Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-03-27

leave him alone he would shoot him. AZ
The came tina hs ssid he started fos the
battery foe hls gun. lie sah he took hls
gun down and cooked u cod ssid Joe
started for him and said. "IOu damned
son Of bitch, you darcant shoot any
thing.~ lie ssh at the same time be
(l,yrsson) pulled the trigger and shot
him, and stevens fell right on To the
1oor.
I askeSi Ryessoa where ~ sseod when
he shot Steseos. aud he sald In the bat
terry. asked him how near Joe MAS 10
the mussle Of the gun, and he said hc
should think three feet.
lie made come conversation concefu-
Ing . confession, but IL VAS not reduced
to writing. (.
later, up stairs, he add that he had
shot Joe-mesnt To- Mil him. Told me
the gun VAS loaded Last fall for deer, and
he had tried Co firc u "a sevessl tim-s.
I told him where the bullet hlt stevens.
and he sald, ~ am glad 90 10. ! wtsh 10
had hlt his damned heart" Mrs. syer-
son told him he ought Ia have known
better. lie said she ought not To go
back on him on scccunt of apenslon,
and s.id u Was not the first time he had
arrd at people.
7. BRADLEY srENkNs,
brother ~ the deceased. testified 10 n
G ,nysrsstlou With Joe after he was shot.
lie ssid George had shot Hun; said he
hsd no cause nj all, he had not injured
him st all. Said he went to samser
.a-.-Ga.-s. - E...s.. q. a.. .a.rrt ANNE
therv, sud he had . sauabble to get him
homs. lie thought Gcorgv VAS all right
when they got hack, and he went Into
the front room and lay down. (Reports
the remarks made Substantially a. Mrs.
Rysr.on did, Tie aid then George
took his hammer aud csme nj him. lie
..id 10 lac could not drive him out Will,
that he had something he could, aud
went aud Got hls gun. lie ssid he did
not have sny thought of his shooting
him, II he had he could have Got away.
Witness described finding Hyerson In
the hsy nov, after his conyerssiion With
his brother, aud testified that during the
evening Ryerson said he shot him and
Intended To.
ADDISON ". uARLow.'
a near neighbour. testified that Ryerson
said he tho, Stevens AMI he meant To;
h. MAS going Ia defend his Own home.
lie made the remark Ia me. lie wa'
somewhat Intoxicated.
VIRGIL u. coLr
te.ilaed To hearing Ryvrsou rem,rk that
be- .ar.L to XIII The remark "a.
made Ia M one In particular.
The testimony 81 the other witnesse.
related Ia the Attendant ,ircumstapccs,
aud had little bearing upon the question
90 Intentional shooting.
IN. members 81 the household all tea
tiled that the usual place ~ keeping the
gun ~ss on some Pegs over the shelves
In the battery.
ruE yrRpicr.
Tie Jury rvturned . verdict
That .sid Joseph 4. stevens at Kun
ford In IN. County 81 oxford cam" "a
hi. death by bullet wound on Msr,i
2l.t, between ! sni ! o'clock, =. N,
fir,d by Gc,rgc W. Rycrson With shot
gun"
gyIR-o>'s sroRN.
A representative % the Democrat 49,
admitted to the lookup by Officer BsrksI
during the e,cnln. after Hyer.cns sf'
r,.t. In. prisoner was rS'l,nia. upau
HI. bunk. With hi. l-es shsckled. w.
say. he 1. o., but !. q Young booking mat
30 HI. age. lie did not appear psrticu
i,rly depressed, and. Was perfectly viii
Ing Ia tell his story, which Was ne FOL
lows;
"My nsm. .. George W. Ryersou.
am o. years old. live Ia Milton. Z milc'
from the post office. Have ~if. aus
slx cLlldrru.
s.Joe steven. came to INV bouss shou
10 o'clock "Wednesday morning. Tie hsa
too plnts 10 alcohol, AMI vas pr'ii,
drunk when h. got there. lie called ms
out Into the she'd aud drsuk With HIN
We STAYED there until We drsnk NJ oo'
pint. Then hltchcd NJ and carrie,
him up To sumner ~c..ions's, where BIZ
girl Ia. lie ssli he would stay there
bat When Ne got tber. he ssh he Ma
coming back 9th me"
Atthi. point Eyer.on at up on tl''
bunk, aud a. the shackles clanked upol
the fcor remarked Jcco.ely; ~ ala
used "a wearing bracelets, and can
handle them very we'll" Continuing bl
story:
after ws cot started back he said h
va. going to drive, and ns .oos 80
rrin. ou, oi my hands and kncck~i ms
Into the bottom Of the sleigh, and bal
me all the Nay down home.
when We got down home ! Jampel
out and ran Into the house aud be tot
loved me. lie cllnchci me. and threw
an. on the aoor and struck me. ] Got
away from him and ran Into the botiery
lie followed me aud clinched me again
and then We both grabbed the gun
~hich hung overhead. IN the sIuabble
don't Know whether the gun hlt against
the chimney which prciccts Into th,
room, or how Il was. but any way, u
went OF, and went Into him."
"whst Kind Of q gun ~as hf"
~ shot gun, loaded With q bullet thai
pot la for deer last winter.
That. all there I. Ia IT," concluded
Gyer.ou, "and ss long a. I've got "a
STAY here to- lght, I guess I'll make NV
self comfortable" aud he took on hi
Nt-t su9 uuuk W NIs hkh'h ~" W 49,
settled back for q comfortable smoke.
In answer 10 q question be declared
that h. sud stevens had never had aus
trouble before.
A night In the lookup considerably
lessened the cheerfulbess of Hyer.on'.
spirits. Friday morning the last llnger-
lns effects Of the "split" had disappear
I'll, aud, beginning to realise hi. snua'
iiou. he wa. detected and unhsppy.
Iyer.ou !. described by those ac'
quaiutsd With him az "a good fellow
when he. all right, bat ugly as the devil
when he has lot Of run aboard"
WHERE rRoIuBIno> HASN'T rRoiiiB'
rED.
The section around the seene Of TIL.
tragedy L. given by nelghbors at some
distance the name ~ having been recent
" the scene 10 several brolls and "higf
ink" II one Kind or another, Inspired
by the ardent that Il supposed not To be-
sold In Maine.
RiERsoS's HEARING.
Ryer.on was given q hearing before
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