorney regarding testimony
given by the witness at the Inquest DIFF
ferent from that now given. Witness
In reply did not remember her testimony
before the inquest.
I heard Joe say at the dinner table
that he would paint Milton red before he
got home.
GEORGE W. RfERsoN
Was wounded In the war, and
am much Of the time under the care Of
Ny Youngest child Il Grip
pie from spinal trouble. Have To depend
upon my pension Tor sup
port.
have drunk considerable liquor; not
much for the last two years. Young
men come 10 my house quite often with
liquor. aud drink with them.
On the 3ist Of March Joseph A. Ste
vens came To my house; had been drink
Ing when he came there. lie Invited me
out and offered me drink. Said he had
started out TO paint Milton red.
I drank With Joe, then he stayed To
dinner, and took him up TO sumner
Up there he took me down
and choked me. After we started for
home we had trouble, and he pounded
me and knocked me Into the bottom OF
the sleigh.
Witness described the ARRAY In the
kitchen, describing stevens approach ~
= fierce attack upon HIN, With threaten
Ing language. Said he ran Into the but
terry to get away from Stevens. reach
Ell up on the shelf. I don't know what
for, but got hold Of the gun. Some
how the gun went on-how, God knows,
don't. After the gun vent on, Joe
threw lt out on to the noor and Ne had
another clinch. Then my wife says,
..Joe, your clothes are all ahre," and he
ran out ofthe house.
I drank some liquor In the buttery
after the shooting. Then iwent out and
lay down on the hay and vent to sleep.
! don't remember coming down that lad.
der At all.
Don't remember having any talk with
Mr.. Cole.
Don't remember saying that | wished
the ball had gone through his damned
heart. Remember talking With Mr..
Howe about my pension papers, but
nothing more.
witness desrribed his attempts TO dis.
charge the gun few days before the
afirsy, and hls falling to make u 90.
Did not chase Joe Stevens with ham,
mer. Used hammer In the forenoon
found it after the shooting where used
lt In the forenoon.
did not say ut Sessions's that had
something st home that would hx him.
when we had the cllnch In the but
terry, we were right close to the corner
Of the brick oven.
Cross-cxamlnatiou went over the de-
ITALIA Of the Array, without developing
Of importance.
DANA BRAN