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

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AMI another under arrest charged Nth
the killing.
The people 10 the county we're shock
81 BY the rrtort that Joseph n. stevens
vas shot In Milton Plantation last wei
NJ sdsy afterpoon, and died from ~.
woand. late In the evening; and that
George ". Ryerson ot Milton MAS In
custody charged Nth the killing.
George ". Ryer.on lives In Milton
Plantatior, four or nse miles In north
e..tsrly direction from the Milton poet
Office. II VAS AZ his house that the al
frsy occurred.
Joseph \. stevens,
nir VICTIM,
~As Young man 81 ~, Who lived With
his father, Freeman stevens, In the
town ~ Ramfori. distance of mile
and half by the road from Ryersons.
N seem. that Wednesday morning
stevens vent TO Rycrson's house. and
together they w.nt Ia the house of
sumner Sessions, where there V young
lAiy tn whom stevens has BEN paying
alterations.
That potent Maine beverage, alcohol,
was .anls~ hat In evidence, and through
Ia. Influence Ryer.on bscame so ohnox-
lcus that Mr.. Sessions told stevens she
wishei he would
TAXI RIERsO> noat
and take car, ~ him. and he proccciet
20 carry out her request. They had
CON. trOuble on the Nay, and when thes
got o. Ryerson's house u bccsme more
serious.
just what ~. circumstance. attending
IN. .hoo,ing were can not BE- told With
absolute certainty; but u seems that
after the men Got into the house the,
had word. aud cllnche,i, and as the nnsl
result 20 the affair, loaded gun ~hlch
va. kept hanging In the pantry Was di.-
charged. II wss mutIle-loading sn",
gun, loaded With ballet. The bullet
entered stevens body
II IuI ABDOMEN,
passing through the bcdy from len To
right q distance % some twelve inches.
II dbl not gone out, but lodgci In sish''
lust inside the skin. :,
Dr. stuart Of Humford wss SUMMONED
and removed IN. ball. and expressed the
hope that u would not prove fatal, but
II lld. n. tine 10 the shooting "a.
about : o'clock In the afternoon, AMI
steven. died Al n that night.
The only person. prr-sut e--iies the
partI... Who sAw any OF al % the anrsy,
w,r. Rv.r.on'. wife, hi. daughter,
girl In her teens, aud . child. To the
fir.t neighbor. ~ho arrived, Mr.. Ryer-
.on stated that her husband shct stevens,
aud that steven. had done nothing while
th.r. AZ the house % give him pro'oca-
ton for IN. at. The word given out by
III. members 10 the family ~ho sun
moned the neighbors nesr sud TAR "a.
also that ''fAiher has .ho, Joe stevens.
AFTER the .hoo,iug, Ryer.on rvmslnei
AZ home, AMI when the next forenoon
Deputy sheriff wormsll drove up aftsr
him he ~as dressed aud shaved and vol
UNFAIRLY announced himself r.sdy To 60
4. soon a. the news got-ca, there
~ss
NJ LAcSm offIctKs
ready - take hold % the matter.
Thursday morning brother of The IL
ceased vent Ia bethel aud .~ore out
warrant for Ry.r.on's arrest, which IA.
placed Ia the hand. % D-puiy sheriff
Alvsn n. Gcdsia for ser,lc~. Cod~in
Immediately started out.
IN the mssntime, Depuiy sheriff
wormsll. Who had gone Ia >"uth fhi.
90 the early train. sas notified by tel'~
graph FROM Brysnt'. Pond. lie ,cok the
forenoon train back "a Bryant. Fond,
and went from there by team to Ryef-
.on'.. = distance 20 eight or uine miles,
took Hyer.oa Ia Bstbel CA the afternoon
80 "a lo.,,,b him In the lockup.
.s,oa.,. n m Io,ii,,d Of H.,bel and
4 m p',,,.,, -, pamta,d u,r, notified
.ni 18th ma. arrangements for an
Ipou..t tut Mr.. Bartlett arriving rr.i,
,oos ,h,tr. 81 the body, and NJ. God
d.rd dIl not 60. Coauty Attorney
smith "a. .l.o notified, bat not Ia sea-
.op Ia Get thsr, that day, and u MAS
,,.n1 ,nnr,,ti,,,bl. Ia omen ia. inquest
,,,,,Il IN o'.io.L IA Friday.
rhE i>V'h st'
The Inquest ~as Op@ned FRIDAY fore
noon az the Iyer.on house, before Cor
n.r y. m. Bar,lrtt % Rumtord. A jury
"a. empaneled consisting of Henry
Davis. foreman. DANIEL A. Coffin, VAL
sntin. Cllps.. 4. A. Farnum, l.. II. Hop
I'm. .nd c.o,y. y. Browu.
n.lon 4. Given . summary Of the most
,mnor,,n, testimony. Not all the Wit
n..... por All their testimony are given,
but only the most essential parts.
- 1000.
AtIA''. ~ i
wifc IT George W, Ey.tson, te-uh.u
that RysrsOn aud stevens ~cnt up 10
sumner >es.lon.'s aud Edwin Abcous.
When they got home joe ~ent va anu
.al .""u ~ w. -, ..us, n. h..
mI.u..d me-" lie SAYS, The sou % n
hitch IA. cot 10 le.y. NV house." joe
,ame right out AMI aid, IL won't stand
hat fr,m nv father Then they
rIinchsi here the Inquest Was held In
the same room aud ~.ut Into the but
terry, when my husband .Ali, Joe, YOU
leave my house. Jo- sali, Il ~ont, :
for- That ~.s an there va. 10 II until
th.y nr,-i. aud who done that I kno~
nothing Al all about.
After the shooting they had a ellneh,
aud joe had ho'i OF the eod oi ue gun,
4 -. "a an .nJ .,I1. .Jo.. yoar coat /.
III a.. ~. v.n, out .ud Law do~n
H. ihs doo,,.rd' and 4 TOOK a dI.h of
-, .nd n,,, out IN. firr.
IN. =, =, NJ. Pver.on'. testimony
- q, an. sir,am.,.ucr. pre-
49,. 80 ~ ,,,ia.in, ,hs .hao,Iny. 81.
80 - az ~, 49,. .nythlny hat that
ar. mn SER, ali nle...nt when they
.ns 'p ,r,, III ~, ,a 49, shs h,a no con.
Ss1.., Inn uI,h steven. About The shoot
log after IL occurred.