The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-24
ALECk APOLOGIXED.
Peppered Several People With Bird
Shot,
AND THEN ASSURED THEM HE
WAS SORRY.

A Strange Happening Which Excited Cape
PorpOise-Hoodlums Had Been Plagu-
ing Aleelz and Ii Attempts to Get Back
at Them.
bludeford, August 20. The quiet little
Town OF Cape Porpoise was thrown into
Whlrl OF excitement last night, when
party OF young people,, numbering 3d.
while returning from an entertainment
at the Aangford house, we're shot at by
Aleck Rice, and seven of them received
| moro or less of the contents of the gun
which was loaded with bid shot. None
/ OF the party were dangerously Injured
but it was narrow escape for all.
| Those in the party hit by the shot are
Otis Nunan, aged Is years, who received
two of the shot in the right hand willis
the pellets whizzed By at u very CLOSE
range to his head.
Harry Hutchins, son Of the late
Frank Hutchihs, received shot in the
ear, while tho side of his head was grazed
| by the flying missiles.
! Orrin Wiides aged 20 years, got 1t in
/ the neck, and 1t is thought thai he Is the
| most seriously injured.
Eugene Maker boarder at the Sennot
house, was struck on the temple by one
OF the spot which stunned him for u
while but this morning he was all right,
aside from the mark left by the shot
| Miss Gilman, who is stopping at the
Prospect house, WAS struck by the shot
| in the arm, while two other boarde S,
whose names could not he scertained,
came In for slight wounds around the
| head.
| Ali the party wero all right this morn
| ing, and aside from tho scare it is
thought that all will come oat without
any permanent injury.
| The shooting TOOK place last night ut
twenty minutes Of ten, about Fifty yards
| from Rice's house. Ahead Of the party
shos at was another which was composed
| of young men who reside at Cape Por-
I poise aud these young men, 1T is alleged,
threw stunes at Riee's house when they
won't by. The latter, who was in bed,
got up and taking down his gun which
lag on shelf, went to the door, just as
the young people in the second team
came along. Without a moments hest
tation he fred, merely to scare them, he
said. and then went bhnk and Pit up
the frearm. H then went over to his
neighbor's across the street, where he
talked some little willis and then went
| to bed.
AS soon as the gun went off the young
people in the party who were shot began
to howl and all went into ono OF the
houses and looked at their wounds and
compared damages. The party then re-
| turned to their homes, while those who
were the primary cause of the whole
| trouble got out of the way This morn
ing the report spread like wild fire that
people had been shot dead on TIE street.
Mr. Rice, who did the shooting, did
not Know until this morning that be had :
hit anybody and when one of the neigh
| nors came over to his house and told him,
he WIS verg much affected and went
around to the different houses where he
| apClogiz5d for what he had done.
He said he was sorry and offered to do
all he could to help them. All but one
of them acknowledged satisfaction from
the apology, and this one came to this
city before light this morning and
made a complaint to Deputy Sheriff
! Staokpole.
Deputy Sheriff Stackpole has not yet
taken any action in the matter, but will
probably do so Monday.
Rice said to a reporter today: 81 have
been posted to death, by n certain crowd
of young men who have done everything
to make life miserable for me. Three
weeks ago / went up TO the post office tn
see II man and when | came back l
found my door fastened up with wedges
4 at the top and bottom. | said nothing,
but removed the wedges land went inside
my house. / had been in hut short
time whom there came an awful racket
on the top Of the house, and as / had
| lamp In my hand ct the Time | put it
down nnd went outside and found they
had knocked off a piece of the building,
and shattered the plastering off the
walls.
"Last night / went to bed a little earl
Ter than l generally do, and had hardly
got t, sleep when it sounded IS if the
whole roof was coming down. | got up
and dressed and went outside when l
was INST with eers from the hoodl ums,
and l decided to icy and stop them.
put my gun TO my shoulder and let her
GO, not expecting to do any damage, and
afterwards went over to my neighbor's.
have continually warned this crowd,
whom / know fairly well, but they took
no heed of me and kept on with their
| deviish work"
Mr. Rice said that he never harmed
anyone and wanted the reporter to see
the old residents, to prove the truth of
his claim.
! Rioe's neighbors say that he is law
abiding man and are disposed to sympa-
thize with him.. Rice has an imredi-
ment In his speech which may aceount
| for the evident desire OF the hoodlums
| to make him miserable