Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-14
1 TRAGIC OCCURRENCE.
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A tragic affair occurred In the town OF
Andover Monday morning, August q.
Lyman ID. Small of Andover WAS shot
By Deputy SherifrC. n. wormell while
resisting arrest, and died from the wound
Thursday morning.
The affair Was In q sense The outcome
aud elimination of q long aud bitter
family feud. Joshua small at Andoyer,
brother of the man who Vas shot, died
too or thr~e years since. AZ the time
Of his death he owned some real estate
Ia Andovcr village, and smsll amount
Of personal property. The heir. Ia this
property were two daughters, Mrs. Ad-
die A. Ottignon aud Eleids Small Scrib-
ner. now Mrs. q. e. Royal Of Paris.
The history Of the endcasors tn di-
vide the property of Joshua Small be-
tween these two daughters is moro ar
less familiar to court attendants during
the last few terms. The daughters are
both handsome, Intelligent and energetic
women, but sc~m to be possessed of I'M
sovernAble tempers, aud they have
fought each other In this matter With .
real worthy Of q much better cause. The
matter dragged along over several term.
of court, belng productive of several
quits st Law aud suits In equity. and
even one personal encounter. Finally,
nj the last NAY term of court, the parties
we're persuaded to refer all the matters
10 Judge whltehouse, HE decision to be
dual. The hearing occupied all one day
and evening, aud VAS only terminated
the next morning by the departure of
the stage on which the court officers
we're to leave town.
The decision Of Judge Whitehouse
awarded To Mrs. Royal = certain portion
of the real estate In Ando,er village, and
the nccessary legal proceedings we're
carried out to give her the title to u.
THIS having beeu completed, she vent
To take possession Of the property.
Now Lyman ID. Small claimed title To
or interest In this real estate by virtue
of some previous Transaction. and when
Mrs.. Royal appeared To take possession
he forribly elected her from the premls.
60. She thereupon went to Bsthel aud
.wore out q warrant against him tor as
.Auit, which MAS placed In the hands of
deputy sheriff wornell for service.
small, Il should be remarked. had an
hereditary prcdispositiou tn insanity,
had been an Inmate for . time OF the
state Insane hospital, aud his mental
condition Was such that neighbors stood
In more or le.s terror of him. lie Was .
large, powerfully built man.
Mr.. wormell arrived 10 Andover
about "a. N. Monday morning, aud very
soon after saw Small and explained hts
errand. small said he would be ready
after breakfast. and Mr.. Wormell went
back Ia the hotel.
While he was gone, Mrs. Ottignon saw
small. who 4. her uncle. and urged HIN
no, Ia give up the building. =.
III. rumor that Mrs. Ottignon had
couns.led small Ia fight spread through
the village, and Mr.. wornell soon heard
90 u. Realizing that tight would lie
Inevitable, he summoned several good
men, Me..rs. Henry \. Mills, william
Cu.hman. Charles Stevens, Henry l'oor,
william Gregg and Mr.. Berry aud one
or two Others. With these, aud follow
Ell by q crowd of the curious, Mr..
worrnell started for the place.
when the party arrived there va. a
curiou. scene. small had barricsded
the door and all the windows below, and
VA. standing ride In hand at an upper
window, which commanded the front
door. Mrs.. Ottignou Was Ia the yard.
Ia for,lble language she warned the
officer not "a dare to enter the premises.
small, sitting by the chamber window
With q rifle, threatened Ia shoot the fir.t
man Who touched the door. When, by
Iwormelrs orders, the men sprang for
ward 10 burst In the door. Small snap
pei the ride, but IL failed Ia 60.
The door MAS broken In, aud then Mr..
wormell found that the assault had only
begun. There Was q fiight 81 stairs Ia
ascend, aud nj the head of those stair.
stool small, armed With = ride, an axe
laid by his side. q heavy butcher's clea,er
te.ide the axe. and q long butcher knife,
the handle ~ which protruded from the
opening Of his coat.
At the foot Of the stairs Mr. Wormeil
halted To use persuasion. Small kept
the rib. icveled on him continually, and
10 all arguments would reply. my body
!. my own aud am going Ia protect u. "
Mr.. wormell. during the conversation,
had worked toward him, stair by stair,
until he Was half way up. ~ this point
small, who had continually warned him
back, pulled the trigger. but the rife
failed 10 90.
The moment he pulled wormell start
ell for him, but he seized the axe and
aimed a vicious blow at the officers
head. wormeli dodgei back, aud the
axe, lust grazing hls chest aud neck,
buried iis blade In the stairway. Then
small struck again as the officer came
forward, but they were so near each
other that q part of the axe. probably
the handle, struck the officers arms la
such . way that the weapon hew out OF
small's hands aud, grazing the head OF
Mr.. CushmAn, Who MAS just behind, new
down the stairway among the posse.
A. the axe hit him. Mr.. wormell drew
back an instant, and la this brief time
small seized the cleayer and drew back
To strike.
Believing Il To be . matter OF life and
death between them, Mr.. wormell, who
had drawn hi. pistol at the hrst, fired.
AZ the bullet struck, smsll's body un-
derw ent a contortion, but he was so
nearly ready Ia launch the clesver that
he completed the movement, and the
ugly weapon few by wormell's head,
narrowly missed Mr.. Mills, and fell
among the people below.
| small had fallen heavily by this time
but Immediately recovered, sud seising
the ride, proppcd himself into an atti-
tude Of defence, and said:
| 81 tell you, man, sm not . going
With you, and u you come up here you
are dead man."
lie also expressed regret that he had
not shot wormell, and no persuasion
could induce him 90 allow any one 10
come up TO attend To his wound. The
necessary attention was finally secured
by q stratAgem.
Mrs. Ottisnon, who had not ceased to
talk and threaten during the whole pro-
cee,iing, fell over In Mysteries when small
WAS shot.
The bullet, which Was = 3s-cAlibre,
went through Small's body, a little be-
low the heart. Small seemed at one
time about TO rally, but died Thursday
morning.
An inquest Was held by Coroner y. II.
Bartlett, and after full hearing q YER
diet was returned generating sheriff
wormell from all blame, S acting In
self-defence.
Whatever criticism Of Mr.. wormell's
action Was caused by the first fragment
AIRY and incorrect rumors Of the afalr,
has mostly disappeared now that there
Il full and correct understanding OF IL,
and even those who criticise admire Mr..